<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>

<p><img alt="Construction is underway at Husky Terminal to reconstruct Pier 4 to align it with Pier 3." class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/work-pier4.jpg?itok=HZ3nu0La" width="480" height="268" title="" /></p> <p>The Northwest Seaport Alliance Managing Members Tuesday approved a $52 million purchase of four more container cranes to join four others already on order for Husky Terminal in the South Harbor.</p>

<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i0iKJGCJ-pc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>The Pier 4 reconfiguration is taking shape on the General Central Peninsula in the South Harbor. Crews are working heavily on pier construction and installing underground utilities, including electrical, communication, sewer and stormwater treatment.</p>