Port of Tacoma
Public port district on Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington, with container, breakbulk and grain terminals, industrial real estate and Foreign-Trade Zone #86.
Tacoma, WA · Organization
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The Port of Tacoma was created by a vote of Pierce County citizens on Nov. 5, 1918. The first vessel to call was the steamship Edmore on March 25, 1921, loading lumber bound for Japan. Starting on 240 acres, the Port today owns nearly 2,500 acres in the Tacoma Tideflats.
It is an independent municipal corporation operating under Title 53 of the Revised Code of Washington, governed by five commissioners elected by Pierce County voters. Since 2015 its marine cargo operations have been combined with those of the Port of Seattle in The Northwest Seaport Alliance. A 2025 analysis found that the Port's lines of business, together with NWSA South Harbor cargo operations, supported 41,095 jobs in 2023.
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