New figures show the Port of Tacoma’s total container volume numbers for last month were 1.5 percent better than in October 2009. The port’s container terminals handled 119,638 total container units last month compared with 117,880 for the same month in 2009.
October was the second month in 2010 when container volumes were greater than in the same month last year. Container traffic was up 1.9 percent in August this year, but dropped below September 2009’s traffic two months ago.