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At their May 5 meeting, The Northwest Seaport Alliance Managing Members will take action on a request to extend the United States Coast Guard’s lease for a portion of Terminal 46. The lease began in 2022 so the USCG could remain operational while the Base Seattle Pier 36 basin dredging and environmental clean-up project was underway. The current lease expires in June, however, the work on the project is not complete and the USCG has requested to extend the lease for another year, with an additional option to extend it for another year.
Managing Members will also decide on a request for $30 million in funding for the NWSA Cargo Incentive Program. The program has three separate incentives that aim to protect NWSA rail market share, increase international intermodal rail volumes and incentivize consistent international ocean container and intermodal rail services in the gateway.
During the meeting, Managing Members will also vote whether to authorize and implement Zero-Emission Terminal Master Planning projects for Washington United Terminal and East Blair One terminal. The work is fully funded by grants and important elements to the NWSA’s 2026-2030 Clean Air Implementation Plan.
In addition, Commissioners will also consider authorizing funding for work associated with the NWSA’s incentive program supporting the purchase of zero-emission cargo handling equipment by tenants. View the full agenda.
The May 5 public session begins at noon. Meetings are streamed live from the alliance’s website.
To deliver comments during the public comment portion of the meeting, please send an email to nwsacomment@nwseaportalliance.com by 9 a.m. Monday, May 4, 2026, that includes your name, the telephone number you will be calling from, and the agenda topic you wish to speak to. Please include “speaker” in the subject line. Written comments may be submitted to the same email address and will be provided to the commissioners.
 A new $112 million Washington state program launched last week to help businesses and fleet operators transition to zero-emission commercial vehicles. The Washington Zero-Emission Incentive Program is funded by the state’s Climate Commitment Act and is designed to fund up to 40% of the price of an electric vehicle for businesses wanting to make the switch.
State leaders, including Gov. Bob Ferguson, joined vehicle dealers and potential purchasers at Terminal 46 Tuesday to announce the launch of the program and to test drive eligible vehicles and equipment.
Click here to learn more about the program.
Northwest Seaport Alliance full exports were up 1.8% in the first quarter following two months of growth. Full imports declined 18% over a strong Q1 in 2025 when importers frontloaded cargo ahead of expected tariffs. In the first quarter, the NWSA handled 714,719 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in total container volume, which is down 14.2%.
As of the end of March, year-to-date breakbulk volumes have increased 25% to 96,088 metric tons due to strong industrial demand.
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 Over 1,000 vehicles were offloaded at Terminal 46 in Seattle last week, with thousands more scheduled to arrive soon.
Nearly 1,500 Subarus were offloaded from the Luna Spirit last week, with another 2,150 KIA and Hyundai vehicles expected to arrive at the terminal in the upcoming week.
All 3,600 vehicles will be staged at Terminal 46 before being loaded onto another vessel and transported to Canada later this month.
Click the latest vessel schedule.
The 2025 NWSA Annual Trade Report is now available, highlighting the cargo capacity in the Seattle-Tacoma gateway. The report includes trade data by country, port, and commodity, as well as profiles on our top 10 trading partners.
The NWSA handled a total of 3.2 million TEUs in 2025. Our top trading partners in 2025 included China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and Thailand.
Click here to see the full report.
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