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GeneralInstruclions

Harborco,anewlyf
brmednationalconsortium,isint
erestedinbuildingandoperating
a
deep-waterportoffthecoastofSeabome・Theconsortiumismemb“aredrawnfiFomavariety
ofenteIprises,mostofwhi
charediversifiedamonganumberofcommercialactivi
ties・Harborco
isprepa
redtoparticipa
teinthefinanci
ng,constructio
n,andoperation
oftheport･Ith
asalready
engagedinsomepreliminaIyplanninganddesignwork,butitcannotproceedwithoutalicense
issuedbytheFederalLicensi
ngAgency(FLA)．

ThePmject
Thedeep-waterportproposedbyHarborcowouldbethefirstofitskindontheEastCoast,It
wouldbelocatedinSeabomeattheestuaIyoftheBanksedgeRiver・LiketheEuropeanseaport
Rotterda、,itwouldaccommodateanewgenerationoflargecargoshipsandsupertankers-
shipsb
elievedtob
eespeciall
ycost-effe
ctiveintran
sportingra
wmaterials
andgoods．

T
hedeep-wat
erportwouldbeb
asedonanartifi
cialislandofr
oughlyninesqU
aremiles,cre
ated
wit
hfillfiFomt
hedredgingofthe
accesschannel・Thei
slandwouldbeconne
ctedtotheshore
by
an
etworkofh
ighways,rail
roads,andpipe
lines､Onshor
e,anAir-Sea-C
argoCenter(
ASCC）
w
ouldbedev
eloped,alon
gwithmajorc
onnectionsto
existinghigh
ways,railroa
ds,andpipe
line
n
etworks
・Substantia
linfiPast
ructurewou
ldbeneede
dtoaccommod
ateaninte
nnodalfre
ight
t
emlinal
ofthissor
t・Mostoft
heindust
rialplant
andancill
aryfacili
tieswould
belocate
donthe
is
land､Whil
ecomponentso
ftheportcoul
dbeoperation
alasearlyasf
iveyearsaft
er
c
onstruc
tionbegins
,theport's
fillldeve
lopmentmi
ghtnotbeco
mpletedun
til20yea
rslater・Th
e
p
rQjec
tedcost
ofthepo
rtisro
ughly$
4billion
(incurr
entdoll
ars)．

TheParlies
Ha
rborcoi
sexcitedabou
ttheprospect
ofadeep-wate
rportontheEa
stCoast､Itbel
ievessuch
a
p
ortc
ouldgene
ratesub
stantia
lprofits
withint
enyearsa
fterope
mtionsbe
gin.(Ha
rborcob
asesit
s
p
rQject
ionsonanin
dependent
studybyTrans
portAssoci
ates,Inc.,
whiChconcl
udedthatsu
cha
p
ortc
ouldbeeco
nomical
lyviable
undersev
eralposs
iblescen
ariCs.)In
additio
n,Harbo
rco
b
eliev
estheloca
l,regiona
l,andnat
ionalecon
omiescoul
dbenefit
fiPomapo
rt,whichw
ould
d
rama
tically
reduce
thetran
sport
costsof
imports
andexp
orts・
Se
vera
lotherpar
ties,ho
wever,ha
veaninte
restinth
edeep-wat
erportand
Harborc
oIsappl
ication
fbralicense．

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