摘要: |
This report is the 14th in a series that continues the capital expenditure survey of U.S. public ports first begun by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1956. Subsequent reports were published by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and currently by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). In 1991, MARAD first published the United States Port Development Expenditure Report, which summarized the findings of the earlier expenditure efforts, as well as several AAPA capital expenditure surveys. That report provided a 44-year history of the expenditure pattern of the U.S. public port industry from 1946 through 1989. Since that report, MARAD has produced annual reports covering the industry's current expenditures and proposed five-year capital expenditures. This report analyzes the results of the AAPA capital expenditure survey for 2003. The survey included the capital expenditures for 2003 and proposed expenditures for the period 2004 through 2008, along with the funding sources used to finance these expenditures. The survey data were obtained by AAPA from its U.S. corporate membership. Their U.S. members, public port agencies, represent virtually all the major deep-draft coastal and Great Lakes ports. This year's survey included responses from 46 (or 55%) of the 84 AAPA U.S. members a lower response rate than last years (70%). Port agencies responding to the FY 2003 survey included 24 out of the top 30 U.S. container ports in 2003 and 13 out of the top 25 ports handling U.S. foreign and domestic waterborne cargo for 2003. Public port agencies own approximately one-third of the U.S. deep-draft marine terminal facilities. |