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The Port of Seattle immediately leased some facilities. They then worked out a deal for the Coast Guard to move its facilities for seagoing vessels in 1973 from Pier 91 to the Port's facilities at Piers 36 and 37, and in 1974 purchased 198 acres (0.80 km 2) of the Supply Depot property, including the piers, for $10.3 million. [4]
In April 1979, COSCO's Liu Lin Hai docked at Pier 91, then proceeded to Terminal 86 to take on a cargo of American grain bound for China, thereby becoming the first ship from the People's Republic of China ever to visit a U.S. port. [52] Years later, the Port invested in a major cold storage facility and Pier 91, which paid off handsomely when ...
North American container ports. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods.
Pier 69, north of Pier 67 and roughly between Vine and Clay Streets, is the site of the Port of Seattle headquarters and the Seattle terminus of the Clipper Navigation, a foot passenger (walk-on only) ferry with regular service to the Inner Harbour in Victoria, British Columbia and seasonal service to Friday Harbor, Washington. Although very ...
The Port of Seattle owns Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, the region's primary airport for passengers and cargo, located 13 miles (21 km) from Seattle and 18 miles (29 km) from Tacoma. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The two ports of Seattle and Tacoma are also connected to the state highway system , including Interstate 5 between both ports and ...
Serenade of the Seas was the first major cruise ship to return to service in Alaska from Seattle, departing from Pier 91, Seattle on 19 July 2021, and then every Monday until 27 September 2021. See also
Pier 37, built 1941 for the Port of Seattle as a general cargo terminal was taken over in 1960 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as its District Headquarters [202] The Port of Seattle reacquired Pier 37 in 1965, but it continued to function as the Corps of Engineers District HQ at least until 1971. [115]
Fishermen's Terminal is a dock opened in 1914 and operated by the Port of Seattle as the home port for Seattle's commercial fishing fleet, and, since 2002, non-commercial pleasure craft. The Terminal is on Salmon Bay in the Interbay neighborhood, east of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and immediately west of the Ballard Bridge .