Integrated Port Planning & Keystone Documents

Integrated Port Planning Model

MFA has championed the integrated port planning model, leveraging our extensive industry knowledge to help ports seamlessly integrate keystone documents across their planning and operations. Our approach fosters alignment, transparency, and efficiency, strategically positioning ports for increased resilience, community benefit, and expanded opportunities for future funding and economic growth.

Strategic Plans

MFA’s strategic planning services facilitate the alignment of a port’s vision with its operational realities and community objectives. By harmonizing port resources and community goals, we identify practical pathways to optimize those resources and empower ports to achieve their envisioned goals.

Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements

Comprehensive schemes delineate all public assets under the purview of ports and undergo regular updates to reflect any changes to these assets. We assist ports in revising their comprehensive schemes to accurately represent the current status of assets, and we conduct thorough inventories of land, infrastructure, and other public assets entrusted to the port’s stewardship.

Capital Improvement Planning

Capital Improvement Planning leverages a port’s cumulative years of investment while considering the economic landscape of the community, region, and nation. MFA helps analyze and identify opportunities and creates accessible, operable systems for planning and implementing capital improvements.

Response and Resiliency Plans

Our ports are critical supply lifelines, especially when disaster strikes. We assess existing resilience measures and can suggest and help apply to funding sources for financing seismic enhancements, preventive measures, and rapid response capabilities. This ensures that ports remain operational and continue to serve their communities during times of adversity.

GIS Asset Management

MFA’s GIS capabilities allow us to develop dynamic, interactive tracking systems that enable ports to efficiently regulate and oversee the status of their public assets. This helps staff proactively monitor conditions; facilitates proactive maintenance; and helps support efficiency and transparency in operations, planning, and budgeting.

Relationships with Key Regulatory Agencies

Whether engaging with environmental regulators or permit issuers, our knowledge of regulations and our established agency relationships help our clients resolve challenges, foster partnerships, and position themselves for a variety of funding opportunities.