Cargo traffic at the two main Puget Sound container ports continued to move on different tangents during 2009, with Seattle continuing to report monthly increases in container volumes in the last half of the year and Tacoma continuing to slide. The Port of Seattle reported total container volumes for 2009 of 1,584,596 TEUs, down 7 percent for the entire year compared to 2008. However, the overall trend at Seattle continued to move into the positive, with increases in month-to-month numbers reported during the last five months of 2009.
