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Maritime Transportation on the Great Lakes and
Dimensional Analysis
Our lives would not be the same without them!
Paul R. Tegurtha
Christened April 25, 1981as the William J. De Lancey
Cost to build: $60 million
Length: 1013.5 ft
Cargo Capacity: 68000 metric tons
Largest Great Lake Freighter “Laker”
The BIG Three: ◦ iron ore (50 million tons/year)◦ limestone (25 million tons/year)◦ coal (20 million tons/year)
Western Coal (low sulfur) Eastern Coal (high sulfur) EPA Regulations require a mix!
Others: Cement, salt, sand, grain, and gypsum, and more
63 Commercial Ports
Commodities on the GL Seaway
http://www.lcaships.com/industry/
http://www.dlund.20m.com/images_newest/Taconite.JPG
Policy and Procedures of Maritime Transport divided amongst Canada and the United States◦ Canada – 2 Provinces◦ United States – 8 States
227,000 jobs in the U.S. and Canada $14.1 billion in salary and wages per year $33.5 billion in business revenue $4.6 billion in federal, state/provincial and local
taxes 164 million metric tons of essential raw materials
and finished products ◦ North American farmers, steel producers, construction
firms, food manufacturers, and power generators
Interstate and International Impacts
http://www.marinedelivers.com/press-releases/us-media/year-date-total-cargo-shipments-through-seaway-3-percent
18, 000 tonnes x 1 vessel = 1 vessel
18,000 tonnes
18, 000 tonnes x 1Rail Car = 180 Rail Cars
100 tonnes
18,000 tonnes x 1 Semi = 692 Semi-trucks
26 tonnes
You need to transport 18,000 metric tons of coal. What mode of transportation do you use?
Port of Green Bay Presentation
Do these values match those in previous slide? How will you solve to verify?
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In 2009, what was the average household energy consumption in BTUs?
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey.
Answer from previous slide is 90 million BTU, what is this in scientific notation?◦ 9.0 x 107 BTU
What else do we need to know? Energy from a coal plant: 10,444 BTU/KWH
◦ (British Thermal Units per Kilowatt-hour) 0.9 KWH/lb of coal If ports are properly dredged, a Laker can
carry 70,000 American tons of coal
What portion of a freighter does the average household need per year?
9.0x107 BTU x 1 KWH x 1 lb x 1 ton x 1 freighter =
10,444 BTU 0.9 KWH 2,000 lb 70,000 ton
ANSWER = 6.839 x 10-5 freighters
100,000 Homes on average would need 6.839 Freighters of Coal!!
SET IT UP – Conversion factors are provided, START WITH GIVEN
9.0x107 BTU x 1 KWH x 1 lb x 1 tons x = 10,444 BTU 0.9 KWH 2,000 lb
ANSWER: 4.787 tons
How many tons of coal does the average household need per year?
Wow! That’s a lot of coal!
Graphic Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District. http://www.lcaships.com/environment/
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The aquatic distance from Duluth to Detroit is 873 kilometers. 1.6 km=1 mile
To Transport 1 ton of cargo from Duluth to Detroit
873 km x 1 mile x 1 gal fuel = 0.899 gallons
1.6 km 607 miles Answer to transport 50,000 tons
◦ 44,950 gallons
Fuel Needed on GL Seaway to move 50,000 ton from Duluth to Detroit
http://techalive.mtu.edu/glmri/ShipsTravel.htm
Use our trip taking 50,000 tons of cargo from Duluth to Detroit
38.3 lbs of GHG per 1000 ton-cargo-miles So for 50,000 tons this is 1,915,000 lbs of
GHG 873 km x 1 mile = 1397 miles 1.6 km 1397 x 1,915,000 = 2.68 x 109 lb of GHG REMEMBER, THIS WOULD BE AT LEAST 6-7
TIMES MORE EMISSIONS IF DONE BY TRUCK!
What are the Greenhouse gas emissions for the trip?
0.010230 metric tons of CO2 per gallon for diesel
0.000055 metric tons of CO2 per gallon for natural gas
NEW Advancements is to work towards converting the freighters over to natural gas
First as early as Spring 2015
CO2 Emissions per Gallon of Fuel
Values: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/permit_register/ghg/GHG_transp.html
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http://www.marinedelivers.com/environment
Time?
Money?
What are some other things to consider about maritime transport?
A 1,000- foot Laker can transport enough iron pellets to make 15,000 automobiles.
A Laker can last 100 years compared to a Saltie’s 30 years.
90% of the United States iron ore passes through the Poe lock at Sault Ste. Marie, MI
The total drop in elevation from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Oceanis 597 feet For every $100 Americans spend$20 is involved in cargo onGL-St.Lawrence Seaway
OTHER AMAZING FACTS
http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/business/ship/ship_5.html
http://techalive.mtu.edu/glmri/images/lock.gif
How do the Locks Work?
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References
Haen, Dean. Manager of Port of Green Bay, July 23, 2013
Hawker, J. Scott and Winebrake, James. (September 2009). GLMRI University Affiliates Meeting, Duluth, MN. ww.glmri.org/downloads/2009Reports/affiliates Mtg/Winbrake&Hawker.pdf
Research and Traffic Group. (January 2013). Environmental and Social Impacts of Marine Transport. www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/pdf/Impacts-Full_En.pdf The Environmental and Social Impacts of Marine Transport in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Region (PDF, 28 pages)