The budget committee of five citizen members and five Port Commissioners, told by Finance Manager Colleen Browne they needed to cut $805,000 from the wish lists of the Port’s eight departments, axed several items, including:...
Read MoreSeafarers, dockers and ITF inspectorswill launch the year’s second East Asia maritime action week at major ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan from 1 to 5 July. The week is intended to ensure the welfare and safety of...
Read MoreThe Port of Seattle’s financial outlook is poor and likely to get worse, according to Moody’s Investors Service, which changed its outlook on the Port’s bonds from stable to negative last week. Declining shipping revenue and an...
Read MoreThe following letter was sent from the ILWU’s Puget Sound District Council President Dan McKisson regarding work that the Port of Vancouver has contracted for today, June 28, through Wednesday, July 3. The original letters...
Read MoreGrowing environmental objections to exporting coal from Washington state and Oregon have begun to endanger the coal industry’s hope to restore its flagging fortunes by shipping much more of the embattled fossil fuel to China and...
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