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Taxes Pierce County homeowners pay to Port of Tacoma will drop in 2013
Published November 15th, 2012 - 2:58PM
The taxes Pierce County residents pay the Port of Tacoma are going down next year.
Port of Tacoma business revival improving budget forecasts
Published November 8th, 2012 - 3:56PM
Thanks to a revival of its container shipping business and an unexpected jump in its exports of construction machinery, the Port of Tacoma is meeting or exceeding nearly all of its budget goals.
Port of Tacoma Commission sets budget hearings
Published October 23rd, 2012 - 1:04PM
The Port of Tacoma has scheduled two dates in November to consider the port’s proposed 2013 budget, business forecast, finance plan and tax levy.
Port of Tacoma's world of grand proportions
Published September 23rd, 2012 - 6:42AM
Some say the true test of how well a business works is not only how it handles adversity, but how skillfully it deals with prosperity. The Port of Tacoma has proved over the last few years how adeptly it can handle decline. Now with the sudden rush of new business brought by the move of the Grand Alliance shipping consortium to Tacoma from Seattle it is testing its mettle in handling the demands of sudden plenty.
Pricey-to-remove pollutant in Hylebos Waterway
Published September 13th, 2012 - 6:59PM
The Port of Tacoma Commission recently got bad news that could cost unbudgeted millions on finding hidden sources of contamination and a second cleanup of the Hylebos Waterway.
Landscape changing around former Ole & Charlie’s site near Port of Tacoma
Published September 13th, 2012 - 6:46AM
Almost a year after longtime Marine View Drive marina Ole & Charlie’s called it quits, the landscape around the marina is evolving to a new purpose.
Port of Tacoma gives CEO John Wolfe a 9 percent raise
Published September 6th, 2012 - 4:08PM
Port of Tacoma chief executive John Wolfe, who turned down a raise last year, won a 9 percent, $20,000 raise Thursday from Port of Tacoma commissioners.
High stakes for Tacoma, West Coast ports
Published September 2nd, 2012 - 7:29AM
About 600 miles north of Tacoma, amid the dark, deep waters of Hecate Strait, sits a small Canadian port whose ambitions in the container shipping business have become a cause for concern for West Coast ports, particularly those in the Pacific Northwest.
Environmental experiments: Port of Tacoma, industry have eyes on a clean future
Published August 26th, 2012 - 12:47AM
Three decades ago, Tacoma Tideflats industries emitted a witch’s brew of foul-smelling and health-threatening pollutants. Many of the Tideflats industrial sites were contaminated with chemicals, and its log yards were paved with a layer of arsenic- and metal-laden ground slag from Tacoma’s Asarco copper smelter.
Port of Tacoma sees boost from new client
Published August 22nd, 2012 - 6:39AM
The results are in for the first full month of business at the Port of Tacoma from the container shipping consortium the Grand Alliance, and the numbers are encouraging.
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