Maritime Administration Update January 14, 2016 Captain Bob Loken Director PNW, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii Gateways
MARAD Associate Administrator for Intermodal New Associate Administrator for Intermodal System Development Lauren Brand
MARAD 10 Gateway Offices Gateway Focus Areas Advocacy & Stakeholder Outreach Familiar with issues in the AOR Improved delivery of Federal Services Port Infrastructure Development Grant Management Workforce Development Inter-Agency Partnerships America s Marine Highways (M-A1, M-5 & M- 84, M-580) Port Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Environmental Stewardship Agency Liaison Pacific Gateway Point of Contacts PNWG: Captain Bob Loken, 206.220.5744, robert.loken@dot.gov NORCALG: John Hummer, 415.310.8062, john.hummer@dot.gov SOCALG: Eric Shen, 202.308.8968, eric.shen@dot.gov
National Maritime Strategy Develop a National Maritime Strategy to support growth of U.S. maritime industry and ensure availability of U.S. flag vessels for our nation s economic and national security. Hosted two three-day National Maritime Strategy Symposium, with over 200 maritime stakeholders in developing Five Priorities Ports Integration of Waterways into Surface Transportation Strengthen Capabilities Essential to Economic/ National Security Workforce Development Innovation and Technology Current Draft in Federal Government review Public comment and review period will follow
Port Challenges: A Growing Population Will Stress Capacity U.S. Population Growth Projection
2015 Infrastructure Needs AAPA survey identified $28.9 billion in 125 portrelated freight network projects: Intermodal connectors Gateway and corridor projects Marine Highway projects On-dock rail projects 46 intermodal projects totaling $7.5 billion 34 Projects of National & Regional Significance totaling $19.5 billion 35 TIGER projects totaling $1.9 billion Source: AAPA April 2015 Surface Transportation Infrastructure Survey - The State of Freight 6
Fixing America s Surface Transportation Act FAST Act Signed into Law December 4, 2015 $305 Billion for 5 years Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Up to $500M of multiyear total can go towards multimodal projects including maritime ports Port Performance Program (annual statistics) Bureau of Transportation Statistics BATIC authorized as the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau Potential to administers various Departmental credit and grant programs USDOT building strategy for execution 7
Funding and Financing TIGER VII Grants - $44.3 Million to 5 Ports (Port of Hueneme, Port of Newport, Mukilteo Ferry, Port of Indiana, and Port of San Diego) TIGER VIII Grant - $500 Million (2016) Build America Transportation Investment Center https://www.transportation.gov/buildamerica Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) https://www.transportation.gov/tifia Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) https://www.fra.dot.gov/page/p0128 Public Private Partnership http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/p3/toolkit/training/ Port Conveyance Program Marine Highway call for Projects 31404 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 105 / Monday, June 2, 2014 / Notices MH Project submissions due June 30, 2016 $5 million available New Hires: Port Finance Agent Kirk Claussen and MPO/Community Planner Travis Black 8
MARAD Grants and Projects Tiger/ARRA States 24 Ports 49 Grants 48 Funds $564M MH Projects Ports 6 Grants 3 Funds $7M Neah Bay, WA Mukilteo, WA M5 Corridor Tacoma, WA Seattle, WA Portland, OR Pasco, WA Garibaldi, OR Newport, OR Benton, WA Lewiston, ID Coos Bay, OR Green Trade Corridor, CA Hueneme, CA Port of L.A., CA W. Sacramento, CA Stockton, CA Oakland, CA Port of Long Beach, CA San Diego, CA Duluth, MN Eastport, ME Maine Ports, ME ProvPort, RI Quonset, RI Toledo, OH Wellsville, OH Newark, NJ Bayonne, NJ Indiana, IN Wilmington, DE South Jersey Port Corp, NJ Richmond, VA Baltimore, MD Tri-City, IL Virginia Ports, VA M55 Corridor Norfolk, VA Catoosa, OK Cates Landing, TN Fulton, MS M95 Corridor Charleston, SC Land Convey Ports 10 Land Area 3,000 Acres Value $54M to $1B Pier 29, HI Dillingham, AK Seward, AK Auke Bay, AK Pascagoula, MS Mobile, AL Lake Charles, LA New Orleans, LA Houston, TX Gulfport, MS Corpus Christi, TX Orange, TX Cross Gulf, FL Port Manatee, FL LOOP Cross Gulf, TX Brownsville, TX JaxPort, FL Port of Miami, FL ARRA Grants TIGER FY 2009 TIGER FY 2010 TIGER FY 2011 TIGER FY 2012 TIGER FY 2013 Marine Highway Port Conveyance TIGER FY 2014 4 TIGER FY 2015
Federal Financing Programs (Selected) Link: cmts.gov 2o15 Funding Handbook Surface Transportation Program (STP) Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Projects of National and Regional Significance (PNRS) Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) http://www.dot.gov/tifia/eligibility Private Activity Bonds (PABs) Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Small Shipyard Grant Program [$4.9 million, Feb 16, Capital Improvement, Equipment, Workforce Development] Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Brownfield Grants Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Program (CMAQ) Ferry-related Grants» http://www.cmts.gov/bulletin.aspx?id=98» http://www.dot.gov/buildamerica look at BATIC 10
Port Planning & Investment Toolkit A Maritime Industry Joint Venture A joint venture between AAPA, a working group of 57 industry expert volunteers, and the Maritime Administration. Toolkit will help ports obtain funding by developing investment grade plans that: Clearly identify future port needs; Determine the most cost-effective, sustainable and efficient solutions to port problems; and Get port infrastructure projects into MPO and state transportation programs in order to receive formula funding; Position port projects for federal funding such as TIGER grants; and Assist ports in obtaining private sector investment funds. Funding Strategy Module was released in November 2014 http://www.aapa-ports.org/publications/content.cfm?itemnumber=20033&rdtoken=2689&userid=5980 11
PortTalk A Regional Maritime Collaboration Documents the Ports as-is, to-be, and where MARAD can assist PortTalk engages Ports, State DOT, MPOs, and other stakeholders in a facilitated telecon to foster dialogue and develop regional maritime transportation plans PortTalk Outcomes: Understand Port concerns Identify resources and programs to help build, modernize and expand maritime transportation assets Spotlight maritime transportation's role in regional transportation system planning Shipper and shipping-company outreach and needs assessment Gain understanding of freight system plans to 2025 Generate innovative solutions to environmental and logistics challenges 12
American Marine Highway Pacific Area Marine Highway Call for Projects 31404 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 105 / Monday, June 2, 2014 / Notices MH Project submissions due June 30, 2016 $5 Million available 2016 M-A1 Cook Inlet M-5 Pacific M-5 Connector Alaska M-84 Columbia, Snake, Willamette Rivers M-580 SF Bay, Oakland, to Sacramento Future Extend M-5 Connector to Arctic Add Corridor into Salish Sea Add Corridor west coast to Hawaii Add Hawaii Inter-Island Corridor
Questions Captain Bob Loken robert.loken@dot.gov (206) 220-7717 (206) 200-5744 Cell 14
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