Port Feasibility Study: Citrus County Port Authority April 17, 2012

PORT
FEASIBILITY
STUDY
Citrus County Port Authority
April 17, 2012
MARTIN ASSOCIATES
941 Wheatland Ave.
Suite 203
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717) 295-2428
www.martinassoc.net
Study Purpose
• Prepare port feasibility study to assess the potential for the development of
a public port authority to:
– Stimulate economic development in Citrus County and surrounding
areas
– Improve the transportation costs and competitive environment to:
Serve current industry/consumers in the region
Attract new industry to the region
• Develop a blue-print to:
– Identify potential users of the port
– Tailor a strategy to market to potential users/tenants
• Facilitate integration of Port Citrus into the FSTED Program
• Explore funding options for port development
MARTIN ASSOCIATES 941 Wheatland Ave. Suite 203 Lancaster, PA 17603 (717)295-2428 www.martinassoc.ne
Elements of a Successful Feasibility
•
Study
Conduct reliable and defensible market analysis - existing and potential markets:
– Cargo
 Local consumers/producers
 Current routings and suppliers
 Truck
 Rail
 Barge/Vessel
– Industrial development to capitalize on improved transportation and logistics costs:
 Off-shore support activity
 Modular construction
 Timber/alternative fuels (wood pellets/biofuels/biomass)
– Distribution center/logistics park development
– Recreational - marina development
– Commercial Fishing
– Top-side repair work/barge construction
Study
• Competitive port cost and logistics analysis:
– Via other modes
– Via other ports
– Land, labor, rental, and logistics costs for industrial development/distribution
center development
• Develop future activity forecasts:
– Current activity:
 Cargo activity
 Industrial
– Newly identified opportunities:
 Cargo (throughput)
 Industrial/distribution center/support
 Marina (slips, sizes, dry storage)
 Modular construction activity/Topside repair work
Study
• Assess infrastructure needs:
– Landside
– Water-side
– Rail/highway access
– Environmental constraints
• Provide order of magnitude infrastructure development costs
• Develop financial feasibility assessment
• Identify funding sources
• Understanding the economic impacts of port development
• Develop target marketing plan
• Execution of the plan
OUR PROJECT TEAM
Martin Associates
• Market analysis/cargo flow analysis
• Competitive transportation cost/logistics analysis
• Economic impact assessment of port projects:
‒ Cargo
‒ Recreational (marinas)
‒ Cruise
‒ Shipyards
‒ Industrial Development
‒ Distribution Center Development
• Strategic planning
• Development of targeted marketing opportunities
• Financial feasibility assessment
• Identification of funding sources:
‒ Bond justification
‒ Grant application process
‒ Development of public/private partnerships
Moffatt & Nichol
• Facility and infrastructure requirements:
‒ Cargo
 Berths/Wharfs
 Warehousing
 Water depth
 Fendering
 Security and ISPS Requirements
 Barge fleeting
 Shoreside equipment
‒ Marinas
 Demand for and size of slips
 Navigation integration with commercial activity
 Feasibility assessment of marina development
• Port facilities planning and design
• Financing structures
• Long term capital development plans
• Environmental/permitting expertise
Nancy J. Leikauf
• Instrumental in passage of HB 283 which created opportunity for the Port Citrus
Feasibility Study to move forward
• Previously Executive Vice President of Florida Ports Council:
‒ Market assessments
‒ Seaport mission plans
‒ Intermodal system development
‒ Inland logistics hubs
• Instrumental in the creation of FSTED:
‒ Administered the Program for 18 years
‒ Expertise in FSTED application process:
 Matching requirements
 Potential public/private partnerships
 Port master plan requirements
 Local comprehensive plan port element process
 DEP/USACE needs
OUR PROJECT TEAM
EXPERIENCE
Martin Associates
• Selected Port feasibility, market, economic and planning studies:
– Florida Ports
Tampa
Port St. Joe
Miami
Port Everglades
Palm Beach
Port Canaveral
Jacksonville
State-wide Economic Impact Study for Florida
Martin Associates
‒ Other US Ports -Gulf:

