The ports of Tacoma and Seattle, along with Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland and Portland will join BNSF Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad at the World Shipping Summit in Qingdao, China, Nov. 11-13.
Their presence will showcase the benefits of the U.S. West Coast for transpacific trade Together, the West Coast ports handle approximately 70 percent of the containerized trade between Asia and the United States.
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Oct. 26, 2009 at 1:22pm West Coast ports, railroads promote in ChinaMeanwhile, Port of Tacoma commissioners have scheduled three public meetings to consider the agency's 2010 budget, cargo forecast, finance plan and tax levy. The Nov. 12 meeting will include a more in-depth look at cargo forecasts, capital building plans, tax levy and the 2010 budget. More information and materials are available on the port's Web site. All port commission meetings also are streamed live on the Web and later rebroadcast on Click! Network and Comcast systems. Plenty more in the Archives The comments function of the Business Examiner community is meant to encourage conversations and spark ideas about business issues in the South Sound. The feature is free and open to members of the public who register basic log in information. Comments should be concise, on topic and avoid attacks, profanity or abusive language or content. Comments that are deemed to violate this policy will be removed. |
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