Port of Corpus Christi Tariff Review A presentation to the Port of Corpus Christi Authority August 15, 2017
Purpose • To better understand how tariff rates at Corpus Christi compare to those at other Gulf Coast Ports • This effort specifically focuses on liquid bulk tariff rates, which accounted for over 85 percent of the total tonnage handled at the Port of Corpus Christi in 2016
Methodology:
Collected data from 15 Gulf Coast ports
Methodology:
Collected data from 15 Gulf Coast ports • Wharfage rates
• Facility attributes
• Dockage rates
• Terminal assets
• Fees and surcharges
• Cargo handling assets
• Cargo volumes by commodity
• Storage assets • Multimodal access
Total Tonnage Handled: Total Tonnage Handled (Million Short Tons)
All Commodities, 2014 250
Port of Houston Port of Beaumont Port of Corpus Christi
200
Port of New Orleans Port of Baton Rouge Port of Mobile
150
Port of Lake Charles Port of Texas City Port of Port Arthur
100
Port of Tampa Bay Port Everglades Port of Freeport
50
Port of Galveston Port of Brownsville Port of Gulfport
0 All Commodities
Total Tonnage Handled: Total Tonnage Handled (Million Short Tons)
Petroleum and Chemical Products 160 Port of Houston 140
Port of Beaumont Port of Corpus Christi
120
Port of Lake Charles Port of Texas City
100
Port of Port Arthur Port of New Orleans
80
Port of Baton Rouge Port of Freeport
60
Port of Tampa Bay 40
Port Everglades Port of Mobile
20
Port of Galveston Port of Brownsville
0 20 Petroleum and Petroleum Products
30 Chemicals and Related Products
Port of Gulfport
Petroleum and Chemical Product Tonnages by Commodity (million tons) Baton Rouge
Houston
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Crude Petroleum Distillate Fuel Oil Gasoline
49.74 31.64 11.95
52.62 7.21 5.81
37.04 10.75 7.88
27.76 8.35 6.12
17.86 9.66 4.27
5.88 8.01 3.51
Other Hydrocarbons
5.25
0.93
3.64
1.04
1.83
1.86
Residual Fuel Oil
13.85
2.36
3.22
1.16
2.65
3.98
Naphtha & Solvents
12.61
3.85
2.58
1.79
3.52
0.94
Asphalt, Tar & Pitch
2.34
1.56
1.53
0.22
0.15
1.31
Petroleum Coke
7.09
1.74
1.48
3.19
1.42
1.92
Sodium Hydroxide
1.12
0.15
1.10
1.22
0.04
2.97
Hydrocarbon & Petrol Gasses
14.00
0.11
0.99
0.06
1.33
0.45
Benzene & Toluene Alcohols
5.78 6.87
1.01 0.54
0.88 0.45
0.24 0.01
0.70 1.60
2.53 1.30
Commodity
Lake Charles Texas City
Petroleum and Chemical Product Tonnages by Commodity (million tons)
Million Tons Handeled (2014)
160
Hydrocarbon & Petrol Gases
140
Sodium Hydroxide
120
Petroleum Coke
Asphalt, Tar & Pitch
100
Naphtha & Solvents
80
Residual Fuel Oil 60 Other Hydrocarbons 40 Gasoline 20 Distillate Fuel Oil 0 Houston
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Lake Charles Texas City Baton Rouge New Orleans
Crude Petroleum
Wharfage Rate for Liquid Bulk NOS by Port ($ per Barrel)
Fully Loaded Wharfage Rates for Petroleum Liquid Bulk (Per Barrel) Port
Base Wharfage Rate
Surcharges & Fees
Full Burden
Port Arthur
0.3910
0.0450
0.4360
Beaumont
0.1880
0.0450
0.2330
Houston
0.2000
0.0064
0.2064
New Orleans
0.1579
0.0380
0.1959
Lake Charles
0.1775
0.0068
0.1842
Texas City
0.0892
0.0600
0.1492
Freeport
0.1098
0.0105
0.1203
Baton Rouge
0.1128
Corpus Christi
0.1005
Tampa
0.0820
0.1128 0.0008
0.1013 0.0820
Fully Loaded Wharfage Rates for Petroleum Liquid Bulk (Per Barrel) 0.50 0.45
Full Wharfage Burden per Barrel
0.40 0.35 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.00 Port Arthur
Beaumont
