Poire reports on state ports meeting

Port of Whitman Executive Director Joe Poiré attended a Washington Public Ports Association session on telecommunications in Tacoma Jan. 9.

In a report to the port here last Thursday, Poiré noted good participation both by large ports like Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham, and Vancouver as well as the smaller east side ports such as Whitman and Tri-Cities.

“It was a really dynamic group of people in that room,” Poiré commented.

Port of Whitman County is among the few ports already doing construction at this time.

Among presenters at the meeting were Brad Furlong, the attorney for the Port...