Surging cruise ship traffic, ultra-large containerships and a rebuilding fishing fleet are driving more than $500 million in long-term improvements at the Port of Seattle – even as real estate and housing demands put pressure on the maritime economy.
The process is underway at Terminal 46 near the city’s Century Field sports complex, where port planners are designing “a flexible marine transportation facility” – the northern third to be a new cruise port terminal, the remaining area to continue...
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