Lehigh Hanson, a subsidiary of Heidelberg Cement, signed a 20-year deal with the port in 2006. But it mothballed the site in 2009 due to the recession and a sagging construction market.
Longshoremen at the Port of Everett spent eight days last month unloading 32,000 tons of cement from the Loch Melfort, a bulk carrier, using a vacuum and conveyer belt system. The cement is being held in the massive dome on port property that can hold about 60,000 tons of it.
The Port of Everett’s cement operations help support about 35 jobs at the port, many with the Longshoremen’s union, and another 100 jobs moving the material by truck, rail and ship, according to the port.