US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Tonnage Reporting: Getting It Right Waterborne...

US Army Corps of Engineers

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Tonnage Reporting: Getting It Right

Waterborne Commerce Statistics CenterNavigation and Civil Works Decision Support CenterUSACE Institute for Water Resources

US Army CorpsOf Engineers

Institute for Water Resources

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Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center (NDC)

NDC is an element within the U.S. Army Institute for Water Resources (IWR) consisting of

• Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (WCSC), including the Navigation Infrastructure Inventory, located in New Orleans, LA

• Lock Performance Monitoring System & Dredging Statistics, located in Alexandria, VA

• Civil Works Program Performance, including management of the Corps Operations & Maintenance Business Information Link (OMBIL)

• Enterprise Group S, which functions within a matrix-management construct in conjunction with the other four enterprise groups within IWR

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WCSC Mission

• To collect and supply navigation data and information for U.S. channels, ports, waterways, and Corps Projects

- Domestic and U.S. Foreign - Commodity and Vessel Movements- U.S. Navigation Infrastructure Inventory

• Authorized under the River & Harbors Act of 1922

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Waterborne Commerce Statistics

Collection

U.S. Carriers

Ports/Terminals

Customs / Census

Private Industry

Enforcement

Input

Electronic ReportsCodingKeying

Coast Guard AIS

Processing

Oracle Relational Database

EditingRouting

Information Generation

Output

QueryReports

HQ BudgetCD / Web

Data & statistics used by USACE Civil Works Program to:• analyze feasibility of new water transportation projects/activities• set priorities for new investment & rehabilitation• management of operations & maintenance of existing projects • support legislation and Congressional initiatives

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Waterborne Commerce Information

Vessel Trip & Cargo Data• Vessel ID & Operator• Origin & Destination• Location: Port & Dock• Time: Date Depart & Arrive• Route Taken• Draft• Commodity

- SITC & International Harmonized System• Tonnage



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Data Confidentiality

• Protection of Trade Secrets• Title 18, U. S. Code, Chapter 93, Section

1905 “Whoever … discloses … information which concerns

… operations … (or) confidential statistical data … of any person, firm, corporation or association … shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both, and shall be removed from office of employment.”

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Additional WCSC Functions

• Collect and process domestic shipper information subject to the Harbor Maintenance Tax

• Conduct annual survey to produce an inventory of vessel companies and their U.S. flag vessels operating in the transportation of freight and passengers

• Compile and produce summary statistics, which do not disclose movements of individual companies, for release to private companies and the general public

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Navigation Infrastructure Inventory

• Inventory of over 200 commercial ports, 9,000+ waterway facilities, Corps locks and Nav Project Profiles

• Outputs: waterway facility characteristics related to our customers

• Supports Quality Assurance of waterborne commerce data, Permits, Budget and Homeland Security

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• Domestic waterborne commercial vessels shall be reported monthly to the WCSC. ENG Forms 3925, 3925b, 3925c or 3925P shall be completed and filed by vessel operating companies each month for all voyages or vessel movements completed during the month.

• The types of vessels include: dry cargo ships and tankers, barges (loaded and empty), towboats (with or without barges in tow), tugboats, crew boats and supply boats to and from offshore locations, newly constructed vessels from shipyards to the point of delivery, ferries and other passenger vessels, and vessels remaining idle during the monthly reporting period.

• Vessels carrying containerized cargo must also file form 3925c. • Vessels that did not complete a move during the month shall be

reported as idle or in transit.

33 CFR Part 207.800 Collection of Navigation Statistics

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The following vessel movements need not be reported:• Recreational vessels• Fire, police, and patrol vessels• Vessels exclusively engaged in construction (e.g., piledrivers and

crane barges). NOTE: however, that movements of supplies, materials, and crews to or from the construction site must be timely reported.

• Dredges to or from the dredging site. However, vessel movements of dredged material from the dredging site to the disposal site must be reported.

• Specific movements granted exemption in writing by the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center.

33 CFR Part 207.800 Collection of Navigation Statistics

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How Do We Improve Coverage and Collection?

• Existing Efforts– Identify common requirements– Identify and adopt common standards – FILS– Identify and adopt common delivery methods – Identify and homogonously catalogue cargo handling facilities

• Short Term Solutions– Leverage current technologies to identify unreported

information– Identify an interim format to send potential missing data

(Note: 3rd partiers leveraged to identify missing information, but not report it.)

– Leverage industry participation to increase reporting response

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Federal and Industry Logistics Standardization (FILS)

A joint collaboration between industry and governmental agencies to adopt a uniform nomenclature in order to improve accuracy and efficiency when electronically sharing common information for:

Standard Location Codes for Dock, Fleets, etc.

Standard River Names and Mile Points

Standard Vessel Codes Standard Commodity

Codes

Guiding Principles Accepted by Industry Accepted by Federal Agencies Usable in multiple transmission formats Adhere to international standards Open Standard

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AIS Integration Into the WCSC Process

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Long Term Solution

• Technology– GPS– Standardized Electronic Data– Data Provided by Industry Databases

• Partnerships– Federal Government– Associations– Industry– Service Provider

• Result– Geographically accurate, timely,

consistent and complete data .• Industry Incentive

– Fleet Management Tool– Free Equipment– Elimination of manual data

submission

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U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers

Subscribers (WHO)

Subscribers

Service Provider

GPS (WHERE & WHEN)

Industry (WHAT)

Origin

Destination

Lock

Reporting Point

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