Corps of Engineers Civil Works Questionnaires Generic Clearance

STEAMSHIP LINE SURVEY

(Personal Interview)

OMB 0710-0001

Expires: 30 September 2012

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STEAMSHIP LINE SURVEY

Name of firm: _________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________

If subsidiary, name of parent firm: _________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________

Person interviewed: _________________________________________________________________

Title of person interviewed: _________________________________________________________________

Telephone number: _________________________________________________________________

1. Type of service provided by your company: (Check all that apply)

___Scheduled line ___Trip charter

___Other (specify) ________________________________________________________

2. Type of cargo carried by your company: (Check all that apply)

___Container ___Dry bulk

___Breakbulk ___Tanker

___NEO bulk ___Other (specify) _______________________

3. Please list the representative ship sizes and types owned or leased by your firm along with the estimated replacement/retirement dates for these vessels.

Cargo Type	Vessel Class (Deadweight Ton(DWT)/Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU)	Dimensions Length Beam Draft			Number leased/ Number Purchased		Estimated Replacement/ Retirement year	Number of ships on order	Approximate Delivery Dates	Number in Class
Container
Breakbulk
NEO bulk
Dry bulk
Tanker
Other (specify types)

4. For each class of vessel shown in Question 3 above, please list their number of days in service and percentages

of them engaged in different activities.

PERCENT OF THE TIME ENGAGED IN THESE ACTIVITIES
Cargo Type	No. In Vessel Class	Number of days per Year in Service	% Time at Sea	% Time in Port Working	% Time Waiting for Berth	% Time Waiting for Tide	% Time Waiting for Weather	% Time Under Repairs	% Other Nonproductive Time
Container
Breakbulk
NEO bulk
Dry Bulk
Tanker
Other

5. Of the U.S. ports you serve, which three U.S. ports have the least adequate channel dimensions? Also, list the types of cargo usually carried in these ports.

U.S. Port		Type of Cargo Carried
Name of Port #1:
Name of Port #2:
Name of Port #3:

6. In what ways, for the three ports named above, are channels inadequate? Check the appropriate boxes below each port.

	Port #1	Port #2	Port #3
Lack of channel reliability?
Not sufficiently deep?
Too much traffic congestion?
No sufficiently wide?
Safety concerns?
Weather concerns?
Inadequate turning basins?
Other ways? (Please specify): _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

7. For each of the following trade routes or areas served by your company, give the total number of metric tons you ship annually.

METRIC METRIC

TONS TONS

Northern Europe & Scandinavia ______ Caribbean & Central America ______

Southeast Asia & Japan ______ West Coast United States ______

Mediterranean ______ East Coast United States ______

Australia & New Zealand ______ Gulf Coast United States ______

West, South, & East Africa ______ Great Lakes ______

West Coast South America ______ Other (specify): _________________________

East Coast South America ______ ______________________________________

8. Of the trade routes or areas mentioned in question #7 as being served by your company, which three ports have the least adequate channel dimensions? Also, list the types of cargo usually carried in and out of these three ports.

Foreign Ports with Least Adequate Channel Dimensions		Cargo Usually Carried
Name of Port #1
Name of Port #2
Name of Port #3

9. Give each of the following dollar costs, which your company can specify, per the units specified, below, and/or per TEU.

Costs	$ per Units Specified	and/or $ per TEU
Total land transportation costs PER CARGO TON	$ _____________	$ _______________ per TEU
Total port to port costs PER CARGO TON	$ _____________	$ _______________ per TEU
Vessel at sea cost PER HOUR	$ _____________	$ _______________ per TEU
Vessel in port working cost PER HOUR	$ _____________	$ _______________ per TEU
Vessel in port waiting cost PER HOUR	$ _____________	$ _______________ per TEU
Other (specify types of cost and units) ______________________________ ______________________________	$ _____________	$ _______________ per TEU

10. What are the criteria your company uses to trade off the increased risk of running aground with the increased risk associated with deeper loadings?

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11. Please list any expected changes that will significantly affect your shipping patterns (i.e., changes in ships technology, land side technology, marketing strategy, etc.).

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12. After channel improvements are made, what criteria would your organization use in deciding when it should switch to larger ships?

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13. Please specify any current plans you may have to switch from your existing routing patterns.

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14. If the channels are improved at the ports that you use, how do you feel your steamship line will benefit? Check all that apply.

___Increased frequency of service ___ Increased loadings per vessel

___Increased speed per vessel ___Change of itinerary

___Other (please specify) __________________________________________________

15. For what types of commodities are you likely to experience transportation savings from improvements to waterway channels? Please explain.

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16. Are the depths at the dock you use adequate for your current and expected needs?

___No ___Yes (Please explain) ___________________

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17. Are you having trouble docking in ______________________________? ___Yes ___No

18. What is causing your docking problems?

___Currents ___Inadequate depths

___Wind ___Other (please specify) _____________________

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19. Would you like to see improvements in the NAVAIDS? ___Yes ___No

If yes, please specify:

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20. What suggestions do you have for solving the navigation problems that exist in ______________? Check all that apply.

___ More dredging ___ Using smaller ships

___ Using Doppler sonar tide gauges for ___ Altering the navigation

real-time tide measurement routes currently used in the inlet

___Other (please specify)

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Comments: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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