Harbormaster Tony (City of Seward)
15:38 - 15:53
“we're seeing an increase in our track lift maintenance that is hard to keep up with. For a great example is our cable for the 300-ton lift has gone from historically $10,000 to $12,000 for cable for that machine.”
- Speaker
- Harbormaster Tony (City of Seward)
- Timestamp
- 15:38 – 15:53
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Seward
- Captured at
- October 28, 2026
From the transcript
So anticipating increases in some of the fees that are charged, specifically in the travel lift, because the—. Yep, touch on that. Yeah, go for it. Yeah, so that is one thing that we're seeing that a little bit that is— has been crazy after COVID and the last couple years with inflation is we're seeing an increase in our track lift maintenance that is hard to keep up with. For a great example is our cable for the 300-ton lift has gone from historically $10,000 to $12,000 for cable for that machine.
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