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Seattle-Tacoma, Georgia ports achieve box throughput growth in November
THE Northwest Seaport Alliance of Seattle and Tacoma saw container volume growth of 20 per cent in November.
The year-on-year improvement partly reflects the resolution of the labour dispute at US west coast ports that began in November 2014 and spurred a diversion of containers to ports on the east coast.
Year-to-date Seattle and Tacoma ports combined handled 3.3 million TEU, up six per cent over 2014, including an 11 per cent increase in exports.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance is also conducting an environmental feasibility study for the renovation of Terminal 5 at the port of Seattle to enable the gateway to accommodate 18,000-TEU ships by the end of 2018, reported Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
Over on the east coast, the Georgia Ports Authority also reported a record November, with the highest volume ever and up 12 per cent year on year.
"We're truly running this year at volumes we didn't expect to see until 2018 or 2019," GPA executive director Curtis Foltz told local station WTOC. "Traditionally right now we should be in the three-and-a-half or four per cent range."
He added that labour disputes on the west coast had brought Georgia more customers, and that those customers had stayed.
The year-on-year improvement partly reflects the resolution of the labour dispute at US west coast ports that began in November 2014 and spurred a diversion of containers to ports on the east coast.
Year-to-date Seattle and Tacoma ports combined handled 3.3 million TEU, up six per cent over 2014, including an 11 per cent increase in exports.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance is also conducting an environmental feasibility study for the renovation of Terminal 5 at the port of Seattle to enable the gateway to accommodate 18,000-TEU ships by the end of 2018, reported Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
Over on the east coast, the Georgia Ports Authority also reported a record November, with the highest volume ever and up 12 per cent year on year.
"We're truly running this year at volumes we didn't expect to see until 2018 or 2019," GPA executive director Curtis Foltz told local station WTOC. "Traditionally right now we should be in the three-and-a-half or four per cent range."
He added that labour disputes on the west coast had brought Georgia more customers, and that those customers had stayed.
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