PortandTermiinal.com, April 30, 2020 SEATTLE, WA – Ports across the country are starting to announce extraordinary cost-cutting measures as they adjust to the impact the COVID-19 crisis is having on their finances. The Seattle Times is reporting that port commissioners in Seattle have cut nearly $70 million from the Port’s 2020 budget. Some of the savings were realized by postponing the …
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Seattle cargo terminals close as coronavirus and trade war kills cargo
PortandTerminal.com, March 15, 2020 SEATTLE — The Seattle Times is reporting that two Seattle marine cargo terminals shut their gates Friday, and one stopped all operations — the first time in five years a Seattle terminal has done so. So few shipping containers are coming from China there was no reason to keep them open. The combined effects of the …
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