三条航线从西雅图切换至塔科马

Three lines switch from Seattle to Tacoma

Tacoma could regain its crown as Puget Sound's largest container port thanks to a decision by a group of three container shipping lines to forsake the Port of Seattle in favour of the Port of Tacoma's Washington United Terminal, reported The News Tribune.The move of the Grand Alliance shipping lines, NYK Lines, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd, to Tacoma's Washington United Terminal on the Blair Waterway could boost Tacoma's critical container business by 25 percent to 30 percent."The Port of Tacoma is excited that its customer, Washington United Terminals, was selected by the Grand Alliance, to bring additional container lines and the associated jobs to our community," the port said in its written statement.The Port of Tacoma commissioner said the new business is what the port needed to kick-start its revival. The port's business has been in a holding pattern for the last three years with occasional small bursts of new activity followed by a few down months.The new work will mean that longshore workers now working only occasionally at the port will get regular jobs. The additional traffic also will generate jobs for truck drivers, railroad workers and others who handle container traffic.

DATE:2012.3.12