merged onto unpaved highways
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Joe HudspethTRANSCRIPT
MERGING ONTO UNPAVED HIGHWAYS
Joe HudspethBusiness Development Manager
All American Marine, Inc.
OVERVIEW
EnvironmentalSocialFiscalRegulatoryTechnologyLogistics
Success on the Marine Highways◦Be good stewards◦Make money◦Commute: faster and easier
MARINE HIGHWAYS
Fully comply with short sea shipping regsDiverseEnergy-efficientClimate-friendly
Goal◦Self-sustaining◦Commercially-viable◦Public benefits
Reduced surface congestion Fewer Greenhouse Gas Emissions Improved safety Additional sealift resources for national defense
MARINE HIGHWAYS
MARINE HIGHWAYS
WIND FARMS
DOWN STREAM ISSUES
Tsunami DebrisIce FloesDroughtWildlife
Flip Side◦US Airways◦9/11◦Oakland Bridge
PREDESTINED to FAIL?
Spirit of Ontario◦Tariffs
Hawaii Superferry◦Surfers, Whales, Mongoose
Susitna◦Inadequate facilities
Low Wake Ferry◦Sustainable budget
Kingston◦Scheduling
ROAD RAGE
Vehicle transportation takes precedence
Conflict of Development◦Marine vs. land
Right-of-Way
◦Retro-planing Developed shorelines
Shoreline Issues◦Pollution◦Wake
FACILITIES
Colman Dock – Seattle◦ Available◦ Accessible◦ Temporary seems Temporary
ROADBLOCKS
USCG NVIC 9-97 (change 1)
◦ Structural Fire Protection Large Passenger Vessels No More High Speed Ferries
TWIC
ADA◦Reasonable and
practical
GREEN TECHNOLOGY
Compliance = Cash◦Too expensive for success
By-product inefficiency◦SCR Systems◦Whale Finder
Not any easier on a boat
GREEN TECHNOLOGY
Not Pioneered for Marine Industry◦Size◦Weight◦Marinized Version
Pioneers◦Hydrogen◦Wind◦Solar◦Batteries◦LNG◦Hybrid
Best bet?
PUBLIC PERCEPTION
What is Low Wake?
SEA of DREAMS
Cuba
Wind Farms
Cruise Industry◦Backyard Ports of Entry
Charleston Tampa New Orleans Galveston
Green Technology that makes cents
LIFE is a HIGHWAY
Intermodal Transportation
Right tool for the job◦Make schedule
Speed Fuel
Trendsetters◦Europe◦New York
