Merged onto Unpaved Highways

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

Beware THE Mongoose

Joe [email protected]