Bayfield Iron Douglas MICHIGAN STATE LINE Ashland Vilas Burnett Sawyer Washburn Florence Oneida Forest Price Marinette Polk Rusk Barron Lincoln Landglade Taylor Menominee Oconto St. Croix St. Chippewa Dunn In addition to promoting shipping and Capital Improvements: Marathon Ozaukee commerce, the Port of Milwaukee is the Clark Door Pierce Pepin Claire Eau Grantee of Foreign Trade Zone #41 which ROAD IMPROVEMENTS: offers economic benefits to companies South Lincoln Memorial Drive and the fire lane Wood involved in international trade. FTZ #41 Kewaunee Portage Waupaca Brown between Harbor Drive and South Lincoln Buffalo Outagamie encompasses 12 counties in Southeastern Jackson Trempealeau Memorial Dr. was resurfaced. South Carferry Wisconsin: Milwaukee; Rock, Walworth, Drive and East Bay Street were completely Kenosha, Racine; Waukesha; Jefferson; Waushara rebuilt. Calumet Manitowoc Winnebago Dodge; Fond du Lac; Sheboygan; Wash- Adams Juneau Monroe LaCrosse ington and Ozaukee counties. Fond du Lac Sheboygan Marquette Green Lake Green 2013 FTZ #41 OPERATORS: Vernon Broan Nutone Dodge Sauk Columbia Washington Ozaukee Sigma-Aldrich Richland Bentley World Packaging Crawford (general purpose FTZ warehouse) Dane Jefferson Waukesha Milwaukee Iowa Hospira, LLC Grant Generac Racine Mercury Marine Green Rock Walworth Lafayette Kenosha CNH Industrial Americas WISCONSIN STATE LINE RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS: ILLINOIS STATE LINE Over $150,000 worth of railroad upgrades, repairs and maintenance were completed this year. Additionally, the Union Pacific upgraded its lead PACESETTER AWARD into the Port, and the Canadian Pacific rebuilt their rail bridge over Kinnickinnic Avenue leading into PRESENTATION (L to R) the Port. Paul Vornholt, Port’s Operations and Trade Director, Mayor Tom Barrett, Betty Sutton, INTERSTATE IMPROVEMENTS: Seaway Administrator and Tim Hoelter, Work began on the interstate connection to the Board of Harbor Commissioners President. Port of Milwaukee – a three year project. The State’s Budget allocates $236 Million to repair the THE PORT OF MILWAUKEE Hoan Bridge and I-794. Federal Kumano City Heavy 2013 ANNUAL REPORT RECOGNITION OF SERVICE: Lifting Dock After 16 Years of Dedicated Service Commissioner Kristine Martinsek resigned as a Board of Harbor Commissioner, but she didn’t go far. Kris moves on as a board member of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District located on the north end of Jones Island. Commissioner Tina Chang resigned her commission in 2013. Tina served from February 11, 2003 to December 13, 2012 as a Board of Harbor Commissioner. Two new Commissioners were sworn in: Kathleen M. Smith and 2323 S. Lincoln Memorial Dr., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53207 Attorney Diane S. Diel Phone: (414) 286-3511, Fax: (414) 286-8506, www.milwaukee.gov/port TENANT STAFF CHANGES: CRANE UPGRADES: We said goodbye to Brian LaRue, General Manager The Clyde Revolving gantry crane (aka: Crane 9), PORT TENANTS: Cargill Salt Incorporated • Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin • Federal Marine Terminals, Incorporated • Great Lakes Towing at Federal Marine Terminals - Milwaukee and had its boom removed. A new boom is being Harbor House Restaurant • IFI Tanco • Lafarge Corporation • Kinder Morgan aka: Milwaukee Bulk Terminals, Inc. • KM Transload • Lake Express welcomed the promotion of Luke Kvapil, as their built and expected to be installed early in 2014. Michels Corp. • Milwaukee Art Museum • Milwaukee World Festivals • North American Salt Co. • Portland Trucking • South Harbor new GM. We said good bye to Bradley Gilliet, The Manitowoc mobile crane #19 had significant Shea Kenny Construction • St. Mary’s Cement • U.S. Coast Guard • U.S. Navy • Walsh Construction • Ward Welding bracket wear work and warn out rollers were General Manager of Kinder Morgan Bulk replaced to its undercarriage. Both tracks were Terminals and welcomed William Baines as his SPECIAL MENTION: repaired by the Port’s Operations team. The “Ocean Crescent,” a U.S. Flag owned and operated vessel, Federal Kivalina, New Glarus beer vats Transformer/heavy lift replacement. Long time Manager of came into the Port of Milwaukee to load a Joy Global mining shovel transloaded from the North American Salt, Kathy Ruiz, retired. Many of the pictures in this destined for the West Coast of Mexico. The vessel travelled through VIRGINABORG to a Annual Report were taken by a the St. Lawrence Seaway locks and the Panama Canal locks Basic Marine deck barge local photographer, Bill Bedell to reach its destination. (June 28, 2013) for a Michigan destination. THE PORT ADMINISTRATION Bill has given the Port many Logistics were organized WELCOMED A NEW CRANE pictures over the years, always by Vince Shu of free of charge. Taking pictures Ceres Consulting. OPERATOR, JOHN DERMEYER of the Port was a passion of