The Northwest Seaport Alliance ranked second overall in the U.S. West Coast category in Logistics Management’s 2018 Quest for Quality Awards.

“Since the formation of The Northwest Seaport Alliance in 2015, we’re incredibly honored to be recognized each year,” said Tong Zhu, NWSA’s chief commercial officer and chief strategy officer. “As we’re committed to delivering next-level service and providing customers with solutions to the changing demands of the international supply chain, we’ll continue to explore innovative partnership opportunities to support our customers and stakeholders.”

Winners were selected by the magazine’s readers—the buyers of logistics and transportation services. This year, LM had 4,500 ballots cast from logistics and supply chain decision makers.

Readers evaluated ports using five criteria: ease of doing business, value, ocean carrier network, intermodal network, and equipment and operations. A port had to receive at least 5 percent of the category vote to win.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance was one of only four West Coast ports to reach that threshold.

The complete list of winners is featured in the magazine’s August issue.