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Port of Seattle’s $500M Terminal 5 Project Under Way
After several years of planning and community outreach, a nearly $500 million project to modernize the existing Terminal 5 at the Port of Seattle is under way.
In the first phase of the project crews are demolishing the bollards, tendering, bull rail and some of the decking and ballast, working off barges and from on land.
By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
After several years of planning and community outreach, a nearly $500 million project to modernize the existing Terminal 5 at the Port of Seattle is underway. Terminal 5, made up of 185 acres, has not been in use since 2014. This project is part of a larger overhaul taking place in the Puget Sound terminal area. “The modernization is so it can handle larger and larger cranes,” said Anne Porter, Seaport Project management director for the Port of Seattle. “The industry continues to use larger and larger vessels, which has triggered dramatic
“In addition to these infrastructure improvements, Seattle and Tacoma port commissioners have directed staff to bring forward environmental investments to enhance water and air quality for the community.” Anne Porter Seaport Project
changes in the container shipping in recent years. With the largest marine cargo vessels entering the trans-Pacific trade, our Terminal 5 investments are critical for Washington state exports to Asian
markets, in addition to growing cargo volumes and maritime jobs in the Puget Sound region.” “The average vessel 10 years ago was 7,000 TEU (twenty-foot equipment unit),” said Port of
Seattle spokesperson Peter McGraw. “Today that number is 14,000 and growing. The goal is to be able to handle one 18,000 TEU and one smaller, but larger class, vessel.” The project comes under the auspices of the Northwest Seaport Alliance, a joint entity of the Port of Seattle and Tacoma Port Development Authority. The contract was awarded to Orion Marine Group, headquartered in Houston. The Stevedore Services of America (SSA) has committed $160 million to the project for the cranes. “Terminal 5 in Seattle has long been considered a premier container cargo on the West Coast because
of its naturally deep berth, wide footprint and the availability of an on-dock railyard, which allows containers to be directly loaded from the ship onto rail lines,” said Porter. “The new ultra-large container ships, however, require larger, heavier cranes with a longer reach, which in turn requires strengthening the dock and upgrading utilities. “In addition to these infrastructure improvements, Seattle and Tacoma port commissioners have directed staff to bring forward environmental investments to enhance water and air quality for the community. They include see PORT page 9