maritimecenter – Pacific Maritime Magazine

14 Jan

Tacoma Port, School District Break Ground on Port Maritime Center

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsmaritimecenter, portoftacoma, training

The Port of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Schools on Jan. 8 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the future Port Maritime Center, a 20-acre project that includes a new business office for the port and the Maritime|253 skills center. “The Port Maritime Center will be the new front door to the Port of Tacoma, allowing us to better connect with the community and bringing new life to the east side of the Foss Waterway,” Port Commission President John McCarthy said. “Our unique partnership with Tacoma Public Schools makes this a transformational project that will help inspire and grow the future of the maritime…

Port of Tacoma Okays Maritime Center Design Funding

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsmaritimecenter, NWSA, portoftacoma

Port of Tacoma commissioners on March 19 authorized $7 million toward the Port Maritime Center, which would pay for master planning, legal fees and community engagement and bring the project to 60% design. The total cost of the design is estimated at $13.5 million, according to a port commission staff report. The port and Tacoma Public Schools are teaming up to develop a Port Maritime Center Campus and a maritime skills center on Parcels 92 and 94, port-owned land along Foss Waterway across from downtown Tacoma. The Maritime|253 Skills Center aims to nurture the industry’s future workforce needs and would…

Tacoma Port, Schools Ink Maritime Training Center Development Agreement

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsmaritimecenter, maritimetraining, portoftacoma

The Port of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Schools have formally agreed to work together through an interlocal agreement, a major step toward possibly developing a new maritime skills center and a port maritime center, it was announced March 24. The agreement has been about a year in the making, when the Tacoma Public Schools began looking into the potential of creating a maritime skills center for not only high school students in Tacoma but throughout Pierce County. Meanwhile, the port was also in talks about how to proceed with a new maritime center for port business activities. “In conversations with…