NWSA gets green light for terminal 5 project
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), a marine cargo operating partnership between the ports of Seattle and Tacoma WA USA), recently gave the green light for the container terminal 5 modernisation programme.
Clare Petrich, Port of Tacoma commission president and co-chair of NWSA, said: “Terminal 5 will be able to handle the largest marine cargo vessels now being deployed in the Asia-Pacific trade route, providing a critical link for Washington state exports to Asian markets, both for agricultural products such as hay, apples and potatoes, as well containerised cargo."
The terminal 5 investment will result in 6,600 new direct jobs and more than USD 2 billion in business activity. Moreover, the modernisation scheme will prepare the terminal for handling the ULCVs increasingly calling at US west coast ports. (kd)