Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- USSEA
- Port Type
- Container
- Terminals
- 5
- Berth Count
- 16
- Max Draught
- 15.8 m
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
The Northwest Seaport Alliance operates the combined port facilities of Seattle and Tacoma, forming the fourth-largest container gateway in the US.
Location
Coordinates
47.6000°N, 122.3333°W
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Live Data
Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Port-call activity
Arrivals, time in port and cargo operations detected from AIS — the position-inferred congestion signal, with the full dwell distribution rather than a single average.
- in port
- · 36 h
- · 2.3 d
- · 35 h
- · 3 h
- · 13 h
- · 2 h
- · 4 h
- · 40 h
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Port of Seattle-Tacoma. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 33% of the three signals (scored on a single signal — treat as indicative).
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.
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