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Did you know... that the rival ports of Seattle and Tacoma merged to form the Northwest Seaport Alliance in 2014 because of increased competition from ports in British Columbia?
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It may take two days for me to complete my initial review. I will note/pass items as I go along. You don't need to wait for me to finish to begin addressing them. Most of my comments are open for discussion, so feel free to question anything. Once complete, I will be claiming points for this review in the 2017 WikiCup. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:01, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
Lead/Infobox
"The combined port authority is the fourth largest cargo port in the United States and by container volume." I don't see where this is cited in the article.
Added a mention in the formation sub-section, while also correcting the rank.
The region parameter of the infobox is "Puget Sound region". Is the word "region" needed?
The Puget Sound refers to the body of water, so I think having the region appended is important. It's similar to saying San Francisco Bay vs. San Francisco Bay Area.
Makes sense. Thanks.
History
"During the Great Recession of the late 2000s, Seattle regained its title as the larger of the ports..." Did it regain because of the Great Recession? Was the title swap due solely to the Masersk merger? Did it lure shipping lines other than Masersk away from Tacoma, or were the shipping lines at Seattle just not hit as hard? If details are available, they should be included. If not, that's ok.
The Masersk merger and move to Seattle helped push Seattle past Tacoma. I've removed the recession reference since I can't find a direct connection in any of my sources.
"The consolidation of shipping lines in the 1990s, favoring centralized distribution centers in fewer ports, and merging of the state's railroad system..." I can't tell if these are three factors, or if the first two go together. Either way, consolidation needs to be changed to consolidating to match tense. If the two go together, the comma after 1990s should be removed and the part reworded like "the 1990s led to a growing preference for centralized". If they are separate, the word of should be inserted after favoring.
"influenced the two ports to discuss collaboration or a potential merger." Year? The first factors is from "the 1990s", but next sentence is set in 2012.
"the Port of Seattle quoted its average cargo rate to be 130,000ドル per acre, a loss of 35ドル million in comparison" It's not clear how Seattle's value is a loss compared to a different region, and the source cited doesn't use the word. I think this sentence could be replaced with different information from the same source, specifically that "Port staff have previously estimated that annual revenue from oceangoing cargo, amounting to 130,000ドル per acre for 500 acres, is reduced by roughly 70,000ドル per acre, or 35ドル million, because of rate competition with Tacoma."
Green tickY Re-worked that sentence and hopefully cleared up any confusion.
TEU should link to Twenty-foot equivalent unit at the first mention. Currently, it's not linked until the Cargo section.
Green tickY Done.
Governance
"The alliance is a separate legal entity" Legal entity is already linked in the History section. No need to link a second time.
Images are relevant. Captions for two images in the body are good to go. Lack of caption for the infobox is fine, but it needs some WP:ALTTEXT indicating what it is.
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