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IntermodalTransportation

Waterway Projects


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Top Fifteen Tonnage Ports in US in Tons (Millions)1 Port of South Louisiana 212.62 Houston, TX 211.33 New York, NY and NJ 144.74 Long Beach, CA 72.55 Corpus Christi, TX 68.26 New Orleans, LA 68.17 Beaumont, TX 67.78 HuntingtonTristate 59.29 Los Angeles, CA 58.410 Texas City, TX 52.611 Lake Charles, LA 52.312 Mobile, AL 52.213 Baton Rouge, LA 51.914 Plaquemines, LA Port of 50.915 Norfolk Harbor, VA 40.3 USACETransportation Facts & InfoNov 2010


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413 Million Tons Domestic & InternationalCargo through Lower Miss River

Louisiana Ports export $13.4 Billion in

agricultural products in 200960 % of nations grain

20 % of nations coal and petroleum products

160,500 jobs in Louisiana, 60,000 in New Orleansregion

$800 million in taxes statewide


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Mississippi River Deepening

Houma Navigation Canal Deepening

Batiste Collette Deepening

Port of Iberia (AGMAC) Deepening


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Deep DraftMississippi River

Channel:232 miles - 45 deep - 500 widePublic Ports:5

IntermodalAccess:

Interstates 10, 12, 49, 55 and 59

6 Class 1 railroadsGIWW, GIWW Morgan City/PortAllen Route and the Gulf of Mexico

Foreign and Domestic Tonnage: 383.5 Million(USACE - 2009)


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Max capacity of vessels transitingPanama Canal NOW is 5K TEUs

(twenty-foot equivalent unit)After expansion (expected date 2015)vessel capacity up to 12K TEUs

Larger ships will need deeper draft inMississippi River


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New push to deepen the Miss River to itsauthorized depth of 50 feet

DOTD is partnering with Big River Coalition to

do a study to get the cost and benefitsCEA with BRC is ready for execution

Corps to estimate costs to construct and maintain

at the 50 foot levelCaveat is who pays for O&M after construction

Current law after 45 depth, state must pay theincremental difference we have no budget for


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Houma NavigationCanallChannel: 36 Miles Long

15 Deep150 Wide

Public Ports: 1Locks/Dams None: one is

currently underdesign

IntermodalAccess: GIWW & Gulf ofMexico

Foreign &DomesticTonnage

(WCUS 2008)

996,000


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Feasibility study conductedby Plaquemines Parish

Section 203 study

DOTD Capitol Outlay fundedDeepening of theBaptiste/Collette outletof the Mississippi River to the

Eastern Gulf of MexicoProvide for servicing the oiland gas platforms in the

Eastern Gulf of Mexico


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LowerTransportation costs

Increase channel

dimensions toaccommodate larger,more efficientcommercial vessels

Prevent loss ofbusiness andrevenue for parish

and state


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Provide deeper access channel to the Port ofIberia

Authorized in WRDA 2007 (in PED phase)Language was inserted that caused thisnavigation project to provide for incidentalstorm surge protection causing escalated

project costsProject tabled by Corps because of costs

If language can be changed, project can resume

Port of Iberia is constructing bulkheads in prep


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