b'SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 11, 2020project cargo bi-annual11(ADEPTLYcontinued from page 8) ability efforts include a decade of partnering with the renewable energy, Strogen said. He gave additionalRidgefield National Wildlife Refuge to increase purple credittoVancouver-basedJonesStevedoringandmartin populations in Southwest Washington through river and bar pilots for their roles in the latest turbinean on-port colony catering to the rare migratory birds.moves, adding that the Port of Vancouver USA onceEnvironmental stewardship takes many forms again anticipates handling more wind energy ship- atthePortofVancouverUSA,Strogensaid. ments than any other U.S. West Coast port in 2020. Whether providing nesting gourds for birds or a Furthermore, the Port of Vancouver USA is dedi- preferred transport hub for green energy cargos, the cated to meeting todays global economic, environmen- port is engaged in a board spectrum of partnerships tal and social needs without compromising the abilitythat actively preserve and protect the environment of future generations to meet theirs. Ongoing sustain- for generations to come.Artist rendering of giant LNG Canada complex at full build-out.(PROJECTcontinued from page 9)ships a year, with each ship capable of loading up to 170,000m of LNG. In phase one, the frequency is expected to be one ship call every other day.During the first half of this year, Spruce Hollow HeavyHaul,aCanadianandUS-bondedcarrier based in Abbotsford, BC, near the US border, played a substantial role in moving construction equipment from the Port of Tacoma to the Kitimat region. It trucked194heavy-dutyexcavators,weighing between40and54tons,onajourneyexceeding 1,000 miles for building the LNG Canada facility and the 420-mile pipeline destined to supply it. The Port of Vancouver USAs laydown areaone of the largest waterside staging areas on the West Coastprovides an ideal t heP ermittiNGi ssue place for holding dozens of record-length wind energy blades before they head to a wind farm project in Southern Saskatchewan.Because Spruce Hollow is a local carrier well-versedintheBCpermittingrestrictions,Ander-senTruckingServices(ATS)ofMinnesotamade arrangements with Spruce Hollow for transporting everythinggoingnorthfromTacoma,saidRon Madill, co-owner and general manager of the Cana-dian heavy haul enterprise which has close relations with especially the ports of Vancouver, Tacoma and Seattle. ATSoversawthelogisticsplanningfora European construction equipment manufacturer.Spruce Hollow also handled the transport of 154 excavators for Japanese and other Asian equipment manufacturers.Theequip-mentloadedinSAVE SAVEAsia and Belgium wascarriedbyTIME & MONEYRo-Ro carrier Wal-lenius Wilhelmsen to Tacoma where it was briefly stored.Inatele-phone interview withtheAmeri-canJournalof Transportation, DIRECT ACCESSTRADING INBULK, BREAK BULK,SEAMLESS SUPPLY MadillpointedINTO ALL OF NORTHOVER 50 GLOBALLIQUID & CHAIN WITH A out: 85 percentAMERICA MARKETS SPECIAL CARGO CONNECTED NETWORKof the freight we Canadian heavy haul specialistmoveforeither Ron Madill assails cumbersome BCBCorAlbertaSIMPLE. permitting regulations. comesthrough Washington state, Oregon or Texas (Houston). HarbourinAberdeen,COMPETITIVE. YoualsohaveGrays Washington state, which used to be a military port butCONNECTED.has developed in recent years into a breakbulk hub. In fact, during COVID, more than 60% of the cargo sitting in the port has been Canada bound.Movingtheexcavatorsduringthewinter months presented special challenges that had to be overcome, Madill said, adding that in remote loca-tionsthelocalknowledgeofindigenouspeopleEUROPE U.S. MID-WESTwas invaluable. In some areas, we had to take theTO SPECIAL CARGOTOmachineryinonrig-mats(timberedformats)on thawing, mushy roads. U.S. MID-WEST ICON/BADGE NORTH AFRICAUndernormalcircumstances,thehauleruses seven-to-nineaxleremovablegoosenecktrailers because regulations permit 34,000 pounds per axle any time of the year. But it must go up to 10-to-12 axle units to redistribute weight in order to reduceSHIP WITH US TODAYloads to 80% of the normal gross axle weight.Under phase two, the transport of 84 pieces into Canada was supposed to start in late August.However,itisstillonholdbecauseofcon-tractual issues, said Madill. We know a lot of the equipmenthasarrivedin Tacomaanditisbeing stored there. This includes rock trucks, bulldozers, (PROJECTcontinued on page 15)'