ABBREVIATIONS CFS IALA JEMFAC LYON MEC MIFC MIFV MIMRA MISC MIVA MSTCO MV MWSC RMI RMIPA RMI EEZ RMI EPA RMI EPPSCO RMI MT&C USAID USDOI OIA USAKA Container Freight Station International Association of Lighthouse Authorities Joint Economic Management Committee Lyon Associates, Inc. Marshalls Energy Company Marshall Islands Fishing Company Marshall Islands Fishing Venture Marshall Islands Marine Resource Authority Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation Marshall Islands Visitors Authority Majuro Stevedoring and Terminal Company Motor Vessel Majuro Water & Sewer Company Republic of the Marshall Islands RMI Ports Authority RMI Exclusive Economic Zone RMI Environmental Protection Authority RMI Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office RMI Ministry of Transportation & Communications United States Agency for International Development United States Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs United States Army Kwajalein Atoll Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 ABB-1
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Regional Location... 1-1 1.2 Significance of the Port... 1-1 1.3 Purpose of the Master Plan... 1-4 1.4 Scope of the Master Plan... 1-4 1.5 Project Approach... 1-5 1.6 Report Organization... 1-7 1.7 Consultation... 1-9 Chapter Two Demographic and Economic Trends 2.1 General... 2-1 2.2 Resident Population... 2-1 2.3 Workforce... 2-6 2.4 Income... 2-8 2.5 Cost of Living... 2-9 2.6 Primary Industry Trends... 2-10 2.7 Anticipated Population Growth... 2-21 Chapter Three Existing Port Facilities 3.1 Introduction... 3-1 3.2 Calalin Channel... 3-2 3.3 Port Fairway... 3-5 3.4 Uliga Dock... 3-9 3.5 Delap Dock... 3-25 Chapter Four Marine Transport Trends 4.1 Introduction... 4-1 4.2 Interisland Passenger and Cargo Traffic... 4-1 4.3 International Cargo Vessel Traffic... 4-3 4.4 Oil Tankers... 4-16 4.5 Fishing Vessel Traffic... 4-17 4.6 Cargo Handling Systems... 4-23 Chapter Five Environmental Consideration 5.1 General... 5-1 5.2 Wind Characteristics... 5-1 5.3 Tidal Variations... 5-2 Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 TOC-1
5.4 Wave Patterns... 5-3 5.5 Current Patterns... 5-3 5.6 Ecology of Majuro Lagoon... 5-4 Chapter Six Port Facility Needs 6.1 Introduction... 6-1 6.2 Calalin Channel... 6-1 6.3 Port Fairway... 6-2 6.4 Uliga dock... 6-2 6.5 Delap Dock... 6-12 6.6 Economic Development Opportunities... 6-39 Chapter Seven Port Management and Operations 7.1 Statutory Authority... 7-1 7.2 Organizational Structure... 7-2 7.3 Roles and Responsibilities for Port Division Personnel... 7-4 7.4 Port Security... 7-5 7.5 Financial Position... 7-9 7.6 Port Management, Operations and Maintenance Needs... 7-12 7.7 RMIPA Facility Leases... 7-16 Chapter Eight Port Objectives and Strategies 8.1 Introduction... 8-1 8.2 Establishment of Priorities... 8-2 8.3 Port Improvement Objectives and Strategies... 8-5 Chapter Nine Cost-Benefit Analysis 9.1 Introduction... 9-1 9.2 Methodology... 9-2 Chapter Ten Implementation Plan 10.1 Introduction... 10-1 10.2 Adopt and Enable Convenient Access to the Master Plan... 10-1 10.3 Establish a Process for Project Project Implementation... 10-2 Table of Figures Figure 1-1 Regional Location Republic of the Marshall Islands... 1-2 Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 TOC-2
Figure 1-2 Republic of the Marshall Islands... 1-3 Figure 1-3 Majuro Atoll... 1-3 Figure 2-1 Population Growth, 1980-2011 Republic of the Marshall Islands... 2-3 Figure 2-2 Crude Birth Rates Per One Thousand Population 1988, 1999-2011 Republic of the Marshall Islands... 2-4 Figure 2-3 Crude Deaths Rates Per One Thousand Population 1988, 1999-2012 Republic of the Marshall Islands... 2-5 Figure 2-4 Republic of the Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zones... 2-11 Figure 3-1 Majuro Atoll... 3-3 Figure 3-2 Calalin Channel... 3-3 Figure 3-3 Fairway to Port of Majuro... 3-6 Figure 3-4 Vessel Moorage Area... 3-8 Figure 3-5 Uliga Dock... 3-10 Figure 3-6 Uliga Dock Electrical Distribution System... 3-19 Figure 3-7 Uliga Dock Fuel Distribution System... 3-21 Figure 3-8 Uliga Dock Water Distribution Systems... 3-23 Figure 3-9 Delap Dock... 3-27 Figure 3-10 Delap Dock Electrical Distribution... 3-52 Figure 3-11 Fuel Distribution System Delap Dock... 3-56 Figure 3-12 Water Distribution System Delap Dock... 3-58 Figure 6-1 Potential Southeast Extension of Uliga Dock A... 6-5 Figure 6-2 Potential 180 Meter Extension of Uliga Dock A... 6-6 Figure 6-3 Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 TOC-3
