2. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved SmartLock: Instrumented Locking System for Inland Waterway Navigation Jim McCarville Peter Stephaich Ricky Bravo, Via Bulatao, Min Cheol Cho Forrest Pan, Ty van den Akker © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved

3. Agenda  Locking process  Players  Project goals  Technical Requirements  Prototype demo  Savings & Costs  Future of SmartLock Ty van den Akker Via Bulatao Ricky Bravo

4. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Why Locks? $%&* # © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved

5. Dams were built in the 1800s $%&* # © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved

6. Locks help boats pass dams © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved

7. Port of Pittsburgh Commission Pilots Lock Masters Commercial Towing Companies US Army Corps of Engineers US Coast Guard SmartLock Technology Developers

8. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Project Goals SmartLock Payback period <2 years Allow locking in fog Speed locking process Reduce accidents Buy-in from all players

9. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved We carefully studied the locking process. Requirements Pilots Lock Masters US Coast Guard Towboat Operators

10. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Consider parking your car. 2.5 feet

11. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Tows have the same 2.5 ft! Up to 1000 feet long Up to 105 feet wide Scaled to a car, that’s 1”! 2.5 ft

12. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Tows also face wind, river current … and fog, too! CRASH OOPS !

13. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Information is critical to SmartLock. SmartLock Distances real-time accurate essential Conditions river wind dam opening

14. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Design Goals Usability Adaptable to other locks and tows Rapidly deployable Extensible

15. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved XML – Standard Data Protocol SSL – Integrity, Authenticity DGPS – Real-time position data WiFi – Multiple Uses ENC – Navigation Uses SmartLock Architecture well-tested technologies modularity multiple uses convergence © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved

17. Here’s a replay of what happened.

18. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved “I would be more confident entering a lock using this system, even in bad weather.” – Captain Musky The results were positive!

19. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Valuation Assumptions System Variables Total # of Locks (U.S.) Total # of Towboats (U.S.) Ave. Cost/Boat (3500Hp, mins.) Performance Variables Ave. Time/Lockage (mins.) Ave. Annual Fog Delay (hours) 200100 4500 1500 $ 4.94 6050 264 132 Actual*Estimate *Sources: USACE Navigation Data Center, US Coast Guard, Port of Pittsburgh Commission

20. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Cost Per Lock: $11,100 Install/Config $2,000 Software $850 WLAN $1,250 DGPS $7,000 Sources: Cisco, Furuno, Proxim Total (100 locks): $ 1.1 million

21. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Cost Per Boat: $13,750 Sources: Cisco, Furuno, Proxim Total (1500 boats): $ 20.6 million Install/Config $1,250 Software $2000 Computer $2,250 DGPS $7,250 WLAN $1,000

22. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Annual Savings per Boat: $48,027 Normal Delay $ 7,202 Accidents $ 1,631 Fog Delay $ 39,194 Sources: USACE Navigation Data Center, US Coast Guard, Port of Pittsburgh Total (1500 boats): $ 72 million

23. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Savings Sensitivity Annual Savings/Boat $ 48,027 Payback Period 3.6 months 9.1 6.0 3.6 3.02.6 4.2

24. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Industry Summary Savings / year$ 72.0 million Costs / year (5-year amortization, full deployment) $ 4.34 million ROI (full deployment) 321 %

25. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Future of SmartLock Industry meeting –Attendees from all players –Quickly understood value  Patent filing  Congressional Funding

26. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Project Results SmartLock Payback period 3.6 months! Allows locking in fog Saves 10min. / lockage Reduces accidents Buy-in from all players

27. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Answers

28. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Potential Annual Cost Savings Accidents$ 1 million Fog $ 58 million Transit time $ 10 million System cost < $ 30 million

29. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Normal Savings/Tow

30. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved

31. Costs (Base case) Total Costs (all locks) Total Costs (all tows) Ave. Boat Cost/Min. Ave. Boat Cost/Hour Total Hours of Fog # of Tows # of Chambers Cost of capital LowHigh $ 950,000$ 1,270,000 $14,250,000$27,000,000 $ 4.94 $ 296.16 264 hours 1500 boats 100 main + auxiliary 10%

32. © 2003 Port of Pittsburgh Commission, All rights reserved Image Sources http://www.sfo.com/~coredata/images/VW%20Top%20Vie w.jpg http://www.scrappinsports.com/ sportsI.html http://www.reuben.org/greenberg/.Toons/.Toons,%20Envir on/Columbia_river.html http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/Educate/zeus/student/trivia/at mosphr/wind.htm