dsc_3868.jpgThe Northwest Seaport Alliance reached record-breaking international container volumes with 1,559,903 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs)

<p>Managing Members of The Northwest Seaport Alliance, along with the president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers of Local 19, and president of local terminal operator SSA Terminals, broke ground at Terminal 5, taking the first concrete steps in making the facility ‘big ship ready’ and adding our capability to handle simultaneously two of the shipping industry’s largest container vessels. </p>

<p>dsc_6348.jpgFor the second consecutive year, The Northwest Seaport Alliance hosted a record-breaking Agriculture Transportation Coalition Annual Mee</p>

<p>dsc_1965.jpgThe Northwest Seaport Alliance’s total container volumes in May reached 315,792 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a 2.1 percent incr</p>

<p>The Northwest Seaport Alliance is launching a Gate Efficiency Program to expand gate hours at our international container terminals during peak season this year and next.</p>

<p><a href="http://mitcoglobal.com/">Mitco</a> is a third-party logistics provider. Mitco relocated its warehouse facility to the Port of Tacoma in 2018 to grow its import business in The No</p>

<p>April 2019 was the busiest April ever for The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s international container volumes. At 265,781 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), it marked an 18.4 percent rise over April 2018.</p>

<p>The Northwest Seaport Alliance announced the winners of the North Star Awards at its Annual Breakfast on April 24 at the Museum of Flight.</p>

<p><span aria-label="img widget" contenteditable="false" role="region" tabindex="-1"><span style="background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url("https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/profiles/helm/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") repeat scroll 0% 0%; top: -15px; left: 0px; display: block;"><img draggable="true" height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" /></span></span>The Northwest Seaport Alliance handled a record-breaking 775,522 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for total international container volumes in the first quarter of 2019, a 12 percent increase over the same period last year. Total volumes from January through March equaled 932,288 TEUs and are up 11.1 percent, the second-highest first-quarter performance ever.</p>