Who is developing the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal?
- EPIC Staff
- Sep 23
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 3
There is not yet a developer/operator for the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal (1), which is a project of the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District (Harbor District). Work so far on environmental design and permitting has been completed by Moffatt & Nichol, an American infrastructure advising firm.
In October 2022, the Harbor District entered into an exclusive right to negotiate (3) with Crowley Wind Services (4) to develop and operate the terminal, but the company and the District allowed that agreement to expire (5) at the end of March 2024. In April, the Harbor District published a Request for Qualifications (6) requesting Statements of Qualifications from qualified firms for a grant-funded project to complete permitting and 30% project design. In June 2024, the Harbor District selected Moffatt & Nichol for this part of the project, as well.
So far, funding for the heavy lift marine terminal has come from a series of grants:
2020: Humboldt County Headwaters Fund: $65,000 — Project Visioning and conceptual master plan
2021: State Lands Commission: ARPA Funding: $576,191 — Design / Permitting
2022: California Energy Commission: $10,450,000 — Design / Permitting and matching funds
2023: MARAD PIDP Grant: $8,672,986 — Design, permitting, and Bay wide Master Plan (7)
2024: Federal Department of Transportation INFRA Grant: $426,719,810 (8)
Note, the MARAD PIDP Grant and the Federal Department of Transportation INFRA Grant were withdrawn (9) by the Trump Administration in August 2025. The Harbor District has vowed (10) to continue the project.
References
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District. (2024). Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal Project. https://humboldtbay.org/humboldt-bay-offshore-wind-heavy-lift-marine-terminal-project-3
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District. (2023, May 3). Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Multipurpose Marine Terminal Project – Draft Project Description. https://humboldtbay.org/sites/humboldtbay.org/files/Marine%20Terminal%20-%20ProjectDescription%20-%202023%200510.pdf
Crowley. (2022, October 27). Crowley, Humboldt Bay to Develop and Operate California Wind Terminal. www.crowley.com/news-and-media/press-releases/humboldt-bay-wind/
Crowley Wind Services. (n.d.). www.crowley.com/wind/
Burns, R. (2024, March 6). Crowley Wind Services’s Partner Agreement With the Harbor District Will Expire Without a Lease, Leaving Future Relationship Unclear. Lost Coast Outpost. https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/mar/6/partner-agreement-between-harbor-district-and-crow/
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District. (2024, April 2.) Request for Qualifications: Redwood Marine Offshore Wind and Heavy Lift Multipurpose Terminal: Final Permitting and 30% Design Project. https://humboldtbay.org/sites/humboldtbay.org/files/HBHRCD_MultipurposeTerminal-RFQ-PIDP23_v4.pdf
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District. (2023). FY 2023 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) Grant Application Project Narrative. https://humboldtbay.org/sites/humboldtbay.org/files/Humboldt%20POWERED%20FY2023%20PIDP%20Proposal%20%28excludes%20KMZ%20files%29_reducedfilesize.pdf
Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District. (2023, August 21). Application to Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Opportunity (MPDG) Program Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind MVP (Minimum Viable Port) Project Description. https://humboldtbay.org/sites/humboldtbay.org/files/FY%202023-24%20MPDG%20Humboldt%20Bay%20Offshore%20Wind%20MVP%20Proposal%20Package_reducedfilesize.pdf
LoCO Staff. (2025, August 29). Harbor District responds to Trump Administration’s pulling of grants, vows to continue to work toward offshore wind terminal. Lost Coast Outpost. https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/aug/29/harbor-district-responds-trump-administrations-pul/
Vanderheiden, I. (2025, September 25). Humboldt’s offshore wind terminal project ‘full speed ahead’ despite federal funding cuts, says Harbor District executive director. Lost Coast Outpost. https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/sep/25/humboldts-offshore-wind-terminal-project-full-stea/
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