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NYK adds in Tacoma

News1 Aug 2007

The Port of Tacoma has announced a project to build a US$300M, 168 acre (68 hectare) container terminal on the industrial east side of the 5...

Container crane productivity and double cycling debate

News1 Jul 2007

Two US academics claim container terminals can cut port time by 10% by implementing crane double cycling*....

SSA Marine/Puyallup strike Tacoma deal

News1 May 2007

SSA Marine (SSAM) has struck a deal with Washington State’s Puyallup Tribe to develop and operate a privately-funded container terminal on...

Everett selects Morris

News1 Feb 2007

The Port of Everett, Wa, USA has awarded a contract worth around US$2.9M for a 50 LT barge-to shore container crane to Morris Material Handl...

Tacoma terminal completed

News1 Feb 2007

The Port of Tacoma has completed a further expansion of Washington United Terminals (WUT), increasing it from 80 acres to 102 acres (41.3 he...

New rail yard modeling software

News1 Dec 2006

A new “plug-and-play” software package has been developed jointly by the US Port of Tacoma and the Institute of Shipping Economics and L...

Puget Sound port rail partners

News1 Jul 2006

The Ports of Tacoma and Olympia, Washington, have tentatively agreed to a partnership that will see improved rail capacity in the South Puge...

Tacoma shatters cargo records

News1 Feb 2006

Driven by record volumes in total tonnage, containers, intermodal lifts and grain, the Port of Tacoma completed the strongest year by cargo ...

Tacoma death “accidental”

News10 Nov 2005

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (DLI) has concluded its investigation into the death of a stevedore at Terminal 4 at...

Congestion overcome…challenges ahead

News8 Nov 2005

The congestion suffered by NAWC ports last year may have been a blessing in disguise as it spurred changes that have kept cargo moving this ...

Fatality in Tacoma

News19 Oct 2005

ILWU stevedore Kimberly Miles was killed at the Port of Tacoma’s Pierce County container terminal on August 13 when she was struck by a co...

Goodbye to ‘’Big Red”

News1 Jun 2005

The Port of Tacoma’s first container crane, a 1970-built Peiner, which cost US$1.2 mill when new, has been dismantled and hauled away as s...

Heavy in Tacoma

News1 May 2005

Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire has signed House Bill 1181, allowing the completion of the so-called “Heavy Haul Industrial C...

Getting closer to reality without taking the risk

News1 May 2005

Better simulation tools enable terminals to test operational changes and alternative operating systems with more certainty than ever before ...

NAWC congestion could well get worse

News1 Mar 2005

Most North American West Coast (NAWC) container ports broke traffic records in 2004 and remain under sustained pressure. Congestion is expec...

Tacoma to turn strads green

News1 Feb 2005

The Port of Tacoma, Wa, has received a Certificate of Recognition from US-EPA together with an EPA grant of US$75,000 to fund the retrofit o...

NYK adds in Tacoma

Container crane productivity and double cycling debate

SSA Marine/Puyallup strike Tacoma deal

Everett selects Morris

Tacoma terminal completed

New rail yard modeling software

Puget Sound port rail partners

Tacoma shatters cargo records

Tacoma death “accidental”

Congestion overcome…challenges ahead

Fatality in Tacoma

Goodbye to ‘’Big Red”

Heavy in Tacoma

Getting closer to reality without taking the risk

NAWC congestion could well get worse

Tacoma to turn strads green

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Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

E-methanol is the most likely pathway for ZEMBA’s next tender

Windsor becomes CVS Ferrari’s UK dealer

NYK adds in Tacoma

Container crane productivity and double cycling debate

SSA Marine/Puyallup strike Tacoma deal

Newsletter signup

Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

E-methanol is the most likely pathway for ZEMBA’s next tender

Windsor becomes CVS Ferrari’s UK dealer

ILA says it will move forward with strike on Tuesday

Map of major ports affected by strike on US East and Gulf coasts

Will port strike severely disrupt US economy?

ILA shuts down ports on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

Fire from overturned truck carrying lithium-ion batteries shuts down Port of LA, POLB terminals