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Port replaces ailing harbor docks
By Lou Sennick, Senior Photographer
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 | No comments posted.
The Charleston Marina is all about water, so it probably wasn’t surprising to maintenance crews replacing part of F Dock that they worked in the rain this week.
Aaron Simons, the Charleston Harbormaster for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay said the crews are replacing 147 feet of dock and fingers on the far section. This is where large fishing vessels dock when in port.
Simons said each of the 11-foot-wide by 8-foot-long sections are made of concrete with foam and electrical conduit inside. They were fabricated by Bellingham Marine in Washington and delivered to Charleston.
The old dock sections had the conduit on the outside and took years of beating from weather and boats knocking against them.
Workers are assembling larger sections now in the Charleston Shipyard and will be towing them into place. The first 48-foot section should be in place either today or Thursday.
The budget for the dock replacement is $180,000. Simons plans to replace more dock sections in the marina as funds become available. He said he has been with the port for 23 years and these docks were in use long before he started there.
Aaron Simons, the Charleston Harbormaster for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay said the crews are replacing 147 feet of dock and fingers on the far section. This is where large fishing vessels dock when in port.
Simons said each of the 11-foot-wide by 8-foot-long sections are made of concrete with foam and electrical conduit inside. They were fabricated by Bellingham Marine in Washington and delivered to Charleston.
The old dock sections had the conduit on the outside and took years of beating from weather and boats knocking against them.
Workers are assembling larger sections now in the Charleston Shipyard and will be towing them into place. The first 48-foot section should be in place either today or Thursday.
The budget for the dock replacement is $180,000. Simons plans to replace more dock sections in the marina as funds become available. He said he has been with the port for 23 years and these docks were in use long before he started there.
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