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Skyrocketing fuel prices, rail and interstate bottlenecks, domestic and international capacity competition,  air quality regulations, and driver shortages — they’re all driving up freight costs and supply chain uncertainty.  At the same time, federal and state agencies are trying to get freight off of our highways because of serious problems with road damage, traffic congestion, and air pollution.

That’s where HML comes in. We’ve developed a U.S. West Coast, north/south intermodal Marine Highway service that will provide shippers and carrier-partners a cost competitive and environmentally  friendly shipping solution.  We’re reaching out to surface carriers, retailers, manufactures, wholesalers, small businesses, break-bulkers,  wood product producers — virtually any shipper. Our service is designed to provide route and mode diversification, insulation from rising fuel prices, and door-to-door peace of mind — and all with a seamless transition from a surface to a waterborne mode.

About the Project

The West Coast Hub-Feeder Project is a marine highway service that combines barging and short-haul trucking in order to move goods both domestically and internationally. It augments existing freight movement on 10 of the most heavily traveled interstate highways in California, Oregon and Washington.

The project is a public-private partnership between two entities: the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District and Humboldt Maritime Logistics. With assistance from the U.S. DOT, the partnership will build intermodal barges that will be owned by the District. The District will then lease-to-own the barges to the public-private partnership.

There are two parts in the creation of the project. First are project validation and naval architecture/engineering tasks. This will be funded by grants from the America’s Marine Highway Program. The second part is the building of two marine highway designated barges and the purchase of two mobile harbor cranes.

Annual Benefits

• Estimated Revenue to the District: $1.7M
• ARRA Job/Year Creation Estimate: 625
• Public Infrastructure Maintenance Savings: $17M
• Human Injury Accident Savings: $2M
• Fuel Consumption Reduction: 5 million gallons
• CO2 Emissions Reduction: 60,000 metric tons
• Truck-Miles-Traveled Reduction: 34 million miles
• Long-Haul Truck Trip Reduction: 68,000 trips

If you’re a carrier and are interested in becoming a part our West Coast intermodal  transportation solution, or if you’re a shipper with a West Coast north/south leg in your supply chain, please contact us.

Phone: (707) 616-5244
Email: info@humboldtlogistics.com
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Mail: PO Box 3153, Eureka, CA 95502