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Memphis Regional Freight Infrastructure Plan Memphis Regional Freight Infrastructure Plan Prepared For: Greater Memphis Chamber March 2010 Report Title Here Contact Information Joseph Waldo Senior Consultant 610-490-2636 [email protected] Table of Contents INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 1: MEMPHIS IN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 2: MEMPHIS REGIONAL FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ...................................................... 9 CHAPTER 3: MEMPHIS REGIONAL FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION .................................................. 10 CHAPTER 4: MEMPHIS REGIONAL FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................... 11 Future Developments........................................................................................................................... 13 Memphis Regional Infrastructure Plan Recommendations By State................................................... 15 CHAPTER 1: MEMPHIS IN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN.................................................................... 17 THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC PICTURE .............................................................................................................. 17 The World Economic Outlook .............................................................................................................. 17 Regional Economic Outlook ................................................................................................................ 19 Container Trade and World GDP......................................................................................................... 21 United States Container Trade Outlook............................................................................................... 21 INTERNATIONAL LAND AND WATER TRADE FLOWS IN MEMPHIS .................................................................... 29 Overview of Memphis International Land and Water Freight flows ..................................................... 29 Memphis International Land and Water Imports.................................................................................. 33 Memphis International Land and Water Exports ................................................................................. 37 Memphis International Land and Water Freight Compared with Other regions .................................. 41 Summary.............................................................................................................................................. 41 EMERGING TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ............................................................................................ 42 Changing Containership Fleet and Panama Canal Expansion ........................................................... 43 Suez Canal .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Shorter Supply Chains......................................................................................................................... 48 Increased Use in Rail........................................................................................................................... 49 Multi-Modalism..................................................................................................................................... 52 Declining Air Freight Shipments .......................................................................................................... 53 Summary: Changing Inland Hub Competition ..................................................................................... 55 CHAPTER 2: MEMPHIS REGIONAL FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ............................... 60 MEMPHIS REGION HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ......................................................................... 62 MEMPHIS AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ....................................................................................... 68 MEMPHIS RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ..................................................................................... 71 MEMPHIS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ............................................................................................ 82 MEMPHIS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ....................................................................................... 88 MEMPHIS INTERMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY .................................................................................. 90 MEMPHIS TRUCKING AND DRAYAGE INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ................................................................ 92 MEMPHIS WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ..................................................... 95 MEMPHIS INDUSTRIAL PARKS INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY ......................................................................... 97 CHAPTER 3: EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS REGIONAL FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE....................... 99 MEMPHIS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION .................................................................................... 99 Highway Freight Flows in the Memphis Region Overview .................................................................. 99 Highway Congestion Bottlenecks in the Memphis Region ................................................................ 118 Memphis Connectivity Analysis ......................................................................................................... 120 3 Memphis Regional Freight Infrastructure Plan MEMPHIS AIR CARGO INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION ............................................................................... 123 Air Cargo Industry Overview.............................................................................................................. 124 Memphis Region Airport Benchmarking Analysis.............................................................................. 131 Air Cargo Industry Forecast and Trends............................................................................................ 143 MEMPHIS RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION .......................................................................................... 147 Memphis Rail Infrastructure – Track Capacity................................................................................... 148 Memphis Rail Infrastructure – Terminal Capacity.............................................................................. 149 Memphis Class I Rail Infrastructure................................................................................................... 154 MEMPHIS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION ..................................................................................... 159 SUMMARY OF MODE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY AND OBJECTIVES ........................................................... 160 CHAPTER 4: INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................... 163 INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS – TENNESSEE ............................................................................... 166 INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS – MISSISSIPPI ............................................................................... 172 INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS – ARKANSAS ................................................................................. 173 KEY INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 174 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 188 APPENDIX I: WORLD TRADE SERVICE FORECASTING METHODOLOGY ...................................... 194 APPENDIX II: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE MONITOR .................................................................... 205 APPENDIX III: ACCESSING THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS INTERMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE FTP SITE............................................................................................ 207 APPENDIX IV: STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AS PART OF THE MEMPHIS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ...................................................................................................................... 210 APPENDIX V: PORT TERMINALS BY COUNTY IN THE MEMPHIS STUDY AREA ............................ 212 APPENDIX VI: TRANSIT TIMES BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND MAJOR U.S. AND CANADIAN PORTS .................................................................................................................................................................. 215 APPENDIX VII: COMMODITIES SHIPPED THROUGH MEMPHIS ........................................................ 216 4 Memphis Regional Freight Infrastructure Plan Introduction and Executive Summary The Memphis Regional Freight Infrastructure Plan (Plan) was created in 2008–09 on behalf of The Greater Memphis Chamber (Chamber) and its members. The goal of this plan was to identify the capabilities and capacities of the region’s current freight infrastructure systems and recommend strategic projects that have the most potential to integrate these systems with emerging global supply-chain requirements. The Chamber has been a leader in promoting Memphis as a major transportation and logistics center. With the world's largest air-cargo airport, service by five Class I railroads, 490 trucking terminals, the nation's fourth-largest inland
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