Recognition: Grays Harbor, Seattle

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Pasha Stevedoring & Terminals has won a Pacific Maritime Association safety award for its Grays Harbor operations. The Port of Seattle on March 19 presented Green Gateway Partners awards in recognition of the comprehensive environmental achievements of its cruise and containership lines.

Grays Harbor Port Tenant Pasha Wins Top Honor at PMA Safety Awards

Pasha Stevedoring & Terminals (PST) took first place in Category C at Pacific Maritime Association’s Annual Safety Awards Banquet for its Pacific Northwest operations in Grays Harbor. Earlier in March, PST received seven awards for maintaining high safety standards at its Southern California operations.

"This year we were once again recognized for providing a safe workplace," said PST Operations Manager Tim Ryker. "During the last year, we saw an increase in the cargo volumes and manpower on the terminal. As a result of these increases, our team worked closely with the foremen and longshoremen to ensure safety protocols stayed top of mind."

PST has operated the Grays Harbor Terminal 4 auto handling facility under a lease agreement with the port since January 2009. In 2013, the PST facility processed 92,790 vehicles, most of them Chrysler exports, up from 71,021 in 2012 and just 4,899 in its first year of operation.

Seattle Honors Green Gateway Award Winners

The Port of Seattle on March 19 presented its Green Gateway Partners Awards, which recognize the comprehensive environmental achievements of the port’s cruise and containership lines. This year’s award winners are Maersk Line, COSCO Container Lines America’s Inc., Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises and Holland America Line.

The Green Gateway Partners Awards set as a minimum requirement participation in the port’s At-Berth Clean Fuels program or use of shore power. These and other environmental activities are assigned point values. Depending on the number of points earned, Green Gateway Partners can achieve one of four recognition levels – platinum, gold, silver or bronze.

Holland America Line, for the second year in a row, earned the port’s highest level award, platinum, for use of low-sulfur fuels beyond the required levels, zero discharge of ballast water in Puget Sound, and Marine Sanitation Devices, which contributed to its high scores in the Air & Energy and Wastewater categories.

Earning gold this year is Princess Cruises, for use of low-sulfur fuels beyond the required levels, zero discharge of ballast water in Puget Sound, Advanced Wastewater Treatment Systems, and Marine Sanitation Devices, which contributed to its high scores in the Air & Energy and Wastewater categories.

Earning silver are Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean for use of low-sulfur fuels beyond the required levels and Advanced Wastewater Treatment Systems, which contributed to its scores in the Air & Energy and Wastewater categories.

Also earning silver this year are COSCO Container Lines and Maersk Line, for their use of low-sulfur fuels beyond the required levels, which contributed to their high scores in the Air & Energy category. Maersk also earned extra points for additional innovations described in its application.

"These awards show that maritime businesses are doing the right thing for the environment every day," said Port CEO Tay Yoshitani. "Their efforts have removed hundreds of tons of pollutants from Puget Sound air."

Tay Yoshitani, left, Port of Seattle CEO, presents the platinum Green Gateway Award to Holland America Line’s Mike Inman, Vice President Safety, Environmental & Management Systems.
Photo/ Don Wilson, Port of Seattle