An Analysis of the Value of Texas Seaports in an Environment of Increasing Global Trade
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Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. FHWA/TX-09/0-5538-1 Accession No. 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date An Analysis of the Value of Texas Seaports in an Environment February 2008; Rev. October 2008 of Increasing Global Trade 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Peter Siegesmund, Jim Kruse, Jolanda Prozzi, Rene Alsup, 0-5538-1 Rob Harrison 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Center for Transportation Research 11. Contract or Grant No. The University of Texas at Austin 0-5538 3208 Red River, Suite 200 Austin, TX 78705-2650 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Texas Department of Transportation Technical Report Research and Technology Implementation Office January 2006–August 2007 P.O. Box 5080 Austin, TX 78763-5080 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 15. Supplementary Notes Project performed in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. 16. Abstract This study undertook an economic impact exercise for all Texas ports, updated a similar study done a decade earlier, and so assisted TxDOT with incorporating the most recent marine port impacts into their state transportation planning. The study was awarded to a joint CTR-TTI team but work did not begin until the scope was clarified by TxDOT, following concerns expressed by some members of the Texas Ports Association (TPA). Almost all the larger Texas ports had undertaken economic impact studies and were understandably concerned about any new study providing different answers. This was highly likely as economic impact output is influenced by the timing, scale, and specifications of each study. Accordingly, it was agreed that where a Texas port had already completed an economic impact study, the results would be reported to TxDOT in this project. The work also provided both a forecast of container growth at Texas terminals and an estimate of the economic impact of Texas ports on the U.S economy. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement Texas ports, siltation, dredging, economic impacts, No restrictions. This document is available to the IMPLAN, I/O public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161; www.ntis.gov. 19. Security Classif. (of report) 20. Security Classif. (of this page) 21. No. of pages 22. Price Unclassified Unclassified 122 Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized An Analysis of the Value of Texas Seaports in an Environment of Increasing Global Trade Peter Siegesmund Jim Kruse Jolanda Prozzi Rene Alsup Rob Harrison CTR Technical Report: 0-5538-1 Report Date: February 2008; Rev. October 2008 Project: 0-5538 Project Title: The Value of Texas Seaports in an Environment of Increasing Global Trade Sponsoring Agency: Texas Department of Transportation Performing Agency: Center for Transportation Research at The University of Texas at Austin Project performed in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Center for Transportation Research The University of Texas at Austin 3208 Red River Austin, TX 78705 www.utexas.edu/research/ctr Copyright (c) 2009 Center for Transportation Research The University of Texas at Austin All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America iv Disclaimers Author's Disclaimer: The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official view or policies of the Federal Highway Administration or the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. Patent Disclaimer: There was no invention or discovery conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the course of or under this contract, including any art, method, process, machine manufacture, design or composition of matter, or any new useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable under the patent laws of the United States of America or any foreign country. Engineering Disclaimer NOT INTENDED FOR CONSTRUCTION, BIDDING, OR PERMIT PURPOSES. Research Supervisor: Rob Harrison v Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge the support given by Raul Cantu P.E. (MMO) who worked with great success as the Project Director. We also wish to recognize the role played by the members of the Texas Port Association (TPA) who helped frame the work, provided data from the economic impact assessments undertaken by Martin and Associates, and who acted as reviewers of much of the work at their regular meetings during the study period. This effort was coordinated by John Roby (Port of Beaumont) who facilitated interactions between the team and the TPA. Dr. David Luskin, Senior Economist, HDR Engineering proposed the use of the USAGE-ITC model when he was working at the Center for Transportation Research and subsequently assisted in interpreting its output in the project. Finally, Dr. Marinos Tsigas, Economist, United States International Trade Commission, provided guidance throughout the USAGE-ITC evaluation and played an important part in successfully applying the model in the study. This work does not represent the views of the U.S. International Trade Commission or any of its Commissioners. vi Table of Contents Chapter 1. Background and Introduction .................................................................................. 1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................1 1.2 Study Background ..................................................................................................................2 1.3 Study 0-5538: Proposal Modification ....................................................................................3 1.4 Report Outline ........................................................................................................................4 Chapter 2. Port Activities and Economic Impact Methodologies ............................................ 5 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................5 2.2 Evaluating Local and Regional Impacts with IMPLAN ........................................................6 2.3 Analyzing the National Impacts of Channel Maintenance Using a Computable General Equilibrium Model .........................................................................................................7 2.4 Concluding Remarks ............................................................................................................10 Chapter 3. Transportation Cost Penalty Associated with Channel Siltation ........................ 13 3.1 Shallow Draft Channels .......................................................................................................14 3.2 Deep Draft Channels ............................................................................................................20 3.3 Dredging Costs ....................................................................................................................22 3.4 Summary ..............................................................................................................................24 Chapter 4. The National Economic Impacts of Maintaining Texas’ Waterways ................. 25 4.1 The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Texas’ Shallow Draft Channels ................................25 4.2 Texas Deep Draft Channels .................................................................................................32 Chapter 5. Local and Regional Texas Port Economic Impacts .............................................. 37 5.1 Port of Galveston .................................................................................................................37 5.2 Port of Harlingen .................................................................................................................39 5.3 Port of Port Isabel (The Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District) .................................42 5.4 Port Mansfield ......................................................................................................................45 5.5 Port of Palacios ....................................................................................................................47 5.6 Port of Orange ......................................................................................................................49 Chapter 6. Container Forecast for Texas Terminals ............................................................... 53 Chapter 7. Concluding Remarks ............................................................................................... 57 7.1 Texas Port Economic Impact Data for 2006 ........................................................................57 7.2 Texas Container Forecasting ...............................................................................................59 7.3 Impacts of Dredging Texas Shallow Draft Waterways on the U.S Economy .....................59 7.4 Deep Draft Texas Channels .................................................................................................60 References ...................................................................................................................................