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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).
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]
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.
The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships are 20-foot (1 TEU) and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted. [1]
Container port draft depths and air drafts; Port Draft depth Air draft Port of Seattle: 50 feet (15 m) Unlimited Port of Tacoma: Greater than 50 feet (15 m) Unlimited Port of Portland: 40 feet (12 m) 196 feet (60 m) Port of Oakland: 50 feet (15 m) 220 feet (67 m) Port of San Francisco: 50 feet (15 m) 220 feet (67 m) Port of Hueneme: 40 feet (12 ...
Soil in the Ruston/North Tacoma study area is contaminated by arsenic and lead. Soil, surface water and groundwater across most of the Tacoma Tar Pits site is contaminated by metals, PAHs, PCBs, and VOCs including benzene, from a former coal gasification plant and recycling operations. Ship building, oil refining, chemical manufacture and ...
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
Port of Everett. The Port of Everett is a public seaport district located on Possession Sound in Everett, Washington, United States.Founded in 1918, it operates a small cargo terminal, a public marina, waterfront real estate, and public recreational lands.