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Tacoma in TOTE deal

News1 Oct 2007

The Port of Tacoma has reached a “restated” lease with Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc (TOTE). The new lease runs through 2034 and the ...

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...

News1 Jul 2007

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

News1 May 2005

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

News1 May 2005

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