PORT EVERGLADES MASTER/VISION PLAN 2018 UPDATE Blah Element 1: Existing Conditions Assessment FINAL DRAFT Prepared by August, 2018 2018 Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan Update Element 1 FINAL Draft 1.7.3 Container Berth Capacity ..................................................................................... 34 CONTENTS 1.7.4 Cement, Other Dry Bulk, and Break-Bulk Berth Capacity ..................................... 40 1.0 Glossary of Terms ............................................................. 4 1.7.5 Automobile Berth Capacity ................................................................................. 42 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 7 1.7.6 Container Terminal Yard Capacity ....................................................................... 42 1.2 Master Planning Context................................................... 7 1.7.7 Cement, Other Dry Bulk, and Break-Bulk Terminal Storage Capacity ................... 46 1.2.1 The South Florida Region ....................................................................................... 7 1.7.8 Automobile Storage Yard Capacity ...................................................................... 48 1.2.2 Broward County .................................................................................................. 10 1.8 On-Port Traffic and Parking ............................................ 48 1.2.3 Port Everglades ................................................................................................... 11 1.8.1 Traffic Counts and Quantitative Assessment ....................................................... 48 1.2.4 Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan 2018 Update Objectives .............................. 13 1.8.2 Qualitative Assessment and FDOT Recommendations ......................................... 50 1.3 Land Ownership and Uses ............................................... 14 1.8.3 Existing Parking Conditions ................................................................................. 51 1.3.1 Port Everglades Operating Agreements, Land Leases, and Grid Assignments ....... 14 1.8.4 Parking Utilization ............................................................................................... 52 1.3.2 Port Everglades Rail Trackage .............................................................................. 15 1.9 Intermodal Transportation Network ............................... 53 1.4 Facility Inventory ............................................................ 16 1.9.1 The Strategic Intermodal System in Broward County ........................................... 53 1.9.2 Highway Network ................................................................................................ 53 1.5 Progress on 5-Year Projects in the 2014 Update .............. 22 1.9.3 Freight Rail Systems ............................................................................................ 57 1.5.1 Northport Projects .............................................................................................. 23 1.9.4 Passenger Rail Systems ....................................................................................... 60 1.5.2 Midport Projects ................................................................................................. 24 1.9.5 Airports ............................................................................................................... 60 1.5.3 Southport Projects .............................................................................................. 24 1.9.6 Transit Systems ................................................................................................... 62 1.5.4 Port-wide Projects ............................................................................................... 26 1.9.7 Inland Waterways (Marine Highway Program/Short-Sea Shipping) ..................... 63 1.6 Neighbors’ Plans Influencing Port Development .............. 27 1.9.8 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) .............................................................. 64 1.6.1 Northport ............................................................................................................ 27 1.9.9 Regional and County Perspectives ....................................................................... 66 1.6.2 Midport ............................................................................................................... 29 1.9.10 Warehousing and Distribution Facilities ............................................................ 66 1.6.3 Southport ............................................................................................................ 31 1.10 Environmental Conditions ............................................ 67 1.7 Cargo Berth and Yard Capacity Analysis .......................... 32 1.10.1 Wildlife and Habitat .......................................................................................... 67 1.7.1 Methodology....................................................................................................... 32 1.10.2 Mitigation Projects ............................................................................................ 75 1.7.2 Cargo Types and Berth Assignments .................................................................... 33 1.10.3 Landfill and Petroleum Storage ......................................................................... 84 2 2018 Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan Update Element 1 FINAL Draft 1.10.4 Environmental Initiatives .................................................................................. 84 1.10.5 Climate Change Initiatives, Resiliency, and Sustainability .................................. 87 1.10.6 Drinking Water Management ............................................................................ 89 1.10.7 Shore Power ...................................................................................................... 90 3 2018 Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan Update Element 1 FINAL Draft 1.0 Glossary of Terms Cabotage Laws Legislation and/or regulation relating to the ability of foreign-flagged vessels to transport Air Draft goods and passengers between domestic ports. Cabotage Laws are often put into place to The maximum height of a structure or vessel. protect domestic maritime industries. Apron Capacity Area immediately adjacent to the vessel berth where lines, provisioning, gangway and other The number of units (passengers, berths, containers, gallons, tons, etc.) that a given area or operations occur. space can handle at a given time. Anchorage Cruise Brand Location where a vessel may anchor. For cruise, in destinations where docks are not present Term referring to individual cruise vessel operating companies (i.e. Carnival Cruise Line) to to accommodate vessel operations, anchorages are used and passengers are shuttled distinguish them from their corporate holding companies (i.e. Carnival Corporation). to/from the cruise vessel to a landside location using a small boat (tender). Anchorages are Cruise Line generally only used in ports-of-call. For purposes of this report, cruise line is used to describe a corporate holding company with Available Passenger Cruise Days (APCD) one or more cruise brand(s) operating under its corporate umbrella (i.e. Carnival The formula cruise lines typically use to assess and compare cruise itineraries from a financial Corporation). perspective. Cruise Terminal Beam Building where cruise passengers embark and/or debark in a homeport destination. The width of a vessel at its widest part. Daily Cruises Bed (Berth) Nights Term applied to vessel service transporting passengers and/or vehicles and/or cargo from A typical cruise industry form of capacity measurement representing the number of lower point to point. The key difference between daily cruises and multi-day cruises is that daily berths (a bed on a cruise vessel, with the aggregate total generally determining the vessel’s cruises offer transportation services as their primary business focus, not a travel and leisure nominal passenger capacity) multiplied by nights of operation in a region. experience. Berth Dockage (1) An anchorage or dock space for a vessel in port. Fees levied by a port or destination for the right to dock a vessel. (2) A bed, generally attached to the deck and/or bulkhead onboard a cruise vessel. Draft Break-Bulk The depth of water required by a vessel to float; the measurement in feet (or meters) of the General cargo or goods such as steel rebar or pipes that must be loaded/unloaded and extent to which the vessel projects below the surface of the water. handled individually or in pre-determined modular quantities (i.e. pallettes). Break-bulk Dry Bulk cargo is not handled in intermodal shipping containers or in bulk quantities as would be the Commodity cargo that is transported in unpackaged, non-standardized, non-liquid granular case with petroleum, grain and cement, for example. form, usually in large quantities (i.e. cement, bauxite, coal, etc.). Bunker/Bunkering Emission Control Area (ECA) Marine fuel used for propulsion. The act of delivering marine fuel to a vessel. 4 2018 Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan Update Element 1 FINAL Draft Geographic boundaries established through treaties to provide for decreased NOx and SOx with more planned. Carnival Corporation is the leader in this technology among global cruise emissions in select zones such as North America and Europe. lines but others are following suit. Gross Tonnage