Pier 5

Terminal 5 became the second container terminal in Seattle in 1964 when Sealand began operations there. The photos in this gallery were taken shortly after the terminal had gone through its first major expansion in 2000.

Pier 18

Terminal 18 became the third container facility in 1970 and at that time was the largest terminal in Seattle The photos in this gallery were taken before it had gone through a major expansion. The second photo gallery are pictures of a yacht being discharged from the Zim Italia taken in 2004 by Local 52 member Jerry Storvik.

Pier 25

Terminal 25 became a container terminal in the 1970's and was home to the Matson Container Line. In the early 2000's this Terminal was integrated with Pier 30 and they are connected by a narrow road between the two piers. At the north end of Terminal 25 beginning in 1914 and until 1980 was used by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad to load rail barges which ferried its trains between Seattle and Port Townsend. Ruins of the facility can still be seen today.

Pier 30

Pier 30 was once a grain terminal from 1914 until the late 1970's before it became a container yard. The terminal has been upgraded since these photos were taken. Pier 30 was also used as a temporary cruise docking facility until the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal was completed in 2009 at Pier's 90 and 91. At the south end of Pier 30 was Pier 28 and was used as a cargo loading and unloading facility from 1914 until the 1970's or 1980's.

Pier 37

T-37 was a small container yard managed by SSA in the1990's and in 1999 it was used to unload steel ships. Today it has been absorbed by Terminal 46.

Pier 46

Terminal 46 was the first container terminal in Seattle established in the 1960's and has the deepest draft of all the Puget Sound container terminals. Pier 46 absorbed T-37 in the early 2000's and has gone through many upgrades since these photos were taken.

Pier 66

Terminal 66 is the Norwegian Cruise line ship terminal at the foot of Bell Street. This pier has had some major upgrades made since these photos were taken in 2002

Pier 86

Terminal 86 completed in 1970 was at the time a modern grain elevator. It is known by Longshore workers as the "Wheat Dock." It is the closest grain export facility on the West Coast to the Asian markets and it no longer ships out wheat but continues to load ships with soybeans and corn. In 2023 the Louis Dreyfus company is the current tenant of this elevator.

Pier 90

Terminals 90 and 91 were constructed in 1899 for the Great Northern railway. In the 1970's this dock loaded supply ships for the Vietnam War. In the 1990's a cold storage facility was built on pier 90 and was used to store Eastern Washington fruit bound for Asian markets. today it is operated by the City ice Cold Storage Co. In 2009 Piers 90 & 91 became berths for cruise ships now called the Smith Cove Cruise Ship Terminal.