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Day: January 19, 2011

2010: Port of Seattle record year

The Port of Seattle hit a record container count for 2010 of the equivalent of 2.1 million 20-foot containers. It’s the first time the port has broken the two million container barrier. A key contributor to Seattle’s 2010...

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Vancouver port lands $72M deal

United Grain Corp. is proposing a $72 million expansion of its Port of Vancouver USA grain terminal that could nearly double the port’s already sizable grain exports. Port commissioners on Tuesday signed off on demolishing three...

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Feds: Jones Act didn’t hurt oil clean-up

Remember shortly after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill when Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and others were trying to repeal a U.S. shipping maritime law because they said it hindered relief efforts? The federal commission investigating...

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