1. Wisconsin’s Chamber Commercial Waterways of the Midwest MACE Transportation Panel November 4, 2015 Doubletree, Minneapolis, MN Jason Culotta Director of Tax & Transportation Policy

2. About WMC  Manufacturers’ Association/State Chamber of Commerce  Founded in 1911  Largest and most influential business association  WMC represents more than 3,800 businesses of every size and from every sector of the economy WMC Mission: Make Wisconsin the most competitive state in the nation

3. Great Lakes Shipping  St. Lawrence Seaway opened - 1959  42 U.S. ports on the Great Lakes handle 250k+ tons of freight  In 2013, tons moved:  85 m domestic traffic  34 m foreign  Ave. haul of 569 miles (domestic)

4. Great Lakes Shipping  Commodities Moving? (2013 tons)  Iron Ore (40 m)  Limestone (20 m)  Coal (17 m)  Sand, grain, salt, OSOW, manf. goods

5. Great Lakes Shipping  22 of top 100 US ports  Leading ports  Duluth-Superior (#17 in US)  Two Harbors  Chicago  7-8 day transit from Duluth-Atlantic

6. Great Lakes Ships  “Lakers”  Up to 1k ft long, 105 ft wide  “Salties”  Max size of 740 ft long/78 ft wide  Must fit through Welland Canal

8. Great Lakes Shipping  $7b in capital investment occurring  Dock & port upgrades  Seaway lock modernizations  New ship construction  Canada cut shipbuilding tariff in 2010  Ballast water challenges

9. Great Lakes Containers  Less than 355 loaded TEUs in 2013  International Intermodal Containers  Spliethoff Liner Service connecting Cleveland & Antwerp  Crosslake Domestic Containers  Muskegon interest  Requires Jones Act-compliant ships

10. Mississippi River  Lock & Dam System  29 between MSP and St. Louis  ACE maintains a 9- foot channel  Port of Minneapolis  Closed summer 2015

11. Mississippi River  Largest Inland ports (13 of top 100):  Huntington, St. Louis, Pittsburgh  Commodities moved include:  Coal, Petroleum Products, Aggregates  Agricultural Products  92% of nation’s ag exports  78% of world exports in feed grain & soybeans

13. Missouri River  Wing Dams (no lock & dams)  Thousands between St. Louis and Sioux City, IA  Much smaller volumes  Port of Kansas City, MO  Re-opened summer 2015

14. Comparisons  “Laker”  1k footer can carry as much as:  525 rail cars; or  2100 trucks

15. Comparisons  River Barge  Carries equivalent to 15 rail cars or 58 trucks  Rail Car  Holds 3-4 truckloads

16. Thank You! Jason Culotta Director of Tax & Transportation Policy (608) 258-3400 jculotta@wmc.org