 Pascagoula, MS  Freeport, TX
 Mobile, AL  Victoria, TX
 Gulfport, MS  Port Lavaca/Point Comfort,
 New Orleans TX
 Lake Charles, LA  Corpus Christi, TX
 Houston  Calhoun County, TX
 Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange  Texas City, TX
 Galveston, TX  Brownsville, TX
Martin Associates
‒ Non-Florida U.S. Atlantic Coast Ports:

 Georgia Port Authority  Philadelphia, PA
 Wilmington, NC  Camden, NJ
 Morehead City, NC  Salem, NJ
 Richmond, VA  Boston
 Virginia Port Authority  Providence, RI
 Baltimore  Gloucester, MA
 Wilmington, DE
Martin Associates
– West Coast U.S. Ports
 San Diego
 Los Angeles
 Long Beach
 Oakland
 San Francisco
 Portland
 Seattle
 Longview
 Vancouver, WA
 Everett
Martin Associates
• Shallow draft and inland US Ports market, feasibility and
economic studies:
– 16 US Great Lakes Ports/16 Canadian – Port of Erie, PA
Great Lakes Ports – Apalachicola/Chattahoochee Flint
– System-wide, bi-national economic River System
Impact Study of Great Lakes St. – Mid-America Port Authority (Des
Lawrence Seaway Transportation Moines, IA)
Authority – Columbia/Snake River System
– Competitive Cost Analysis of US – Port of Cleveland, OH
Great Lakes Ports
– Port of Toledo, OH
– Port of Pittsburgh Authority
– Port of Chicago, IL
– Ports of Indiana, including river ports
of Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon, – Port of Burns Harbor, IN
IN – Port of Salem, NJ
Martin Associates
• River Maintenance Dredging Studies for USACE and/or
Public Sponsor
– Brownsville – Port Lavaca/Point Comfort,
– Beaumont TX
– Galveston – New Orleans
– Texas City – Galveston
– C&D Canal – Delaware River
– Jacksonville (St. John’s River – James River (VA)
and Milepoint) – Houston Ship Channel
Martin Associates
• Development of Public/Private Partnerships:
– Wilmington, DE – Terminal Operators
 Hutchison Port Holdings
– Port of Baltimore
 Ports America
– Port of San Diego  Ceres Terminals
 Yusen Terminals
– Port of Philadelphia – Infrastructure Investment Groups
 ING/Carlyle
– Port of Galveston
 Fortress Investments
– Selected Florida Ports (in process and  Mid Ocean
confidential)  Highstar
 Bank of Montreal
 Goldman Sachs
Martin Associates
• Unique Project Experience relevant to the Port Citrus Feasibility Study:
– Economic Impact Assessment for State of Florida (Florida Ports Council):
 Used in Legislative Funding Justifications
– Florida Trade and Logistics Study, Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Florida
DOT:
 Detailed Rail, Truck and Waterborne Transportation Commodity Flows
– Feasibility of an Inland Port Development:
 Initial Study – Port of Palm Beach and Florida DOT
 Updated Study (2012) Florida DOT
– Northeastern Florida Transportation Cargo Flow Analysis
– Cargo Flow Studies for FEC Railroad
– Transshipment feeder studies for key Caribbean transshipment hubs
– Feasibility of inland ports for:
 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 State of Maryland
Baseline Truck Cargo Flows From
Citrus County Region
Baseline Truck Cargo Flows From
Citrus County Region by Commodity
Truck Cargo Flows To
Truck Cargo Flows To Citrus
County Region by Commodity
Rail Cargo Flows From
Rail Cargo Flows To
Moffatt & Nichol
• Marina Market and Feasibility Studies:
– Demand for Slips
– Size of Slips
– Price of Slips
