Harbors

The Kapalama Container Terminal (KCT) started as an idea in the 1989 Honolulu Waterfront Master Plan and was developed further by the maritime industry stakeholders in the 1997 Oahu Commercial Harbors 2020 Master Plan and solidified in the 2014 Kapalama Container Terminal and Tenant Relocations – Final Environmental Impact Statement.

In 2008, Act 200 was passed, it assigned development of the Harbors Modernization Plan to Aloha Tower Development Corporation. However, in 2010 the Harbors Modernization was returned to the Harbors Division.

The lynch-pin for KCT, Phase II was obtaining the USACE Dept of Army permit for which it took over five (5) years to obtain.

Since 2010 the Harbors Division has worked closely with the Hawai’i Harbors User Group (HHUG). HHUG represents 25 key maritime stakeholders that have supported raising their fees and two bond sales to fund over $665 million in project costs associated with KCT and other key statewide improvements identified in ACT 200 - needed to modernize Hawaii’s aging commercial harbors system. “The Kapalama Container Terminal project is especially exciting because it will add much needed docking and cargo space that will increase efficiency for harbor users, help reduce traffic around Honolulu Harbor, and address sealevel concerns for the facility,” said

Director Jade Butay.

The KCT, Phase II project, designed by Moffatt & Nichol, has been awarded on October 13, 2020 to Kiewit Infrastructure West who will complete the cornerstone project for the Harbors Modernization Plan.

The project is the largest capital improvement project in Hawaii harbors history. It will increase operational efficiency, provide better resiliency of critical maritime infrastructure, and significantly reduce traffic on surrounding roadways.

“This project is proceeding at a critical time when our state needs it most as we continue fighting COVID-19 and its impacts,” said Gov. David Ige.

“The work will be performed by local talent and

Harbor Enforcement Officer Nicholas Pregill joined us Oct. 25 and is a graduate of the Honolulu Police Department training academy and prior DLNR Conservation Resources Enforcement Officer.

I’m excited to get back to conventional police work here as a Harbor Police Officer after spending 5 years working in Conservation Law Enforcement.

Both my corrections and law enforcement experiences have provided me with valuable training and I hope to contribute to the Harbor Police ‘Ohana. Keri Klemek is our new Harbor Traffic Controller. She started work Sept. 16.

What made you want to work at the Harbors Division?

with from the Harbor Traffic Controllers to Harbor Police and the boat Captains and Pilots

What is your motto or words that you live by?

We don’t always see things as they are, but as we are.” Nicholas Pregill, Harbor Enforcement Officer I believe it’s important to look at the bigger picture in life and to strive to be fair, courageous and friendly in all of my interactions.

I spent a couple of years working for TSA and realized I had a passion for protecting people and defending our country. I was also fulfilled

and the entire Harbors ohana.

I've always had a love for the water and have 2020 has been a pretty been fascinated by the ships and tugs since I was a kid. Every time I would drive by the Harbor I would think how awesome it would be to have challenging year and it has reminded me to never take things for granted. This Keri Klemek, Harbor Traffic Controller a job working here. pandemic and it's effects have forced me to re-prioritize what's really What's the most exciting part of your job? important. I have learned that things do have That view! And all the people you get to work my next chapter with DOT Harbors Division. a way working out, and I am looking forward to

LaDonna Vaughn joined the Harbors Ohana as our Chief Accountant for the Fiscal Office in June 2020. She relocated to Oahu in 2017 and currently resides in Mililani.

She has worked in the public sector on both State and Federal levels with the State of Colorado and the Federal Department of Energy (WAPA).

She has experience working directly with financial reporting, general ledger maintenance, fixed asset management, and procurement card administration.

Nature. The greenery is so beautiful here.

I find everything that I’ve scratched the surface Please welcome our new employee Joey Kaili to the Harbor Police Unit as a Harbor Enforcement Officer II. Officer Kaili’s first day to us from the Honolulu on to be quite interesting. Harbors is more complex than I could have imagined and with so many moving parts I never stop learning.

career in accounting? I originally chose a career LaDonna Vaughn, Harbors’ Chief Accountant in accounting because I enjoyed working with numbers and had an eye for detail.

However, upon entering my first year of college I was quickly met with the reality that accounting was much more than math calculations and balancing accounts.

After being exposed to various areas within accounting, I realized this career path would never get old. There is always something to be learned and that is the most rewarding part of my career.

Harbor Enforcement Officer Joey Kaili

was on Oct. 5. He comes

By: Gary Tsuzuki

Police Department.

He is happy and excited to be part of our unit and is looking forward to serving and protecting the DOT Harbors and the public in a professional, courteous and effective manner.

We believe he will be an excellent addition to our unit and the Harbors Division.

By: Dean Watase

The DOT Ohana will be less one outstanding planner as of Friday, November 13, 2020.

Sandra Rossetter, Planner IV at Harbors Division, has decided to begin a new chapter in her life which will include moving back to California; spending more time with family; and to discover what opportunities may present themselves in the Golden State. She began her career at Harbors Division in September 2010 and has worked on important projects such as an environmental assessment for land acquisition, an environmental impact statement regarding Hana Harbor, and providing essential support to other Harbors Division planning initiatives such as master

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plans and development plans. She has also been the liaison to STP for all of Harbors Division’s HRS 343 Exemption Notices. She leaves behind many people who find her to be a pleasant and caring individual who was very giving of her personal time. Giving free Yoga lessons during her lunch hour to likeminded Harbors Division personnel was a recent

example of her generosity. She will be missed. A fitting farewell message for someone who helped the maritime community in her own ways: “May you have fair winds (safe journey) and following seas (smooth journey)”.

infuse hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy, in addition to improving our harbor system that will benefit the state for decades to come,” said Ige.

The awarded contract of $352.5 million features the waterside construction at Piers 40-43 in Honolulu Harbor that will add 18.5 acres of fast-land, including 1,860 linear feet of new berthing space for two container ships to dock simultaneously and up to six (6) gantry cranes.

The work also includes dredging along the waterfront and up to the federal channel and widening of the water basin between Piers 40 and 41, which will create important barge berthing space along Pier 41.

This phase 2 project will address sea level rise by increasing the pier height that will match the phase 1 elevated backlands in construction.

The project construction is scheduled to start in spring 2021 and is estimated for completion in the winter of 2023.

The New Kapalama Container Terminal, Landside Improvements, Phase 1, designed by R.M. Towill Corp. and is also being constructed by Kiewit Infrastructure West, began January 2018 and continues to be on-schedule for completion and within budget at a cost of $174 million.

Phase 1 landside construction adds 65.5 acres of container yard space to meet Oahu’s cargo demands for the foreseeable future.

The new cargo yard borders the existing interisland cargo area allowing easy access between facilities for transshipment of containers, this will and reduce traffic on surrounding roadways such as Nimitz Highway by taking approximately 50,000 truckloads off the roads each year.

A prominent environmental feature will remove debris from stormwater runoff before it enters the receiving ocean waters.

The harbor system is vital to the economic security of the state as more than 80 percent of all goods consumed by people in Hawaii are imported, and of that more than 98 percent is shipped in through the commercial harbors system.

Dung Vo, HMP Development Officer and William Makanui, Project Manager for KCT have done a great job keeping KCT laser focused in both design and construction.

They both are looking forward to the project construction completion almost as much as the state’s largest container carriers, Pasha and Matson are awaiting its arrival.

Construction of the new Kapalama Container Terminal is financed by revenue collected from harbor user fees, not traditional taxpayer money.

For more project information please visit http:// www.kctinfo.com/.