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General

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201

Some Definitions

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Tonnage

What does it include? Everything, even the shipping containers themselves Metric vs Short 1,000 kg vs 2,000 lbs. 5

The Directive

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“The Director shall establish, on behalf of the Secretary, a port performance statistics program to provide nationally consistent measures of performance of, at a minimum—

(1) the Nation's top 25 ports by tonnage;

(2) the Nation's top...

Key Questions

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What are we measuring? Where are we measuring it?

Session Objectives

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Build a framework so discussions can be built on a shared, common vocabulary Describe difficulties in obtaining nationally consistent port measures Identify potential data sources for developing list of ports to be included in effort

Freight Data and Planning

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Planning (§1201-1202)

More consultation and participation Enables participation by ports, private providers Encourages MPO consultation with other planning activities Other changes to planning and performance...