Maine State Library Digital Maine Transportation Documents Transportation 6-2014 Maine Integrated Freight Strategy Final Report, 2014 Maine Department of Transportation Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalmaine.com/mdot_docs Recommended Citation Maine Department of Transportation, "Maine Integrated Freight Strategy Final Report, 2014" (2014). Transportation Documents. 102. https://digitalmaine.com/mdot_docs/102 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Transportation at Digital Maine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Transportation Documents by an authorized administrator of Digital Maine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Maine Integrated Freighht Strategy final report prepared for Maine Department of Transportation prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. June 2014 www.camsys.com final report Maine Integrated Freight Strategy prepared for Maine Department of Transportation prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400 Cambridge, MA 02140 date June 2014 Maine Integrated Freight Strategy Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 1 Current Freight System in Maine ......................................................................... 3 Freight-Related Programs and Investments ......................................................... 6 Key Trends Impacting the Freight System .......................................................... 6 Key Issues and Challenges .................................................................................. 11 Solutions and Recommendations ....................................................................... 12 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Organization of This Report ...................................................................... 1-2 2.0 Current Freight System in Maine .................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Freight Profile .............................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Freight Demand – Commodity Flow Analysis ...................................... 2-11 2.3 Industry Interview Results ...................................................................... 2-16 3.0 Freight-Related Programs/ Investments ......................................................... 3-1 3.1 Recent/Planned Investments .................................................................... 3-1 3.2 State Programs ............................................................................................ 3-3 4.0 Key Trends Impacting the Freight System .................................................... 4-1 4.1 Maine-Specific Trends ................................................................................ 4-1 4.2 International Trade ..................................................................................... 4-6 4.3 Transportation Industry Trends ............................................................... 4-7 4.4 Regulations and Policy .............................................................................. 4-9 5.0 Key Issues and Challenges ............................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Funding Challenges.................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Physical, Operational, and Institutional Chokepoints .......................... 5-1 5.3 Environmental and Community Constraints ............................................ 5-2 6.0 Solutions and Recommendations ...................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Infrastructure/Operational Improvement Recommendations ............ 6-2 6.2 Policy Strategies .......................................................................................... 6-5 A. Appendix A – Commodity Flow Analysis .................................................... A-1 A.1 Background and Methodology ................................................................ A-3 A.2 Mode Split Analysis .................................................................................. A-5 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. i 008783.001 Maine Integrated Freight Strategy A.3 Freight Flow Patterns ................................................................................ A-6 A.4 Top Commodities .................................................................................... A-14 A.5 Freight Distribution by Counties ........................................................... A-21 A.6 Domestic Trading Partners ..................................................................... A-24 A.7 Cross-Border Trade (Trade with Canada) ............................................ A-26 B. Appendix B – Shipper/Receiver Survey ........................................................ B-1 B.1 Company Profile and Operations ............................................................ B-1 B.2 Freight Flows .............................................................................................. B-6 B.3 Modes ........................................................................................................ B-11 B.4 Trucks/Highway Freight ....................................................................... B-15 B.5 Rail Freight ............................................................................................... B-20 B.6 Marine Freight .......................................................................................... B-22 B.7 Air Freight ................................................................................................. B-25 B.8 Freight Transportation System Issues/Recommendations ............... B-26 B.9 Shipper/Receiver Survey Trends .......................................................... B-35 C. Appendix C – Freight Projects ......................................................................... C-1 D. Appendix D – References ................................................................................. D-1 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. ii 008783.001 Maine Integrated Freight Strategy List of Tables Table ES.1 Crosswalk of MAP-21 Requirements with the Maine Integrated Freight Strategy and Other Plans ....................................... 2 Table 2.1 Maine Intermodal Connectors ............................................................. 2-5 Table 3.1 Highway and Bridge Maintenance and Operations Efforts ............ 3-2 Table 6.1 Example of How Maine’s Freight Performance Measures Align with National Transportation Goals ....................................... 6-7 Table 6.2 Crosswalk of MAP-21 Requirements with the Maine Integrated Freight Strategy and Other Plans .................................... 6-8 Table A.1 Geographic Region Definitions ......................................................... A-24 Table A.2 Dynamics of Maine-Canada Trade ................................................... A-29 Table B.1 Other Locations/Terminal/Plants ..................................................... B-2 Table B.2 Where Are the Other Locations/Terminal/Plants ........................... B-3 Table B.3 Primary Inbound Commodities .......................................................... B-6 Table B.4 Primary Outbound Commodities ....................................................... B-7 Table B.5 International Freight – Inbound .......................................................... B-9 Table B.6 Ports/Gateways Used for Imports ..................................................... B-9 Table B.7 International Freight – Outbound ...................................................... B-9 Table B.8 Ports/Gateways Used for Exports .................................................... B-10 Table B.9 Key Inbound Routes for Trucks ........................................................ B-12 Table B.10 Key Outbound Routes for Trucks ..................................................... B-13 Table B.11 Top Carriers/Brokers Used to Move Freight .................................. B-16 Table B.12 Closest Major Highway Intersection to Facility ............................. B-17 Table B.13 Roadway Improvements Needed ..................................................... B-19 Table B.14 Truck Weight Limit Increase Affected Operations ........................ B-19 Table B.15 Truck Weight Limit Increase Affected Travel Times/Efficiency ............................................................................... B-20 Table B.16 Direct Rail Service ............................................................................... B-21 Table B.17 Facility Has Rail Support/Siding ..................................................... B-21 Table B.18 Rail/Truck Intermodal Ramp Usage ............................................... B-21 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. iii Maine Integrated Freight Strategy Table B.19 Ports Used ............................................................................................ B-23 Table B.20 Ocean Carrier/Broker ........................................................................ B-23 Table B.21 How Freight Is Transferred to Port .................................................. B-24 Table B.22 Satisfied with Adequacy of Ports...................................................... B-24 Table B.23 Considering Utilizing Other Gateways ........................................... B-25 Table B.24 Airports Used .....................................................................................