Port of Tacoma

 
01 May 2013
Dockworkers protesting the slow processing of medical claims picketed a terminal at the Port of Oakland Wednesday, one day after a similar action interrupted cargo handling at a terminal in Tacoma.
 
25 Apr 2013
Washington’s ports led the U.S. West Coast in container volume growth in 2012, according to the recently-released Pacific Maritime Association annual report.
 
24 Apr 2013
The Port of Seattle reported container volume fell 30.1 percent in March compared with the same month in the previous year, and decreased 19.4 percent year-over-year from January to March...
 
19 Apr 2013
The Port of Tacoma’s container volume in the first three months of 2013 rose 37 percent year-over-year to 469,233 20-foot-equivalent units.
 
03 Apr 2013
Port of Tacoma’s CEO John Wolfe on competitiveness of the port industry and the TPM Sponsor’s 10-year plan for infrastructure improvements, larger-vessel management and cargo diversification.
Port of Tacoma: Containerized Imports and Exports Through February 2013. Source: Port of Tacoma.
 
21 Mar 2013
The Port of Tacoma’s containerized throughput soared by 59.2 percent year-over-year in February, according to data from the port.
 
12 Mar 2013
Cargo-handling at the Port of Tacoma ceased Tuesday afternoon as longshoremen mourned the loss of a crane mechanic.
Chart showing divergent growth at North America's West Coast ports.
 
28 Feb 2013
Canada’s West Coast container ports saw robust growth in 2012 while for the most part their U.S. counterparts stagnated or declined, according to analysis of each port’s published data. The result is that Canada’s share of total West Coast volumes is growing.
 
25 Feb 2013
Port of Tacoma reported container volume in January rose 36 percent year-over-year from 109,170 20-foot-equivalent units in 2012 to 148,707 TEUs in 2013.
 
05 Feb 2013
Container volumes at West Coast ports increased 4 percent in December, but 2012 overall was a lackluster year as the total of import and export containers increased only 2 percent from 2011.
 
01 Feb 2013
Port of Tacoma, Wash., has hired Tom Bellerud to lead container terminal business development.