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Waterborne Commerce and Performance Data

Douglas McDonald USACE 18-Jul-2013

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Waterborne Commerce Information

• Waterborne Trip & Tonnage • Origin & Destination • Location – Port and Dock • Time – Date Depart and Arrive

• Route Taken • Trips by draft • Commodity

• International Harmonized System • Foreign/Domestic

• Carrier supplies domestic information – 33 CFR 207

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Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center

• Location : New Orleans, LA • Data Collection, Integration, and Management • Data Safeguards, Upholding Confidentiality • Quality Control • Special Tabulations and Data Requests

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Scope and Sources of WCSC Data • Collection Authority: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1922 • Scope:

• Activity on U.S. waters and at U.S. facilities • All commercial foreign and domestic cargo and vessel activity • All facilities handling commercial cargo • All U.S. commercial vessels • Operational Locks

• Foreign Activity

• External Providers: USCG, Customs, Census, Private Sources • OMB Directive to reduce redundant collection activities

• Domestic Activity

• Corps only comprehensive source • Other Collectors: USCG, EPA, IRS

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Foreign (International) Data

•Customs and Border Protection

•Shipper information – Imports (ABI) •Importer information (ABI) •Carrier information (AMS) •Vessel master information - Entrances (VMS) •Vessel master information - Clearances (VMS)

•Census Bureau

• Shipper Information - Exports (AES) • Exporter Information (AES)

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•PIERS – Journal of Commerce

•Manifest/Carrier information – Imports (AMS) •Shipper Bills of Lading – Exports

• IHS –Fairplay

•Vessel Itineraries •Vessel Characteristics

•USCG •AIS data for itineraries • Vessel characteristics

Foreign Data – cont.

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•Vessel Operator Reports •Commodity, Tonnage, Origin, Destination •Electronic and Paper

•Lock Operator Reports •Tonnage and Commodity

•USCG •AIS data for itineraries • Vessel characteristics

•USACE annual vessel surveys

Domestic Data

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Facility Database Data Type – Static/Inventory/GIS Description – Database with over 40,000 Navigation points of interest; piers, wharves,

docks, anchorages, locks, bridges, and their attributes; modal connections, handling types, etc.

Format – MSAccess, Excel, XML, Web Service ► http://maps.usace.army.mil/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=5f25023ea82a40daaf188040b7ef5408&am

p;extent=-90.2641,29.4734,-83.3757,32.4127 ► http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/ports/ports.asp

Availability - Public

Periodicity ► Web services – Daily ► MsAccess /Excel – Weekly

Lag Time - Current at time of posting

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Waterway Network and Channel Framework Data Type – Static/Inventory/GIS Description – Data set with links and nodes representing shipping routes and

navigation related objects

Format – Shape file ► http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/data/datanwn.htm

National Channel Framework - Polygon representation of USACE-maintained Channels as part of the National Channel Framework effort ► Available of the Corps Geospatial Platform (same place as facility information)

Availability - Public

Periodicity - Updates as needed

Lag Time - Last release 2010

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USACE Public Geospatial Platform

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Traditional Waterborne Commerce Data Google Navigation Data Center Waterborne Commerce of the U.S. 2011 U.S. Waterborne Container Traffic 2011 Waterborne Transportation Lines of the U.S. 2011 Foreign Cargo Data Set 2011 (Direction, O/D, 2 position commodity, tonnage) Vessel Entrance and Clearance (Trip) Data Sets 2011

Special Tabulations

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U.S. Flag Vessels

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Vessel Characteristics

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128 vessels at 45 foot draft

Draft Information

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Commodity and Tonnage Information

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Performance Data Ton Miles from WCUS TEU’s handled at ports Vessel Drafts

Trips by Draft at ports Port turn around time (partnership with USCG)

Travel time (partnership with USCG)

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On the Horizon

Channel Portfolio Tool ► Partnership with ERDC and WCSC within USACE ► CPT- Public: Available in FY14

• Data sanitized for public display • Origin, destination, and tonnage information displayed spatially • Tool allows for export of data in several formats • Ties to other system data

Restart of Waterborne Databank Production ► Last data year produced 2005 ► Commodity, Origin, Destination, Value, and Tonnage Information

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Cargo and Traffic Connections and Dependencies

Mobile Harbor

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Integrating Across Agencies

Mobile Harbor

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Waterborne Transportation Wizard

Based on Waterborne Databanks ► Direction, U.S. Load/Unload port, Foreign Load/Unload Port,

Country O/D, 6 digit HS, Tonnage, Value, Aggregate Freight Charges for Imports, Type of Service, Containerized Value/Weight

Partnership between IWR and ERDC Functionality of CPT Instant results for trade and transportation questions Spatial capability Timeline

► Create Databanks to support FAF and CFS – End of FY13 ► Create 2006-2012 sets for public – End of FY13 ► Waterborne Transportation Wizard Roll out FY14

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Partnering to Improve Data Sets

Other Agencies ► IRS, NOAA, USCG, CBP, Census, BTS, FRWA, FHWA

Academia and Labs ► Universities, Oakridge, VOLPE

Multi-Modal Framework ► Domains, Objects, and Attributes ► Rail Complete early FY14

Leveraging Real Time AIS data ► AIS data used for QC and performance metrics

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Uses of AIS for Freight Data Validation

Shipping Routes

Cumulative tracks allow identification and validation of shipping routes

Visual recording of actual route taken Can segment by attributes associated with the signal; ship type,

draft, etc. Can detect seasonality or alternate operating routes

Cargo handling facilities and other navigation points of interest

Cumulative data on stopped vessels may identify new facilities Duration and location of stop may identify activity type

Time and Cost Analysis Time/Distance traveled is recorded accurately Hourly/Periodic operating costs can be calculated Benefit/Cost analysis of reducing delays at locks more accurate

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Identifying and Validating Sailing Routes

Baton Rouge, LA, USA: Blue <= 1 Track, Red > 200 Tracks , May-June 2012

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Identifying Facilities & Navigation Points of Interest Number of stops > 1HR x duration – Kanawha River

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Time and Cost Analysis

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Kanawha River Lock Delay Times: Total Time to traverse 14 HRS including delays AIS provides the total time and delay time at locks; can multiply time by freight rates

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Questions?

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