his and said farewell to Carmelo Cordero, and he enjoyed sharing them. of the Port Operations Team, and Bill was a lifelong employee Jason Stenglein of the Marketing Team. of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Bill passed away on January 29, 2014 at the age of 64. ABOUT THE PORT OF MILWAUKEE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS The Port of Milwaukee is an economic entity of city THE PORT OF MILWAUKEE government that is governed by the seven-member REVENUE/EXPENSES: 2013 (preliminary as of March 1, 2014) Timothy K. Hoelter, Board of Harbor Commissioners, a panel appointed by President Mayor Tom Barrett and confirmed by the Common Council. It administers commercial and recreational 2013 2012 COMMISSIONERS: operations on the 467 acres that make OPERATING REVENUES* $4,370.586 $4,361,080 Kristine F. Martinsek up the Port. Operating Expenses $2,937,975 $3,004,254 Ronald S. San Felippo Tina M. Chang A Message from Mayor Tom Barrett: NET INCOME (LOSS) $1,432,611 $1,356,826 Robert J. Bauman Craig A. Mastantuono As 2013 came to a close, the Port began to Personal Property Taxes $ 468,745 $ 552,321 speed up. Salt shipments delivered (paid by tenant) Claude J. Krawczyk through the Port of Milwaukee were the *Does not include Milwaukee World Festivals, Inc. This comparison of operating revenue and expenses for 2012 and 2013 second highest ever. One ship of salt excludes depreciation, debt service and interest expense. Paul Vornholt, delivered to the Port is the equivalent of Operations & Trade about 1,230 truckloads. Customers of the We are the region’s transportation and distribution center located on the southwest- Director Port transport local grain and heavy ern shore of Lake Michigan. The Port of Milwaukee transportation options include machinery for export. Fertilizers, steel products, limestone, the St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean; inland river LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS: ethanol, biodiesel, coal and cement also move through the barge service linking to Gulf ports and the inland waterways; two major railroads, the Martin and Associates conducted a Port-wide Financial Performance Port cost effectively and efficiently. Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific, and immediate interstate access to I-94. The Port study for the years 2006-2012. Results showed that the Port operated of Milwaukee handles a diverse mix of cargoes including steel, salt, coal, limestone, with a positive revenue stream between $2.5-$3.5 million during With millions of tons of products moving through the Port bio-diesel, ethanol, cement, fertilizers, construction machinery, mining machinery, these years. Land rentals are comparable to Coastal bulk ports, and each year, the overall costs of raw commodities tends to wind tower equipment, and grain. other Great Lakes bulk and breakbulk port land rentals. be lower for our local consumers. Our commitment to this vital transportation mode is reflected in the infrastructure improvements during 2013. A rail gantry crane along the FINAL PORT TONNAGE SUMMARY THE PORT OF MILWAUKEE mooring basin has a new boom extending its life another IN METRIC TONS: 20 years. We began a five year plan for rail improvements LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT: and upgrades which will allow commodities to travel faster 2013 2012 and safer. And every road on the Port property was resurfaced making the thousands and thousands of truck Dry Bulk 2,401,258 1,649,649 EMPLOYMENT 107 year old St. Marys Challenger will trips through the Port safer. Interstate I-794 and the Hoan Direct Jobs ........................................... 624 Bridge reconstruction also began in 2013, ensuring direct General Cargo 131.982 249,816 become a barge Induced Job ......................................... 498 access to the port for decades to come. Built in 1906 and put into service as the William P. Snyder, the steam- Grains 59,871 98,731 Indirect Jobs ........................................ 294 powered vessel hauled iron ore on the Great Lakes for about 50 years. This past year I was proud to welcome the new It was renamed three more times before being named St. Marys Liquid Bulk 25,200 15,953 Administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Betty Sutton for Total Jobs ................................................1,416 Challenger. Self-unloading equipment was installed in the late 1960’s, a visit to the Port. I look forward to working with including air slides, conveyors, and bucket elevators to comprise an TOTAL 2,618,312 2,014,150 Administrator Sutton on mutual interests relating to the enclosed system for moving the bulk cement from the ship’s holds to Port and collaborating on legislation that will protect the port PERSONAL INCOME onshore storage silos. In its most recent years, the lake boat delivered and our most valuable