Title: PREPARING THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Abstract: The Port of Seattle has over $1 billion in assets, and 1,100 employees working both at the seaport and at Sea-Tac Airport. The cargo terminals in the port encompass about 700 acres, of which about 400 acres are used for container terminals. The port handled 1 million containers in 1987. Seattle is one of the closest ports to most of the Asian ports, however without a large population base in the Seattle area. Its primary market is the Overland Common Points and the area east of the Rocky Mountains. In planning for the future, factors being considered are the market and environmental concerns such as politics, trade protection, economics, currency exchange rates, and oil prices, and technology changes. The Port of Seattle is somewhat constrained in its expansion plans to acquire more land, but the port is also looking at efficiency steps to increase cargo productivity. The port is also expanding its Electronic Data Interchange to eventually link U.S. Customs, cargo terminals, vessels and inland transportation carriers.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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