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Seattle’s Grungy Year Ends With a Small Export Expansion

China 2968 Corp - Ports 877 Corp - Shipping 973 Mode - Containerized 1465 Mode - Seaborne 1798 U.S. 5314

Container handling by the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s facilities in Seattle and Tacoma ended 2017 with a 3% drop in volumes in December despite a 2% rise in exports. That meant the full year total handling rose by just 2%. One reason was lower volumes coming from China (7% lower) while the region also likely lost market share to Port of Prince Rupert for traffic more broadly. The latter experienced a 27% surge in handling in 2017 after new facilities were opened by DP World. The loss of traffic from China and Hong Kong to Seattle and Tacoma was borne in large part by Evergreen Marine wh...

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