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Port Adds Additional Environmental Benefits to Seattle Cruise Facility RFP
The Port of Seattle released a revised RFP to short-listed proposers being evaluated as potential investment and operating partners for the proposed new Terminal 46 cruise facility. Included in the revised RFP is new language requiring cruise vessels to be equipped with shore power and connect while at berth at the 29-acre terminal.
Also included in the environmental efforts are practices to require cargo handling equipment to have zero tail-pipe emissions, further participate in regional air quality planning, protect water quality by prohibiting discharges, and build sustainably. The Port could potentially announce a partner for the terminal by the second quarter of 2020.
The Port’s Stephanie Jones Stebbins says, “A key element of the Port’s clean air and climate change strategy is to ultimately have all vessels utilizing shore power at berth. We are striving to be the cleanest and greenest homeport in the nation.”
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