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• Tacoma, Wash., port hires acting executive director on full time basis.

  - 2004-10-22

  By Jack Keith, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 22--Tim Farrell, acting executive director of the Port of Tacoma for the past three months, will get the job full time. Port commissioners on Thursday approved hiring Farrell...

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• Port of Seattle executive pushes for security enhancements in waterborne trade.

  - 2004-09-27

  By John Gillie, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--From the deck outside his Pier 69 office, Mic Dinsmore can see a dozen towering container cranes unloading ships at the Port of Seattle's bustling terminals. ...

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• Group files another appeal against permit for Seattle airport's third runway.

  - 2004-07-15

  By John Gillie, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 15--Just when the Port of Seattle thought years of political battles over Sea-Tac Airport's planned third runway were safely behind it, an opposition group has filed yet another appeal...

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• Tacoma, Wash., port official steps in temporarily to executive director spot.

  - 2004-06-30

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 30--Tim Farrell will have six people watching closely as he spends the next three months auditioning for the job as executive director of the Port of Tacoma: the executive...

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• Director of Tacoma, Wash., Port to Take 3-Month Leave of Absence.

  - 2004-04-21

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21--Andrea Riniker, the Port of Tacoma's executive director since 1997, will take three months off as a leave of absence beginning in July. She said she'll be...

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• Washington State Port Officials Say Better Security Requires More Money.

  - 2004-04-14

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 14--Better port security will depend on at least three "mores," shipping officials told U.S. Rep. Adam Smith on Tuesday: --More communication. --More coordination. ...

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• Tacoma, Wash., Port's Master Builder to Move to Private Sector.

  - 2004-04-01

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 1--Jeff Lincoln, who has helped develop many of the Port of Tacoma's major facilities, will leave in two weeks to take a job with a rapidly growing port consultant...

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• Two Tacoma, Wash.-Area Conferences to Focus on Trade with China.

  - 2003-03-16

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 16--With interest in China rising as rapidly as the Asian country's trade with the U.S. West Coast, two South Sound conferences on China have been scheduled for the next...

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• Seattle Runway Foes Predict Washington State's 'Yes' Really Is 'No'.

  - 2002-08-14

  By Rob Tucker, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 14--A new state permit for the third runway at Sea-Tac Airport won't ensure a safe landing for the massive project, runway opponents said. The permit -- a...

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• Tacoma, Wash., Port Chief Has Fans in Five Years on Job.

  - 2002-08-06

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6--Andrea Riniker wasn't Dick Marzano's first choice when she was hired as executive director of the Port of Tacoma five years ago. She is now. ...

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