3PL & Distribution to Yakima, WA

Serving Central Washington from Kent

For shippers importing through the Puget Sound ports and supplying Central Washington, we receive and consolidate in Kent, then run freight east. We handle the drayage, storage, transloading and distribution, and route full loads to Yakima.

What that looks like

• Consolidate then ship — full truckloads over the passes, not parcelled LTL.
• Central WA reach — Yakima, Ellensburg and the I-82 corridor.
• 2-day ground — a predictable schedule east of the mountains.
• One partner — port to shelf without a handoff.

What freight in Yakima actually looks like

The Yakima Valley runs on agriculture — tree fruit, hops, wine and the packaging and equipment that support them. That freight is seasonal, temperature-sensitive and unforgiving about timing, and much of its inbound material lands at the coast first.

Moving freight between Yakima and our Kent floor

The lane runs I-82 and I-90 over the pass, and the natural gateway is the Port of Seattle or 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 Spokane, Vancouver, 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 Yakima shippers

Do I need a minimum volume to use a 3PL?
No. We bill by the pallet and by the order, so a Yakima 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 Yakima?
Yakima 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 Seattle or 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.

Request a Yakima distribution quote and we'll build the lane.