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Port of Tacoma container traffic trends continue downward

Port of Tacoma's Husky Terminal on the Blair Waterway

The Port of Tacoma’s container traffic … is down 9.1 percent for the year through September. And September was 4.6 percent worse than the same time in 2009.

John Wolfe, the port’s new chief executive officer, said nothing he heard in Asia makes him think a quick rebound is coming. Shipping lines and their customers are cautious about the U.S. economy and the demand it will create for imported goods.

From the News Tribune