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Edinburgh are able to call at Seagirt because of infrastructure improvements that can accommodate large vessels. Work is progressing on a second 50- foot berth that will allow the port to accommodate two large containerships simultaneously. That berth, and four additional supersized cranes, are expected to be operational by summer 2021. Pasha Stevedoring &


Terminals (PST) is busily improving its terminals infrastructure, anticipating cargo volumes to return to normal next year. While the company suffered a falloff in breakbulk steel volumes, it has more recently seen auto volumes increasing in San Diego, San Francisco, and Grays Harbor. PST, together with the related Hawaii Stevedores, Inc., handle cargo at the ports of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Grays Harbor, Longview, and Honolulu. “We continue upgrading


terminal equipment, and have added electric forklifts, utility tractor rigs, and charging stations to reduce emissions,” said Michael Caswell, senior vice president at Pasha Stevedoring & Terminals. “We are also planning on installing solar panels in 2021 on the PST warehouse at the Port of Los Angeles.” At the Kapalama Container


Terminal in Honolulu, “the top priority is the construction of


the new 84-acre cargo


yard and 1,800 linear feet of berthing space,” said David VanWaardenburg, a company


vice president. Hawaii Stevedores and Pasha Hawaii will be moving from its current terminal facility at Sand Island in 2023, the projected date for Kapalama Container Terminal completion. SSA Marine announced in


April that it had ordered 36 Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal tractors for operations in company terminals in Panama and Mexico, to be used to transport containers from the quay to the yard. SSA Marine has marine terminal and rail yard operations in over 250 locations on five continents. “The Kalmar Ottawa T2 fits


our needs perfectly, which is why we have decided to purchase such a significant number in one order,” said


occupies 80 acres, with the option of expanding to 120 acres as space becomes available. The redevelopment is


expected to be complete in 2023, coinciding with the completion of the federal project to deepen the Jacksonville shipping channel to 47 feet. The improvements will allow the facility to accommodate 700,000 TEUs annually and to simultaneously work two neopanamax vessels. “This public-private


partnership enables SSA to provide a world-class facility for our customers while investing in Northeast Florida,” said Ari Steinberg, an SSA Marine vice president.


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The Global Container Terminals’ facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, has seen more large-vessel activity this year. (Credit: GCT USA)


At GCT New York, on


Staten Island, the company recently finished deploying the Navis N4 terminal operating system, an activity “improving an already best- in-class productivity terminal with new features for our customers,” said Atkins. The initiative “will provide shippers with enhanced real- time visibility to their cargo at our facilities.”


Intermodal Growth


Growth in intermodal offerings is a trend shared by GCT Bayonne and Ports America Chesapeake. In Bayonne, a new $149 million intermodal rail facility opened last year, the final component of


the Port Authority of


New York and New Jersey’s $600 million investment in intermodal port rail. “The full buildout of


GCT is investing $160 million to densify and modernize GCT Vanterm, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Credit: GCT)


Nestor Olmos, maintenance manager at SSA Mexico. Last year, SSA Marine


broke ground on a $238.7 million container expansion of the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at Blount Island, which will include infrastructure and equipment upgrades. The terminal


Last year, GCT announced


a $160 million investment to densify and modernize GCT Vanterm, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The upgrade will increase container handling capacity by 25%, allow it to handle larger container ships, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the terminal. Investments include two new ship-to-shore cranes; ten rubber tired gantry cranes; 19 container handlers; and 40 tractor-trailers. The terminal also upgraded its terminal operating and real time positioning systems.


ExpressRail Port Jersey provides GCT Bayonne’s customers rail capacity to grow in the largest market on the east coast,” said Atkins. “Cargo owners benefit from the first and last port-of-call advantage for their rail cargo.” Ports America Chesapeake


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recently announced the expansion of its partnership with Norfolk Southern Corporation to offer on- dock intermodal rail service at Seagirt. “Ports America Chesapeake is committed to continued expansion to support the growth of the Port of Baltimore and Seagirt Marine Terminal,” said Ports America Chesapeake Vice President Bayard Hogans. Stevedores may have been through some difficult times, but they do see things improving. LOGISTEC’s Paquin


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Discharge of 4,077.58 metric tons of steel Pasha’s berth in the Port of Los Angeles, July 2020. Pasha operations have seen a falloff in breakbulk steel volumes since the imposition of Trump administration tariffs. (Credit: Pasha Stevedoring & Terminals)


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expects “volumes to remain somewhat depressed due to the economic slowdown” as well as measures designed to contain the pandemic. But, she added, “Should these situations stabilize, volumes are likely to gradually come back to normal levels in the


foreseeable future.” Pasha’s Caswell is


encouraged by increases in autos. “Auto production is ramping back up as the economy is,” he said. “People are buying cars and going on more road trips. We expect to come back to normal in 2021.”


Science-based state and local directives help


From the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, ports across North America were deemed to be essential businesses. They continued to process cargo, and by all accounts experienced few glitches in their operations, or, for that matter, illnesses among their personnel. “Our terminal operations


across North America remained open and functional,” noted Madeleine Paquin, LOGISTEC Corporation’s president and chief executive officer. The company also “rolled out its business continuity plan for” maritime terminal operations. The reason for the


terminals’ success during the pandemic is simple: they followed science-based state and local directives as well as guidance issued by the federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The operations of Pasha Stevedoring & Terminals


were “minimally impacted,” according to Michael Caswell, a senior vice president, a situation he credits to “our teams fully embracing wearing PPE, socially distancing, and working remotely when possible from day one.” The company also “followed CDC, state, and local guidelines closely.” Collaboration between


GCT USA and its ocean carrier customers has allowed the company to suffer fewer blank sailings that some others at the Port of New York and New Jersey this year, according to GCT USA president John Atkins. Cooperation among terminals, shippers, and labor also helped safeguard its New York-area facilities. Stakeholders at the port collaboratively “deployed a comprehensive action plan to increase health and sanitation measures,” said Atkins. Those measures account for “the return of cargo volumes the industry is seeing now.” – Peter Buxbaum


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