Container drayage from port terminals to warehouses, transloads, and inland rail — clean truck, TWIC, demurrage and per diem managed in-house. Serving Seattle, Washington and the surrounding region with direct-carrier equipment.
📞 Call (786) 574-5774 ✉️ rates@ship-ati.comATI runs drayage port services into and out of Seattle every business day. Our local lane planners know the access points across Kent Valley, Tukwila, Auburn, SODO and the Tacoma Tideflats industrial district, the dwell patterns at Seattle and Tacoma terminals (Northwest Seaport Alliance) — T-5, T-18, T-30, Husky and Washington United terminals, the gate hours at BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG), UP Argo, Tacoma Rail interchange, and the cargo handling at Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) cargo plus Boeing Field (BFI) freighter operations. That local fluency is the difference between a 6-hour pickup and a 16-hour dwell.
Seattle's freight economy is anchored in Northwest Seaport Alliance import containers, aerospace (Boeing) and tech hardware, seafood and refrigerated exports. ATI moves drayage port services for shippers across these sectors with equipment that matches the commodity — not a generic dry van assigned to whatever pays today's spot rate. When you ship drayage port services into or out of Seattle, you should be working with a carrier that has been moving this commodity profile in this market for years, not a brokerage clicking 'auto-book' on a load board.
EPA 2010 and CARB compliant tractors registered in PierPass, eModal, and PortPass for terminal access.
100% of port drivers carry a current TWIC card — no terminal turnaways for credentials.
Live unload or drop and pull — chassis pool memberships at every major port we serve.
We monitor LFD (Last Free Day) daily and avoid demurrage and per diem charges proactively, not reactively.
Reefer plug-in monitoring at the terminal, empty return scheduling, and street turn arrangement where carriers allow.
We can transload from 40 HC ocean container to 53 ft domestic trailer at our partner cross-dock facilities for inland linehaul.
Port drayage is a stopwatch business. The container hits the terminal at one minute and the demurrage clock starts. The wrong dray carrier means demurrage, per diem, terminal congestion, and a freight invoice that doubles in 72 hours. ATI runs drayage as a discipline, not a side hustle.
Our drayage desk monitors vessel ETAs, container availability, and Last Free Day in real time. Drivers are dispatched the moment the container is available for pickup — not three days later when the steamship line emails a per diem notice. We hold chassis pool memberships at every major port we serve, run TWIC-credentialed drivers exclusively, and operate clean-truck-compliant tractors that meet local port programs (Clean Truck Program, PierPASS, Drayage Truck Registry).
The Seattle freight market has thinned considerably over the past 18 months. Brokerages that opened during the 2020-2022 freight boom — many of which never owned a truck — have been winding down. The shippers who held those broker relationships are now looking for carriers with their own equipment, their own drivers, and an operational track record that goes back further than the last cycle. ATI fits that brief: a direct carrier with our own iron, our own dispatch, our own compliance desk, and direct-line phone access to actual human beings 24 hours a day.
Below are three of our most active Seattle lanes for drayage port services, with current dry-van per-mile ranges and realistic transit. Rates assume a standard 48 or 53 ft trailer; specialty equipment (RGN, reefer, heavy haul) prices differently — call dispatch for a binding quote on your specific commodity.
| Lane | Miles | Dry Van $/Mile | Transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle → Portland, OR | 175 mi | $2.65 - $3.20 | 1 day |
| Seattle → Denver, CO | 1,325 mi | $2.40 - $2.90 | 3 days |
| Seattle → Los Angeles, CA | 1,135 mi | $2.35 - $2.85 | 2 days |
Need a quote on a lane not listed above? Call (786) 574-5774 or email rates@ship-ati.com and we'll source asset and rate inside an hour for most US 48-state lanes.
Port: Seattle and Tacoma terminals (Northwest Seaport Alliance) — T-5, T-18, T-30, Husky and Washington United terminals
Rail: BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG), UP Argo, Tacoma Rail interchange
Air Cargo: Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) cargo plus Boeing Field (BFI) freighter operations
ATI Operating Footprint: Direct service into Kent Valley, Tukwila, Auburn, SODO and the Tacoma Tideflats industrial district.
Every drayage port services move into or out of Seattle runs the same disciplined process. Nothing is improvised, nothing is hand-waved, and nothing is left to a load board.
drayage port services often pairs with other ATI services on the same shipper account. For air-mode urgency, see our Air Freight in Seattle page. For port and rail intermodal coordination, see Drayage Services in Seattle. For dense or oddly-classed freight, see Expedited Freight in Seattle. To estimate your NMFC freight class and density before quoting, use our Freight Class Calculator.
Our Seattle dispatch desk is staffed 24/7. Routine drayage port services pickup is typically same-day or next-day; emergency dispatch can roll an asset in under 2 hours for time-critical freight. Call (786) 574-5774 to confirm current capacity on your specific lane.
No. ATI is the carrier of record. We own the equipment, we employ the drivers, and we hold the operating authority. When you book a drayage port services move with ATI in Seattle, the truck that shows up is ATI iron — not a re-brokered load posted to DAT.
Every shipment includes a signed BOL, GPS tracking export, pickup and delivery photos, weight tickets where applicable, and any commodity-specific records (hazmat shipping papers, reefer download, RGN tie-down log, government BOL). All documents are uploaded to the shipper portal within 1 hour of delivery.
One call, one carrier, one accountable party. ATI dispatchers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Binding rates, real-time GPS, full FMCSA-licensed direct-carrier service. Call (786) 574-5774 or email rates@ship-ati.com to lock in your drayage port services move out of Seattle.
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