A Wide Range of Capabilities and Services

All support personnel and facilities are on site to ensure maximum responsiveness to customers’ needs.

Marine

  • Total 2600′ (793 m) post panamax vessel berths.
  • 51’ (15.54 m) water depth alongside at mean lower low water for trouble free vessel maneuvering 24 hours a day.
  • State of the art panelized energy absorption fendering systems and vessel fastening bollards, facilitate safe securing of vessels in all weather conditions.
  • 4 Post-Panamax Gantry Cranes
    • Capable of 18 container outreach
    • Rated loading is 70 metric tons with a lift height of 171 feet
    • Travel of 147 feet per minute
    • No load hoist speed at 492 feet per minute
    • Trolley speed is 656 feet per minute
    • No load hoist speed at 492 feet per minute
    • Trolley speed is 656 feet per minute
    • Cranes were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries specifically for WUT, and their design and quality construction guarantee WUT’s reliability during cargo operations.
  • 2 Super Post-Panamax Gantry Cranes
    • Capable of 24 container outreach
    • Rated loading is 100 long tons with a lift height of 202 feet
    • Travel of 150 feet per minute
    • No load hoist speed at 623 feet per minute
    • Trolley speed is 820 feet per minute
    • Cranes were built by ZPMC specifically for WUT, and their design and quality construction guarantee WUT’s reliability during cargo operations.

Intermodal Yard

  • 23-acre dedicated loading/unloading rail yard
  • 4 continuously welded tracks of 3,900 feet each on concrete ties.
  • Total of 15,600 feet of loading and unloading trackage.
  • 52 double-stack railcar capacity.
  • Concurrent container operations and rail switching to allow uninterrupted container loading and unloading.

Container Yard

  • 105 acre container yard
    • (103 acres containers / 2 acres support facilities)
  • 600 wheeled container/chassis slots for 20’, 40’ and 45’ containers.
  • 7,500 TEU grounded container slots with 5-high stacking capability.
  • 884 reefer power stalls with 440 volt continuous power.
  • Terminal design is a simplified grid layout that is well marked and user friendly to truckers.
  • 12 lane gate complex with dedicated entry from Port of Tacoma Road.
  • Seven inbound truck lanes with 80’ oversized scales.
  • Four outbound truck lanes and two reversible in/out lanes
  • Celebrated and reliable “L.A. King” automated gate system that provides the industry’s best transaction times and quickest turnaround for truckers.

Terminal Support Facilities

  • 12,083 sq. ft Maintenance & Repair Facility
  • 8,568 sq. ft Administrative Facility
  • 2,000 sq. ft Marine Support Facility
Washington United Terminals

Washington United Terminals