The Northwest Port Union (NWSA), which is composed of the Port of Seattle and Tacoma, recorded a 5% reduction in container throughput in September 2017, of which the arrival of cargo containers fell by 14% to 125,384 TEUs. It rose 7% to 127,790 TEUs.

In addition, the volume of local containers in September fell by 6% year-on-year.

Benefiting from a 7% increase in shipments outside the continental United States, NWSA’s total container throughput during the first nine months of the year increased by 4% compared to the same period last year.

In January-September, NWSA’s arrival cargo containers increased by 3% to 1.13 million TEUs; departure cargo containers increased by 11% to 1.08 million TEUs; and international container volumes, including empty containers, increased by 7% year-on-year to 2.22 million. Standard box.