1. Short Sea Shipping Short Sea Shipping Summit November 2006 Toledo USA MariTrade

2. 2 David Bendall  Deputy Chairman ICHCA International  ICHCA – dedicated to improving cargo handling productivity  CEO MariTrade 1982  Former Mariner – Operations, Stevedoring  Shipping Management – Finance  MariTrade – Shipping Infrastructure and Investment  Fast Ferry Operations and Investment www.maritrade.com.au

3. 3 MariTrade HSC Applications  Passenger ferries  Ro-pax  Cars  Trucks  Dedicated Freight  Feeder Vessels for entrepot ports  Hub and spoke  Shuttle services  Coastal Shipping

4. 4 MariTrade Transport Operations  Northern Europe  Mediterranean  West Indies  Canaries  Japan

5. 5 MariTrade Fast Feeder and Short Sea Vessels  Demand growing for fast efficient transport systems  Need to reduce traffic on roads – congestion, fuel consumption and environment  More efficient stock management  More efficient logistics management

6. 6 MariTrade A Viable High Speed Ferry Service Short distance preferably <200 miles  Dense trade routes  High bilateral volumes of freight  Time sensitive  Perishable  High value  Small efficient terminals

7. INCAT Tasmania – “Jervis Bay” 96 metres

8. 8 MariTrade Incat : Spearhead 98 m Theatre Support Vessel “Evolution 10B”

9. 9 MariTrade Ramps – Two Way Traffic

10. 10 MariTrade Ramps – Two Way Traffic

11. 11 MariTrade Wave Piercer Ramps

12. 12 MariTrade Design and Operational Flexibility

13. 13 MariTrade Military Application

14. 14 MariTrade Working in Winter Conditions

15. 15 MariTrade Heavy Vehicles

16. 16 MariTrade INCAT K Class Width – Lock Possible

17. 17 MariTrade Austal: Vehicle / Passenger 101 metres 951 Pax 251 cars or 16 trucks + 96 cars 37 knots

18. 18 MariTrade INCAT 112m Truck Lanes

19. 19 MariTrade Cross- section INCAT 112m

20. 20 MariTrade Great Lakes

21. 21 MariTrade Routes RoadSeaRoadSeaRoadSea Cleveland - Toledo 771001.52.5281000 Cleveland - Detroit 14010032.5141000 Miles Hours Truck Trips/week

22. 22 MariTrade What Next? Preliminary Feasibility Study  Infrastructure  terminal space, road access, cost  Ship  capacity, performance, schedules, cost  Market  comparative cost – road/sea  Voyage estimates  profitability  Preliminary investment analysis  Funding for full feasibility study

23. 23 MariTrade Cleveland to Toronto 300m

24. 24 MariTrade Toledo – Detroit - Montreal

25. 25 MariTrade Toledo to Montreal

26. 26 MariTrade Duluth to Chicago600m