{"id":9441,"date":"2015-10-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2015\/10\/21\/heavy-haul-pact-to-keep-seattle-moving\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:51:12","slug":"heavy-haul-pact-to-keep-seattle-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/north-america\/heavy-haul-pact-to-keep-seattle-moving\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy haul pact to keep Seattle moving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u2018heavy haul corridor\u2019 was approved by the City Council which offers concessions from both sides in order to keep traffic flowing. It allows heavier cargo containers to be transported between Port of Seattle, industrial business and rail yards.<\/p>\n<p>Port commission chair, Courtney Gregorie, said: \u201cThis is about us being more competitive as an international gateway, this ensures we can compete for cargo with LA, Long Beach, and at a level playing field with Seaport Alliance in Tacoma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city has agreed to reduce fines for heavy trucks and implement safety protocols, while the port has agreed to spend US$10-20m to improve the main industrial corridor. This will help prevent wear and tear that the heavier trucks cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeattle is an international gateway and trade supports our strong and diverse economy,\u201d said Mayor Ed Murray as he praised the city for passing the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA heavy haul corridor will help freight move more safely and efficiently through our industrial centre. I applaud the council for approving a plan that will support thousands of trade-dependent jobs and businesses in Seattle, around the region, and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Seattle and City of Seattle have agreed to a collaboration which aims to help shippers and truckers in the industrial core.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-9441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9443,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9441\/revisions\/9443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9441"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=9441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}