– Navigation
– Operations
– Pro-Forma Analysis
Moffatt & Nichol
• Port Citing Studies:
– Barge fleeting
– Vessel Maneuvering
– Security and ISPS Requirements
– Facilities and Structures
– Wave Protection
– Mooring Arrangements
– Shoreside Equipment
– Fendering
Moffatt & Nichol
• Navigational Studies:
– Channel Geometry
Alignment
Depth
Width
Turning Basin
– Traffic Studies
Barge
Recreational Boating
Moffatt & Nichol
• Concept Development:
– Urban Waterfronts:
Mix of public access and commercial/industrial
Infrastructure:
 Land/Water Transition
 Shoreline Treatment for Stabilization, Erosion, Wave
Attenuation
– Excavation/Dredging
– Construction Cost Analysis
Moffatt & Nichol
• Site Conditions:
– Water Levels
– Draft Restrictions
– Currents
– Wind - Navigation Impacts
– Waves and Wakes from Passing Vessels
– Sediments - Maintenance Dredging
Moffatt & Nichol
• Environmental Conditions:
– Flushing/Circulation
– Hydrodynamics
– Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Statement
Moffatt & Nichol
• Shallow Draft Facilities
– Impala – Coal Export Facility, Burnside LA
– AmSty – Liquid Bulk Barge Facility
– Lafarge –Barge Loading Berth – Cave In Rock, IL
– CSX – Terminal Master Plan, – Tampa, FL
– Aggregate Barge Loading and Cement Unloading Terminal
– Vancouver, Canada
– Lafarge –Aggregate Barge Unloading Facility and Ready
Mix Concrete Plant – Vancouver, Canada
Moffatt & Nichol
• Deep Draft Facilities
– Cemex – Aggregate Import and Distribution Study
– MPA – Sparrows Point Pier Relocation – Baltimore, MD,
– VPA - Craney Island Expansion Project – Norfolk, VA,
– Aggregate Barge Loading and Cement Unloading Terminal
– Vancouver, Canada
– Lafarge –Aggregate Barge Unloading Facility and Ready
Mix Concrete Plant – Vancouver, Canada
Moffatt & Nichol
• Urban Waterfronts and Marinas
– 40+ Marinas in Florida
– The Wharf - DC Waterfront
– Chicago River Vessel Traffic Study
– Atlantis Marina, Paradise Island Bahamas
– Palm Harbor Marina
OUR PROJECT STAFF
John C. Martin, PhD
• Founded Martin Associates in 1986
• 39 years of consulting experience in port and maritime industry
• Directed over 500 economic feasibility and planning studies in:
‒ U.S.
‒ China
‒ Canada
‒ South America/Caribbean
‒ Europe
• Has provided consulting services to Federal Reserve Board, Council of Economic Advisors, International Trade
Commission
• Currently focused on funding of port infrastructure projects at deepwater and inland river ports
• Keynote speaker on deepwater and inland river port infrastructure needs at:
‒ AAPA Centennial Conference (March 2012)
‒ US Conference of Mayors on Port Development and Port Cities (February 2012)
‒ Public-Private partnership development for port funding (London, November 2011)
‒ Port Infrastructure Funding as a catalyst of Port Cities Economic Development, The World Port Cities
Conference (France, June 2012)
• PhD, M.Phil. in Economics from The George Washington University (1977,1978) and BA in Economics,
Millersville University (1973)
Jeffrey Sweeney
• Specializes in port feasibility, market, and financial feasibility
studies:
‒ Tampa, Miami, Port Everglades, Jacksonville, Palm Beach
‒ Florida Inland Port studies
‒ Great Lakes ports and inland waterways studies
• Keynote speaker at Transportation Research Forum Changing Trade

