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Leveraging Ports for Sustainable Planning and Development
Michael Vanderbeek Manager of Business Development
Port of Long Beach
Southern California as a Case Study
Sustainable Economic Development
Key Policy Question
• How do you BALANCE benefits & impacts within port
cities/regions to ensure that international trade is a
sustainable, net benefit enterprise to stakeholders?
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Presentation Outline
The Ports of LB/LA
Ports + Economic Development + Sustainability
Port-Region Collaboration As An Implementation
Instrument
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Presentation Outline
The Ports of LB/LA
Ports + Economic Development + Sustainability
Port-Region Collaboration As An Implementation
Instrument
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Long Beach/L.A. As A Single Gateway Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. BTS. Containerization International
Southern California’s Ports - LB and LA
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Southern California’s Ports - LB and LA
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Southern California’s Ports - LB and LA
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Ports of LB and LA - Benefits
More than $320 billion USD worth of cargo handled in 2011
• Nearly 40% of all U.S. containerized trade
• All 50 U.S. states served by Southern California ports
• $120 billion USD in wages
• $30 billion USD in State (California) and local taxes
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Ports of LB and LA - Benefits
Approximately 3.5 million jobs across U.S. are linked to
Southern California ports
• Approximately 700,000 jobs in Southern California (five
county) are linked to port activity
• 9% of all regional employment is port/trade-related
• 12% of Long Beach employment is trade/port-related
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Ports of LB and LA - Impacts
Traffic
• Constant flow of trucks and trains
• Major user of public infrastructure (roads, bridges,
etc.)
Public Health
• Major regional contributor of Sulfur Oxide (SOx)
• Major regional contributor of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx)
• Major regional contributor of Diesel PM
Land Use
• Absorbs thousands of acres of premium (sort of) urban
waterfront real estate in SoCal
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Port Impacts - not just SoCal
Far from water...but close to population centers
Birmingham, AL
North Baltimore, OH Dallas, TX
Joliet, IL
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Key Question for Planners
Good Traffic Bad Traffic
How do you reconcile these seemingly opposite but integrally
connected urban situations as a planner?
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Presentation Outline
The Ports of LB/LA
Ports + Economic Development + Sustainability
Port-Region Collaboration As An Implementation
Instrument
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What Is Economic Development?
Economic development refers to “the sustained, concerted
actions of policymakers and communities that promote the
standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Such
actions can involve multiple areas including development of
human capital, critical infrastructure, regional
competitiveness, environmental sustainability, social
inclusion, health, safety, literacy, and other initiatives.”
-Wikipedia
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How Do Ports Perform?
Development Goal Area Port Contribution
human capital POTENTIAL BENEFIT
critical infrastructure BENEFIT
regional competitiveness BENEFIT
environmental sustainability IMPACT/POTENTIAL BENEFIT
social inclusion IMPACT/POTENTIAL BENEFIT
health/safety IMPACT
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Sustainable Economic Development
Key Policy Question
• How do you balance benefits and impacts within port
cities/regions to ensure that domestic & international trade
and goods movement are a sustainable, net benefit
enterprise to stakeholders?
Possible Answer
• By leveraging port activity and regional collaboration to
make economic development a mechanism for
sustainability
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Presentation Outline
The Ports of LB/LA
Ports + Economic Development + Sustainability
Port-Region Collaboration As An Implementation
Instrument
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Green Business Incubation: PortTechLA
PortTechLA Mission
“To attract and mentor companies with technologies
that will enable the Port, and ports worldwide, to meet
their immediate and future environmental, energy,
security and logistics goals”
PortTechLA Services
• Provide physical space for technology companies near
the ports
• Business and IPR mentoring, financing seminars
• Provide access to angel investors and VC opportunities
Port of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, San Pedro Chamber of Commerce,
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
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Green Tech Commercialization: TAP
TAP Mission
“To accelerate the verification and commercial
availability of promising new “green” port-related
technologies”
TAP Goals
• Encourage innovation
• Demonstrate effectiveness in order to facilitate
commercialization
• Reduce emissions and other environmental impacts
Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, participating companies
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Community Benefits: Mitigation Grants
Part of comprehensive strategy to offset impacts of port-related
operations
• Health-care and senior facilities
• Schools and related sites
• Greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects
$17.4 million spent to date
• $5 million to educate families on asthma care, screen at-
risk populations for respiratory illness, and build a
cardiovascular disease diagnosis laboratory
Port of Long Beach, Long Beach Unified School District
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Workforce Development: ITEP
ITEP (International Trade Education Program) Mission
“To produce job-ready, college-prepared graduates by
marshaling the financial, social, and intellectual resources of
the trade, transportation and logistics industries.”
