AGP – Pacific Maritime Magazine

10 Dec

Port of Grays Harbor, AGP Break Ground on Terminal 4 Expansion Project

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online NewsAGP, graysharbor, infrastrucure

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…

Grays Harbor Terminal Project Receives $1.3M from Soy Transportation Coalition

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online NewsAGP, graysharbor, soy, terminal4

The Port of Grays Harbor revealed Aug. 1 that the Soy Transportation Coalition has contributed $1.3 million to help fund the port’s Terminal 4 Expansion and Redevelopment Project. The funding came from farmer contributions represented by the Iowa Soybean Association, the Kansas Soybean Commission, the Nebraska Soybean Board, the North Dakota Soybean Council, the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, the Soy Transportation Coalition and the United Soybean Board. “It was an easy decision to invest in this project, as the movement of soymeal to global markets benefits farmers near and far,” Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek…

Port of Grays Harbor Tenant Planning to Expand Export Facility

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal OperationsAGP, portofgraysharbor

The Port of Grays Harbor’s biggest marine terminal customer, Nebraska-based U.S. soybean processor/refiner AGP, is making expansion plans for its Washington Coast facility. AGP’s Board of Directors recently approved plans to expand and enhance its facilities at the port, including more storage at its current export facility at Terminal 2 and a new, modern ship loader at Terminal 4. “We look forward to continuing and expanding our relationship (with the port) as we move forward with this project,” said AGP Board Chairman Lowell Wilson. “The project approved by the AGP Board will greatly increase railcar unloading speed, ship loading capacities,…