This clean-lined, completely formed building consolidates the port's operations and management into a single structure while efficiently resolving the technical segregation required by public and port users. Carefully and appropriately anchored to its site, via a plinth that alludes to the riprap-rock walls that are part of the port's water's edge, the building is imbued with abstract nautical and industrial references. Pronounced windows, segmented into vertical and horizontal elements, recall the visual effect of stacked containers viewed from a distance, while the distinctive 'herringbone' patterning, created by the composition of structural and shading elements, contributes a defining character and rhythm.