ITEP Goals
• Prepare at-risk students for the meaningful employment
• Infuse school curriculum with industry based programs
• Develop business skills in students
• Provide access to internships and create an employment
pipeline for program graduates
Port of Los Angeles, California State University, U.S. Coast Guard, Comerica Bank,
Aquarium of the Pacific, Securitas, Watson Land Company, numerous others…
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How Do Ports Perform?
Development Goal Area Port Contribution
human capital POTENTIAL BENEFIT
critical infrastructure BENEFIT
regional competitiveness BENEFIT
environmental sustainability IMPACT/POTENTIAL BENEFIT
social inclusion IMPACT/POTENTIAL BENEFIT
health/safety IMPACT
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How SHOULD Ports Perform?
Development Goal Area Port Contribution
human capital BENEFIT
critical infrastructure BENEFIT
regional competitiveness BENEFIT
environmental sustainability BENEFIT
social inclusion BENEFIT
health/safety BENEFIT
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Conclusions - Part I
Trade benefits are disbursed; trade impacts are concentrated
Demonstrating local benefits beyond wages is increasingly
important to justify costs (impacts) of port development,
expansion and even existing operations
Planners must understand the critical role of goods movement
in urban economics
Leveraging port influence and operations to facilitate
sustainable economic development by focusing on innovative
solutions to planning problems is key
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Conclusions - Part II
Ports CANNOT address the complex issue of how benefits and
impacts are distributed
Ports CAN approach economic development more holistically
in collaboration with regional partners to leverage their
influence and operations to:
• Build additional human capital in port-adjacent areas;
and to
• Mitigate their impacts by helping to develop and
support environmentally preferable technologies as well as
community-focused benefits
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Leveraging Ports for Sustainable Planning and Development
Michael Vanderbeek Manager of Business Development
Port of Long Beach
Southern California as a Case Study
Sustainable Ports…
Sustainable Cities
April 16, 2012
Noël P. Comeaux, PMP, AICP Office of Port Infrastructure
Maritime Administration/DOT
Past-Chair, Transportation Planning Division
American Planning Association
Shipping Routes
Source: Cincinnati Barge & Rail Terminal
Ocean exploration has been around
since…wind.
Modern shipping involves 1000’
container vessels & larger bulkers:
o Stimulating commerce
o Supplying energy
Import Freight Corridor – Examples
U.S. Surface Transportation System
Livability?
Evergreen Container Vessel – being loaded and unloaded.
Port “Sustainability” & Urban Planning
Economic Development /
Competitiveness
Competing Land Uses
Vehicular Impacts
Complimentary Land Uses
Mitigating Impacts
Terrorist / Hazard Mitigation
Economic Development / Competitiveness
Sustain or increase throughput
capacity of key commodities
Initial & Adapting Industrial-
Commercial Urban Development
• For coastal & navigable waterway
population centers
Trade & Hence Job growth
Retail development for passenger
ferry services
Residential development near
• Supporting commercial & industrial development
• Port facilities
Marine terminals adjacent to waterfront parks
Obsolete cargo terminals versus:
• Potential waterfront park land
• Retail Development
• High-rise residential development
Vehicular Conflicts
Highest & Best Land Use?
