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In 1951, Seattle Box reported a loss for only the second time in sixty-two years of operation. [30] A labor strike in 1950 and a 1954 two-month strike affected profits by raising the basic wage to $1.905 per hour. [30] [31] Seattle Box and Tacoma Box sought new products and more efficient ways to produce them. [30]
The Port of Tacoma debuted its own cargo container-ready facilities in 1970, and gradually lured away several large shipping lines from Seattle through the 1990s, including Alaska-based Totem Ocean Trailer Express (1976), SeaLand (1983), Maersk (1985), K Line (1988), and Evergreen Marine (1991).
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Tacoma Spokesperson Maria Lee told The Center Square in a phone call that the $5.6 million will come from 26 cuts to staff positions that are mostly filled. After accounting for the $5.6 million ...
Based on container volumes, China is the port's largest trading partner. More than 70 percent of the containers imported through the port move by rail to markets in the Midwest and East Coast. The port is served by the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific railroads. Shortline rail service is provided by Tacoma Rail, which is owned by the City of Tacoma.
Todd Tacoma Division, Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington opened in 1917 to build Design 1014 ship ships for the United States Shipping Board. It operated as part of Todd Dry Dock & Construction until shut down after World War I in 1924. The yard reopened in partnership with Kaiser Shipbuilding in 1939 as Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation.
Port of Seattle; Aerial view of the Seattle harbor, 2022, showing numerous container terminals operated by the Port of Seattle: Agency overview; Formed: September 5, 1911 () Jurisdiction: King County, Washington: Headquarters: 2711 Alaskan Way Seattle, Washington, U.S. Employees: 2,150 (2018) Annual budget: $670 million (2018) Agency executive
Weyerhaeuser Line headquarters moves to Tacoma in 1966. [5] By 1969 all the post Liberty ships purchased by Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company were sold and some shipping moved to charter ships. In 1975 Weyerhaeuser contracted with Leif Höegh & Co to have built six new second generation of Container "M" ships with open-hatch and gantry-crane ...