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Date: 08-03-2007 - 12:03
Port of Tacoma to Build Terminal for NYK
Associated Press 07.26.07, 2:35 PM ET
TACOMA, WASH. -
Port of Tacoma officials have announced plans to build a new container terminal for a Japanese shipping company.
The $300 million complex would cover 168 acres on the east side of Blair Waterway, and it would be leased to Yusen Terminal Tacoma Incorporated, a subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha. Another NYK Line subsidiary, Yusen Terminals Incorporated, operates a terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
According to a port news release, the two-year project should generate about 3,000 construction jobs, and the terminal is expected to create about 3,200 jobs in Washington state, including 1,800 in Pierce County.
The NYK Line's board of directors approved the plan on July 26th at a meeting in Tokyo, and the Tacoma Port Commission has scheduled a special meeting toni