PORT OF TACOMA DRAYAGE
Port of Tacoma Drayage & Transloading
The Port of Tacoma is a major West Coast container gateway — and a short SR-167 run from our Kent Valley facility. Long Road Warehouse handles Tacoma drayage and transloading as one smooth move, so your freight never sits still.
Fast port drayage from the Port of Tacoma
Our Kent location makes the Tacoma-to-warehouse lane short and economical. We watch your Last Free Day, secure the terminal appointment, manage the chassis, and pull your container before demurrage and per-diem start stacking up.
Transload at the same visit
Rather than double-handle freight, we transload your ocean container straight into domestic trailers or palletize it into storage — turning a port pickup into a finished, ship-ready load in one step.
Why importers pick this drayage carrier for Tacoma
- Short drayage lane — Tacoma terminals to Kent is quick and low-cost.
- Fee protection — we manage LFD, demurrage and per-diem so you don't eat the charges.
- One accountable partner — drayage, transload and warehousing under one roof.
- South Sound reach — Tacoma, Fife, Federal Way and beyond.
What freight in Port of Tacoma actually looks like
The Tacoma terminals handle a large share of the region's container volume, and the Tideflats around them have limited warehouse space. Pulling the box quickly and taking the freight up the valley is usually cheaper than trying to store it where it landed.
Moving freight between Port of Tacoma and our Kent floor
The lane runs south on SR-167 or I-5 to the Tideflats, and the natural gateway is the Port of Tacoma. That matters more than it sounds: a short, predictable move means we can pull a container the day it is available, unload it into our warehouse, and start shipping from inventory instead of paying to store freight on a chassis. We also serve Tacoma, Fife, Kent, so freight moving between them can be consolidated rather than run as separate partial loads.
Day to day that means storage by the pallet instead of a fixed lease, pick and pack for orders going out, cross-docking when freight should not be stored at all, and container drayage when it starts at a terminal. One team, one warehouse, one invoice.
Common questions from Port of Tacoma shippers
Do I need a minimum volume to use a 3PL?
No. We bill by the pallet and by the order, so a Port of Tacoma business shipping a few hundred orders a month is a normal account, not an exception. That is the point of using a warehouse instead of leasing one.
How fast can you get freight from Kent to Port of Tacoma?
Port of Tacoma is inside our regular delivery footprint, so same-day and next-day are both realistic depending on cut-off time and what else is on the truck. Tell us the delivery window you have promised and we will tell you honestly whether we can hold it.
Can you handle my imports too, not just storage?
Yes, and that is usually where the savings are. We pull the container from the Port of Tacoma before the last free day, unload it at our dock, and put the freight straight into inventory — so you are not paying demurrage at the terminal and per-diem on the box while you look for space.
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REQUEST A QUOTEQuestions about Port of Tacoma
Which Tacoma terminals do you serve?
Husky, Washington United and PCT, plus the rail ramps. We also run a transload and oversize yard at 1531 Portland Ave E in the tideflats, so a box can be worked without leaving the port area at all.
How far is it from the Port of Tacoma to your warehouse?
About twenty-five miles up SR-167 or I-5 to Kent — a short, predictable lane, which is what makes prepulling worthwhile. A container pulled in the morning can be stripped and on the rack the same day.
Can you prepull and store a container before we need it?
Yes. A prepull takes the box off the terminal before the last free day and holds it on our yard, which converts a demurrage exposure into a storage line you control. For a run of containers arriving together it is usually the difference between a normal week and a large invoice.
Do you handle oversize and heavy freight from Tacoma?
That is what the tideflats yard is set up for: heavy-lift equipment, rail access and room to work freight that will not fit a standard dock.