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Port of Everett Ranks 5th on the West Coast in Export Value

From a Port of Everett news release:

The Port of Everett ships oversized parts for Boeing’s 747, 767 and 777 airplane programs.

According to the 2012 U.S. Trade Numbers, the Port of Everett seaport ranks 5th on the West Coast in export value, and is the second fastest growing export port on the [...]

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How Occupy helped labor win on the West Coast

By Josh Eidelson at Salon.com:

ILWU members demonstrate on train tracks in September. Dawn Des Brisay photo.

Earlier this month longshore workers in Washington state reached a contract with a boss that has spent the past year fighting to keep their union out.  That company, the multinational EGT, sought to run its new grain terminal [...]

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Port of Everett celebrates 1,000th Boeing barge

Longshoremen at the Port of Everett move Boeing airline parts.

The Port of Everett has celebrated the thousandth barge carrying aerospace parts for the Boeing Company’s 747, 767 and 777 airplane models.

The first barge arrived in the Port of Everett’s shipping terminals in 1993 carrying 777 airplane parts in oversized containers. Over the [...]

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Port of Everett foresees growth in its niche of unconventional cargo

Port of Everett

Activity at the Port of Everett was down last year by about 20 percent, but officials expect it to grow again this year as the world economy improves.

A port spokesman said Russian mining efforts for gold and other ores mean the country will be buying a lot of equipment from [...]

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Port of Everett expecting more business from Japan

The Port of Everett’s director and its board chairman are planning a business trip to Japan in April to drum up more shipping business.

The port sees regular business from Japan and some other Asian countries because of regular shipment of jet parts heading for the Boeing Co.’s Everett plant. Manufacturers in Japan ship parts [...]

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