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Port of Grays Harbor outlines multiyear expansion, cites $175 million private investment and major rail work

5093122 · June 26, 2025
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Port officials presented details of a multiyear modernization and terminal expansion that the port says will combine roughly $175 million in private investment with about $60 million in port infrastructure upgrades, add new rail and increase handling capacity.

Port of Grays Harbor officials told the Aberdeen City Council on June 25, 2025, that a multiyear expansion centered on a new crush facility and Terminal 4 upgrades will involve a large private investment and significant port-funded rail and dock work.

Kayla Dunlap, director of government and public affairs at the Port of Grays Harbor, said the private partner AGP plans about $175,000,000 in investment and the port will invest roughly $60,000,000 in related infrastructure, including new rail and dock upgrades. "AGP's piece ... is about $175,000,000 investment," Dunlap said during a presentation to the council.

The expansion centers on Terminal 4 (T4), where port staff plan to resurface the dock, add a new fender system and install stormwater collection and treatment systems that the port said the terminal previously lacked. Dunlap said the port is also filling a nearby laydown area that is about 70% complete and expected to be finished by July; that area will support operations at T4 when the new trackage is in place.

Why it matters: port officials said the work will double export capacity when fully operational and create longshore, rail and…

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