Port of Bellingham commissioners hope to revive their long-dormant deep-water shipping terminal to create both jobs and port revenue.
“We’re back at ground zero,” said Darren Williams, a spokesman for Local 7 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, at a recent port commission meeting. “We don’t have anything to ramp up. What we do have is a facility.”
At their Tuesday, May 3, meeting, commissioners agreed to spend $25,000 to hire an economic consultant, BST Associates, to identify local shipping opportunities that would be worth pursuing.