Container volume
Seattle/Tacoma container volume (TEU)
Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties at the Port of Seattle/Tacoma, in TEU
Data through Jun 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 18, 2026
Cite
- Loaded imports
About this data
- Source
- Port authority monthly container statistics, republished by BTS
- Series
- Monthly loaded imports, loaded exports and empties
- Geography
- Seattle/Tacoma
- Unit
- TEU
- Calculation
- Monthly
- Last observation
- Jun 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly
Loaded imports at Seattle/Tacoma were 94,359 TEU in June 2026, down 0% year over year and down 23% versus the same month of 2019. Loaded imports are the import-demand read; empties are repositioned boxes. This is the latest month published, not the current week.
Loaded imports at Seattle/Tacoma were 94,359 TEU in June 2026, flat year over year but down 23% versus June 2019. Loaded exports eased 3.2% year over year and sit 40% below pre-pandemic. June is the latest month published.
| Stream | Latest (June 2026) | MoM | YoY | vs 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loaded imports | 94,359 TEU | +8.2% | -0.0% | -23.1% |
| Loaded exports | 45,780 TEU | -3.8% | -3.2% | -40.2% |
| Empty containers | 39,788 TEU | +15.7% | -23.3% | -33.1% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 13, 2026
Loaded imports at Seattle/Tacoma were 87,186 TEU in May 2026, up 6.8% year over year and down 22% from May 2019. Imports rose 18% month over month, the largest move of the three streams. Loaded exports rose 3.3% year over year to 47,608 TEU, while empty repositioning fell 25.4% year over year.
About Seattle/Tacoma container volume (TEU)
This page tracks monthly container volume at the Port of Seattle/Tacoma in TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units, split into loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers. Loaded imports are the demand signal a US importer watches; empties are a tell about trade imbalance and equipment. The numbers are the port authority's own, re-published by BTS, and they land weeks after the month they cover, so a reading here is the latest month available rather than the current week.