THE PUYALLUP TRIBE AND ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, MARINE VIEW VENTURES (MVV), SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT OF TACOMA AND SSA CONTAINERS, INC. , to construct a new shipping terminal along the Blair Waterway. Pictured are (back row) Port of Tacoma Commissioners Connie Bacon, Clare Petrich, Don Johnson and Ted Bottiger, and (front row) SSA President Ed DeNike, MVV CEO Chad Wright, Tribal Council Chairman Herman Dillon, Port Commission President Dick Marzano and Port Executive Director Tim Farrell.

Tribe, port sign historic agreement

By Meghan Erkkinen

The Puyallup Tribe of Indians and its economic development division, Marine View Ventures, signed what many have called an historic deal with the Port of Tacoma April 22. The agreement, which the parties hope will be an economic boon for the regional economy, calls for the port and Tribe to exchange land and to work together to develop and widen the Blair Waterway.

As per the agreement, the port will transfer about 19 acres to the Tribe and the Tribe will transfer about 12.5 acres to the port. Both parties have agreed to a project to widen the Blair Waterway, a project that will be undertaken and managed by container terminal operator SSA Containers Inc. The parties also agreed to cooperate on intermodal rail, road infrastructure and other development opportunities.

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