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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 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
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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.
ILWU rejection of contract extension raises specter of port disruption
24 Nov 2021
Despite ILWU leadership pledging to support the Biden administration’s efforts to decongest ports in Southern California, insiders remain worried the national spotlight on ports will not prevent labor disruption on the docks next year.
UP raises California surcharges to $5,000 for second straight year
29 Jul 2021
Union Pacific Railroad has raised domestic intermodal surcharges for a fourth time in 2021 with a $5,000 per container fee on excess contract loads for low-volume shippers in California.
UP ramping up West Coast service to Chicago
26 Jul 2021
Union Pacific has begun a controlled restoration of train service from West Coast ports to the Chicago metropolitan area, hoping a fresh restart will restore terminal fluidity for international intermodal customers.
Midwest marine chassis shortage worse than two months ago: TRAC
18 Jun 2021
Chassis providers are struggling to provide equipment for ocean containers in the US Midwest and Pacific Northwest as shippers hold onto chassis excessively even more frequently than earlier this year, according to importers and TRAC Intermodal.
Knight-Swift leaving BNSF to partner with UP on intermodal
11 Jun 2021
Knight-Swift Transportation, one of the top five US domestic intermodal providers, will be leaving BNSF Railway on Jan. 1, 2022, to partner with Union Pacific Railroad in the western US.
Intermodal rail savings versus trucking hit record highs
08 Apr 2021
Shippers can save more money than ever before on intermodal, if they could find equipment and draymen to move their cargo to and from rail terminals amid scarce supply of both.
UP adding ag shipping capacity through PNW ports
24 Mar 2021
Union Pacific is co-developing the first intermodal terminal in Idaho which will connect the state’s ag shippers to the Pacific Northwest ports.
UP shuts down most of intermodal network for weather
16 Feb 2021
Union Pacific Railroad is shutting down virtually all business across its intermodal network for 72 hours because of snow and ice in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and even as far south as Texas.
Washington state ports see breakbulk surge in 2020
08 Feb 2021
Wind energy cargoes boosted the Port of Longview’s breakbulk volumes, while high and heavy drove growth at the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) ports of Seattle and Tacoma.