The new Totem Ocean Trailer Express's (TOTE) terminal at the Port of Tacoma was celebrated during a groundbreaking July 2.

TOTE has been a Port of Tacoma customer since 1976, helping the port earn its reputation as America's "Gateway to Alaska."

The ribbon breaking was, in fact, a grand re-dedication of TOTE's existing facility on the Blair Waterway. The Port of Tacoma invested $12 million in terminal upgrades to make the facility more operationally efficient for the line's two new vessels, the M.V. Midnight Sun and the M.V. North Star, which are being phased into service this year.

At 840 ft. long and 118 ft. wide, the new TOTE vessels are 50 ft. longer and 13 ft. wider than their existing steamship fleet. To accommodate this larger size, the Port of Tacoma restructured and expanded the TOTE Terminal.

The project involved a complete re-organization of the facilities, including repaving, construction of new buildings and expansion of storage rows for more efficient cargo movement with 53-ft. trailers. To further increase the efficiency of operation, row space was widened and refrigerated plugs now occupy a dedicated location on the terminal.

Team Upgrading Camas Water System

Team Construction (Vancouver, Wash.) was selected by the City of Camas to upgrade water supply facilities in the Washougal Wellfield.

Team completed new construction of a CMU building to house wells 11 and 12. The new buildings will also house chemical treatment equipment and a standby generator. Team also installed a new well assembly in Well 11 and equipped Well 12 with new control valves, site piping and telemetry systems.