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Puget Sound longshore workers are experiencing a strong rebound. This photo was submitted by Seattle longshore worker Curt Treadwell. Submit your waterfront photos to longshorenews (at) gmail.com. Containerized imports at the Port of Seattle exploded last month, increasing 93.3 percent compared to June of 2009. The 88,763 TEUs recorded in June were the highest [...] CMA CGM plans to gradually phase out providing chassis to truckers at terminals throughout the United States on a schedule starting on the East Coast in October and ending on the West Coast in March of next year.The carrier said Thursday it expects the new chassis supply management policy will generate greater operational efficiency and [...] Container volume moving through West Coast ports increased 14 percent in the first five months of the year. Growth was relatively balanced between imports and exports and across the regional gateways. Statistics published on the Web site of the Pacific Maritime Association also showed that, except for a slight dip in February, container volume increased steadily [...] A straddle carrier handing containers at the Port of Tacoma's North Intermodal yard and Husky Terminal. Photo by Port of Tacoma. A comprehensive look at Washington’s ports as an engine for economic development is the subject of a legislative study committee when it meets in Tacoma on July 9. The Legislative Committee on Economic Development and [...] Total container stats were up 25.1 percent at the Port of Long Beach in May, were up 19.9 percent at the Port of Los Angeles, up 19.3 percent at the Port of Oakland, and up a whopping 57.4 percent at the Port of Seattle. May was the best month this year for all the West [...] Port of Tacoma Commissioners heard cautious optimism and continued belt tightening during the budget and cargo update at their May 6 meeting. The port’s $102.1 million 2010 program budget represents the first year of its scheduled five-year plan – a package that totals nearly $197 million in projects. The planned program budget includes funds to construct [...] By Bill Bryant, president of the Seattle Port Commission The future of Puget Sound ports and the tens of thousands of jobs they generate in King and Pierce counties depend on Seattle and Tacoma moving freight to the Mid West more efficiently than our competitors. … Canada and Houston and Georgia are not going to politely wait [...] MAIN FACTS: -Locations will include Houston, New Orleans and Mobile as well as Portland and Seattle. -DCLI will offer chassis for use in these market areas to drayage companies at marine terminals, container yards and railroads, expanding the current program from the Northeast, Ohio Valley and Chicago/Midwest areas. -Chassis that originate from any of the port marine, [...] A cruise ship leaving Seattle It was the best of times and now the worst of times. Vancouver, with more than 900,000 Alaska-bound passengers in 2009, is down this year to less than 600,000. Seattle, with 846,000 passengers this year, will lose two ships and more than 75,000 passengers in 2011. Cruise business peaked in 2002, [...] Backers are calling it their “cold train,” a four-day-a-week run of refrigerated intermodal cargoes from the Port of Quincy, Wash., to Chicago that starts moving this week. The inland port’s intermodal terminal, which includes cold storage warehousing, is on a BNSF Railway route that goes from Seattle to Chicago. Columbia Colstor, which has several sites [...] Port of Tacoma Seattle and Tacoma port leaders are pressing the federal government to follow up on President Barack Obama’s National Export Initiative, hoping to find ways to improve the shortage of containers and shipping capacity that is limiting Washington state exports. In a letter Monday, the port directors cited an estimate by the Agricultural [...] A new report out Wednesday from Colliers International says that export growth is key to helping improve Tacoma’s industrial real estate picture. The vacancy rate for industrial property in and around the Port of Tacoma – stretching from the Tideflats into Fife – has hovered at around 9 percent for the past year, said a [...] The challenges facing the ports of Seattle and Tacoma can be neatly listed: 1) The trade collapse from the Great Recession; 2) The looming opening of wider Panama and Suez canals, allowing much Asian cargo to bypass the West Coast; 3) Prince Rupert, a day’s sailing distance closer to Asia, and 4) Washington’s slowness to [...] Since November 2009, 100 older diesel trucks servicing the Port of Seattle have been permanently removed from service. … Replacement trucks obtained as part of the ScRAPS Program can qualify for a no-cost exhaust retrofit to further reduce their emissions. The program is designed to help the Port of Seattle meet the goals of the [...] Linda Styrk was named managing director of the seaport division at the Port of Seattle. She has been with the port since 2005, most recently as director of seaport marketing. Styrk served previously as president of the office and warehouse operations at Universal Freight Forwarders. She also worked for 12 years at APL. Styrk replaces [...] |
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