b'12American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(INTERVIEWcontinued fromWe are on the last couple months page 8) of construction and the first element Rhode Island. of that project, which was the reha-AJOTWhatistheRhodebilitation of our Pier 2 at the Port of IslandReadyinitiativeandhowDavisville, which is an $83.1 million does the QDC fit in? project.Itsbeengoingonnowfor Steven KingOne of the thingsalmost three years and thatll be com-thatwedidhereintherealestatepleted here in June.development side of the businessWe are about to begin a project is what I call the Site Readi- to reconstruct the outer perim-ness Initiative. That was toeter of Pier One. That first ele-pre-program, pre-design andment of that first part of that pre-permit [for client devel- phase of that project will kick opment].Westartedthatoffhere.Laterinthespring effort after the economy col- were going to put that up for lapsed in 2008. And by doingbid to construct the south side that, we are now in a positionof Pier One.todevelopsitesintheWe are also design-businessparkwithing and beginning the a90-dayturnaroundpermitprocessto time.Thishasbeenconstruct a brand newSouthern New Englands leading engine of job creation tremendouslyben- pierfacilityatwhatand economic growtheficialtous[QDC]we call Terminal Five withalotofdealsat the Port of Davis-thathavehappenedSteven King, managing director of QDCville. To provide someOver 200 companies and 12,000 jobs across 3,200 acressincethattimebetween2010orsomoreflexibilityandcreateawhole and today. And because the programnew multi-use pier, that will be able was so successful, the [RI] Governorto accommodate the ro-ro vessels that and the General Assembly in Rhoderoutinely call on the port. As well asAccess to highway, rail, airport and seaportIslanddeterminedthatwedidsuchallthevariousvesselsthatwillbe a good job, then we could help themassociatedwiththeoffshorewind mimic the same thing around the stateprojects,whetheritbecablelayingQuonset was ranked one of the top 10 industrial parks of Rhode Island. vessels or offshore service vessels orin the United States in 2021AJOTHowwastheprogramwhat have you.adapted to the State? Andso,theresalotofgood Steven KingAn initiative wasactionintheport.Wehave$120Home to the Port of Davisville, one of the top 10 put together to get a bond issue passedmillionoftheprogramthatsbeenauto importers in North Americaby the voters of Rhode Island in a spe- funded. Were in line at the General cial election in 2020 and approved aAssemblyandthe[RhodeIsland]The Port of Davisville played a leading role in $40 million in obligation bond issue.GovernorMcKee,heproposed$60the development of the first wind farm in the United StatesQDChasbeentaskedwithfindingmillion with the offer monies that are additional industrial sites and helpingin their purview, the General Assem-to ready them for new business in thebly.WerehopefulthatllmakeitTo learn more visit quonset.comstate of Rhode Island. through the final budget cut, and well AJOTThis leads very nicely intohave an additional $60 million to help the offshore wind initiative. Could youus with this project.update us on what is happening withAs it relates to the Port, we also(EXPANDINGcontinued fromlarger ports makes the Port of Boston QBP and offshore wind power? recentlyenteredintoanagreementpage 10) vulnerable to bypass as liners try to Steven KingI guess Ill backwithOrstedNorth AmericafortheirThe Port of Boston is surroundedbalance schedules against congestion up a little bit and talk about the PortRevolution Wind project. They leaseby larger port competitors like Halifax,andothersupplychainissues.The of Davisville. We have a $234.5 mil- the bulkhead space from us, and we areMontreal, and New York/New Jerseycall of the Ever Fortune is in a sense lion master plan that were workingdesigning a series of improvements tonot to mention the impact on vessela counter argument, as Boston has no through to rehabilitate the old Worldadd utility services and the like at thoserotation from other East Coast compe- congestion and can clearly handle the War II era infrastructure, to bring itberths, to homeport five crew-transfertition like the Port of Virginia (whichlarger vessels.up to modern code and provide a newvessels at the Port of Davisville. just added to new gantry cranes to the service life of 50-years into the future.AJOT Ive heard you say thatNorfolk International Terminal), Bal- i mPACt ofo ffShoreW indP oWerWere also building additional facili- yourethinkingoftheParkasatimoreandPhiladelphia.However,Byfarthebiggestinfluenceon ties and expanding the capabilities oflogistics hub. From your perspec- the high-income and general prosper- Northeast ports is the burgeoning off-the port to leverage that [and] to capi- tive,whatdoesalogisticshubity of the region is a magnet for high- shore wind power industry. It stands talizeontheopportunitieswiththe(INTERVIEWcontinued onvalueimportswhichinturnattractstorepresentthelargestinvestment offshore wind industry. page 15) direct ship calls. But the draw of thein U.S. ports and the maritime sector since World War II and it is starting in the Northeast from Maine to New York and New Jersey and into the mid-Atlantic states.(see Buxbaum article on page 8) Every Northeast state (and port) is looking at what offshore wind power can do for their economy. Like prospectors on a gold rush, not every port is going to succeed in establish-ing itself as a hub for offshore wind power operations, but there is a great democracyinopportunityforports large and small to participate in the offshorewindpowersweepstakes. Some of the ports like Rhode Islands Port of Davisville (see box on page 8) got out of the gate early while others are jumping in as newly awarded Fed-eralandStateoffshoretractspoint tobusinessopportunities.Andthis contrastsmightilytothecontainer terminalbusiness,withitsmassive financial and physical demands.Take for example the caseofthe customs brokers&freight forwarders Port of New Bedford. Mostly known asafishingport,NewBedfordgot www . jfmoran.com: 800.944.1041 into the offshore wind power industry (EXPANDINGcontinued on page 14)'