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Port of Tacoma: economic-impact report, shore power milestone and Maritime Center updates
Summary
The Port of Tacoma and its partners released a report detailing regional economic impact figures for 2023 and announced shore-power milestones at Husky Terminal, hazard planning outreach and ongoing Maritime Center construction including funding approved for a 200-foot dock.
The Port of Tacoma summary on the city channel highlighted a commissioned economic-impact report covering port business in Tacoma and Seattle and a series of operational updates.
The broadcast said the report found that in 2023 the cargo business in the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s South Harbor, together with Port of Tacoma lines of business, supported more than 41,000 jobs, $3.4 billion in wages and benefits and $10.8 billion in business output. Looking at the Northwest Seaport Alliance, Port of Tacoma and Port of Seattle together, the segment said the organizations supported more than 265,000 jobs, $17.7 billion in wages and benefits and nearly $55 billion in business output in 2023. The report was commissioned by the Northwest Seaport Alliance, the Port of Tacoma and the Port of Seattle; viewers were directed to portoftacoma.com for the full study.
Operational updates in the segment included the Port-led regional tabletop emergency-response exercise focused on shipboard fires, a hazard mitigation plan update with a public survey open through July 31, and a shore-power milestone: the first post-commissioning plug-in to shore power for a vessel at Husky Terminal.
The broadcast also reported progress on the Port Maritime Center project, noting concrete footings poured for a new port business office along the Foss Waterway, vertical construction at the Tacoma Public Schools Maritime 253 skill center (scheduled to open fall 2026), and that commissioners approved funding for a 200-foot dock to be used by government and education vessels.
The segment said port commissioners met with the Pierce County Council to discuss industrial lands, housing and workforce development. The broadcast named Port of Tacoma staff and Port Captain Drew Curley of Foss Maritime in related coverage and advised viewers to visit portoftacoma.com for details on the hazard survey, agendas and public-comment opportunities.
