Northwest Seaport Alliance

US Northwest Seaport Alliance gets major boost in battle against congestion

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) can see light at the end of the congestion tunnel.
At the end of last year, vessel unloading had slowed due to the festive holiday and icy weather, but terminals are back to handling multiple ships a day.
And the number of vessels waiting for berth space was down to two or three, mid-week.
Rail flows have been smooth since the two Class I operators that serve the …

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Congested US ports try ‘carrots’ and ‘sticks’ to ease problem of stranded boxes

Ports and operators on the US west coast are torn between using ‘a carrot and a stick’ to unclog congested cargo terminals.
The San Pedro port complex keeps postponing a charge for long-dwelling containers, but other terminal operators have brought in a fee, or are trying to incentivise truckers to retrieve boxes faster from the docks.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were leading the charge to whittle down the …

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Tacoma marine terminals impose $300 surcharge on container overstays

Waterside view of the Port of Tacoma, with a ship at berth, tall cranes and a snow-capped mountain in the background.

Two marine terminals at the Port of Tacoma in Washington are following the lead of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports by implementing steep fees on long-resting containers to reduce a large overflow that is gumming up operations and slowing the delivery of cargo.

Husky Terminal & Stevedoring on Monday began assessing a $315 charge for containers that have dwelled on the docks for more than 15 days to improve velocity, according to a customer notice. The fee is due before cargo will be released.

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Deputy commerce secretary talks tariffs, exports, jobs at Seattle container facility

Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Graves joined Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) officials and other trade stakeholders at a recent roundtable in Seattle to discuss transportation infrastructure funding, lowering tariffs, agriculture exports and job creation in Washington state.

“The Department of Commerce’s mission is to spur and empower entrepreneurs to create good-paying jobs,” Graves said during the discussion Friday after a tour of Terminal 5, according to a press release. “We want our...

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New cranes, cross-docks to help handle growing volumes in Pacific Northwest

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) hailed the delivery of four super-post-Panamax cranes to the Port of Seattle as a “significant milestone” in the Terminal 5 modernization project.

SSA Marine, the world’s largest privately held marine terminal operator, is the owner and future operator of the ZPMC-built cranes, each standing 316 feet tall with a 240-foot outreach boom and ability to lift 100 tons of cargo. 

The NWSA said the cranes will be among the largest in service on the West Coast and...

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FreightWaves Classics: Northwest Seaport Alliance is first of its kind

An aerial view of the Port of Seattle in 2020. (Photo: Northwest Seaport Alliance)

Overview

Washington state’s two largest ports – Seattle and Tacoma – formed the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a “marine cargo operating partnership” in 2014. The Alliance is the first of its kind in North America.

As a combined entity, the NWSA is North America’s fourth-largest container gateway. Under a port development authority, the NWSA manages most marine cargo facilities in both ports, including all containerized cargo operations, breakbulk, automobiles, project/heavy-lift cargoes, and...

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Port of Long Beach volume jumps 43.3% year-over-year

The Port of Long Beach announced Wednesday “an unseasonable surge in cargo” had led to its busiest February on record. 

That surge has put the entire container shipping world’s focus on California’s San Pedro Bay, where historic congestion has resulted in an unprecedented backlog of vessels laden with cargo waiting for berth space.

“We understand that shippers are awaiting their cargo and we are collaborating with our industry partners to deliver shipments as quickly as possible,” Port of Long...

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Seattle-Tacoma to congested Southern California ports: We feel your pain

The waterfall effect from Southern California port congestion has caused an ebb of exports in the Pacific Northwest.

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) CEO John Wolfe reported Wednesday that full exports in January were down 13.4% year-over-year, from 66,410 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2020 to 57,517 TEUs this year. 

“When … there is congestion at those other gateways, the vessel schedules are so far off that when they get to Seattle-Tacoma, the window of time for them to work the...

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