The Port of Everett, Wash., has launched the second phase of the port’s South Terminal Modernization project. The project is the largest capital project in port history and is a stand-alone project.
This project is necessary for the Port to meet the heavier containers being used to transport the airplane parts for the new Boeing 777X program and other breakbulk export cargoes that utilize port facilities. The project is also aimed to aid larger ships with heavier loads. In addition, an on-dock rail facility will be added to move the additional cargo volume by rail instead of adding truck congestion to the local/regional roads and highways.
The project also includes strengthening 560 feet of dock and installing crane rail, extending new high-voltage power systems into the Port’s existing South Terminal, constructing approximately 3,300 lineal feet of additional rail sidings to increase on-site storage from 46 cars to a total of 106 cars, and constructing a new warehouse to support intermodal cargo movement at the South Terminal.
Included in the awards is a $24.5 million contract with Advanced American Construction to complete the South Terminal Wharf Strengthening and Electrical Upgrades (Phase II) and a $192,000 contract for relocation of the South Terminal Cargo Transit Shed, according to AJOT.
Construction is scheduled for completion by December 2019.
