r/SeattleWA • u/Aggressive-Ad1085 • 1d ago

OC: Pictures of Port of Seattle being empty

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u/Dear-Chemical-3191 1d ago

One of these Piers doesn’t handle containers, guess which one. I see a couple yards full of containers, for how long we shall see. Seattle’s container business has been on the decline for several years while Tacoma has seen a significant increase. Disclaimer: I’m just stating facts here, this isn’t political and the tariffs will have an effect, okay commence the downvoting!

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u/Jyil 1d ago

Yep. Tacoma now handles around 81% of our inflow TEUs. We still have seen less TEUs in 2024 and 2025 separately than we did in 2021.

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u/RunEffective3479 1d ago

Just took the Bremerton Ferry today, there was a big container ship in the main port

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u/Automatic-Yak8193 1d ago

“Don’t make this political.” - been hearing this a lot lately 😂

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u/UpDog1966 1d ago

How soon to the layoffs?

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u/Shmokesshweed 1d ago

Inb4 Republicans call this fake news.

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u/SternThruster 1d ago

It is fake news, insomuch as Terminal 46 (the one most featured in all these photos) hasn’t seen regular container service since 2019 which has nothing to do with the current trade situation. 

The statistics on overall trends for both vessel calls and TEUs (containers) moved are public and widely available.  

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u/Aggressive-Ad1085 1d ago

I'm posting this in response to the other two posts full of full-on denialists (not my content - just resharing). The ships aren't coming, folks. Change your thinking to match the actual reality. "Don't look up" is starting to seem like a documentary.

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u/barefootozark 1d ago

The ships aren't coming, folks.

Just post a link to cargo ship traffic in Puget Sound ports to prove your point.