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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 06 > Trench mistake could cost $1M at Seattle port

Trench mistake could cost $1M at Seattle port

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 6, 2009

SEATTLE " A tiny mistake " about half the thickness of a dime " could end up costing about $1 million at the Port of Seattle.

When the port built a new cargo terminal for stevedoring company SSA Marine, a trench was dug to hold the electrical cable for the giant cranes that lift....

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