The alliance, which consists of the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma, handled 3.53 million TEUs in 2015, a 4 percent increase from 2014.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which consists of the Port of Seattle and the Port of Tacoma, handled 3.53 million TEUs in 2015, a 4 percent increase from 2014, despite the slowing Chinese economy and volumes declines at the beginning the year from the West Coast labor negotiations, the alliance said.
International import container volumes rose 4.6 percent year-over-year in 2015 to 1.4 million TEUs, which were fueled by the number of full containers.
In addition, international export container volumes jumped 11.9 percent to 1.3 million TEUs, which were powered by the high number of empty containers that were shipped back to Asia.
However, domestic container volumes fell 8.1 percent to 768,635 TEUs, which were hindered by Alaska’s economy slowing down due to low oil prices.
Northwest Seaport Alliance posts 4% bump in container volumes
