23. NEXT SLIDE Port of Oakland
The Port has dredged its major channels and berths to 42 feet and now has plans and preliminary approval to dredge to 50 feet. A 525-acre parcel will be used for two new container terminals of 120 and 125 acres in size. The land include a 250 million dollars near-dock intermodal rail terminal that will be available to all the port's operators.
24. NEXT SLIDE Port of Portland
As mentioned earlier the Port of Portland is an operating port and does not lease its terminals. It has a container volume of approximately 350,000 TEUs per year.
25-26. NEXT SLIDES Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle completed a 275 million dollars terminal for American President Lines in September of 1998. The 190-acre terminal has on-dock rail yard for handling two unit trains. It has a 2,900-foot wharf and 5 post-Panamax cranes. The Port is also in partnership with SSA (Stevedoring Services of America) to improve Terminal 18 in a two-year, 300 million dollar project, that will double the terminal's size to about 200 acres and increase its on-dock rail capability.
27. NEXT SLIDE Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is the North West container terminal location for Sea Land/Maersk soon to be known as CSX. The Port is also the Northwest U.S. location of K-Line's Husky terminal. The Port has built a 60 acres terminal for Hyundai with an option to eventually expand that terminal to 120 acres. The new terminal will have 2,000 feet of berth and 48-foot water depths which may be dredged to 50 feet in the future. The Port is expanding Terminal 4 from 40 acres to 75 acres in an 8 million dollar project that will be completed in the year 2000. The Port has two shared on dock rail yards will have another on-dock yard at the Hyundai terminal.
