The Port of Grays Harbor and Nebraska-based soybean processor/refiner AGP have officially broken ground on the port’s Terminal 4 Expansion and Redevelopment Project, the port announced Nov. 27.
The project calls for adding more than 40,000 feet of rail at the Marine Terminal Complex, creating a new fendering system and a stormwater collection and treatment facility at the terminals and making room for more than 30 acres of extra laydown space for cargo.
“We are ready to load more vessels and grow here in Grays Harbor and this project will make that possible,” AGP CEO Chris Schaffer said in a statement announcing the news.
The groundbreaking follows AGP’s recent groundbreaking on a $170 million project to build a commodity export facility at Terminal 4B, which is expected to yield more ag exports and more than 80 full-time jobs, the port said.
“As a public port district, we strive to utilize our public assets to attract private investment in our community to create jobs and opportunities,” said port Commission President Phil Papac, who called the project transformational. “This will be the largest infrastructure project the port has ever undertaken and it will pay dividends well beyond Grays Harbor.”
AGP first announced its plans to expand its facility at the port in 2022.
