<p><img class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/_95a0080.jpg?itok=Aaho10v9" width="480" height="320" alt="" title="" />John Wolfe, CEO of The Northwest Seaport Alliance, received the <a href="http://containerization.org/2017-connieaward-lb-pressrelease" target="_blank">2017 Connie Award</a> presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute in Long Beach, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 19.</p>

<p><img alt="Containers" class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/28022010_containers_01.jpg?itok=IOrdqW6q" width="332" height="480" title="" />The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s total year-to-date container volumes through August increased 5 percent while total monthly volumes for the gateway improved 6 percent over August 2016.</p>

<p><img alt="Cargo" class="media-element file-full" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/dsc_0063.jpg?itok=CPzyTT6p" width="480" height="318" title="" />The Northwest Seaport Alliance’s total year-to-date container volumes increased 5 percent while total volumes for the gateway declined 1 percent in July.</p>

The Northwest Seaport Alliance ranked highest on the U.S. West Coast and second overall in the West Coast category in Logistics Management’s 2017 Q

<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>