Category: ‘Generating Jobs’
Education=Competitiveness=Jobs
August 26th, 2010 by Bill
Two unrelated events this past Tuesday (Aug 24) should focus our attention on Washington’s education system and competitiveness. First, the port commission received its annual report from Port Jobs—a program that lifts people into apprenticeship and training programs so that they may enter maritime and construction trades or secure airport employment. Since ...
Clean Up Our Traffic Mess: Support Jobs
August 18th, 2010 by Bill
On Monday (Aug. 16), Seattle opened a new, widened Spokane Street and a new Spokane St. ramp to 4th Avenue. The Port of Seattle contributed $3.4 million to this project as part of its commitment to helping move freight more efficiently. Moving freight efficiently from our seaport to SR99, I-5 and I-90 ...
How is the Port of Seattle Doing?
August 14th, 2010 by Bill
“How is the Port of Seattle doing?” Every day people ask me that. Often, they are more than just curious. Since the Port of Seattle generates over 100,000 jobs in King County, how it's doing is one indicator of our economy’s health. Here are facts and figures from the first half ...
Tourism = Jobs
August 8th, 2010 by Bill
Last Tuesday (Aug 3) the port commission met in Woodinville and focused on how we can work with communities like Woodinville, Carnation, Duvall and Snoqualmie, and even communities on the Olympic Peninsula and in central and eastern Washington, to entice cruise passengers into spending a few more days here. Now, cruise ...
Port Approves New Green Air Program for Planes, Creates 120 Jobs
May 11th, 2010 by Bill
The port commission approved a $40 million project (largely be paid for by federal grants and the airlines) that will allow flight crews to turn off auxiliary engines at the gate and “plug in” to the electrical grid. This will reduce C02 and other emissions by more than ...
Bryant Kicks-off 2010 Cruise Ship Season = 4,447 jobs! Green!
April 26th, 2010 by Bill
This season, Seattle celebrates its 11th year in the cruise ship business by setting another record: 223 cruise ship calls and about 858,000 passengers. Each of those 223 ships leaves $1.9 million behind in our economy. That business should generate 4,447 jobs and $19 million in state ...
Port helps Finish Kent’s South 228th Street Overpass
December 15th, 2009 by Bill
Despite chilling drizzle, Kent Mayor Cooke and I cut the ribbon on the new overpass above the BN railroad tracks in Kent. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma generate over 100,000 jobs, and those jobs depend on an efficient traffic system and on our ability to move freight efficiently. ...
Maritime Jobs and Competitive Threats
May 29th, 2009 by Bill
Because of our port’s marine cargo facilities, its grain terminal, its bulk cargo facilities, industrial lands and Fisherman’s Terminal, King County has a vibrant maritime industrial cluster of companies. According to a March 2009 study by professors at Seattle University and the University of Washington, King County’s maritime industries employ almost ...
Port Generates Tens of Thousands of Jobs
February 6th, 2009 by Bill
The Port of Seattle generates over 111,000 jobs in the King County area. Those jobs are in businesses that exist because passengers and cargo move through SeaTac and Elliot Bay. That makes the port one of our region’s largest job generators. Now, the port itself isn’t employing 111,000 people; it only ...
The Connection between Traffic, Freight and Jobs
February 6th, 2009 by Bill
About 70% of the cargo arriving in Puget Sound’s ports is destined for the American Mid-West and that cargo will move through whichever port (British Columbia, Puget Sound, California, Panama Canal) that will get it to Chicago or St. Louis the fastest. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma have spent hundreds ...
Bill Bryant is president of the King Co./Seattle Port Commission. He is also founder and chairman of BCI, an investor in Deneki Outdoors, and lives in Seattle with his wife Barbara.
