[Exports_project_office] Port facilities for EXPORTS cruise, Ride & Revelle

[Norm Nelson]

Hi Eric, 

Thanks very much for your prompt and thorough reply. Am I interpreting this correctly if I tell the NASA logistics folks that it *will* be Pier 91 unless an unlikely yet-unforseen disaster occurs, but they should scope out a contingency plan for Everett just in case?

I just looked at Pier 91 on Google Maps and the current satellite image shows the Thomas G. Thompson right there on the end of the pier, which is a good sign and a nice scale marker!  It would appear that even if the ships aren’t end to end it will be easy to move between them so that doesn’t appear to be a problem either. Sounds great. 

Cheers, Norm

Norm Nelson
Earth Research Institute
MC 3060
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
norm at eri.ucsb.edu
Vox: +1-805-893-3202

> On Feb 8, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Eric Buck <ebuck at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Norm,
> 
> We are planning to make the August and September port calls at the Port of Seattle's Pier 91 - a commercial facility.  At this facility we do not anticipate any access problems for foreign nationals.  There might be a TWIC escort requirement for anyone without a TWIC - we are looking into this.  At this time, all indications are that Pier 91 will work for these port calls.  We have requested end-to-end berthing of the vessels.  Even if end-to-end berthing does not pan out due to other traffic at the facility, the vessels would still be at the same facility... just berthed in different locations.
> 
> As a backup plan to Seattle's Pier 91, I'm looking into berthing at Naval Station Everett about 27 miles north of Seattle... plenty of pier space there for end-to-end berthing, not to mention a much more secure facility.  Personnel with some sort of federal credential (such as TWIC, CAC, military ID, etc.) would have no access problems.  Foreign nationals would have to be vetted through the station's visitor procedures.  Again, I'm only considering Everett as a backup in case something goes wrong with plans for Pier 91.
> 
> Eric
> 
> Eric Buck, Port Captain
> Scripps Institution of Oceanography
> Ship Operations & Marine Technical Support
> 297 Rosecrans Street
> San Diego, CA 92106
> Tel: 858.534.5568
> 
> On 2/8/2018 10:57 AM, Norm Nelson wrote:
>> Hi Liz and Eric,
>> 
>>    In our project office telecon today, the NASA logistics people who are going to be handling our PI equipment shipping (and things like liquid nitrogen etc) expressed their concern that we don’t have a definite port facility yet. Do you have any updates on this situation? We also need to know as soon as we can about stuff like port access for foreign nationals if it’s a federal facility, so we can plan accordingly. Are either of you going to be at the Ocean Sciences Meeting? We’re looking forward to meeting with Matt and Matt at our EXPORTS session on Sunday but I don’t think they will know the port situation.
>> 
>>    Many thanks,
>>    Norm Nelson and Debbie Steinberg
>> 
>> 
>> Norm Nelson
>> Earth Research Institute
>> MC 3060
>> University of California
>> Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
>> norm at eri.ucsb.edu
>> Vox: +1-805-893-3202
>> 
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