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Malane: The benefit of pre-inspection at this location is that customers

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have a defined amount of time that they know they're going to have to wait

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while going through the CBP process.

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So in the sense that you know you're going to

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have to wait to come to a ferry anyway,

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you're combining it with your CBP process

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and customers have a defined idea of what it is they're going to have to do

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for an hour and a half before they get on the boat.

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The operators here in Victoria

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bring over 750,000 customers into Victoria each year.

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That translates into well over 160 million dollars in economic impact for Victoria

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and many more millions to the Olympic Peninsula as well as Seattle.

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So we're an integrated part of tourism

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and a big part of why Victoria is such a draw,

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because people like to come in and

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take a vessel right into the middle of a bustling city

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and get the chance to experience

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the inner harbor as well as the destination itself.

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I think all the operators in Victoria

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are very excited about the idea of pre-clearance,

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whether it's the Victoria Clipper getting off in Seattle

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or Black Ball getting off in Port Angeles,

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it'll be very, very convenient for our customers to be able to

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just leave the vessel and go straight to where their destination is.

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So for us, we're very excited to be able to look at pre-clearance

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and look to see if we can do this in a way that

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makes it a one process move for each of our customers.