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Harbor board hears staging, access and cleanup plans for proposed Humboldt Bay heavy‑lift terminal
Summary
Consultants outlined staging/integration operations, heavy‑lift equipment needs and access road plans for the Redwood Marine Terminal project; staff also announced a $500,000 EPA Brownfields assessment grant and selection of TerraPhase to perform Phase 1/2 environmental work.
The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District on Thursday received a detailed update on the proposed Redwood Marine Terminal (RMT) heavy‑lift staging and integration project, including how massive turbine components would be handled, where vehicles and utilities would access the site, and how upland contamination would be assessed.
Thomas Hickey of Moffett and Nickel told the board the staging concept envisions components arriving by water, being offloaded to the key, moved to upland storage and pre‑assembled for integration onto floating foundations. “The nacelles … can weigh as much as 1,500 tons,” Hickey said, describing the heavy‑lift and transport equipment needed, including self‑propelled modular…
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