Long-Term Uliga Dock Improvement Plan... 6-11 Figure 6-4 Proposed Delap Dock Layout (Option A)... 6-17 Figure 6-5 Proposed Delap Dock Layout (Option B)... 6-18 Figure 6-6 Proposed Delap Dock Layout (Option C)... 6-19 Figure 6-7 Proposed Delap Dock Layout (Option D)... 6-20 Figure 6-8 Electrical Power Supply and Distribution System... 6-29 Figure 6-9 Recommended Utility Improvements, Fuel Supply, and Distribution System Delap Dock... 6-37 Figure 7-1 Organizational Chart RMI Ports Authority Seaport Division... 7-3 Figure 7-2 Delap Dock Land Lease Boundaries... 7-18 Figure 10-1 Port Improvement Implementation Schedule... 10-10 Tables Table 2-1 Republic of the Marshall Islands Population and Growth Rate by Atoll/Island Census Years 1980, 1988, 1999 and 2011... 2-2 Table 2-2 Natural Growth and Migration Trends Republic of the Marshall Islands... 2-4 Table 2-3 Full and Part-Time Employment by Industry Republic of the Marshall Islands FY1998-FY2011... 2-7 Table 2-4 1998-2011 Average Annual Wage and Salary Rates Private and Public Sector Jobs by Industry Republic of the Marshall Islands... 2-9 Table 2-5 Number of Foreign Purse Seine Vessels Licensed to Fish in the Marshall Islands EEZ by Year and Flag, 2006-2010... 2-10 Table 2-6 Annual Catches by Purse Seine Fleets in the Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone by Flag and Species, 2006-2010... 2-12 Table 2-7 Number of Foreign Longline Vessels Licensed to Fish in the Marshall Islands EEZ by Year and Flag, 2006-2010... 2-13 Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 TOC-4
Table 2-8 Annual Catches by Foreign Longline Fleets in the Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone by Flag and Species, 2006-2010... 2-13 Table 2-9 Visitors to Majuro by Year and Purpose of Visit 1996, 2001-2010... 2-18 Table 2-10 Anticipated Population Growth 2012-2024... 2-23 Table 3-1 Facility Condition Assessment Criteria Port of Majuro... 3-2 Table 3-2 Calalin Channel Facility Condition Assessment... 3-4 Table 3-3 Port Fairway Facility Condition Assessment... 3-6 Table 3-4 Uliga Dock Facility Condition Assessment... 3-13 Table 3-5 Uliga Dock Warehouse Characteristics... 3-14 Table 3-6 USAID Disaster Mitigation Relief Building Characteristics... 3-15 Table 3-7 Uliga Dock Guardhouse Building Characteristics... 3-16 Table 3-8 Uliga Dock Pump Vault Characteristics... 3-17 Table 3-9 Delap Dock Facility Condition Assessment... 3-29 Table 3-10 Bollard Load P and Approximate Spacing... 3-30 Table 3-11 RMIPA Office Building Characteristics... 3-36 Table 3-12 MSTCO Office and CFS Warehouse Building Characteristics... 3-37 Table 3-13 Delap Guard House Building Characteristics... 3-39 Table 3-14 Container Yard Entry Office Building Characteristics... 3-40 Table 3-15 Abandoned Restroom/Shower Building Characteristics... 3-40 Table 3-16 Electrical Generator Buildings Characteristics... 3-41 Table 3-17 Stevedore Recreational Building Characteristics... 3-42 Table 3-18 Boat House Characteristics... 3-44 Table 3-19 Yard-Shop Building Characteristics... 3-45 Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 TOC-5
Table 3-20 Delap Dock Office Building Characteristics... 3-46 Table 3-21 Fuel Building Characteristics... 3-48 Table 3-22 Delap Dock Maintenance Building Characteristics... 3-49 Table 4-1 Selected Vessel Dimensions and Details Interisland Passenger/Cargo Vessels... 4-2 Table 4-2 2012 Inbound and Outbound Cargo Volumes (in TEU) Port of Majuro... 4-6 Table 4-3 Anticipated Inbound and Outbound Cargo Volumes (TEU) with Limited Transshipment Activity 2013-2023... 4-7 Table 4-4 Anticipated Inbound and Outbound Cargo Volumes (TEU) with Expanded Transshipment Activity 2013-2023... 4-8 Table 4-5 Anticipated International Cargo Vessel Traffic 2013-2023... 4-10 Table 4-6 Vessel Particulars International Cargo Vessels Calling upon the Port of Majuro 2010-2012... 4-13 Table 4-7 Container Ship Size Categories... 4-15 Table 4-8 Vessel Particulars International Oil Tankers Calling upon Port of Majuro 2010-2012... 4-17 Table 4-9 Vessels Licensed to Fish in Marshall Islands EEZ 2006-2010... 4-18 Table 4-10 Vessel Particulars International Fishing Vessels Calling upon Port of Majuro 2010-2012... 4-20 Table 5-1 Monthly Surface Wind Characteristics Uliga Dock 1994-2011... 5-2 Table 6-1 Delap Dock Electrical Loading (Options A, B, or D)... 6-32 Table 6-2 Delap Dock Electrical Loading (Options C)... 6-33 Table 7-1 Anticipated Annual Cost Preventative Maintenance Program Port of Majuro... 7-15 Table 8-1 Prioritization of Future Port Improvement Objectives Port of Majuro... 8-3 Table 8-2 Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 TOC-6
Objectives in Order of Priority Based on Cumulative Scores Port of Majuro Port Improvements... 8-4 Table 9-1 Calalin Channel, Port Fairway, Vesssel Anchorage Area Cost-Benefit Analysis... 9-4 Table 9-2 Uliga Dock Cost-Benefit Analysis... 9-8 Table 9-3 Delap Dock Cost-Benefit Analysis... 9-13 Table 9-4 Fishing Dock Cost-Benefit Analysis... 9-17 Table 9-5 Cumulative Port Improvements Cost-Benefit Analysis... 9-20 Port of Majuro Pre-Final Master Plan February 2014 TOC-7