Houston
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Base Wharfage Rate
Texas City
Freeport
Surcharges & Fees
Baton Rouge
Corpus Christi
Tampa
Fully Loaded Burden Example: Average Petroleum Tanker Base Dockage: 800ft Vessel 10,840
Base Wharfage: 550,000 Barrels 215,048
Surcharges & Fees 4,725
Houston
8,880
110,005
4,292
123,178
Beaumont
9,904
103,389
4,638
117,931
Lake Charles
9,728
97,599
4,622
111,949
New Orleans
7,000
86,846
3,143
96,989
Texas City
6,376
49,060
33,000
88,436
Freeport
9,512
60,379
6,598
76,489
Baton Rouge
9,728
62,033
575
72,336
Corpus Christi
10,152
55,275
6,060
71,487
Tampa
9,728
45,100
600
55,428
Port Port Arthur
Full Burden 230,613
Commodity Value Based Wharfage Adjustments Commodity Category
Value Weight Value Per Ton Adjustment ($ million) (million tons) ($) Factor
Adjusted Wharfage (per Barrel)
Basic chemicals
35,923
27.64
1,230
1.55
0.1559
Chemical products
17,355
5.12
3,387
4.04
0.4063
Fuel oils
10,016
12.47
803
0.96
0.0963
Gasoline
13,991
16.70
838
1.0
0.1005
Wharfage Rate for Iron and Steel Articles by Port (per ton) 4.00 Everglades
3.50 Wharfage Rate ($ per Short Ton)
Mobile Freeport
3.00
Gulfport Corpus Christi
2.50
Houston Port Arthur
2.00
Beaumont Tampa
1.50
Baton Rouge Galveston
1.00
Lake Charles New Orleans
0.50
Brownsville Texas City
0.00 Iron and Steel Articles
Wharfage Rate for Dry Bulk by Port (per ton) 2.50 Texas City
Wharfage Rate ($ per Short Ton)
Lake Charles 2.00
Port Arthur Corpus Christi Gulfport
1.50
Beaumont Galveston Tampa Everglades
1.00
New Orleans Freeport Mobile
0.50
Baton Rouge Brownsville Houston
0.00 Dry Bulk
Wharfage Rate for Machinery and Machinery Parts by Port (per ton) 8.00 Houston Wharfage Rate ($ per Short Ton)
7.00
Everglades Gulfport
6.00
Corpus Christi Mobile
5.00
Beaumont Lake Charles
4.00
Tampa 3.00
Brownsville Freeport
2.00
Galveston New Orleans
1.00
Baton Rouge Texas City
0.00 Machinery & Machinery Parts
Port Arthur
Thank you! Michelle Humphrey is a Project Consultant for Northern Economics, Inc.
Additional Wharfage and Dockage Surcharges by Port Port
Security Surcharge— Dockage
Security Surcharge—Wharfage (per ton)
Other Fees
Corpus Christi
7.50% total dockage
7.50% total wharfage
$1,153 per voyage Harbor Safety Fee
Baton Rouge
$150 per Vessel
Beaumont
9.25% total dockage
breakbulk $0.195, dry bulk $0.045, liquid bulk $0.045
Brownsville
8.75% total dockage
breakbulk $0.0363, bulk (dry or liquid) $0.0363, NOS $0.1179
Everglades
$0.158 per GRT (Cargo vessels)
breakbulk $0.173, dry bulk $0.035, liquid bulk $0.034
Freeport
8.50% total dockage
breakbulk $0.20, bulk (dry or liquid) $0.07
Galveston
8.75% total dockage
breakbulk $0.19, bulk $0.04, liquid bulk $0.04
Gulfport
7.50% total dockage
breakbulk: $0.16, dry bulk: $0.05, liquid bulk: $0.05
Houston
8.75% total dockage
breakbulk $0.19, bulk (dry or liquid) $0.0425
Lake Charles
9.25% total dockage
breakbulk $0.195, bulk $0.045, liquid bulk $0.045
Mobile
9.00% total dockage
New Orleans Port Arthur
9.25% total dockage
$425 per voyage harbor fee to all ocean-going vessels engaged in foreign or coastwise trade
Fire Protection Service Fee of $0.0269/barrel on petroleum products
breakbulk $0.19, dry bulk $0.04, liquid bulk $0.04 breakbulk $0.16, bulk $0.038, liquid bulk $0.038 Breakbulk $0.195, dry bulk $0.045, liquid bulk $0.045
Tampa
$0.75 per foot Harbor Master Fee
Texas City
Wharfage surcharges on crude oil: $0.06/barrel.