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Puget Sound Business Journal: Feds approve Seattle-Tacoma Seaport Alliance

 The Seaport Alliance is a historic milestone for our state. This joint effort by the two ports will define how to best serve the community and respond to the global economy of the 21st century.

I am thrilled at this opportunity to show how public ports negotiate as equal partners with private shippers and of the federal government’s approval to move forward.

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma have won federal approval to start technical negotiations to form the Seaport Alliance.

The ports in October submitted an “interlocal agreement,” which has been approved by the Federal Maritime Commission. The agreement took effect Monday.

The agreement provides “a framework to examine business objectives, strategic marine terminal investments, financial returns, performance metrics, organizational structure, communications and public engagement,” according to a joint release from the ports.

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