San Diego Port Commissioner Named Among Top 50 Influential Latino Leaders

San Diego Port Commissioner Named Among Top 50 Influential Latino Leaders

Port of San Diego Commissioner Rafael Castellanos has been honored among the Top 50 Latino Leaders of Influence 2022 by the San Diego Business Journal and the San Diego County Imperial Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Castellanos, who was honored Oct. 11 at a ceremony at The University Club in San Diego, has been a port commissioner since 2013, serving a term as chairman in 2018. He is a partner with law firm Solomon Minton Cardinal Doyle & Smith LLP, where he specializes in commercial real estate and business transactional law. During his time on the commission, Castellanos has been…
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NWSA Approves Logistics Company Lease at Terminal 10 in Seattle

NWSA Approves Logistics Company Lease at Terminal 10 in Seattle

Ray-Mont Logistics’ footprint in the North Harbor is about to grow, thanks to a new lease with the Northwest Seaport Alliance. NWSA managing members on Oct. 4 adopted a lease with one of the biggest containerized transloading terminal operators in Canada for Terminal 10, a 13.19-acre property on the west portion of Harbor Island in Seattle. About 8.1 acres of the site will be used for a containerized transloading facility for mainly agricultural products. Ray-Mont Logistics specializes in the exports of agricultural goods, resins, forest products and other emerging commodities, according to NWSA. “Ray-Mont Logistics is glad to partner with…
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World Distribution Services Opens New Tacoma Facility

World Distribution Services Opens New Tacoma Facility

World Distribution Services has opened a new 300,000-square-foot distribution facility in Tacoma, the company announced Oct. 10. The facility, its fourth new location in less than two years, shows the creative warehouse logistics solutions provider’s commitment to the Pacific Northwest, WDS said. The new facility adds warehouse capacity as well as cross-docking and inland distribution service, moving freight more fluidly and bypassing bottlenecks at other West Coast seaports, the company said. The location offers a 36-foot clear height, 46 dock doors, a modern warehouse management system and lots of parking for trailers, the company added. “Responding to market demand, as…
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USCG Releases Draft Environmental Document for Base Seattle Expansion

USCG Releases Draft Environmental Document for Base Seattle Expansion

The public has until Dec. 2 to weigh in on an environmental document pertaining to the U.S. Coast Guard’s proposal to expand and modernize Base Seattle, the Coast Guard announced Oct. 11. The Coast Guard has released a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement of the proposal, a document that looks at the possible environmental effects of proposed action alternatives. “The purpose of the expansion is to provide adequate facilities and infrastructure at Base Seattle to support current and future execution of the Coast Guard’s statutory missions,” the Coast Guard said. “Base Seattle is the largest Coast Guard facility in the…
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Elliott Bay Design Group, e1 Marine Partner on Green Energy Session in Seattle

Elliott Bay Design Group, e1 Marine Partner on Green Energy Session in Seattle

More than 100 maritime industry representatives gathered for a Go Green Beyond Battery presentation by Elliott Bay Design Group and e1 Marine on green-energy fuel options for the industry, EBDG announced Oct. 10. The pair teamed up for the half-day session in Seattle. The event included an update from Washington state’s Second Congressional District Rep. Rick Larsen on federal and state efforts to move to low- to zero-emission ferries. EBDG Founder and Principal John Waterhouse spoke about the “increasing regulatory and societal pressure to decarbonize the industry as well as advantages for operators who take a lead role in the…
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West Coast States Receive Nearly $10M in Federal Marine Highway Grants

West Coast States Receive Nearly $10M in Federal Marine Highway Grants

California, Oregon and Washington have received a total of $9.6 million in grant funding from the federal government for a number of marine highway projects, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced Oct. 6. The funding is to help expand marine highway services on our nation’s navigable waterways to reduce congestion, alleviate supply chain bottlenecks and move goods more quickly from ships to shelves, MARAD said. Two West Coast projects are receiving funding. They are: M-5 Coastal Connector, which was awarded $5,550,000. The America’s Marine Highway Grant funds will go toward infrastructure upgrades at the Port of San Diego that will be…
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Kongsberg Maritime Appoints New President

Kongsberg Maritime Appoints New President

Lisa Edvardsen Haugan is expected to take over as the new president of Norwegian marine technology Kongsberg Maritime on Nov. 1, the company announced this month. She would take the reins from Egil Haugsdal, who has led Kongsberg Maritime since 2016. “Under Egil’s leadership over the past six years, Kongsberg Maritime has doubled its size and strengthened its world-leading position within areas such as green shipping, underwater technology and offshore wind,” Geir Håøy, CEO of Kongsberg Maritime parent company Kongsberg Gruppen, said. “Egil will step into a new management role in the Group, which will be announced shortly.” Haugan is…
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USCG Cutter Steadfast Returns to Astoria, Oregon

USCG Cutter Steadfast Returns to Astoria, Oregon

After 55 days on narcotics enforcement patrol, the crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast returned to Astoria, Oregon on Oct. 7. The 210-foot medium endurance cutter traveled over 11,000 miles between Oregon and Central America, doing training, law enforcement, search and rescue and helicopter operations in international waters, the agency said. The crew was deployed with Maintenance Augmentation Team Seattle, Electronic Support Detachment Petaluma and cutter Argus, which is expected to be commissioned soon. During their tour, Steadfast crew members pursued a high-speed, panga-style vessel suspected of smuggling contraband before handing off the case to a partner…
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From the Editor: Pacific Coast Partnership

From the Editor: Pacific Coast Partnership

The governors of three U.S. Pacific Coast states and British Columbia’s premier gathered in San Francisco recently to sign an agreement that looks like it could result in additional environmental initiatives being launched at West Coast ports. California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Washington Governor Jay Inslee and British Columbia Premier John Horgan signed the Pacific Coast Collaborative Statement of Cooperation on Oct. 6. The Statement of Cooperation (SOC) promotes collaboration between the four regional governments on accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy, investing in climate infrastructure like electric vehicle charging stations and a clean electric grid,…
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Port of Long Beach Joins Alliance to Further Zero-Emissions Efforts

Port of Long Beach Joins Alliance to Further Zero-Emissions Efforts

The Port of Long Beach on Oct. 6 revealed that it has joined the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems, or ARCHES, a public-private partnership that could help one of the busiest seaports in the nation get more funding toward becoming a zero-emissions gateway. As lead applicant, ARCHES will work on behalf of California to obtain funding for a hydrogen hub through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded U.S. Department of Energy Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program. “Establishment of a hydrogen hub in California would support achieving our zero emission goals,” Port Executive Director Mario Cordero said. “With $8 billion in…
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