2. Company Overview
GRID Logistics Inc. Proposes to
design, build, maintain, and
operate strategically selected
container port complexes and
inland urban freight networks
using proprietary docking and
crane designs, providing clean
and robust logistics connectivity.
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45% of our nation’s
freight enters U.S.
from San Pedro
Bay Ports
Of that, 44% of the freight travels on Class 1 Trains to the U.S. interior run by the
BNSF and Union Pacific Railroads, while 56% is truck delivered mostly
to the Regional Southern California Market and beyond.
45%
Our National Trading Gateway
BNSF
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A Global Shipping Industry
Problem in Need of Solutions
The Sizes of Container Ships are Rapidly Growing due to Expanding
Globalization
New generations of Ultra-large Container Ships (ULCs) have grown in size over the
last 20 years carrying 300% more container units (TEUs)
The Industry is in agreement that a new generation of “Containerport” complexes
designed and built to efficiently and cleanly service these ships are now in demand
Maersk Line with Triple E Container Ships have been leading the industry in developing the
Next generation of Ultra-large Container Ships too large for the newly widened Panama Canal
Servicing this 21st Century Fleet of ULCs from water to land
will force a paradigm shift in strategically positioned
container port complexes all over the world.
5. 3-Part Problem ALL in need of Addressing
Ship to Shore Crane Technologies
Freight Tunnel/Pipeline Network
New Railyard Designs
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50 Year Old “A” Frame Crane Designs
50 Year Old Truck Logistics Utilization
50 Year Old Intermodal Terminal Designs
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SURFACE & UNDERGROUND
ALAMEDA CORRIDOR Class 1 Trains
FUTURE EXPANSION
OPPORTUNITIES
(1) SUPERDOCK
URBAN FREIGHT
NETWORKINLAND
ALAMEDACORRIDOREAST(ACE)
(2) ZERO EMISSIONS RIGHT OF WAY (R.O.W.)
(3)
FEEDER
TERMINALS
3- Part Solution: SuperDock™, Freight Network
and Inland Feeder Terminals
(3)
FEEDER
TERMINALS
(3)
FEEDER
TERMINALS
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SuperDock™
E-3 SuperCrane™
3X Faster Vessel
Berth Service
10X Class 1 Train
Processing
15X Storage
Fully Electrified
Game-Changing
Bay-by-Bay
Discharge &
Loadback
Crane/Systems
Capabilities
Our Proprietary Patent-Pending
Zero Emissions Container Moving Platforms
All GRID Infrastructure can be constructed with zero interruptions to
current port related logistics operations
8. SPB Ports
A Genuine 21st Century Urban Freight Transportation Problem
Blue Dots on So. California Maps Indicate Warehousing
1) Trucks are universally
despised by commuters and
tax payers due to their
disproportionate negative
impacts on traffic congestion,
safety, road damage, and air
quality. Reducing the
numbers of trucks from our
freeway networks has great
potential for public support.
2) Southern California truck
population growth proportionate
to projected port growth
forecasts are unsustainable. This
fact is being ignored by ports,
cities, and their respective
municipal planning organizations
because freeway expansion is
institutional and status quo
defended.
3) Critical to the freight
supply chain and regardless
of fuel source, Trucks are by
far the most inefficient and
costly method of freight
delivery when compared to
vessel and railed transport.
GRID Logistics Inc. recognizes
great untapped value
opportunities. 8
Urban Freight Network
9. SOLUTION; California’s Green Urban Freight Network
Eliminating Millions of Trucks from our Freeway Networks
152 Mile Freight
Network Circuit
1) It costs from $600 to $800 to
move a single container
between berthed container
ships and inland warehouses.
GRID’s Urban Freight Network
would capture over 50% of
Southern California truck
deliveries (over 25% of all port
originating logistics activity)
2) Infrastructure costs for
GRID’s Urban Freight Network
would be paid by tolls on port-
related freight. Additionally, a
city-to-city freight delivery
network has strong potential
for generating non-port-related
revenues from this new
“Cleantech” freight concession
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Urban Freight Network
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Inland Feeder Terminals Network
Containers are loaded and unloaded at inland hub and spoke distribution nodes
called “Feeder Terminals”. Reduced delivery distances from Feeder Terminals to
destinations are conducive to alternative fuel trucks. Reductions to Truck Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMTs) to be independently researched by university studies on
The GRID System.
11. Why GRID and Why the SPB Ports?
The global grid will foster a transportation system based on multiple transshipments, facilitated
by innovative shipping and handling port technologies.
The Fourth Revolution Theory (2007) addresses the long-term developments of the global
service pattern. The theory predicts the emergence of new, bi-directional Equatorial-Round-
The-World (ERTW) services intersecting with North & South services, creating a "global grid".
