Warehousing and transloading for the Seattle and Tacoma ports

Why choose Long Road Transportation for port warehousing

The case for Long Road on a port warehousing move is the assets behind it:

• A 100,000 square foot warehouse in Kent and a three acre container yard and depot near the Tacoma port terminals.
• Long Road's own private chassis and open-deck trailers, so the container comes off the port and reaches storage on Long Road equipment.
• A SANY top pick rated to 100,000 lbs and a 28,000 lb forklift that loads heavy pieces from inside the container.
• A warehouse rail-served by BNSF, with a fenced yard under 24/7 CCTV and a container depot for loaded and empty equipment.
• TWIC drivers, UIIA interchange with the major steamship lines, and six years with zero reported incidents.

Warehousing connected to your drayage and freight

A container clears the Port of Seattle or Port of Tacoma on Long Road's own container drayage, moves straight into the Kent warehouse or the Tacoma yard, and goes back out for delivery on Long Road trucks. Long Road runs the recovery, the storage, and the outbound leg on its own private fleet, so the freight stays on one schedule from the terminal to the receiver.

For regional truckload distribution and final delivery, the same dispatch coordinates the over the road and regional delivery fleet. Pickups run off the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma terminals, and any special customer instructions are carried into the plan.

The Tacoma yard and container transloading

The three acre yard is a container depot and transload hub minutes from the Tacoma port terminals. Cargo that has to come off its ocean equipment for the road is lifted by the SANY top pick, rated to 100,000 lbs, and moved onto the trailer that fits the next leg. The yard holds loaded and empty containers, runs container flips, and brings urgent containers off the terminal early so the demurrage clock stops.

Oversize and out-of-gauge cargo that needs a flat rack or open top taken down to a road trailer transloads here too, the work covered on the oversize transloading and oversize and out-of-gauge pages.

The Kent warehouse

The Kent warehouse runs 100,000 square feet with 13 dock doors and 26 feet of clear height, with racked and floor space for more than 5,000 pallet positions. Ten forklifts cover 5,000 to 25,000 lbs, with a 28,000 lb heavy-duty forklift for the heaviest pieces and two reach trucks for the racking. The warehouse is rail-served by BNSF and handles hazmat freight, on a fenced site under 24/7 CCTV.

Full 3PL, storage, and fulfillment at Long Road Warehouse

For a standing 3PL program, Long Road runs a dedicated warehousing division at Long Road Warehouse. That division carries the deeper warehousing work: long and short term storage, order fulfillment for retail and ecommerce, and high-volume cross-docking, along with returns, kitting, and Amazon prep. The port side stays with dispatch: container transloading and storage and warehouse handling off the Seattle and Tacoma ports.

Where the freight goes next

The Kent warehouse and the Tacoma yard serve freight moving through the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma. From there, distribution runs local and long-haul to receivers in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and across the USA, plus cross-border to Canada, including but not limited to British Columbia.

Frequently asked questions about port warehousing

Can you receive containers from the port and store or distribute them?

Yes. Long Road hauls the container off the Port of Seattle or Port of Tacoma on its own chassis, brings it into the Kent warehouse or the Tacoma yard, and ships it back out for regional or long-haul delivery on its own fleet.

How close is your warehouse to the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma?

The container yard is a three acre site minutes from the Tacoma port terminals, and the Kent warehouse is a short drayage from both the Port of Seattle and the Port of Tacoma, rail-served by BNSF.

Do you offer short-term and long-term storage?

Yes. The Kent warehouse holds more than 5,000 pallet positions for short and long term storage, and the Tacoma yard keeps loaded and empty containers in its depot until the receiver is ready.

Get a drayage and transloading quote

Send the freight details, the volume, and the delivery address through the drayage and transloading quote form, or call Long Road Transportation and give them to dispatch. One quote covers the move end to end: the drayage off the port, the transload or storage at the warehouse and yard, and the outbound trailer to the receiver.