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APPENDIX B
Table of North American Marine
Highway Ventures
Canadian Domestic Ventures
Vessel Factors Identified to
Venture Service Area Cargo Period
Information Date
Great Lakes Feeder HalifaxMontreal Containers and Ro/Ro - Lo/Lo, 2008present Had been delayed from
Lines breakbulk double-skin, starting for several years;
www.glfl.ca single-decker, Unscheduled service in
fully fitted Atlantic Canada region;
container vessel Only one vessel
with stern ramp
leading to weather
deck
Germany 1988
220 TEU
McKeil Great Lakes region Truck competitive Specialized tug 2005present for GL
www.mckeil.com bulk cargoes, barges (one self- service
some propelled barge)
containerized, Alouette Spirit has
some project retractable roof
cargoes and bow ramp;
HamiltonMontreal Containers Niagara Spirit is 2009present1
container service ITB retrofitted for
containers
Oceanex MontrealSt. John's Mixed cargo Vessels range 1997present 3-day MontrealSt. John's
www.oceanex.com Halifax including from 4501,000 (current operational transit;
containers TEU model started in 2005) Serves partially captive
Japanese market;
construction HalifaxMontreal rail rates
make service unviable
SPM Container St. Pierre et Autos, Containers M/V Shamrock 1994July 2004
Line Miquelon, Halifax, Length 119.99 m (vessel was arrested)
Portland and Boston Beam 18 m
Draft 5.40 m
Deadweight 4,850
dwt
Cargo capacity
(TEU) 396 TEU
Cranes 2 x 40 t
Speed 16 kn
Fuel consumption
26.7 MT IFO 180
per day
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This service is actually offered by Sea 3, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hamilton Port Authority. McKeil provides the tug-and-barge service.
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East Coast Ventures
Vessel
Venture Service Area Cargo Period Factors Identified to Date
Information
64 Express Port of Norfolk to Containers Shallow draft Started Dec 8, Subsidized with CMAQ funding
www.64express.com Richmond (including large barges with tugs 2008 for 3 years;
rolls of paper) operated by Twice weekly service;
Norfolk Tug Big driver is Hampton Roads
Company congestion
Albany Express New York/New Containers River barges April 2003 Twice weekly service;
Barge Jersey to Albany, NY (primarily February 2006 Shippers reluctant to use
www.portofalbany.com/ loaded with bulk service;
pages03/container. commodities, such Accessed six terminals in the
html as logs and silicon) Port of NY/NJ;
Price was not competitive, and
subsidy ended
Columbia Coastal East Coast ports from Standard 5 deep draft 1990present Not competitive with truck for
www.columbia- Maine to Miami, containers, reefers, barges with distances under 350 mi or with
coastal.com Concentrated in the and project cargo capacity of 450 rail for over 500 mi;
Northeast 912 TEU. Prefers using ocean containers
New service is Seeking to as opposed to Ro/Ro cargo
Eff. 3/29/09: containerized acquire ATBs. (increased density on vessel);
Portland, ME to wood pulp Service offered only to shipping
NY/NJ lines and only to international
containers;
Maine DOT covering some of
the wharfage charges for new
service;
Calls Baltimore & Norfolk
twice weekly
Hale Container New York Barge with 420 Feb 1985N/A First rotation weekly;
Line Philadelphia TEU capacity for (defunct); Second rotation twice weekly;
BaltimoreNorfolk first 2 rotations; 3rd rotation Third rotation did not meet
New YorkBoston Containership terminated Nov volume expectations
St. John'sBoston Lanette for 3rd 1987
New York
Maybank Industries Port of Charleston to Iron ore, scrap 2,0003,000 ton Two terminals Frees foreign flag vessels from
www.maybankindustries. Nucor steel plant steel, and coal barges opened in 2003 travelling upriver
com and 2006
McAllister BostonNew Containers Barges 1976Mar 1988 Not a fixed time schedule;
Brothers, Inc. York/New Jersey Stiff rate competition;
Operational problems (barge
grounding)
Gulf of Mexico Ventures
Vessel
Venture Service Area Cargo Period Factors Identified to Date
Information
Americas Marine MemphisSanto U.S. exports of Container vessel Early 1994 Bi-weekly service;
Express (Subsidiary Tomas (Guatemala) auto parts, service to New August 1994 Undercut by price competition
of Kirby Puerto Cortez appliances, food Orleans; from rail;
Corporation) (Honduras) additives, fruits Chinese built, Trucks able to compete on time
and vegetables, European and rates
and machinery, chartered
and import of Baltimar Euros
