Long Road Transportation delivers ocean containers into Fife, WA (98424) on its own trucks and chassis, off the Seattle and Tacoma terminals. Request a rate or call dispatch to get a container moving.
Call dispatch at (425) 800-4609 with your terminal, container size, and delivery address.
Get a QuoteWhy Fife moves fast
The 20th Street East corridor and the warehouses along Pacific Highway East are a straight shot from the port gates - SR-99 and Porter Way, no freeway required, or I-5 exit 137 if the tideflats are backed up. That short distance is worth real money on a container that is running against last free day: a driver can clear a gate, deliver, and be back for a second turn in the time a longer run takes to do one.
It also means a Fife appointment can absorb a late gate. When a terminal runs behind, a Kent or Auburn delivery slips to the next day; a Fife delivery usually still happens.
Our Tacoma yard backs up every Fife move
Long Road runs a container depot and yard at 1531 Portland Avenue East in the Tacoma tideflats, about ten minutes from Fife. Containers can be grounded there, held on chassis, or staged for an early gate the next morning. For a Fife receiver that means a box does not have to sit at the terminal accruing demurrage while a dock frees up.
Empty returns work the same way in reverse: we take the empty back to our yard and return it on our own schedule instead of holding your dock hostage to a return appointment.
Equipment that matters in Fife
- Our own chassis fleet, so a Fife delivery never waits on a pool chassis at the gate
- A 2024 SANY top pick rated to 100,000 lbs on the Tacoma yard for grounding and stacking
- Flatbed and step deck for cargo that comes out of the box and travels open
- Out-of-gauge and flat rack handling straight off the terminal
Around Fife
Fife shares the same drivers and the same gate appointments as Port of Tacoma drayage, and the valley run continues to Puyallup and Sumner up SR-167.
Fife drayage questions
How fast can a container get from the terminal to a Fife dock?
Once it is cleared and a gate appointment is set, usually inside 15 minutes of leaving the gate. Fife sits at I-5 exit 137 against the tideflats, and SR-99 and Porter Way work when the freeway does not. The drive is the easy part; the gate is what we plan around.
Can you hold my container instead of delivering it straight away?
Yes. Our container yard is at 1531 Portland Avenue East in Tacoma, about ten minutes from Fife. Boxes can be grounded there or held on chassis until your dock is ready, which keeps them off the terminal clock.
Who returns the empty?
We do. We pull the empty from your dock on our own schedule and return it when the steamship line will accept it. As a UIIA member we interchange with all the major lines, so a changed return location is our problem to sort out.
Owned and operated by Long Road Transportation. USDOT 3388302, MC 113242, SCAC LRDP. A privately owned, asset-based fleet of trucks and chassis serving the Seattle-Tacoma corridor.