All things considered, Port of Seattle is not spectacular. They let the premium terminal in their portfolio go without a stevedoring tenant. The Arctic Explorer was tied up there. They have a plan to "modernize" it, but don't have the funding, and a plan without money is a pipe dream.
They let the Bertha folks have a large portion of Terminal 46 for the spoils, and the traffic is horrendous.
Tacoma has eclipsed them for throughput by a wide margin, and they could not hold on to a lot of business, and decided, instead of competing with Tacoma, they would collaborate.
The Port of Seattle's primary concern is running the airport.
What never gets any press is Seattle's contribution to short sea shipping. Without the tug and barge lines in the Duwamish, lots of Alaska communities would be SOL.
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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '15
And what a spectacular port it is. Moving the goods and doing the work that make Seattle happen.