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Port of Alaska warns of structural problems at Petroleum Terminal 2, plans condition assessment
Summary
Port staff told the Assembly oversight committee that corrosion, damaged fenders and a deteriorating precast pile cap at Petroleum Terminal 2 (POL 2) have prompted a condition assessment and a load-rating study to determine safe operations and costs to keep the terminal running for the next decade.
Port of Alaska staff told the Assembly Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee on Aug. 1 that substantial corrosion and other structural problems at Petroleum Terminal 2 (POL 2) require an immediate condition assessment and a load-rating analysis. The assessment will inventory defects — including a leaking 30-year-old hydraulic crane, missing rubber fender elements, buckled fender piles, corrosion holes in pile seams, and a spalled precast pile cap exposing reinforcing and pretensioned strands — and provide cost and scope recommendations before the end of the year, officials said. The condition assessment and the load-rating study are intended to determine whether heavy equipment can safely operate on the trestle and…
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