Tacoma Moves To Enhance Position As A Key Cargo Hub
At the port of Tacoma one recent morning, Senior Director of Facilities Development Jeff Lincoln watched as 60-ton carriers loaded boxes onto trains bound for Chicago, New York and other destinations. In the North Intermodal Yard control tower, longshoremen guided the vehicles to rail cars.
These are busy days for the Port of Tacoma. Taiwan-based shipping carrier Evergreen Marine Corp. is moving on a $355-million relocation and expansion. It is moving to a larger area within the port, a project that will make Tacoma the largest West Coast container terminal north of Los Angeles.