b'SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 23, 2022 NORTH AMERICAS TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS NEWSPAPER25(DEVELOPcontinuedtheexpirationofthecurrentsaid. Their costs are substan- binesisntfullydevelopedbethelackofnecessary from page 12) contract.TheILWU,whosetially more than expected foryet and is being tailored to theinfrastructure. On the Atlan-tugboats today(and) wemembershipsurpasses22,000their operations and mainte- much larger offshore oceanictic seaboard, state after state are looking to include cruiseworkers across 29 West Coastnancebecauseofthecorro- projects such as the North Seais proposing ambitious plans ships. Now that data is com- andHawaiianportsisnowsion of salt. and the West Coast of the U.S. andofferinginducements piled according to time, loca- seeingsomelocalsflexingAs with oceanic offshoreTheGreatLakespres- for manufacturers, suppliers, tion, and depth and stored ontheirmusclesthroughworkwind farms, the waters depthent some unique hurdles forand stagers to locate locally. the cloud so we can developstoppagesandotherdisrup- determinesboththeinstalla- developers as well. ShippingIdeally,saidFullenkamp, trend lines. We started in thetivebehavior.Thequestiontion difficulty and the neces- accessisonebigexample.foundationfabricators,for summerof2021with2-3remains,canWillieAdamssary technology. Great Lakes(See sidebar page 17) example, should do the final tugs and expect to concludelead his first coastwide negoti- waterdepthishighlyvari- Iceflowsposeanotherassembly close to the water.ourresearchin2023withation since becoming presidentable,althoughLakeErieismajorchallenge,atleastButevenontheEast over75vesselsprovidingin 2018 to a successful conclu- relatively shallow, while Lakeinsomeshallowerwaters,Coast, not every state will be sounding data. sion or does the industry faceSuperior is one of the deepestsuch as on Lake Erie. How- abletoattracttheseplumb AccordingtotheWatercontinued work disruptions andmajor lakes in the world. Notever,Fullenkampsaid,evenopportunities. Manufacturers Instituteoneoftheprojectin the worst case a strike. Thesurprisingly, both the Erie anddesignsoftheLakeErieneedeconomiesofscale. A supporters is the Port of Southcoming weeks will be criticalOntario projects are located intowersfromseveralyearscommon benchmark for tur-LouisianawhoseCEOPaulin determining which outcomeshallowwaters,whichallowback came up with a solution,binemanufacturerstositea Matthewssaid:Asoneofwe end up with.straightforwardfixed-bottomwhich involve a kind of fun- dedicated plant, for example, Americaslargesttonnageinstallation in bedrock. nelingsystem.Sheetmetalis1GWperyear.Getting ports, the Port of South Loui- Usingfloatingturbinesisweldedtothefoundation1GWintheGreatLakes siana is focused on serving the(SAGAcontinued from would allow far more latitudeat a 45 degrees angle at iceRegionwillbealotmore maritime needs of our residentpage 20) inplacement.Itwouldalsolevel. When ice sheets hit thedifficult, and probably years industries.Partneringwithpurchaseandupkeepconsid- counteroneenvironmentalmetal,theyheaveupwardsout, said Fullenkamp.The Water Institute and Loui- erably,Kourtoffsaid.Inthecomplaintagainstwindtur- and are broken. This technol- Eventhelocalportsof siana Economic Developmentoceans,youhavetobuythebines,andthatsstirringupogy,Fullenkampsaid,hasCleveland and Toronto dont will allow us to apply crowdmore costly sort of specializedsedimentwhendrillingintobeendeployedsuccessfullyhavetheavailablespaceto sourcing data and cutting-edgepressurized wind turbines, andthelakebed.However,thein Europe. hostGreatLakesprojects, scientific analysis to a concerntheygetallmuckedup,hetechnologyforfloatingtur- Abiggerissuemayjustshould they materialize. for vessel operators and ship-pers not only on the Missis-sippiRiver,butalsoaround the worldOur better under-standing of shoaling, and our ability to provide more accu-rate,timelyandprecisepre-dictiveelementstoshoaling forecasts,willenhancethe safety and efficiency of all the Ports maritime endeavors.The Water Institute web-siteprovidedthefollowing background:1) Along with its advanced ana-lytics,customizedResilience Dashboardswillbecreated andmaintainedforthePorts of Lake Providence, Madison, Vidalia,BatonRouge,South Louisiana,NewOrleans,St. Bernard, and Plaquemines. 2) Thesetoolswill assistin trackingprogressandadap-tively managing port resilience. Alongwiththedigitalplat-form, this $3 million invest-ment will culminate in a new SmartPort facility to be housed on The Water Campus in Baton Rouge.3) The facility will serve as a specializedemergencyopera-tioncenterforportswhen neededandaplaceforthe exchange of information during non-emergency times.4) The Institute worked closely with the Port of New Orleans, IBM, and Crescent Towing in developing tools that harvested andvalidateddepthdatato informportdredgingopera-tions. Through SmartPort, the Institutewillbeabletoscale thissuccessfulpilotproject alongtheLowerMississippi River from North Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico.(OUTLOOKcontinued from page 14)6-yeardeal. Atthemoment there are no serious threats of strikes or slowdowns for the U.S. maritime industry. On the U.S maritime labor front, negotiations between the PacificMaritimeAssociation (PMA)andtheILWUhave now entered a third month past'