Ports in the South Sujit M. CanagaRetna The Council of State Governments Southern Legislative Conference Atlanta, Georgia Presentation to the Warrior-TomBigbee Waterway Association 54 th Anniversary Meeting - Mobile, Alabama April 30, 2004 “For whomsoever commands the sea commands the trade; Whomsoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.” Sir Walter Raleigh, The Invention of Ships (early 1600s )
Presentation’s Five Main Areas 1. Ports in Our Economy 2. Link Between Global Economic Trends and Maritime Transportation 3. Record of Southern Ports 4. Challenges Faced by Ports 5. Maritime Security
Alabama State Docks • Dedicated: 1928 • Berths: 37 • Channel Depth: 40 to 45 feet • Vessel Calls: 997 in FY 2003 • Docks Tonnage in FY 2003: 19.4 million tons; 23,960 TEUs • Economic Impact: $3 billion; $467 million in state taxes; 118,000 jobs • Revenue: $66.7 million • Top Imports: Coal, Aluminum, Iron, Steel, Lumber, Woodpulp, Chemicals • Top Exports: Forest Products, Iron, Steel, Chemicals
Port of South Louisiana • Stretches 54 miles along Mississippi River • Third largest tonnage port in the world and largest in the Western Hemisphere • Handled almost 240 million tons of cargo in 2003 • Over 53,000 barges and 3,750 ocean-going vessels call each year • Top ranked port in the country for export tonnage and total tonnage • Port accounts for 15 percent of total U.S. exports • Port is served by three trunk railroads, three major Interstate highways connect the Port to major U.S. markets, more than 50 piers and docks on deep-water frontage on both sides of the Mississippi, six major oil and gas pipelines serve the Port and the New Orleans International Airport is minutes away • Top export: Grain (53 million short tons in FY 2003) • Top import: Crude Oil (58 million short tons in FY 2003)
Economic Contribution of Ports • 2 Billion tons of Cargo • $780 Billion to GDP • 16 Million Port-Related Jobs • $515 Billion in Personal Income • $1.5 Trillion in Business Sales • $210 Billion in Taxes at All Levels • $111 Billion to State Economies Annually – via Commercial and Recreational Fishing
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) • GPA owns and operates the ports of Savannah, Brunswick, Bainbridge & Columbus • In FY 2003, a record 1.5 million TEUs shipped through GPA, a 32% increase the over prior year • New container berth in Savannah, enhancing what is already the largest single terminal container facility from Maine to Texas • Brunswick experienced a dramatic 25% growth in the movement of automobiles and machine units in FY 2003 • In FY 2003, GPA’s economic impact included $35.4 billion in sales (7% of GA total); $17.1 billion in gross state product (6% of GA total GSP); $10.8 billion in income (4% of GA total); 275,968 full- and part-time jobs (7% of GA total); $3.2 billion in federal taxes; and $1.4 billion in state and local taxes
Port of Houston • First opened to deep-water vessels in 1914 • Latest figures (2000) show that the Port generated $10.9 billion in business revenues and 287,454 jobs in Texas and 714,000 jobs nationwide Ranks first in the U.S. in foreign tonnage, 2 nd in total tonnage and • 6 th worldwide in total tonnage • Handled 194 million short tons in 2001 with 6,613 ships calling at the Port • 130.3 million short tons valued at $44.5 billion moved in foreign trade in 2001 • Top 5 trading partners (tonnage): Mexico, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria • Top Import and Export Commodities (tonnage): Petroleum and Petroleum Products, Crude Fertilizers and Minerals, Iron and Steel, Cereals and Cereal Products; Organic Chemicals
Jacksonville Port Authority • Three marine terminals handled 7.3 million tons of cargo in FY 2003 • Handled more than 544,000 automobiles, ranks in the top 3 vehicle handling ports in the country • 1,539 vessel calls in FY 2003 • $1.3 billion annually in economic impact • 45,081 jobs in northeast Florida related to Port • In 2001, $997.8 million in wages, $67.1 million in local taxes, $61.4 million in state taxes and $230.8 million in federal taxes related to Port activity
