QUESTION
Council Members Inquire About Future-Proofing Cruise Terminal Infrastructure
2:09:43
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Council Members question the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) on ensuring the cruise terminal infrastructure currently being updated will not need reconfiguration in the near future. The discussion covers the use of state-of-the-art technology and flexible infrastructure solutions, like mobile devices at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, to adapt to different ship connection points and maintain relevance with industry standards.
Speaker 1
2:09:43
And I just have one last, just clarifying question.
2:09:46
While I did hear we are a pioneer in this and just like other places are adapting and and building their infrastructure.
2:09:55
Are we ensuring that the technologies and the infrastructure upgrades that we're currently working on implementing and installing and adapting these ships to are not are we're we're we're not gonna be putting ourselves in a position where in another decade we will have to reconfigure talking.
2:10:17
I know we're we don't have a universal industry standard.
2:10:19
I know that's something you guys are working on.
2:10:21
Clea, if I have that correctly.
2:10:25
But are we seeing that we are using the most up to date recent infrastructure and that and we are doing that and so that in hopes in, like, a decade, 15 years, 20 years, it is still the most updated industry standard?
Speaker 7
2:10:43
That's a fantastic question in various student observation.
2:10:47
The answer is yes, unequivocally yes.
2:10:49
And the reason for that is the issue tends to be connection point.
2:10:54
And so what we're doing at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in this mobile device, it allows us to kind of bring it up and down the Pier apron so that if the ships connection point is on one side or the other side, we're still able to move it to ship.
2:11:09
So it creates that additional flexibility And as we work with Kia and other ship agencies, the hope is that we do get to a place that is standardized, but we are working with the vendors and the experts in the field to ensure that we are matching kind of the 4 leading technology that is out there.
Speaker 1
2:11:30
Okay.
2:11:30
Great.
2:11:30
Thank you.
2:11:31
One last question from customer brokers.
Speaker 2
2:11:33
So unending.
2:11:35
I'm unending.
2:11:36
I'm sorry.