Competing Land Use
Vehicular Impacts
Truck versus…
• Passenger vehicles
Near port facilities
On inner-city highways
• Bicycle movements
• Pedestrians
Class 8 Diesel Truck Emissions
Truck Parking
Ferry services
• Passenger vehicles v. pedestrians/bicycles
Complimentary Land Use
Viable commercial & industrial
development
• Near port facilities
Nearby, retail development
• For passenger/commuter ferry services
Commercial / industrial business
parks
Impacts
Noise
Emissions
Hazard Events
Vehicular Impacts
Terrorist/Hazard Events
Source: Virginia Department of Transportation
Trucks and Cars on Interstate-64
Mitigating…Impacts
Flood/noise walls
Dedicated/grade-separated roadways
• Trucks v. other - cars, bikes & pedestrians
Vegetative Buffer Zones
Emissions Reduction
EPA Clean Diesel Program
• Truck & Maritime
Re-use of obsolete port facilities
• Recreational park (Seattle, New Orleans)
Working with developers
Educating community
• Community Outreach
• Viewing facilities/platforms to see port operations
Terrorist/Hazard Events
Post-Event Recovery
• Evacuating people
• Post-event shelters
• Relief supplies
• Homeland security/military equipment
Providing facilities for unloading, maintenance, or reconnaissance.
Sustainable Development /Planning
• Evacuation alternatives to local roadway network
• Shelter-in-place facilities
On land or water
• Develop facilities for given events
MARAD Programs
America’s Marine Highway Program
• Short Sea Shipping
• Provide additional freight network capacity on viable waterways for given market
• Benefits: roadway congestion, emissions & risk
Port Infrastructure Program
• Guam: 30,000 U.S. Marines (planned)
And families
• Enables MARAD to continue supporting the Government of Guam through the Port’s redevelopment, to handle more cargo for new US personnel and local population.
Port Sustainability Initiatives
Port of Long Beach
• Michael Vanderbeek, Manager of Business
Development
Organisation for Economic Co-
Operation & Development (OECD)
• Olaf Merk, Project Manager
Regional Competitiveness & Governance
Division, Public Governance & Territorial
Development Directorate
Contact Information
Mr. Noël P. Comeaux, AICP, PMP
• Maritime Administration
• Contact Information:
202-366-5527
Sustainable Ports,
Sustainable Cities:
The case of Hamburg
Olaf Merk (OECD)
16 April 2012, APA National Planning Conference, Los Angeles
OECD and Port-Cities
• Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based in Paris
• 34 members: developed market economies
• Port-Cities Programme (2010-2013): network, case studies and synthesis report
• www.oecd.org/regional/portcities
• One of the case studies: Hamburg
Hamburg and Europe’s “blue banana”
Hamburg in 17th century
Hamburg nowadays
Lessons from Hamburg
1. Create economic value for the city
2. Balance port-city land use
3. Mitigate impacts and facilitate pride
4. Align institutional interests
1. Create economic value
• Port production value: € 8.3 bn (2010)
• Port jobs: 78,902 (2010)
• Output multiplier: 1.71
• Challenge: opportunity costs and spill-over effects to other regions
• So: need for economic value for the city
1. Create economic value
Port used as an economic asset for the city:
• Ship building, ship repair
• Maritime headquarters
• Maritime education and research
• Ship finance, brokers, consultancy
• Regional industries requiring quay access
• New opportunities: renewable energy
1. Create economic value
Intensified by the impact of the crisis (lost market share)
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2. Balance port-city land use
Port Area
2. Balance port-city land use
2. Balance port-city land use
Policy approaches:
• Sensitivity of port to land productivity
• Land compensation deals (HafenCity)
• Anticipation legal nuisance complaints
• Regional freight strategies (Logistics Initiative Hamburg)
3. Mitigate impacts and facilitate pride
Noise, air pollution, congestion, land use
3. Mitigate impacts and facilitate pride
Policy approaches:
• High rail share in hinterland modal split
• Building codes
• Greening terminals
• Opening up the port (port anniversary, Hamburg Cruise Days, bike paths in port)
3. Mitigate impacts and facilitate pride
Policy approaches:
• High rail share in hinterland modal split
• Building codes
• Greening terminals
• Opening up the port (port anniversary, Hamburg Cruise Days, bike paths in port)
3. Mitigate impacts and facilitate pride
4. Align institutional interests
• Port/urban: two separate planning laws
• Public/private: city shareholder of port, terminal operator and carrier
• City/suburbs: de-concentration of logistics
• Between states: the river connecting Hamburg to the sea is in other states.
• State/federal: investment for dredging, links to hinterland
