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Seattle Times
March 25, 2018
(Alan Berner/The Seattle Times). The lawsuit claims Tacoma has tried to keep the detention center from expanding because the City Council objects to President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies. A deputy city attorney says the city is just trying to protect valuable land in the Port of Tacoma.
KUOW News and Information
March 24, 2018
“The Port of Tacoma dropped the ball. So that's the issue, so now we have this mess,” Ian Collins with the Washington Trucking Associations told the News Tribune in December. The ports have also established a $2.2 million revolving loan fund to help drivers with poor credit histories afford cleaner trucks.
The News Tribune
March 17, 2018
You don't get many more impressive photos, or sights if you happened to witness the event firsthand, than the recent ones of a ship putting into Commencement Bay with its cargo of four 295-foot-tall container cranes to be installed at the Port of Tacoma's Husky Terminal. It's an image sure to prompt a lot ofÃâà...
The News Tribune
March 15, 2018
Tacoma City Councilman Chris Beale said Thursday he has pulled his endorsement of Branden Durst, a Democratic candidate for state representative in Tacoma, after learning about temporary protection orders granted to Durst's ex-wife several years ago. Beale endorsed Durst weeks ago, which DurstÃâà...
The News Tribune
March 12, 2018
In addition to the parks, the Navy is considering private lands as well as other public sites such as the Port of Anacortes, a Tacoma wastewater plant, the Port of Tacoma and a closed prison on McNeil Island. Training activities being discussed for Pierce County include operations at the Chambers CreekÃâà...
The News Tribune
March 3, 2018
Seattle leaders have absolutely no business interfering in the affairs of the Port of Tacoma and should tend to their own affairs. They are not a regional government and have no say in what goes on in Pierce County. The Port of Tacoma receives partial funding through property taxes levied on Pierce CountyÃâà...
Tacoma Daily News (blog)
March 3, 2018
The Port of Tacoma commissioners approved a 30-year lease with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) to develop an auto processing facility on the former Kaiser Aluminum site. The lease includes 90 acres at the former Kaiser Aluminum smelter site in Tacoma, and is estimated to create more than 100Ãâà...
Tacoma Weekly
March 2, 2018
The first set of four cranes arrived from China over the weekend and are now being offloaded at the Port of Tacoma's Pier 4 terminal on the Blair Waterway. The 295-foot tall cranes tower to 434 feet when the booms are extended. That's taller than Tacoma's Wells Fargo Plaza building, but shorter than theÃâà...
Seattle Times
February 23, 2018
In the late afternoon, it reached its final destination: the Port of Tacoma. The cranes, along with some in Long Beach, Calif., will be the largest container cranes on the West Coast. The seaport alliance had ordered eight of the cranes from China for the Port of Tacoma; the other four are set to arrive next year.
Business Examiner (blog)
February 22, 2018
The conversion of the Port of Tacoma to accommodate super-sized container vessels continues, with a huge ship carrying four of the West Coast's largest container cranes set to travel through Puget Sound Feb. 23. Puget Sound pilots are scheduled to board the Zhen Hua 28, a 761-foot-long heavy-lift ship,Ãâà...
The News Tribune
February 22, 2018
Sometime Friday afternoon, a ship will cruise into Commencement Bay carrying unusual cargo — the largest container cranes on the West Coast. The Hong Kong-flagged Zhen Hua 28 will slowly pull in with four huge cranes welded to its frame, bound for the Port of Tacoma's Husky Terminal. At 295 feet tallÃâà...
KING5.com
February 21, 2018
“Puget Sound Energy stands by the Tacoma LNG project and its benefits to the environment and our customers. It's the cleanest option today to replace dirty bunker and diesel fuel for maritime vessels in the Port of Tacoma. By switching to LNG, maritime vessels will significantly reduce greenhouse gasÃâà...
KING5.com
February 19, 2018
A Pierce County Superior Court Judge fined the Port of Tacoma $159,000 after determining they were negligent in withholding public information. This comes after some citizens tried to stop the methanol plant and the LNG plant with a ballot initiative. In 2016, a Tacoma citizens group called Save TacomaÃâà...
The News Tribune
February 15, 2018
The Port of Tacoma violated the state Public Records Act last year, acted in bad faith and showed gross negligence during the process, according to a decision handed down this week by Pierce County Superior Court Judge Frank Cuthbertson. The price of that failure: $159,000, including the maximumÃâà...
Q13 FOX
December 31, 1999
Last Friday and Saturday, the Hong Kong-flagged Zhen Hua 28 slowly pull four huge cranes through Puget Sound to the Port of Tacoma's Husky Terminal. The Tacompton Files took drone video of the move. Each crane is 434 feet tall, which is taller than the fictional monster Godzilla but shorter than theÃâà...