(SOURCE) Dr. Asaf Ashar is a research
professor with the National Ports &
Waterways Initiative (NPWI), USA
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12. Why GRID and Why the SPB Ports?
3) GRID adds value to shippers,
railroads, ports, and benefits
organized labor, environmental
interests and municipal
transportation in the Southern
California Mega-region
1) Southern California’s
San Pedro Bay has
significant geographical
advantages (ERTW) over
other Western
Hemisphere Ports
2) Innovative and superior
container vessel discharge
and load-back operations,
GRID adds value to freight
carriers on land, rail, road
and sea creating a “True
Transshipment” Gateway 12
FUEL Accounts for approximately 50% of Container Carrier’s Operating Costs
8 more travel days to Panama Canal
in round trip vs. SPB Ports
13. GRID PROJECT BUDGET ESTIMATE at $18 Billion
INLAND So. Cal
Mega-REGION
SPB Port Complexes
POLA/POLB
$11.5B
$6.5B
This is a REGIONAL Freight Transportation Infrastructure
Project with a Ports Modernization COMPONENT
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
In Billions ($)
21st Century Transportation Infrastructure
Cost Perspectives
Project Costs
Compared with
LA to SF
High Speed Rail
Project
In 2007 the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) Report, Stated that 27,000
jobs are created for every $1 Billion Invested in Transportation Infrastructure
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“The Movement of Freight is one of the most
Important transportation questions of the 21st Century”
Ranking T&I Committee Special Panel on Freight - Jarrod Nadler D-NY
“Freight doesn’t move just by ship, or by rail car, or by truck.
Chances are the goods you buy at the store got on the shelves
thanks to all of these methods of transportation. That’s why
improving the flow of freight across all modes of Transportation is
so critical to a health economy”.
Transportation Sub-Committee Chairman Rep. John Duncan
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Announces Special Panel Tasked with
Developing Freight Transportation Improvements (Press Release April 16, 2013)
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The College of Engineering and Computer Science at CSUN in
partnership with GRID Logistics Inc. is pursuing an estimated
$1.6M, 20 month, feasibility study of The GRID Concept
• Defender: The current port system and growth strategy
• Challenger: GRID project
Proof of Concepts is a key short term objective to GRID’s
successful launch.
16. Construct a Small Scaled SuperDock
- SuperCrane Module and Freight
Pipeline/Tunnel segment that will
demonstrate the systems container
moving operations.
Proposal: build a GRID System
Physical Proof of Concept in a
collaborative effort by academic
researchers, private sector
consultants, crane builders, and
port, transportation, and regional
stakeholder interests.
Physical Proof of Concept
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17
Month
GRID Development Timelines
Continue Stakeholder Outreach
Deal Structure/Agreements between Ports, Class 1 railroads, and Shipping Lines
Secure Stakeholder Support
Formation of PPP
Develop Project Financing
P3 Contracts
SHOVELTOGROUND
Series A
Round
Funding
GRID Feasibility Study
Permitting
Establish GRID as an Environmental Mitigation
with Support from the Environmental Community
Congress to Designate GRID as a Project of National
Significance Streamlining Permitting Processes
Physical Proof of Concept
19. A licensed professional engineer in California, Texas, and Oklahoma, Richard has been involved
in the design and fabrication of large diameter pipe and pipelines for over 30 years. Richard is
also experienced in the research and design of using such pipe for transporting solid freight. In
the mid-90’s Richard co-founded Tubexpress Inc., a freight pipeline company proposing
proprietary Pneumatic Capsule Propulsion delivering palletized freight in high traffic corridors
that would substantially reduce trucks from main roads and freeways. In late 2009, Dave met
Richard. They immediately realized that moving port container cargo using large diameter pipe
and/or tunneling had tremendous promise for Southern California.
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Co-Founders
Richard I. Mueller P.E. Sr. Vice President / CFO
A native Angelino, Dave has been involved in commercial logistics for over 20 years. Seven of those
years he managed all facets of container terminal operations involving vessel, yard/gate, and On/Dock
Class 1 rail operations. Within his first year at the ports, Dave identified tremendous inefficiencies
clogging the container supply chain. Dave made his profound discovery when he realized that the
design of the entire container port complex was outdated and that no improvements to any part of the
container logistics network in its present condition was feasible. A complete modernization “overhaul”
is clearly in order. Dave committed six years developing the Green Rail Intelligent Development
solutions you are now evaluating. Dave is a graduate from the School of International Relations at the
University of Southern California.
David J. Alba President / CEO
“We’ve Often Described our Meeting
as One of those Classic Peanut Butter
and Chocolate Moments” - Dave Alba
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Portfolio Company
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CONTACT: Dave Alba
Co-Founder and President
d_alba@gridlogisticsinc.com
T: (626) 513-3650
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