Supply chain congestion Anatomy of a global supply chain crisis
Summary
Sean Eagan, Government Affairs Director, is the contact on a list of steps policy makers could take to address the long-term health of the supply chain. It compares the current supply chain crisis to a heart attack and says lawmakers should treat it as a wake-up call. Under the heading What can policy makers do?, the transportation investments include I-5/Port of Tacoma Road Interchange (Fife) ($35M) and Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge improvement (Tacoma) ($180M). Other items cover formation of a Supply Chain Caucus in the legislature, financial incentives for extended gate hours, expanded truck-parking, and workforce development for logistics trades.
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- 2021 11 16 A29281 D236515 Sean Eagan Northwest Seaport Alliance Supply Chain Congestio
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- 2021-11-16
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- 2021 11 16 A29281 D236515 Sean Eagan Northwest Seaport Alliance Supply Chain Congestio
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“Supply chain congestion Anatomy of a global supply chain crisis.”
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Supply chain congestion
Anatomy of a global supply chain crisis
Contact
Sean Eagan
Government Affairs Director
seagan@nwseaportalliane.com 1
253-223-5117
What can policy makers do? o Additional funding/increased state share for Remedial
Action Grants to allow for faster cleanups and putting
During a heart attack, there is little a victim can do. But it should properties back into productive use.
serve as a wake-up call for a change in lifestyle. Similarly, the o Financial incentives for communities to host
current supply chain crisis should prompt lawmakers to take steps warehousing—Streamline Sales Tax mitigation is
to address the long-term health of the supply chain. Here are helpful—is there more that can be done?
some things policy makers should consider: • Transportation investments
o I-5/Port of Tacoma Road Interchange- Phase 2 (Fife)
($35M)
o West Seattle Bridge repair (Seattle) ($25M)
o Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge improvement (Tacoma)
($180M)
o East Marginal Way improvements ($25M)
o Spokane Street Corridor improvements
o Canyon Road Regional Connection Project ($50M)
o Funding for cities of Seattle and Tacoma to upgrade
SODO and Tideflats roads to heavy haul standards
• Policy maker engagement o Increased FRIP and FRAP to support short line railroads
o Regular executive engagement with NWSA CEO like Tacoma Rail and to provide for realignment of North
o Formation of a Supply Chain Caucus in the legislature Intermodal (NIM) rail yard in Tacoma
• Planning o Remove the ban on FMSIB from issuing a call for projects
o Encourage WSDOT to engage in a more robust freight • Other infrastructure funding
planning effort analogous to what the Canadian o Hobbs’ port grant program or a minor works/repair
government did with their ports rather than a “check the funding source similar to what is granted to universities
box” exercise that summarizes current conditions or to allow for investments in non-traditional infrastructure
funded projects. projects (reefer plugs, fender repairs, wharf repairs,
• Protection of industrial lands berth dredging)
o Development of a statewide industrial policy that o Terminal 5 Phase 2 reefer plugs
protects industrial lands and freight corridors from o Pierce County Terminal reefer plugs
incompatible uses. o Port of Tacoma Off-Dock Container Yard Project ($15M)
o Follow up study of container port element—have the o Terminal 5 Gate improvements
cities of Tacoma and Seattle fully implemented in o Terminal 18 gate redesign
regulation their container port elements? What is o Port Community System and other IT investments to
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needed? allow for digitalization of cargo movements
What can policy makers do? (continued) o Shorepower infrastructure at Terminal 18 ($28 M)
o Remedial Action Grants
• Trucking o Funding for demonstration projects for ZEV cargo
o Expanded truck-parking through the state of Washington handling equipment
o CDL accessibility o Financial incentives for clean truck program
• Hours of operation o South Harbor Electrification Roadmap Project ($330K for
o Financial incentives for extended gate hours throughout study)
the supply chain (marine terminals, warehouses, rail etc.) o Funding for electrical distribution gride upgrades directly
• Environmental in support of port electrification
o Don’t reinterpret Federal Clean Water Act and apply non- • Workforce development for logistics trades
conforming stormwater standards to docks
o DOE stormwater grant for Port of Tacoma Off-Dock
Container Yard ($2.8 M)
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