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Washington

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

BNSF’s new Seattle-to-Ohio service avoids Chicago dray

23 Jun 2020
BNSF Railway has unveiled a five-day per week train service between Seattle and CSX’s Ohio hub about an hour south of Toledo.
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UP shuts Cold Connect reefer service
11 May 2020
A refrigerated rail service sold by Union Pacific Railroad to shippers has shut down amid the COVID-19 downturn in volumes and competition from rival BNSF Railway and other large IMCs.
Data reveals extent of April’s trucking decline
22 Apr 2020
An American Transportation Research Institute analysis of vehicle location data across six states shows trucking activity plummeting 8 to 10 percent in April as the COVID-19 lockdown spread across the US.
LTL truckers DHE, Peninsula partner on West Coast
04 Feb 2020
Two regional LTL carriers say their new partnership will help increase domestic traffic and set up “international inland” moves in a six-state West Coast network.
US ports adding space amid increased wind project volumes
21 Nov 2019
The ports of Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vancouver, Washington, are among those expecting continued growth in windmill component cargoes in 2020.
Pyle, Oak Harbor ink cross-country LTL partnership
16 Sep 2019
An agreement between two of the oldest US regional LTL carriers is designed to speed cross-country LTL shipments, and reduce costs for trucking operators and shippers.
UP nixes plan to fine trucks for missed appointments
04 Sep 2019
Union Pacific Railroad has dropped its plan to levy fines against trucking companies for canceling or missing ingate reservations to enter intermodal ramps in California, Oregon, and Washington.
J.B. Hunt levies intermodal peak season surcharge: sources
29 Aug 2019
J.B. Hunt has informed shippers it will assess peak season surcharges on excess freight out of California and Washington state even though volumes are much weaker than a year ago.
UP to penalize missed intermodal deliveries
08 Jul 2019
Union Pacific Railroad will begin charging truckers and logistics providers for missed appointments for intermodal terminals and tighten free storage time for demurrage to 24 hours in all terminals beginning this autumn.
Port of Los Angeles.
Big ships, competition challenge West Coast ports
09 Jan 2019
Competitors demonstrate that West Coast ports need to efficiently transfer containers to trucks and trains, as well ship-to-port, to retain shipper business.
Union Pacific Railroad.
UP, NS intermodal service cuts to test shippers
12 Dec 2018
Shippers will have to scramble after Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway announced the elimination of more than 425 domestic and nearly 100 international origin-and-destination interline pairs in multiple phases.