Tacoma Port, Schools Ink Maritime Training Center Development Agreement

Tacoma Port, Schools Ink Maritime Training Center Development Agreement

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…
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