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Crowley Accepts Delivery of All-Electric Ship Assist Harbor Tug

Crowley Maritime’s first all-electric ship assist harbor tug could be operating in San Diego as early as this spring. Crowley announced Jan. 24 that it accepted delivery of eWolf, the electric tugboat designed by its engineering services team and built by Master Boat Builders at its Coden, Alabama shipyard. The new 82-foot tug is expected to curb 178 tons of nitrogen oxide, 2.5 tons of diesel particulate matter and 3,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide in the first decade of operations, according to Crowley. According to Environmental Protection Agency calculations, that’s equal to eliminating the use of 350,000 gallons of gas. “The eWolf will provide services through its advanced vessel control technology and first-in-class energy features, while providing the safety, quality and reliability that Crowley and our mariners are known…
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Port of Grays Harbor Selects New Executive Director

Port of Grays Harbor Deputy Executive Director Leonard Barnes has been chosen as the port’s next executive director. He is succeeding Gary Nelson, who is expected to retire in March. The Port of Grays Harbor Commission is expected to consider Barnes’ employment agreement at its Jan. 9 meeting. It was at a special Dec. 14 meeting that the commission authorized port Director of Finance and Administration Mike Folkers and legal counsel Art Blauvelt to begin employment agreement talks with Barnes. Barnes began his career at the port in 1984. Since becoming deputy executive director role in 2005, he has been in charge of business development, industrial property leases and airport and marine terminal operations at the port. He has been active in a number of organizations, including the Northwest Marine…
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Port of LA Appoints Chief Harbor Engineer

Port of Los Angeles Assistant Chief Harbor Engineer Chris Brown has been named the port’s new chief harbor engineer in charge of its Engineering Division. Brown takes over for Dina Aryan-Zahlan, who has been promoted to Deputy Executive Director of Development, the port announced Jan 3. In his new role, Brown’s expected to oversee planning, development and design of infrastructure and facilities at the port, including wharves, terminals and rail. “Chris has been a pivotal player in many port infrastructure projects over the last two decades, including the award-winning Wilmington Waterfront Park and the current port-wide electrification program,” Aryan-Zahlan said. “This promotion recognizes all his hard work, dedication and contributions to these critical infrastructure programs,” she continued. Brown, who earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of…
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Design for Seattle, Tacoma Harbor Navigation Improvement Projects Advance

Two projects to help larger cargo vessels better navigate the Seattle-Tacoma harbor have advanced to the design phase. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have signed design agreements with the ports of Seattle and Tacoma for the Seattle Navigation Improvement Project and the Tacoma Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, the Northwest Seaport Alliance announced Dec. 12. The project in Tacoma includes designing the deepening of Blair Waterway channel and potentially using the dredged material at the East Commencement Habitat Opportunity (formerly Saltchuk) area, while the Seattle project calls for deepening the West Waterway Channel Deepening Project to minus-57 feet mean lower low water. “This deepening project fits into our comprehensive work to modernize the Blair Waterway which has included the Husky Terminal Modernization project, crane raising at Pierce County Terminal and…
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Port of Grays Harbor Approves New Lease, Completes Haul Road Erosion Project

Ample warehouse space and easy highway access have attracted another customer to the Port of Grays Harbor Commission’s Satsop Business Park. On Nov. 2, the Port of Grays Harbor announced that its Port Commission has approved a lease for a warehouse and surrounding land at 37 Tower Boulevard, with the Chehalis Tribe’s Talking Cedar, the first tribal-owned distillery in the U.S. Talking Cedar said that it plans to store supplies and consumables related to the production of distilled spirits at the warehouse. The Commission also approved an option for the 17,500 square-foot warehouse 17 in West Park, to be exercised by Jan. 31, 2024. “We are thrilled to welcome Talking Cedar to the (business) park,” Satsop Business Park General Manager Alissa Shay said in a statement.  “We are excited the…
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Port of Grays Harbor Executive Director Nelson to Retire

After nearly 24 years on the job, Port of Grays Harbor Executive Director Gary Nelson has said that he’ll retire March 31, 2024. Nelson, whose pending retirement was announced by the port Nov. 14, was hired as executive director in April 2000, when the port had only 21 vessel calls handling 85,000 metric tons of cargo with an operating budget of just $5.2 million. More than two decades later, Grays Harbor is projected to have 100 vessel calls and handle more than 3 million metric tons of cargo with an operating budget of nearly $40 million by the end of 2023. During Nelson’s tenure, the port has seen more than $275 million in private investment throughout its facilities. In addition, Grays Harbor has diversified to include operations at the Satsop…
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Port of Grays Harbor Completes Haul Road Erosion Project

A project addressing erosion issues that threatened vital utilities to Satsop Business Park is now completed, the Port of Grays Harbor announced Oct. 6. Civic and harbor officials recently celebrated the port’s Haul Road Erosion Mid-Term Strategy Project, which called for building and installing “self-mitigating bioengineered log structures” at the area of erosion, reshaping the embankment, putting in riparian plants to enhance aquatic habitats and furthering larger restoration efforts at the Chehalis Basin. The project was funded by the port, the Office of the Chehalis Basin, the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority, Grays Harbor Energy and Grays Harbor County’s .09 fund. Parametrix was the port’s lead engineer and Rognlin’s, Inc. of Aberdeen performed the construction work. “The Department of Ecology’s Office of Chehalis Basin works with local partners to aggressively…
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Olvera Jr. Elected Long Beach Harbor Commission President

On Aug. 14, longtime labor leader Bobby Olvera Jr. is slated to begin a one-year term as the new president of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, the entity that governs the Port of Long Beach. Olvera, who previously served as board vice president, takes over for outgoing President Sharon L. Weissman. Meanwhile, Bonnie Lowenthal has been selected as vice president and Frank Colonna as board secretary. Olvera, who was appointed to the commission in 2020 and elected the board’s vice president in 2022, said it was an honor to be chosen as president by his colleagues. “We are at a critical juncture in our port’s history as we accelerate our progress toward zero emissions,” he commented. “I look forward to collaborating with fellow Commissioners, CEO Mario Cordero, staff…
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Port of Grays Harbor Designates TIA to Help Fund Terminal Expansion Project

In an effort to help fund infrastructure improvements at its $46.85 million Terminal 4 Expansion and Redevelopment Project, the Port of Grays Harbor (Wash.) Commission has designated Grays Harbor County’s first Tax Increment Area (TIA). The designation, announced May 31, is a major step toward Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which could help pay for public projects critical for economic development by setting aside a portion of property taxes paid by development in the TIA for up to 25 years, according to the port. This also allows the port to leverage investments already being made by AGP, the port’s largest customer, which is a second soymeal export facility at Terminal 4B valued at $123 million. Meanwhile, the port is investing in 50,000 feet of rail and related improvements in the Marine…
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Lowenthal Reappointed to Long Beach Harbor Commission

Longtime civic leader Bonnie Lowenthal has been reappointed to the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, the commission that governs the Port of Long Beach, one of the largest seaports in the nation. The Long Beach City Council made Mayor Rex Richardson’s reappointment of Lowenthal official on May 2 when it unanimously approved it. Each term is six years, and the mayor can appoint each commissioner to up to two terms. Lowenthal is the 68th commissioner since the commission structure was established in 1925. Before being named to the commission in 2017, Lowenthal served as a Long Beach City Council member representing the city’s First District, on the Long Beach Board of Education and as a member of the California State Assembly, where she chaired the Select Committee on Ports…
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