THE CHALLENGES OF A DEEP WATER PORT IN A SMALL TOWN Dan Worra, Executive Director Port of Anacortes
Where We Are • A direct sail down the Strait of Juan de Fuca from the Pacific Ocean is the Port of Anacortes, a natural deep water port ideally situated for shipping to the Pacific Rim, Canada, and Alaska • The Port is located midway between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada), and has excellent access to inland transportation
Overview of Anacortes City of Anacortes was founded in 1879 • With 20.3 miles of saltwater shoreline, the town has long supported • thriving fishing, lumber, and mill industries that served as the economic backbone through the mid- to late 20 th Century Oil refining has been significant since the 1950s, with two of the state’s five • refineries located on the edge of town Community with transformational industries abound: Janicki Industries, • T Bailey, PACCAR, Dakota Creek Industries, Transpac Marinas Population of Anacortes is 15,778 per 2010 U.S. Census • Population of Skagit County is 116,901 per 2010 U.S. Census •
OUR PORT COMMISSION John Pope Keith Rubin Ray Niver Joe Verdoes Bill Short
OUR STAFF
Port Overview 1,000 slip open public marina Airport $ 960,133 6% Marina $7,572,622 46% Marine Terminal $6,454,380 39% Properties $1,427,948 9% Category 1 Airfield – 1 of only 8 natural deep water General ports in Puget Sound Aviation
Port Overview JOBS ON PORT PROPERTY 1051 1200 1044 1030 909 1000 804 786 800 600 400 200 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 2016 YEAR-END AVERAGES
TENANTS ON PORT PROPERTY Dakota Creek Industries In-Water Tenants – 10 DCI became a Upland Tenants – 52 Port tenant in 1977. Their vessel Blue North was awarded as a ship of the year by Marine Log Magazine in 2016
M ARINE T ERMINAL Port Overview • Heart of Anacortes working waterfront, an integral economic driver in Skagit County and supports hundreds of direct and indirect jobs. • Bulk product exports support 80 direct Curtis Wharf FTEs with loaded hourly wage of over Pier 1 $62. • In 2016, the Port of Anacortes developed the Pier 2 Export Initiative Pier 2 Marine Terminal with main goal of Pier 61 modernizing Pier 2. Boat Ramp
Port Overview OUR CHALLENGES • Proximity to neighborhood • Operating hour limitations from the City • Noise, Odor and Light concerns • Interlocal Agreement - Truck Route Competition with other ports • Cost effectiveness comparisons • Limited Uplands
SENTIMENTAL VERSUS PRACTICAL USES – COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE
PRESERVATION VERSUS PRACTICALITY AND SAFETY
WE HAVE LEARNED TO DIVERSIFY - FROM LOGS TO PET COKE & PRILLED SULFUR Our last full log shipment was in 2003
PETROLEUM COKE AND PRILLED SULFUR BI-PRODUCTS OF THE REFINERY PROCESS
MARINE TERMINAL YEAR-END FOR 2016 – A RECORD YEAR 368,106 400,000 300,721 294,793 267,676 258,823 247,854 300,000 192,287 Sulfur 200,000 Pet Coke 54,576 53,301 63,099 81,958 72,404 100,000 - - - 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
MARINE TERMINAL TENANTS
MARINE TERMINAL & GUEMES CHANNEL PROPERTY TENANTS
CRAB OPERATIONS M&M SEAFOOD AT PIER 1, AMERICAN GOLD SEAFOODS AND OCEAN SEAFOODS AT CURTIS WHARF
AMERICAN CRUISE LINES
ROCK SHIPMENTS BY KIEWIT
PIER 2 – HEAVY LIFT OPERATIONS
THE PORT CURRENTLY HAS TWO CLEANUP SITES PENDING FUNDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
QUIET Environmental COVE History – Fueling Facility Located upland of Curtis Wharf
CURTIS WHARF
Pier 2 Export Initiative will increase the Project Overview functionality and capacity of the current facility, both from the water and land side, while ensuring the facility continues to support the local exports $11,278,842 Total Project Cost and economic vitality of the region $ 6,767,305 FASTLANE (60%) $ 4,511,537 Port of Anacortes (40%) • Project will complete five important efficiency creating elements at Pier 2: Berth Deepening 1 Breasting Dolphins 2 Bulkhead Wall Repairs 3 New Mobile Bulk Shiploader 4 Manufacturing & Storage 5 Facility Structure Relocation
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