Overview:

      The western commercial port of the United States. It is located in a small bay on the East Bank of Puget Fjord, Washington state, northwest of the country. The ship enters the port from Juan de FUCA strait between Olin Peninsula and Vancouver Island. It is 27 nautical miles from Tacoma in the south, 126 nautical miles from Vancouver in the north, 1420 nautical miles from anchorage in the south, 801 nautical miles from San Francisco in the South and 5050 nautical miles from Shanghai. It is the nearest port from North America to the Far East. The port area is divided into internal and external ports. The outer port is on the south, East and north coast of Elliot Bay, and the inner port is on the Bank of the canal leading to Lake Washington and the lake area. Ocean going ships almost dock in the outer port area, with 26 jetties and quays. Among them, 7 are container terminals, 5 (3 berths), 18-20 (8 berths), 25 and 30 (2 berths each), 37, 42 and 46, and 4 are also being transformed into container terminals with 3 berths. The general cargo and refrigerated wharf are located at wharf 90-91 on the north bank. The grain is in terminal 86 on the north bank, with the capacity of 150000 tons. Terminals 2 and 17 are intermodal terminals to Alaska. No. 11 and No. 15 wharves and No. 32 and No. 34 wharves are for loading and unloading oil, and there are oil depots on the wharves. There are about 50 berths for ocean going ships in Hong Kong, including 18 container berths, with a water depth of 9.5-22.5 meters and an annual throughput of about 20 million tons; With more than 1.1 million TEUs, it is one of the world's top 20 container handling ports, most of which are transit containers.