Malane: The benefit of pre-inspection at this location is that customers
have a defined amount of time that they know they're going to have to wait
while going through the CBP process.
So in the sense that you know you're going to
have to wait to come to a ferry anyway,
you're combining it with your CBP process
and customers have a defined idea of what it is they're going to have to do
for an hour and a half before they get on the boat.
The operators here in Victoria
bring over 750,000 customers into Victoria each year.
That translates into well over 160 million dollars in economic impact for Victoria
and many more millions to the Olympic Peninsula as well as Seattle.
So we're an integrated part of tourism
and a big part of why Victoria is such a draw,
because people like to come in and
take a vessel right into the middle of a bustling city
and get the chance to experience
the inner harbor as well as the destination itself.
I think all the operators in Victoria
are very excited about the idea of pre-clearance,
whether it's the Victoria Clipper getting off in Seattle
or Black Ball getting off in Port Angeles,
it'll be very, very convenient for our customers to be able to
just leave the vessel and go straight to where their destination is.
So for us, we're very excited to be able to look at pre-clearance
and look to see if we can do this in a way that
makes it a one process move for each of our customers.