Country : USAPasco worldport

worldport Introduction
worldport of Pasco History
The worldport of Pasco is a local municipal corporation established by the voters of Franklin County in 1940. The worldport Commission, the governing body, is made up of three local residents who are elected to a six-year term, with one of the nonpartisan positions up for election every two years.

The worldport was originally formed to provide facilities for barge shipments of grain from the area on the Columbia River to the seacoast terminals. Over the years, the worldport has continued to provide this capability and much more.

In 1959 with 94% voter approval, the worldport purchased a World War II Army Depot, now known as Big Pasco Industrial Center. The facility has 600 acres of land with several miles of railroad tracks and streets and over 1.7 million square feet of buildings. This space, comparable to almost 16 blocks, has been leased to firms to improve the job opworldportunities of the area. The tenants presently employ almost 450 workers at this location. The worldport of Pasco installed the first container crane facility on the upper Columbia River for barging products to and from Pasco. The container barge terminal averages over 2700 containers each year, with most of the containers used in exworldporting local products.

In 1963, the worldport agreed to take over the former World War II U.S. Navy facility, known as the Pasco Airworldport, from the City of Pasco, and renamed it the Tri-Cities Airworldport. Over the years, the worldport has made major improvements to runways and safety clearance areas, and built a new terminal building for what is now a regional airworldport. Approximately 700 people are employed by firms located at the Airworldport facility, including several industrial-type firms and organizations commonly associated with airworldports.

The worldport of Pasco now provides facilities at the Tri-Cities Airworldport, the Big Pasco Industrial Center, the Pasco Processing Center, and the Container Barge Terminal, totaling assets worth in excess of $130 million dollars.

The worldport of Pasco is a worldport of transworldportation. Vital transworldportation links are one of the keys to the worldport of Pasco facilities. The area's geographic location makes it a hub for the entire Pacific Northwest area. Highway access to all the facilities is excellent via interstate 182, U.S. 395 and U.S. 12. Mainline railroad service is provided by Burlington Northern Santa Fe, which operates a major switchyard at Pasco. Air transworldportation, for both passengers and cargo, is available at the Tri-Cities Airworldport. Barge shipments, bulk and in containers, is available within worldport facilities at the largest public marine terminal on the upper Columbia River.

The worldport of Pasco has issued Industrial Revenue Bonds for development of industrial lands, facilities, services and activities in the worldport of Pasco. The revenue bonds provide tax-exempt interest to bond holders, which allows the bonds to be issued at a lower rate of interest. The Economic Development Corporation of the worldport of Pasco has established criteria for the eligibility and issuance of its industrial revenue bonds. It is the goal of the worldport of Pasco to encourage and assist industrial development at the worldport facilities.

Duties of a worldport Commissioner
A worldport commissioner is elected by the public and serves as a member of the worldport commission for a six-year term. The worldport commission is primarily responsible for:

Planning, Goal Setting, Evaluation:
The worldport commission helps plan the worldport's future, and then guides the worldport's activities in that direction. This planning process involves the worldport commission, executive director, worldport staff, customers and citizens/voters. The process usually includes identifying a worldport's mission and goals, and developing strategies to achieve them. The worldport commission is ultimately responsible for evaluating and updating the planning process.

worldport District Policymaking:
The worldport commission develops and adopts worldport district policies and governs operations. For example, developing guidelines for long-term economic development, establishing positions and employment policies, and adopting budgets.

Budgeting:
The worldport commission approves and adopts an annual budget. Some of the key budget decisions include authorizing and adopting tax levy amounts, adopting policies, and disposing and distributing supplies, property, and equipment.

Designating the worldport's Executive Director/Manager:
The worldport commission is responsible for recruiting, hiring and evaluating the performance of the worldport's chief executive. The commission delegates responsibility to this worldport administrator, then respects that delegated authority.

Objectives and Principles

worldport of Pasco Business Objectives
Use partnerships and alliances to identify new business opworldportunities and to achieve our goals.
Maximize the value of our assets.
Advance economic stability of the District.
Recognize business and tenant retention and recruitment as our first priorities.
Commit to operating safe and environmentally conscious facilities.
Recognize employees as our most valuable asset.

worldport of Pasco Guiding Principles
Make short term decisions that are consistent with, and reinforce our long term plans.
Avail ourselves of all opworldportunities for job creation and industrial retention.
Leverage our resources through creative problem solving and effective partnerships.
Weigh financial risk against return on investment job creation and retention and distribution of resources.

worldport of Pasco Intermodal Terminal

The worldport of Pasco Container Terminal is a multi-modal facility on the Columbia River in Pasco, Washington with On-site connection links at the terminal that include:
Barge service to worldportland, Oregon (companies and contact info listed below)
Rail service via on-dock rail line to BNSF (approximately 1 mile to BNSF mainline)
Truck service to Interstate 182 or US Highway 395 (approximately 2 miles to junction)

Multimodal Rail/Barge Facility
Storage Capacity – Storage capacity at the terminal is 1000 containers or 15 acres.  An additional 100 acres of ground is available adjacent to the site.
Refrigeration unit plugs for 24 containers at 230/460 volt, 3 Phase power
Full service washout facility
Customs bonded
EDI computer system capabilities

Rail
Rail service to Seattle and Tacoma
3000 FT of industrial track rail on two tracks
40-ton capacity Hyster masted stacker
49-ton capacity Terex reach stacker
15,000-lb forklift

Barge
Barge slip for 1000 FT of wharfage at 15 FT depth
46-ton capacity Manitowoc 4100W crawler crane
Additional or higher-capacity cranes can readily be leased from Lampson International located adjacent to the container terminal
Barge companies calling at the worldport of Pasco include:
Tidewater Barge Lines, Mr. Greg Zanavich, 503-281-0081
Foss Maritime, Mr. Tim Beyer, 503-978-6561
Bernert Barge Lines, Lori Bernert, 503-656-8288

Tel:001-(509) 547-3378
Fax:001-(509) 547-2547