Seattle
Terminal 5, Terminal 18, and Terminal 46.
Seattle/Tacoma port trucking
Port trucking for Seattle and Tacoma container moves
SP Logistics provides direct import and export drayage through Seattle and Tacoma marine terminals. We coordinate terminal pickup or return, chassis needs, receiver delivery, empty returns, and Tacoma yard timing when the move requires it.
Terminals served
Seattle and Tacoma marine terminals
Dispatch confirms the exact terminal, release, chassis source, receiver plan, and current return instructions before each move.
Tacoma
Husky, WUT, PCT, and Matson.
Import pickup and receiver delivery
Release and pickup
Send the terminal, container number, delivery order, release status, availability, LFD, appointment, size, weight, and chassis source.
Receiver
Provide the delivery address, receiving hours, appointment, site contact, access instructions, live-unload or drop plan, and expected time on site.
Empty return
Include the assigned return facility, appointment or dual-transaction instructions, chassis return, cutoff, and closeout contact.
Export container moves
For an export, provide the booking, empty release, pickup location, loading-site contact, load-ready time, gross weight, terminal receiving window, cutoff, and loaded-return instructions.
SP Logistics handles the trucking leg. Packing, loading, cargo securement, customs, export documents, and ocean booking remain with the customer and its appointed providers.
When timing does not line up
A pre-pull or Tacoma yard staging may help when terminal availability and receiver readiness do not line up. Loaded or empty staging is reviewed against cargo, chassis, yard capacity, expected duration, final delivery, and return requirements.
What can change timing or price
Release changes, terminal appointments, chassis splits, overweight equipment, receiver waiting, added stops, missed cutoffs, yard time, and a changed return facility can alter the quoted work.
Direct carrier
SP Logistics operates under its own authority and is not a freight broker. Carrier verification, insurance, UIIA, SmartWay, and TWIC information is available on Carrier Verification.
Dispatch checklist
How is a Seattle or Tacoma port move scoped?
Port trucking moves a released ocean container between its named Seattle or Tacoma marine terminal and a receiver, yard, export shipper, or return point. The exact terminal and move direction select the operating path.
SP Logistics reviews Seattle and Tacoma terminal pickup, import delivery, export return, chassis coordination, pre-pull timing, and equipment closeout.
Confirm for dispatch
- Which exact Seattle or Tacoma marine terminal is shown on the current instruction?
- Is the move an import pickup and delivery, export positioning and return, or another port move?
- What release, timing, container, receiver, chassis, and return facts remain open?
Request a Seattle/Tacoma port trucking quote
Include the terminal, container, release, LFD or cutoff, weight, chassis, receiver, and return information.