In the past, Port of Tacoma officials’ energy was targeted toward high-dollar container development. … Now, with orders from the Port of Tacoma Commission to right its financial ship, port officials are looking back to less troubled times and less glamorous business.
Last fall, the port leased about 16 acres of the 26-acre log export facility to two Puget Sound-area log-handling companies, Formark and Holbrook Inc. While the two companies employ fewer than 20 workers at the former Weyerhaeuser facility, dozens more jobs are being created for longshore workers, truck drivers and loggers by the revived operations.
In addition to putting the log export facility back to work, Hedge has leased out other facilities the port acquired for the NYK terminal.