April 29, 2013 [KBKW] - Greater Grays Harbor Inc hosted the Business Forum Luncheon. Health, Safety, Environment, & Quality Regional Manager Ken Shoemake from Westway Terminals laid out their plans for a $50-million dollar expansion at Terminal 1 to accommodate crude oil exports from the Port of Grays Harbor.
“We are not going to build something slipshod, Westway’s Hoquiam terminal is going to be a state-of-the-art facility built to every existing known standard for safe operation, and we will operate it in that way also.”
Shoemake told the crowd of about 80 that the company hopes to bring 20 full time jobs to the Harbor once the new storage tanks are complete. “If everything moves according to plan, we will be able to file our construction permits with the city in the first week of June.”
The company hopes to be fully operational by second quarter of next year.
