Presented by:
Mark Locker
OBJECTIVES
• Global & U.S. Logistics
• Ohio’s Transportation Assets
• Connecting Ohio Business to the World
Do you see a Trade imbalance?
US Commerce
Policy: $$$
Double Exports
8th largest exporting state in the U.S.
4th in Value of goods shipped
Freight and Logistics account for over 263,000 jobs in Ohio
Imports into
Ohio
Transportation is linked to the economy
$50.55 Billion in Global Exports
(2015)
“Transportation is the largest cost (as much
as 63%) of doing business. Ohio is very
fortunate to have all major forms of
transportation including air, sea, rail and
road.” Options = Competition = Lower Costs
How Products Move: Trains and the Green Supply Chain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViLjw7b_0_U&feature=player_detailpage
National Freight System at a Glance
Ohio’s Key Transportation
Network by Mode
Highway Freight Network
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Maritime Freight
Network
Pipeline intentionally not shown by Gov. agreement
Air transport is less than 1% by tonnage, 8% by value and is absolutely critical to the supply chain
Rail Freight
Network
Preparing for the shifting of freight, global
competitiveness & national security
70% of US
Population
East of
Mississippi
Panama Canal Expansion 2015
America’s Marine Highways M-70 & M-90
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Two-thirds of Ohio’s industry is within 50 miles
of a port
Water on three sides, Ohio is a maritime state
with 736 miles of navigable waters
8th in the nation for total water tonnage moved
◦ Annually, more tonnage (weight) is moved on the Ohio
River than passes through the Panama Canal
Waterway Video:
http://www.mcnational.com/NavWheel/Keep_America_Moving.html
Lake Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rI2Mv-X4284
WRDA Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vSF7Uje6z_E
Ferry Service is part of the FHWA National Highway System
under US Title 23 Section 129
Canada
Port of
Cleveland
container
service
Europe
India
2011
1970
1997
USA
Bridge idea ?
Short Sea Routes
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4,526 miles of Class 1 rail
CSX National Gateway Project
◦ North Baltimore, Ohio
◦ Direct connection to Suez Canal:
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia
◦ West Coast ports by direct rail
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NS Heartland Corridor
◦ Columbus Rickenbacker
◦ Direct connection to Panama Canal:
South America, China, India, and
Southeast Asia
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Connect to international ports in
less time
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Projected to handle 630,000
containers and trailers annually
Triple the market access
potential for the Ports of
Baltimore, Hampton Roads and
Wilmington – In Norfolk VA.
Shortens trip times to/from the
west coast ports and improves
reliability, allowing companies
to reduce inventories and
associated costs. Result =
lower transportation cost.
North Baltimore, Ohio
Hilliard, Ohio
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Tenants have access to road, rail,
and air options
4 existing trans-ocean air routes
with 9 more planned
FTZ #138 status
Discovery Yard – Container Port
Group (Division of World Shipping)
Heartland Double Stack Corridor, NS
Rickenbacker Yard - 25 Hours to the
Port of Norfolk, Virginia
25 hours to Norfolk, VA
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With easy access to eight
major interstate routes,
Ohio is America’s
intersection
4th largest interstate
highway system in nation
60% of all U.S and Canadian
households live within 600
miles of Ohio (a one day’s
drive)
Principal road
network:
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Balances
travel needs
Concentrates
resources
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4th in the nation for number of airports
◦ 84 of 88 Ohio counties are served by publicly
owned airports
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90% of Ohio’s population is within a 30
minute drive of an airport able to land a
business aircraft
More air facilities than any other state
Shift in domestic air cargo
◦ Belly Cargo
Northern Passage
Prince Rupert
International Investments
Ohio
Bellaire
Harbor
407K lb Rolls Royce
power generator from
Newark , Ohio
Heavy lift crane to barge; down the
Ohio & Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf
Oil rig in the Caspian Sea
Like moving 70 elephants
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Direct Access to Global Markets
Robust Transportation System resulting in
Logistics Savings for Businesses
Located within one day’s drive of 60% of U.S.
and Canadian Population and Manufacturing
Base.
“You can produce it in Ohio, because you can move it in Ohio”
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Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals;
Columbus Roundtable http://www.columbusroundtable.org/
Columbus Region Logistics Council: Chamber
http://www.columbus.org/chamber/councils/columbus-region-logisticscouncil/
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The Ohio Department of Transportation – Freight
Mobility, Oversize load Permits
US & Canadian Consul General Roy Norton, Detroit
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/detroit/index.aspx?view=d
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US DOT, FHWA Freight Management and Operations
Gateways & Boarders
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/infrastructure/gb/index.htm
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http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
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http://planefinder.net/
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http://www.ohgo.com/
INRIX Traffic
◦ Microsoft buys Nokia – competition on the horizon
◦ http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/
Thank you
Presented by:
Mark Locker