We have just released the final report in our four-part “trade and transportation” series.

The report summary:

Growth in trade of all kinds—intermodal, break bulk, liquid bulk, dry bulk—in the coming
decades will increase demands on the state’s privately owned and operated freight rail
system. The addition of new bulk terminals for coal and other commodities in Longview
and Cherry Point will add to this demand, but not constitute the majority of it. 
Washington’s trade economy will benefit from expanded bulk commodity exports both
directly, through jobs at the terminals, and indirectly, through new investments in the
state’s rail network on which that trade economy relies.

The earlier reports in the series:

Trade-Dependent Washington Relies on Rail

Export Activity Boosts Washington’s Economy

Washington Cargo Rides the Rails