Short Sea Shipping

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Short Sea Shipping

• Short Sea Shipping Summit
• November 2006
• Toledo
• USA

MariTrade
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David Bendall

• Deputy Chairman ICHCA International
• ICHCA dedicated to improving cargo handling
  productivity
• CEO MariTrade 1982
• Former Mariner Operations, Stevedoring
• Shipping Management Finance
• MariTrade Shipping Infrastructure and
  Investment
• Fast Ferry Operations and Investment
• www.maritrade.com.au

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HSC Applications

• Passenger ferries
• Ro-pax
• Cars
• Trucks
• Dedicated Freight
• Feeder Vessels for entrepot ports
• Hub and spoke
• Shuttle services
• Coastal Shipping

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Transport Operations

• Northern Europe
• Mediterranean
• West Indies
• Canaries
• Japan

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Fast Feeder and Short Sea Vessels

• Demand growing for fast efficient transport
  systems
• Need to reduce traffic on roads congestion,
  fuel consumption and environment
• More efficient stock management
• More efficient logistics management

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A Viable High Speed Ferry Service

• Short distance preferably lt200 miles
• Dense trade routes
• High bilateral volumes of freight
• Time sensitive
• Perishable
• High value
• Small efficient terminals

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INCAT Tasmania Jervis Bay
96 metres
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Incat Spearhead
98 m Theatre Support Vessel Evolution 10B
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Ramps Two Way Traffic
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Ramps Two Way Traffic
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Wave Piercer Ramps
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Design and Operational Flexibility
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Military Application
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Working in Winter Conditions
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Heavy Vehicles
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INCAT K ClassWidth Lock Possible
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Austal Vehicle / Passenger
101 metres 951 Pax 251 cars or 16 trucks
96 cars
37 knots
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INCAT 112m Truck Lanes
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INCAT 112m
Cross- section
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Great Lakes
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Routes
Miles
Hours
Truck Trips/week
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What Next?

• Preliminary Feasibility Study
• Infrastructure
• terminal space, road access, cost
• Ship
• capacity, performance, schedules, cost
• Market
• comparative cost road/sea
• Voyage estimates
• profitability
• Preliminary investment analysis
• Funding for full feasibility study

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Cleveland to Toronto 300m
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Toledo Detroit - Montreal
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Toledo to Montreal
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Duluth to Chicago 600m