THE DOCK'S CURRENT CUSTOMERS

Delta Western is one of the dock's two current customers. They deliver fuel 15-20 times a year. Delta Western's operations were largely left out of the Borough's RAISE grant application and supporting benefit-cost analysis.

AML delivers freight weekly, using the ro-ro for docking its barges and the mainland surface of the dock (uplands) to store shipping containers.

According to the Haines Harbormaster, during his tenure, the Lutak Dock's uplands have been used only twice to store and transport contaminated soils from the highway project and twice to transport junk cars/metals. Southeast Road Builders used the dock's uplands in the summer of 2022 to stockpile and transport rock.

WHAT ABOUT DELTA WESTERN?

The quote on the facing page is from a 2018 Economic Baseline Report by Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), prior to AML's construction of the new ro-ro. It suggests that Delta Western's operations would likely be able to continue even in the case of Lutak Dock failure.

Delta Western utilizes the heavily reinforced pass-pass section in the center of the dock. Delta Western has not responded to questions about how its operations would be affected by no action. There is a wide range of possibilities between no action and the multimillion dollar, industrial-scale dock project currently in development.

"Should Lutak Dock not be repaired and suffer a failure that renders the dock inoperable...Delta Western...would likely be able to continue to use its tank farm and related fuel infrastructure even in the absence of repairs."

— 2018 HEDC Economic Baseline Report, pg. 46