Patterns and Implications on Port Development (Tampa, March 2012)
• Joined Martin Associates in 1994
• BS Economics, Millersville University, 1994
Michelle Wingenroth
• Specialist in Port infrastructure financial analysis
• In last 12 months, developed enterprise valuations for:

‒ Port of San Diego
‒ Port of Galveston
‒ Port of Milwaukee
‒ Port of Lake Charles
• Directing planning and economic studies for Port Canaveral
• Directed more than 75 Port planning and economic studies over her 20
years with Martin Associates
• BS Business Administration, 1994, Millersville University
Mark Papineau
• Director of Research, Martin Associates
• Architect of cargo flows for the Florida Trade and Logistics Study
• More than 33 years of experience with maritime planning, market, feasibility, and
cost analysis
• Developed Martin Associates voyage costing model
• Manager of Northeast Florida Commodity Flow Study
• Managed Port of Pittsburgh economic and cargo flow studies
• Managed Mid-America Port feasibility study
• Managed Port St. Joe feasibility study
• BS Mathematics, New York Maritime Academy, Fort Schuyler, 1978
Elizabeth Martin
• Specialist in logistics planning and distribution analysis
• Currently directing Country-wide logistics study for Jamaica, with emphasis

on transshipment hub and logistics park development
• Recently directed economic studies for the Ports of:

‒ Houston
‒ Baltimore
‒ Port of Bucks County, Delaware River Port
• Joined Martin Associates in 2006 as intern, full-time 2010
• BS Business Administration (2008) and MBA, Logistics and Intermodal

Transportation, University of Denver, 2010
Jeffrey Malyszek, P.E.
• Principal with 20 years at Moffatt & Nichol
• 28 years experience
• Experience
– Shallow and Deep Draft Port planning
– Feasibility Studies
– Citing Studies
– Inspection and Design
• Current Project Locations
– Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Caribbean, Bahamas,
Colombia and Panama
Gary Smith, P.E.
• 11 years with Moffatt & Nichol
• 29 years experience
• Experience
– Shallow and Deep Draft Port planning
– Inspection and Design
– Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Bahamas, Colombia and
Panama
Bob Nathan, P.E.
• 30 years with Moffatt & Nichol
• Experience
– Marina and Harbor Planning
Mega Yachts
Sport Fisherman
Recreational Boaters
– Caribbean, Florida, Texas, Washington DC, Bahamas and
Republic of Georgia
Nancy J. Leikauf
• Experience
– 40 years of governmental/legislative relations and
administration with 25 years specific to seaports; strategic
planning and analysis; and intermodal transportation and
freight mobility
– Innovative seaport infrastructure financing
– Public policy development and implementation
– Program management
– Communications and outreach programs
• Master of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University,
1986 Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Miami, 1977
Why Select the Martin Associates Team?
• We are recognized experts in Port Feasibility Analysis, having collectively
worked for nearly every Port in the United States
• We have an equally strong reputation with non-coastal ports, including

inland river ports, as well as Great Lakes ports
• More importantly, our studies are applauded by clients for their

defensibility, realistic projections, and implementation
• We have an in-depth knowledge of the Florida Transportation System, the

FSTED program, and the focus of the state government in port investment
as a catalyst for economic growth
Why Select the Martin Associates
Team?
• We have been leaders in the development of private
public/partnerships as a way to fund port development
• We have been leaders in the development of an innovative

methodology to measure the economic benefits of river
maintenance dredging projects and channel deepening
• Our clients are pleased with our work as demonstrated by the

fact that more than 90% of our projects are with repeat clients
Please contact our client references !
THANK YOU

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April 17, 2012

‒ Other US Ports -Gulf:

‒ Non-Florida U.S. Atlantic Coast Ports:

• Keynote speaker at Transportation Research Forum Changing Trade

• Joined Martin Associates in 1994

• BS Economics, Millersville University, 1994

• In last 12 months, developed enterprise valuations for:

• Directing planning and economic studies for Port Canaveral

• BS Business Administration, 1994, Millersville University

• Developed Martin Associates voyage costing model

• Manager of Northeast Florida Commodity Flow Study

• Managed Port of Pittsburgh economic and cargo flow studies

• Managed Mid-America Port feasibility study

• Managed Port St. Joe feasibility study

• BS Mathematics, New York Maritime Academy, Fort Schuyler, 1978

• Currently directing Country-wide logistics study for Jamaica, with emphasis

• Recently directed economic studies for the Ports of:

• Joined Martin Associates in 2006 as intern, full-time 2010

• BS Business Administration (2008) and MBA, Logistics and Intermodal

• We have an equally strong reputation with non-coastal ports, including

• More importantly, our studies are applauded by clients for their

• We have an in-depth knowledge of the Florida Transportation System, the

• We have been leaders in the development of an innovative

• Our clients are pleased with our work as demonstrated by the

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