Tacoma expands WUT for HyundaiÆs growing business
The Port of Tacoma has completed a 22-acre expansion of Washington United Terminals to meet the growth needs of Hyundai Merchant Marine in the Pacific Northwest, the port said Wednesday.
Now 102 acres, WUT includes four post-Panamax cranes and a 2,000-foot wharf. The facility also includes a 23-acre on-dock intermodal yard with total trackage of 16,864 feet and ramp capacity for 52 double-stack rail cars. WUT is located on the 51-foot-deep Blair Waterway.
Initially completed in 1999 as a 60-acre terminal, WUT was the first container terminal built on the upper Blair Waterway following the removal of a narrow drawbridge that had prevented the transit of large containerships. The port completed an $8.6 million expansion in 2001, bringing the facility to 80 acres.
Tacoma has constructed nearly 300 acres of terminal space on the upper Blair Waterway since 1999.
Tacoma expands WUT for Hyundai’s growing business
