AML'S NEW RO-RO DELIVERS OUR FREIGHT

The new ro-ro is on the Borough-owned tidelands parallel to the dock. The borough has a 30-year lease with AML for the use of the uplands. According to the agreement, the use of the ramp cannot be restricted by AML and must remain open to other users.

The new ro-ro has been delivering our local freight since 2020 when the face of the Lutak Dock was closed. No weight is currently put on the dock face. Even potential users of a rebuilt dock, including the company logging the Baby Brown timber sale, and the folks at opentug.com, have said they can use AML's ro-ro ramp for their purposes.

Overview Of The Dock

This is an overhead view of the Lutak Dock and the nearby ro-ro dock. Out of sight to the left is the AMHS ferry dock. As you can see, AML's new ro-ro dock is attached to the land, not to the Lutak Dock. AML uses one fender on the Lutak Dock to tie up its barge. However, an engineer from Turnagain Marine has confirmed that the addition of one dolphin on the southeast side of the ro-ro could be installed to render the ro-ro entirely independent of the Lutak Dock.

There is a large heavily reinforced concrete slab called the pass-pass in the central section of the dock. The pass-pass allows forklifts to pass containers or other large or odd-shaped items back and forth via from dock to barge, so it's redundant to the ro-ro. Delta Western's fuel barge ties up to the fenders along the center of the Lutak Dock and pumps fuel up to the tanks on the hill. There are guardrails that prevent heavy equipment from going on the face of the dock where the sinkholes have historically developed.