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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012
Vol. CXXIII, No. 244
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Year In Review
Port of Tacoma's Grand Alliance Photos Courtesy Port of Tacoma The Grand Alliance, a shipping consortium comprised of the Hapag-Lloyd, NYK, and OOCL shipping lines that called at Terminal 18 in Seattle, announced in March its intention to move to the Port of Tacoma's Washington United Terminal (WUT) in July. "We are confident that, together with our labor partners, we will continue to provide stellar service to our valued customers and community, and in doing so, will continue to realize new business opportunities at the Port of Tacoma," said Port of Tacoma CEO John Wolfe. Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy applauded the announcement. "The Port of Tacoma plays a major role in our regional economy, and the decision by a consortium of three shipping lines will provide quality, family-wage jobs for local residents," she said. "This goes beyond the direct benefit to those who work along the waterfront because those people live, play and shop in our community. This is a benefit to all." In July, Port of Tacoma Commissioner Don Johnson (far right) and Port CEO Wolfe (far left) presented Hapag-Lloyd's Dusseldorf Express Captain Detlef Rose (center) with a plaque to commemorate the vessel's first call to Tacoma. Hapag-Lloyd's Dusseldorf Express is the first ship associated with the new Grand Alliance service at Washington United Terminals. Last year, officials from Hyundai Merchant Marine, Port of Tacoma, and WUT celebrated the completion of a $32 million extension of the WUT wharf on the Blair Waterway. Speeches and a ceremonial ribbon-cutting marked the official opening of the new wharf. The construction project added 600 feet to the terminal's existing 2,000-foot berth to support two "super postPanamax" container cranes the terminal added in January 2009. The 273-foot-high cranes can serve a ship 24 containers wide, making them among the world's largest. Built by Shanghai-based ZPMC, the cranes joined four others at WUT with an 18-container-wide reach. The project began in December 2009 when Port of Tacoma Commissioners approved the contract with Seattle-based Manson Construction to extend the wharf.
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