furniture, sporting (3,200-ton vessel,
goods, apparel, 298 ft long, 48
and other ft beam, with a
consumer goods cargo carrying
capacity of 256
TEU)
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Vessel
Venture Service Area Cargo Period Factors Identified to Date
Information
CG Railway Mobile Railcars (beer, Two converted March 2000 Service every 4 days;
(Subsidiary of Coatzacoalcos, steel products, semi-submersible present Fairly even trade balance;
International Mexico paper and forest LASH vessels Competes with traditional land
Shipholding Corp.) products, and with double- routes;
www.cgrailway.com wood pulp) decker rail Full member of American
configuration Association of Railroads;
(115 rail cars per Participates in car service, car
vessel) interchanges, and car hire rules;
Has ability to carry all types of
railcars;
Offers through rates/single
billing
CIS Shipping (AKA MobileVeracruz Beer Ro/Ro 19992000 Lack of cargo;
Gulf of Mexico Trucking rates were too
Express) competitive;
Transit times were more
efficient by land
Crowley Liner Lake Charles Mainly textiles 3 Ro/Ro vessels 1999 Size of investment;
Services Progreso ("Section 807" Change in customs tariff
traffic)
Gulf Bridge Ro/Ro MobileTuxpan Mainly autos M/V Dolores 19981999 Weekly service;
872 TEU, 1,158 Vessel charter expired, owner
cars and 85 over- sold vessel, and Gulf Bridge
the-road trailers unable to find a replacement
Gulf Caribbean TampaTampico Cars, trucks, heavy Ro/Ro with 425- March 2001 Weekly voyages;
Transport equipment vehicle capacity September 2002 Lack of demand;
Tampico may be too close to
border;
Auto manufacturers did not
want to jeopardize relationship
with existing service providers;
GCT went bankrupt in Feb 2002
Linea Peninsular Panama City Textiles and oil 5 general cargo 1984present Four voyages weekly;
www.lineaships.com Progreso field equipment & ships (all Controls own fleet of trucks in
supplies (claim approximately both countries and promises 4-
100% of "Section 3,000 deadweight day door-to-door deliveries.
807" traffic) tons, with
capacity of 154
TEU)
Mexican Gulf Lines GulfportTuxpan Refrigerated N/A July 1993 Undercapitalized, insufficient
Progreso containers December 1993 start-up working capital;
Did not have marketing
resources;
Lack of demand;
Location
Mexus Ro/Ro Ltd. HoustonTuxpan 48- and 53-ft Chartered Ro/Ro September 1994 Lack of research and no
trailers vessel August 1995 contracts for cargo when
initiated;
Oversized and expensive-to-
operate vessel
NYK Bulk Corpus Christi Autos Ro/Ros of approx. 19992000 Designed to be short-term;
Veracruz 25,00027,000 Responded to UP's lack of
GRT (541-ft multi-level rail cars
length overall,
and 90.6-ft
beam).
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Vessel
Venture Service Area Cargo Period Factors Identified to Date
Information
Protexa Burlington Galveston Primarily grain in Four rail barges, 19931994 Too much debt for Mexican
International Coatzacoalcos rail cars each with 54 rail partner;
AltamiraVeracruz cars BN gained new border gateway
via merger with Santa Fe RR
Sea Lion Ocean TampaVeracruz Orange juice General cargo 1997 Non-stop service every 10 days;
Freight (Subsidiary concentrate, ship with 226 Improved border crossing for
of American River chemicals, tile, TEU capacity trucks
International) beer, automobiles (M/V Mint Dart,
draft 5m)
Seabridge Freight Port Manatee Containers (first Ocean-going deck Started late 2008 10-day service
www.seabridgefreight Brownsville shipment was barge--340 x 90
.com containerized tile (capacity of 450
and pipe) TEU/9000 tons)
Yucatan Express TampaPuerto Containers Ro/Pax 2002 Twice-weekly service;
(Scotia Prince) Morelos Navigational/dredging issues in
TampaCancun Puerto Morelos;
(Mexico) Needed more ports/volume
especially after losing Morelos
Inland Waterways/Other
Vessel
Venture Service Area Cargo Period Factors Identified to Date
Information
DetroitWindsor Detroit, MI and Primarily directed Tug-barge (flat 1990present Scheduled service, generally
Truck Ferry Windsor, ON at hazmat; deck); up to 30 requires reservations;
www.truckferry.com Some over- trucks per 5 round trips daily;
dimensional and movement Hours dictated by Canadian
expedited cargoes Customs availability;
8085% of revenues come from
hazmat
Ingram Barge New Orleans Containerized Inland barges 2006present Responded to tenders from
www.ingrambarge.com Paducah rubber Continental Tire;
Ingram has pulled back some
