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Washington interests want HMT reform

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Government officials and business leaders are using last week's report from the Federal Maritime Commission on U.S.-bound sea freight moving through Canadian and Mexican ports to support calls for reform of the Harbor Maintenance Tax and increased investment in U.S. ports. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said the report shows "as much as 26.7 percent of container volume in 2010 for the West Coast ports of Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Oakland was 'at risk' of diverting to a Canad...

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