abcrecycling – Pacific Maritime Magazine

09 Apr

Port of Bellingham Terminates Lease with ABC Recycling

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The Port of Bellingham has ended its lease agreement with ABC Recycling, citing “ongoing concerns about ABC’s ability to comply with the terms of their lease, especially environmental standards,” the port announced March 25. “We are unhappy to lose any employer which supports union labor and family-wage jobs,” Port Executive Director Rob Fix said. “But metal is a challenging cargo which requires expensive engineering controls to protect water quality. While ending a lease is never an easy decision, safeguarding the environment will always remain our top priority.” The company, which began operating at the port in June 2022, had expected…

09 May

ABC Recycling Launches Bellingham Shipping Terminal Exports

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Bellingham Shipping Terminal again moves marine cargo, thanks to ABC Recycling, which has begun a regular service of exporting recycled metal from the terminal, the Port of Bellingham announced April 27. The new service is the start of the port’s efforts to “reactivate one of Whatcom County’s biggest potential job-creating assets,” following years of cleaning up historic contamination in the Whatcom Waterway after Georgia-Pacific closed its heavy industrial Pulp Mill in 2001 and efforts to make terminal upgrades, port Executive Director Rob Fix said. This summer, the port is expected to begin a terminal electrification project, which would allow shippers…