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Second Quarter 2011-2013 West Coast Market Shares - U.S. Pacific North West vs. Canada. Source: Individual Ports
Canada, California Ports Grow West Coast Market Share
First Quarter 2011-2013 West Coast Market Shares. Source: Ports’ published data
Canada’s West Coast Ports Hold Onto 2012 Gains
Port of Tacoma: Containerized Imports and Exports Through February 2013. Source: Port of Tacoma.
Port of Tacoma Container Volume Soared in February
Chart showing divergent growth at North America's West Coast ports.
Canada's West Coast Ports on the Rise in 2012

Press Releases

Port of Seattle celebrates Green Gateway Awards
Port of Seattle
PORT OF LONGVIEW STEPS INTO INTERNATIONAL ROLE
Port of Longview
Port of Seattle Adds Two New Customers in the Past Year
Port of Seattle
Crowley Awards $10,000 in Scholarships to Four University of Washington Business Students
Crowley Maritime Corporation
Port of Tacoma ranks highest on West Coast for ease of doing business
Port of Tacoma
Port of Tacoma named green supply chain partner fourth year in a row
Port of Tacoma
Port receives two AAPA Communications Awards
Port of Vancouver USA
Port of Tacoma Earns National Award for 2013 Budget Document
Port of Tacoma
Port of Seattle Honors Green Gateway Award Winners
Port of Seattle
Fitch Affirms Port of Seattle, WA's $312MM LTGOs at 'AAA'
Port of Seattle
Port of Seattle Invests $3.4 million in Spokane Street Congestion Relief Project
Port of Seattle

UP says marine chassis supply is thin, stacking boxes necessary

27 May 2022
Union Pacific Railroad is warning that chassis supply could get tight soon in several US markets and it will not allow shippers to use their own private chassis if DCLI, TRAC Intermodal, and Flexi-Van Leasing run out of equipment.
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Forward Air expands drayage to feed LTL network
10 May 2022
Forward Air is acquiring a Seattle-based drayage company as part of its strategy to direct more transloaded international container freight to its expedited LTL network.
Port automation debate flares ahead of USWC labor talks
09 May 2022
Sources interpreted the release of PMA’s port automation study as the group anticipating the potential for debate on the hot-button issue to gain widespread attention in the public domain during upcoming West Coast labor talks.
Seattle jobs dispute sets uneasy tone ahead of ILWU-employer talks
12 Apr 2022
Exactly one month before the start of contract talks between West Coast employers and the ILWU, the union is claiming that a 2008 deal between the two sides has been violated at Terminal 5 in Seattle, a foreboding sign for those hoping this year’s negotiations would go smoothly.
UP reduces container surcharges in Oakland, Seattle
08 Apr 2022
Union Pacific Railroad is reducing its surcharge on certain loads in 53-foot containers out of Oakland and Seattle because more boxes are available for shippers.
Outcome of West Coast labor talks seen as a ‘coin toss’
31 Mar 2022
Sources close to West Coast labor negotiations say any result is possible — from a contract getting signed with little to no disruption to a meltdown lasting months to any scenario in between.
Critical US West Coast contract talks to start May 12
30 Mar 2022
The pending talks come amid fears from shippers that an impasse could result in further disruption in a market that can ill afford it, with some cargo owners already shifting volumes to the East and Gulf coasts.
UP to levy surcharges on West Coast next month
25 Feb 2022
For the second consecutive year, Union Pacific Railroad is putting surcharges on excess cargo and spot volume out of California and Washington to control the supply of domestic 53-foot containers and chassis.
Growing demand for domestic containers leaves shortage of 53-foot chassis
28 Jan 2022
Chassis have become more plentiful for international cargo in the inland rail ramps over the last three months, but the chassis supply is much tighter to haul domestic containers.
UP canceling peak season rail surcharges
07 Jan 2022
Union Pacific Railroad will rescind its peak season surcharges, a sign that domestic intermodal congestion in the western US has improved considerably in recent weeks
Major US retailers tapping intermodal truckers to retrieve ocean boxes
07 Dec 2021
The use of drivers accustomed to hauling 53-foot containers to pick up 20-foot and 40-foot boxes shows how US retail giants are pulling every lever to get truck power into the ports.