Tus neeg dawb Paul chaw nres nkoj cai yuav tau txais ib $4.14 vam nyiaj pab los ntawm lub Maritime Administration chaw nres nkoj Infrastructure kev loj hlob. Nyiaj yuav siv los siab rehabilitate ib dockwall nyob barge Terminal ob (BT2). Lub 1,316-taw dockwall, ua 1964, yuav tsum tau muaj teeb meem loj kho thiab nws cov tsis ua hauj lwm poses ib qhov teeb meem rau tag nrho cov nkoj npas los ntawm cov neeg dawb huv Paul. Qhov chaw nres nkoj cai yog ib tug ntawm 25 cov neeg tau txais ib feem ntawm qhov $241 lab (million) nyiaj pas dej ua ke muaj nyob rau xyoo 2021.

BT2 nyob rau mississippipi dej, cia li south of Downtown saint Paul, underneath tus choj Lafayette choj. Upper River Services (URS) xauj qhov chaw ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj cai thiab pab raws li tus neeg teb xov tooj harbor. Nyob rau hauv lub luag hauj lwm no, URS relies rau ib mas functioning dockwall rau barge towing, fleeting, ntxuav, thiab kho cov kev pab. URS muaj kuj pab Ramsey County rau ntau zaus uas nrhiav thiab cawm kev siv zog rau tus dej Mississippi dej.

Ua kev ruaj ntseg, Enhancing Efficiencies, thiab tiv thaiv qhov chaw

Nyob rau hauv lub 1960s, barge sizes tau inconsistent, thiab qhov no yog reflected hauv tus thawj dockwall tsim. 50 xyoo tom qab, luaj li cas muaj standardized, thiab cov phab ntsa uas twb muaj lawm aligns nrog niaj hnub barges. Qhov no yuav teeb ib kev ruaj ntseg uas yuav raug rau cov txiv neej thiab cov poj niam uas ua hauj lwm hauv cov neeg dawb huv Paul Harbor, xws li deckhands thiab barge cleaners ua hauj lwm los ntawm URS. Upgrades yuav mitigate qhov teeb meem no thiab txhim khu kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev ruaj ntseg ntawm cov neeg uas nws txoj hauj lwm yuav tsum tau tsiv mus nyob rau hauv barges thiab daim av.

Tsis tas li, qhov BT2 peb tes num yuav mitigate qhov uas yuav muaj ib dockwall tsis ua hauj lwm thiab cov adverse economic tej yam uas yuav ua raws li.  Yuav raug nqi zoo thiab npaum, nyob rau hauv ib lub caij navigation lub caij, dej shipping hauv Minnesota relies rau ib ob-txoj kev cargo haul txheej txheem. Barges xa npaum li cas ntxiv npas upstream, uas lawv yuav sai unloaded thiab ces ntxuav thiab soj ntsuam los ntawm URS. Txij ntawd los, URS xyuas kom lawv yog promptly reloaded thiab xa rov qab downstream nqa exports taws rau lub teb chaws thiab ciaj uas muag thoob ntiaj teb (feem ntau agriculture khoom xws li pob kws, soybeans, thiab nplej). Cuam tshuam kev thauj yuav txiav exports los ntawm ntau li 50 feem pua thiab nce shipping nqi los ntawm 37 feem pua, impairing Minnesota teb cov peev xwm yuav sis tw nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb no lag luam.

Thiab, thaum ib txhia npas yuav tau absorbed los ntawm lub rail tsheb thauj mus los, ob leeg nqi thiab roj emissions yuav sawv. Qhov tseeb, nws yuav siv sij hawm kwv yees li ntawm 216 rail tsheb txav tib yam khoom raws li ib tug raug 15-barge tow, nqa kwv yees li ntawm 1,500 tons/barge.

Tej tsim

Tus neeg dawb Paul chaw nres nkoj cai yog ua phem rau txhawb sustainable kev loj hlob thiab minimizing cov carbon footprint rau tag nrho nws tej yaam num. Tseem ceeb tsim hais txog kev nyab xeeb hloov kev nyab xeeb thiab tej kev ncaj ncees nrog rau BT2 peb tes num muaj infrastructure electrification, zog efficiency, zoo tuaj npaj thiab resiliency, zog thiab qhov chaw-npaum siv, thiab txo dej siv thiab pov tseg.

Tej Yaam Num Nyiaj Txiag thiab Sij Hawm

Qhov BT2 peb tes num yog kwv yees li ntawm $12.17 vam. Qhov $4.14 vam nyiaj pab yuav tau paired nrog ib $6.3 vam nyiaj yav tas los ruaj los ntawm Minnesota Department of Transportation thiab ib $1.73 vam contribution los ntawm chaw nres nkoj cai shipping nyiaj. Qhov chaw nres nkoj cai npaj tso ib tug tsim RFP nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj nrog lub hom phiaj ntawm sau peb tes num hauv 2022.

Neeg dawb Paul chaw nres nkoj cai & dej Shipping FAQs

• Qhov chaw nres nkoj cai yog ib qho tsim nyog inland chaw nres nkoj nrog txoj cai thiab txoj cai nqa tawm qhov BT2 peb tes num
• Kwv yees li ntawm 5.9 vam tons cargo kis los ntawm cov neeg dawb huv Paul Harbor txhua xyoo; 4.1 lab (million) tons los ntawm chaw nres nkoj cai terminals thiab 1.8 vam tons los ntawm lwm yam terminals (qhov twg: teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas pab tub rog Corp of Engineer tus dej Commerce txheeb cais Center)
• Tus fluctuating nqi barge shipping ntawm neeg dawb huv Paul rau New Orleans nruab nrab kwv yees li ntawm $25/ton
• Sab saum toj import npas muaj fertilizer, dej kho khoom, hlau, aggregate, cement, thiab txoj kev ntsev
• Sab saum toj export npas muaj xws li pob kws, soybeans, potash, thiab hlau yuav recycled

Hais txog cov neeg dawb huv Paul chaw nres nkoj cai

Minnesota Legislature tsim los pab cov neeg dawb Huv Paul Chaw nres nkoj cai raws li ib lub koom haum uas tsis yog-profit tsoom fwv hauv 1929 los tswj lub St. Paul Harbor. Ntawm 1932-1964, qhov chaw nres nkoj cai tsim plaub dej shipping terminals, xws li BT2. Tag nrho plaub dej shipping terminals tseem yuav tswj los ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj cai, stimulating lub zos economy los ntawm cov hauj lwm zoo them hauj lwm thiab cov nyiaj ua se tau nyiaj ua se tau nyiaj. Nyob rau xyoo 1955, cov Legislature tso cai rau qhov chaw nres nkoj cai los txuam yuaj rua economic kev loj hlob inland.