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Puget Sound Business Journal, 10/17/97
If you ever wondered about the ocean journey's
those big bulk cargo containers take, here's a chance to go along for the ride.
This container's oceanic odyssey will be tracked by school kids in Seattle — who provided its colorful decorations.
| A bunch of Seattle school children, with support from the Port of Seattle and American President Lines, will be following a single
40-foot ocean container as it zig zags across the Pacific Ocean — not just any container,
but one that has been emblazoned with 70 oversized scenes of Seattle that were created by
the students.
The students — and anybody else — will be able to monitor the container's
progress on a Web site, which will include the ship the container is aboard, a diary, and
maps of its travels. The Web site for the container can be found at http://www.apl.com/boomerangbox.
The container sets sail on a westbound APL ship on Oct. 23, and will shuttle around the
Pacific for a year, said port spokesman Mike Merritt. The project was conceived to
commemorate Global Gateway North, the $270 million Terminal 5 project being built at the
port. |
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