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Issue 9 2019 - FBJNA
///PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Cargo volumes are up at the Port of Seattle, part of the NWSA consortium. (Port of Seattle Photo.)
The Premier Breakbulk Port in the Region
By Peter Buxbaum
Some folks are complaining about a slowdown in international trade, but the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a consortium which includes the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, has reported that cargo volumes are up across the board this year. From January through
portofeverett.com/SEAPORT GO BIG. GO EVERETT.
September 2019 containers handled at the ports reached over 2.9 million TEUs, a 4.1% increase from the same period last year. Breakbulk cargo volumes were up 4.6% during the first nine months of the year
and autos were up 18.1% during the same period. Meanwhile, infrastructure
development is proceeding apace at the Puget Sound ports. NWSA is redeveloping terminals 5 and 46, while Terminal 18 in Seattle invested in rubber- tired gantry cranes last year to increase productivity. Terminal 18 alone handled over one- million containers for the first time last year. “To reach one-million TEUs
at a Puget Sound terminal for the first time is an enormous achievement,” said Don Meyer,
Port of Tacoma commission president and co-chair of the NWSA, “and a testament to the value of working together under the banner of The Northwest Seaport Alliance.” The same story is repeating
itself across other Pacific Northwest
ports: they are
pushing to grow their volumes and diversify their cargo mixes as they improve infrastructures in anticipation of future growth. While NWSA is a giant
full-
service port, other ports in the area are no less important as economic engines in their localities. Wind blades, autos,
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