Service area · Pierce County
Freight delivery and airport cargo recovery in Tacoma.
Roughly 25 miles south of SEA, a straight I-5 shot of about 30-40 minutes outside of peak. The Tideflats are entered from I-5 at Exit 136 or SR 509, which also links north to Fife. This is the far south end of a typical SEA recovery run and usually pairs with Fife, Sumner, or Lakewood stops.
Recovery into Tacoma
Recovering your air freight from SEA to Tacoma.
We collect import freight at the airline and handler warehouses at Seattle-Tacoma International and run it out to Tacoma. You confirm the shipment is released and good to go; that is the job of the person who hires us. Once you have, we commit the truck.
Send dispatch the Delivery Order, the master and house bill numbers, the piece count and weight, the warehouse location, and the consignee with their receiving hours. With those in hand we can tell you honestly whether the shipment makes today’s cycle or tomorrow morning’s.
Tacoma receiving realities.
Tacoma's industrial core is the Tideflats: roughly 5,000 acres on Commencement Bay holding several hundred private businesses in warehousing, chemicals, forest products, and marine services. Inland, the Nalley Valley industrial pocket (between Center Street and SR 16) carries food processing and light manufacturing, while downtown adds hospitals (MultiCare Tacoma General, St. Joseph), UW Tacoma, and the Tacoma Dome events district.
Districts and corridors we run to
- Nalley Valley industrial area
- Tacoma Dome and downtown Museum District
- MultiCare Tacoma General and St. Joseph Medical Center
- East 11th Street industrial corridor
- UW Tacoma
Who we deliver to in Tacoma.
Freight forwarders & brokers
Recovery from SEA, delivered to your dock or your consignee
Manufacturers & suppliers
Palletized freight, parts runs, and machine-down urgency
Medical, dental & lab
Time-sensitive consignments with appointment windows
Retail, hospitality & trades
Liftgate, inside delivery, and restricted receiving hours
Local questions
Tacoma freight questions.
How quickly can you get freight from SEA to Tacoma?
Roughly 25 miles south of SEA, a straight I-5 shot of about 30-40 minutes outside of peak. The Tideflats are entered from I-5 at Exit 136 or SR 509, which also links north to Fife. This is the far south end of a typical SEA recovery run and usually pairs with Fife, Sumner, or Lakewood stops. In practice the drive is rarely the constraint. Release status at the warehouse and the receiving hours at the far end decide the day far more often than traffic does. Give dispatch the arrival notice time and the consignee's receiving window and you will get a straight answer about whether it lands today or tomorrow morning.
Dispatch · 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Moving freight in Tacoma?
Tell us what is moving and where it has to be. Dispatch comes straight back to you.