Port of Charleston • In 2003, Charleston was the busiest container port in the Southeast and Gulf coasts and ranked fourth nationwide • Port handled 1.7 million TEUs, 613,000 tons of break bulk cargo and 34,700 tons of bulk grain shipments • Top Commodities: Agriculture and Forest Products Consumer Goods, Machinery, Metals, Vehicles, Chemicals and Clay Products • The Charleston Customs district ranks as the nation’s sixth largest in the dollar value of international shipments with cargo valued at $33 billion annually • The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA) has three major projects to enhance its capabilities: a $150 million harbor deepening project, a $128 million project to improve existing terminals and, the construction of a new marine terminal • Economic Impact: International trade through the SPA’s facilities provides 281,660 jobs paying $9.4 billion in wages to South Carolinians. Trade pumps $23 billion into the state economy and generates $2.5 billion in state and local taxes
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Year Exports Imports 1960 $25.9 $22.4 1970 $56.6 $54.4 1980 $271.8 $291.2 1990 $537.2 $618.4 2000 $1,070.1 $1,445.4 2003 $1,018.6 $1,507.9 Billions of Dollars
Total U.S. Waterborne Commerce Foreign Domestic Year Total Waterborne Waterborne 1963 385,658,999 788,107,965 1,173,766,964 (33%) (67%) 1983 751,140,194 956,520,817 1,707,661,011 (44%) (56%) 2002 1,319,290,931 1,021,000,982 2,340,291,913 (56%) (44%) Short Tons of 2000 Pounds
Port of Miami • The Port remains the undisputed “Cruise Capital of the World” • In FY 2003, Miami “homeported” 18 cruise ships and nearly 4 million passengers • Miami is the largest container port in Florida, surpassing both the 1 million TEU mark and 9 million total tons in FY 2003 • The Port’s economic impact stood at $12 billion annually with more than 90,000 direct and indirect jobs generated
Port of New Orleans • Located at the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Port’s facilities include 22 million square feet of cargo handling area and more than 6 million square feet of covered storage area • Port accommodates an average of 2,000 vessel calls per year • Major commodities: Steel (more than five million tons per year); Natural Rubber (nation’s top port); Coffee (nation’s premier coffee -handling port) • General cargo has averaged 11.1 million tons (1998-2002) with a record 14.1 million tons in 1998 • World’s longest wharf (2.01 mile long quay) that can accommodate 15 vessels simultaneously • Nation’s most intermodal port served by six Class -One rail lines, 50 ocean carriers and 75 truck lines • Cruise port with more than 700,000 passengers sailing through annually • Port responsible for more than 107,000 jobs, $2 billion in earnings, $13 billion in spending and $231 million in taxes statewide
U.S. Foreign Waterborne Commerce by Region, 2001 % of Total Total Trade Region Trade (Exports & Imports) Southeast 408,816 34.8% Southwest (TX) 282,994 24.1% Mid-Atlantic 169,075 14.4% California 184,151 15.7% Puerto Rico/VI 34,075 2.9% Northeast 30,475 2.6% Other 65,703 5.6% Total 1,175,289 100% Tonnage in Thousands of Metric Tons
U.S. Waterborne Tonnage by State Calendar Year 2002 Rank State Total 1 Louisiana 484,927 2 Texas 442,251 In Units of 1000 Tons 3 California 190,093 4 Florida 122,516 5 Illinois 120,349 6 Ohio 119,362 7 Pennsylvania 115,316 8 New Jersey 110,120 9 Washington 100,894 10 Kentucky 100,082 All Other States 434,382 Total All States 2,340,292
Top 10 U.S. Port Rankings 2002 Cargo Volume Rank Port Total Tons 1 South Louisiana (LA) 216,396,497 2 Houston (TX) 177,560,719 3 New York/New Jersey (NY/NJ) 134,504,511 4 Beaumont (TX) 85,910,947 5 New Orleans (LA) 85,000,428 6 Huntington (WV) 81,063,663 7 Corpus Christi (TX) 72,000,304 8 Long Beach (CA) 67,872,469 9 Baton Rouge (LA) 60,582,710 10 Plaquemines (LA) 59,110,736
U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade Containerized Cargo, CY 2003 Rank U.S. Port Total 1 Los Angeles 4,664 2 Long Beach 3,091 3 New York 2,803 In Thousand TEUs 4 Charleston, SC 1,250 5 Savannah 1,124 6 Norfolk 1,093 7 Oakland 1,064 8 Houston 933 9 Tacoma 931 10 Seattle 815 All Other Ports 3,521 Total All Ports 21,289
Port of Baltimore • Founded in 1706, the Port has become one of the busiest in the East Coast • From automobiles to zinc, from Akron to Zhenjiang, the Port handles more than 30 million tons annually of all types of cargoes from around the world • Port’s strategic Mid -Atlantic location helped surpass 7 million tons of general cargo in FY 2003, highest level in 60 years • Port of Baltimore is one of the major ports in specialized steel- handling program and one of the leading automobile ports in the U.S. • 3 new mobile gantry crains from Finland just installed to boost container business • Economic impact of the Port is significant, generating $2 billion in income, $216 million in state & local taxes, and 16,000 direct and 113,000 indirect jobs
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