Terminal 5

First container vessel calls NWSA’s upgraded Terminal 5

The first vessel has docked at the new Terminal 5 in the Port of Seattle, which is now open for cargo ships to call the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) gateway.

On 7 January, the 4,860 TEU container vessel MSC Monterey reached Seattle and was handled by four new Super-post Panamax cranes, which have been purchased by SSA Terminals.

The Terminal 5 Modernization Program was launched in 2016 to expand gateway cargo capacity and enable the NWSA to service the largest vessels in the Transpacific...

https://container-news.com/first-container-vessel-calls-nwsas-upgraded-terminal-5/

NWSA Terminal 5 groundbreaking begins new era

Modernized 185-acre NWSA facility to handle big ships, international container cargo in 2021

Managing Members of The Northwest Seaport Alliance — port commissioners of Seattle and Tacoma — along with the president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers of Local 19, and president of local terminal operator SSA Terminals, broke ground today at Terminal 5, taking the first concrete steps in making the facility ‘big ship ready’ and adding our capability to handle simultaneously two...

https://container-news.com/terminal-5-groundbreaking-begins-new-era/

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