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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Roundtable # 1: America’s Deep Blue Highway
Marine highways are finally becoming part of the public policy dialogue. The roundtable will cover what’s on the congressional agenda, and what needs to be done to advance short sea shipping’s cause.
Roundtable # 2: The Green Highway
Marine highways are green highways. We’ll hear from operators who want to make environmentally friendly transportation a major selling point to attract trucks from congested highways.
Luncheon Keynote Address
Introduction: Sean Connaughton, Vice President for Government Affairs, American Bureau of Shipping
Roundtable # 3: Show Me the Money, Show Me the Ship
Congress breathed new life into the Title XI loan guarantee program, but finding a builder and a good source of financing are must-do’s for any operator who wants to do business on the marine highway.
Roundtable # 4: Save the Intracoastal?
The Intracoastal Waterway is 90 years old this year. It’s a 3,000-mile natural marine highway. In some people’s opinion, deferred dredging means some portions are not navigable by commercial vessels. In other areas, adjacent property owners want it closed altogether, or limited to recreational boating. Is the ICW worth saving, and what do we need to do?
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Roundtable # 5: Operations - Hub and Spoke
The marine highway can relieve highway congestion by repositioning international cargo from large deepwater ports from smaller, less crowded points.
- Kevin Mack, Vice President, Business Development, Columbia Coastal Transport, LLC
- Raul Alfonso, Director, Container Cargo Marketing and Trade Development, Port of Jacksonville
- Tamara Porter, Director, East Coast & Gulf Terminal Operations, Horizon Lines, Inc.
- Russell J. Held, Managing Director of Marketing, Virginia Ports Authority
Roundtable # 6: Operations - Point to Point
Other operators see profit potential in providing coastal, river or lake ferry service as the middle of a long-haul truck movement. We will listen to business models of ferry, barge, service options carrying trailers, containers.
- Moderator: Kristin Decas, Port Director, New Bedford Harbor Development Commission, Massachusetts
- Richard Couch, President, Couch Lines
- John Anderson, Managing Partner, Mid-Atlantic Hovercraft Operations, LLC (MAH-OPS)
- Mark Yonge, Managing Member, Maritime Transport & Logistics Advisors, Inc.
- Matthew Tedesco, Tedesco Consulting
Roundtable # 7: Operations - Great Lakes
Ferry service on the Great Lakes is a marine highway natural, but there are still roadblocks such as the Harbor Maintenance Tax, and regulatory and security concerns that have to be addressed by the U.S. and Canada.
Roundtable # 8: Operations - Kick-start
This could be the marine highways’ best-kept secret: there is money out there for startup operators. The Federal Highway Administration has grant money to mitigate environmental pollution caused by transportation. We have representatives from three metropolitan planning organizations in the Chesapeake Bay region to discuss the program.
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