because of Continental's
exclusive focus on price
Osprey Line HoustonNew Containers Inland barge 2000present Formally served Florida via
www.ospreyline.com Orleans self-propelled container vessel;
New Orleans Containers Inland barge 20042009 After Hurricane Katrina, lost
Memphis New Orleans business and
westbound transit cost burden
was too great;
Marketing focus on heavy and
out-of-gauge cargoes;
Controls terminal and trucking
operations;
Discontinued Memphis service
due to lack of international
northbound cargo;
HoustonNew Orleans service
is on inducement basis;
No scheduled service at this
time
RochesterToronto Rochester, NY Primarily Catamaran 20042005 Route only cut across a corner
Ferry Toronto, ON passengers and passenger-vehicle of the lake and didn't save many
some Ro/Ro ferry (maximum highway miles;
of 10 trucks and Problems with cost of Canadian
150 cars) customs service
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West Coast Ventures
Vessel
Venture Service Area Cargo Period Factors Identified to Date
Information
Cabrillo Shipping Los Angeles/Long Refrigerated Barge 1996N/A Joint venture with Tri-Net
BeachEnsenada seafood (defunct) Logistics, a subsidiary of
Mitsui & Co (USA) Inc.;
Large variability in demand
Horizon Lines TacomaOakland Diverse cargo/ See vessel 1999 (as CSX Lines) Provides supplemental
www.horizon- (extension of Hawaii vehicles information at the present cargo for domestic string;
lines.com string) end of this Not actively soliciting this
appendix freight
Matson Los Angeles/Seattle/ Containers (feeder 2100 TEU vessel 19942000 (coastal Does not usually take
http://www.matson. Vancouver service), vehicles, (surplus) service--Guam and coastal movements;
com Seattle/Oakland personal goods Hawaii trades still Has better use for vessel;
active) Rail competition is strong;
Coastal service not
profitable--couldn't cover
capital costs;
Limited service (weekly);
Couldn't handle large
domestic and overweight
containers;
Drayage costs too high;
High stevedoring costs
(ILWU);
Overall lack of demand
Tidewater Columbia River Containers, grain, 120-ft deck 1932present Utilizes several small
www.tidewater.com system wood chips barges container river ports;
Able to combine containers
with other cargo barges;
Regularly scheduled
service;
Economical terminal costs
Seaspan British Columbia Containers and 4 Ro/Ro, 26-38 1970present Principally serves
www.seaspan.com Trailers trailers (one can Vancouver Island
take 15 rail cars,
one can take 22)
Sause Brothers PNWSouthern Lumber Ocean barges 1950spresent Service was
www.sause.com California (wide variety) "grandfathered" when
ILWU was created;
Long Beach Containers Ocean barges 1998N/A Too much variability in
Ensenada (now defunct) demand
Eco Transport Oakland/Stockton Containers Tug-barge Proposed for summer Regularly scheduled barge
www.eco- service, up to 350 2010 service coordinated with
transport.com containers (700 (Received $750,000 ocean-going vessel calls;
TEU) per from Bay Area Quality Door-to-door service;
shipment (plans Management District; Value-added services
include 3 barges) Port of Stockton says include container storage,
it needs money for product warehousing, and
cranes.) bulk commodity terminal
facilities capable of
receiving unit trains and
loading containers to max
capacity (overweight)
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Linea Peninsular uses the following vessels:
Vessel Name Vessel Type Deadweight Tons TEU Capacity Speed
Progreso General Cargo Ship 3,053 154 11.4 knots
Juan Diego General Cargo Ship 3,038 154 11.6 knots
Kopersand General Cargo Ship 3,036 154 11.4 knots
Campeche Bay General Cargo Ship 3,145 154 11.0 knots
Bienville General Cargo Ship 3,041 154 11.5 knots
Horizon has the following five vessels that have provided spot service to the coastal trade:
Vessel Name Vessel Type Deadweight Tons TEU Capacity Speed
Horizon Tacoma Containership 20,668 1,172 20.0 knots
Horizon Eagle Containership 39,276 2,824 23.0 knots
Horizon Containership 31,423 2,325 21.0 knots
Enterprise
Horizon Falcon Containership 39,420 2,824 22.5 knots
Horizon Hunter Containership 39,266 2,824 22.5 knots
Seaspan has the following four ferries:
Rail Car Trailer
Vessel Name Vessel Type Deadweight Tons Speed
Capacity Capacity
Carrier Princess Rail/vehicles carrier 3,429 22 38 18 knots
Princess Rail/vehicles carrier 4,941 15 38 15 knots
Superior
Seaspan Doris Ro/Pax 2,000 0 42 12 knots
Seaspan Greg Ro/Pax N/A 0 26 12 knots
