<p><img alt="Cargo" class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/dsc_0063.jpg?itok=CPzyTT6p" width="480" height="318" title="" />The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s total year-to-date container volumes increased 5 percent while total volumes for the gateway declined 1 percent in July.</p>

The Northwest Seaport Alliance ranked highest on the U.S. West Coast and second overall in the West Coast category in Logistics Management’s 2017 Q

<p><img class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/t30_100929_084_0.jpg?itok=Zv3A_NmF" width="480" height="319" alt="" title="" />The Northwest Seaport Alliance applauds the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s ratification of a three-year extension to its contract with the Pacific Maritime Association.</p>

<p><img class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/t18_gate_10-04_1.jpg?itok=LUPM6Y6z" width="480" height="313" alt="" title="" /></p> <p>The Northwest Seaport Alliance will reimburse up to $2 million to extend gate hours at its international container terminals during peak season.</p>

<p><img alt="DrayQ app" class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/drayq_app.png?itok=wCleXlOL" width="480" height="265" title="" />The Northwest Seaport Alliance relaunched a mobile application to help speed the flow of cargo along local freight corridors, reduce idling-related air emissions and save fuel.</p>

<p>Total container volumes for the gateway declined 1 percent in June, but total year-to-date Northwest Seaport Alliance volumes are up 7 percent.</p>

<p><img class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/g75logo2017horizontal.png?itok=_oMHek3g" width="377" height="223" alt="" title="" /></p> <p>The sustainability commitments of The Northwest Seaport Alliance have earned <em>Inbound Logistics</em> magazine’s 75 Green Supply Chain Partner honors.</p>

<p><img class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/img_0679.jpg?itok=RJX5k0HP" width="480" height="360" alt="" title="" /></p> <p>Pile driving will resume July 6 for improvements to Husky Terminal in the Tacoma Tideflats when the annual February-to-July fish migration season closes.</p>

<p><img class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/dsc_7796.jpg?itok=kJq-rgRp" width="480" height="363" alt="" title="" />This was the strongest May on record for total international container volume, including empties, at 255,817 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units). As new ocean carrier alliance services entered the gateway, volumes increased by 18 percent compared to last year.</p>