Client: Jesse Engineering
Owner: Port of Seattle
Cost of Work: $2 million

PND and Jesse Engineering were selected by the Port of Seattle to design and build a Passenger Boarding Gangway to facilitate the boarding of passengers onto the cruise ships using the Terminal 30 Cruise Facility in Seattle, Washington.

Key Features included in the design:
• Temporary system can be moved to accommodate future operations.
• Accommodates uneven dock surfaces.
• Adjusts vertically with user input for the changing tide levels.
• Screw jacks provide safe and reliable vertical lifting system.
• Capable of accessing vessel doors from approximately +5.5 feet to +34.5 above dock.
• Fully covered walkways.
• Prefabrication and shop testing minimized erection time.

"This is by far the simplest and most cost efficient gangway system that I have encountered in my career. Everyone that I have talked to has similar comments. I suppose one of the most telling praises came from the operators, a group that has a history of being very critical of any design. In this case they made it a point to tell our management that "this is the best system we have ever used". I believe this one comment sums it up!"
– Tim King
   Project Manager, Port of Seattle