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Seattle’s proposed deep-bore tunnel is important to cargo movement. The Port of Seattle Commission voted Tuesday to endorse a Memorandum of Agreement under which it will contribute $300 million to construction of a deep-bore tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The agreement with the state Transportation Department outlines the Port’s responsibilities to the [...]  Tensions are mounting along the Columbia River as two groups of pilots serving inland ports are asking for rate hikes and as agents representing the steamship lines that pay the pilots remain adamantly opposed to the increases. At issue are requests from the Columbia River Bar Pilots, who navigate vessels from the open sea across [...] |
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