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Maersk Renews Seattle Calls

The Port of Seattle got good news for a change on Tuesday when Maersk Line renewed its agreement to call SSA’s Terminal 18 at the port.

Maersk Line will continue to call the port with its TP 9 service from Asia, which is a vessel-sharing agreement with CMA CGM on which both lines deploy eight [...]

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Rivalry between Seattle and Tacoma ports historic, detrimental

Excerpts from a recent article in the Seattle Times:

Seattle is North America’s seventh-biggest container port; Tacoma ranks No. 11.

In March, the Grand Alliance shipping lines decided to move from Seattle to Tacoma. When that happens in July, it will take about 20 percent of the container business from the Port of Seattle, more [...]

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