Container Unloading and Devanning
Unloading starts as soon as the doors swing open, with forklifts on the palletized loads and hands on the floor-loaded cartons, counted as they come off.
Container Transloading in Seattle and Tacoma
Containers landing at the Northwest Seaport Alliance terminals go through Platton's Seattle transloading and leave on domestic trucks or BNSF and Union Pacific rail. We unload each one near the port and split the cargo for every receiver it feeds. Seattle and Tacoma transloads are part of Platton's transloading services, planned by our import team in Columbia Center.
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Transload Warehouse Near the Seattle and Tacoma Terminals
Platton transloads at import warehouse facilities serving Seattle and Tacoma. We pull from Terminal 5 and Terminal 18 in Seattle and from Husky Terminal, Pierce County Terminal and Washington United Terminals in Tacoma, and most boxes are on our floor within hours of customs release.
Containers reach our transload warehouse from the terminal on Seattle drayage, which makes 93% of port pickups the day the container is available and saves importers an average of $280 in fees per container.
Seattle Transloading Rates
Your Seattle transload is quoted instantly on Platton's AI-driven import platform, and you lock the rate the moment you book. You can request it while your box is still on the water.
Freight Unloading and Handling in Seattle
At our dock Platton handles freight unloading for every Seattle and Tacoma container, from 20-foot boxes to 40-foot high cubes, and the freight handling that follows: counting, palletizing, labeling and loading.
Splitting One Container Between Receivers
A single container off Husky Terminal can carry stock for a distributor in Auburn and a string of stores along I-5. We sort it by receiver on our floor and ship each share on a full trailer or as LTL shipments, every pallet tagged for its own dock; cartons bound for Amazon get Amazon FBA prep first.
Storage Until Your Delivery Date
When your receiver needs a later date, Platton holds the unloaded freight in our warehouse until your delivery date. Storage runs through our warehouse services and is priced per pallet per day.
Delivery Across Puget Sound and Oregon
The shortest runs from our dock go down SR-167 to receivers in Kent, Auburn and Sumner, the Kent Valley's warehouse belt. Further down I-5, full truckload runs in 53-foot trailers reach Fife and DuPont, and Oregon freight keeps rolling to Portland. Shares bound for Amazon ride Amazon FBA shipping to the Kent, Sumner and DuPont fulfillment centers or another FBA building around Puget Sound, quoted together with the transload.
Fast Container Return in Seattle and Tacoma
Unloading the box and holding the freight in our Seattle-area warehouse frees the container before its free time runs out, even when a receiver's delivery date is weeks away. Your cargo stays with us until each dock in Kent, Sumner or DuPont can take it, while the container itself is already off your bill.
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Why Choose Platton for Seattle Transloading
Seattle Import Team at Columbia Center
Platton's own Seattle import team runs your transload from our office at 701 5th Ave, Suite 4200, in Columbia Center, watches your container on real-time tracking and answers at +1 206-776-2292 or cs@platton.ai.
Offices in Seattle and Portland
Besides Columbia Center, Platton has an office in Portland, so Oregon-bound freight from your Seattle transload has a Platton team at the delivery end as well.
How a Seattle Transload Works
1. Send the container and its receivers. Email cs@platton.ai or use the quote page with the container number and the address of each receiver.
2. Book the unload. Accept the instant quote, and we reserve a door at our Seattle-area dock for the day your box arrives.
3. Split by receiver. Our crew empties the box and builds a separate share for each Puget Sound dock.
4. Ship or hold. Shares with an open dock leave the same day; the rest wait in our warehouse until their receivers' delivery dates.
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Seattle Transloading FAQ
We unload, count, palletize, label and wrap the freight, then load each receiver's share.
We load Seattle freight for BNSF or Union Pacific intermodal to Chicago, Memphis and elsewhere in the Midwest and South.
Yes. We unload the container at our Seattle-area dock and send the freight down I-5 to Portland and the rest of Oregon as LTL or a full trailer.
Get a Seattle and Tacoma Transloading Quote
Platton unloads your Seattle or Tacoma container, splits it by receiver and holds any share not due yet, priced instantly when you ask.
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