Service area · King County
Freight delivery and airport cargo recovery in Kent.
About 8 miles southeast of SEA: one of the shortest airport-to-dock runs in the region, usually 15-20 minutes via SR 518 to I-5 or the Military Road / S 200th surface route. Kent is the single densest destination for SEA airport recovery freight, and its two parallel north-south arterials mean a driver can often make several valley stops without ever touching a freeway.
Recovery into Kent
Recovering your air freight from SEA to Kent.
We collect import freight at the airline and handler warehouses at Seattle-Tacoma International and run it out to Kent. You confirm the shipment is released and good to go; that is the job of the person who hires us. Once you have, we commit the truck.
Send dispatch the Delivery Order, the master and house bill numbers, the piece count and weight, the warehouse location, and the consignee with their receiving hours. With those in hand we can tell you honestly whether the shipment makes today’s cycle or tomorrow morning’s.
Kent receiving realities.
Kent sits at the heart of the Kent Valley, one of the largest warehouse and distribution corridors in the western United States and routinely cited as a top-five industrial market nationally. The valley floor between I-5 and SR 167 is wall-to-wall distribution centers, cross-docks, and manufacturers along S 212th Street, S 228th Street, West Valley Highway, and East Valley Highway, with more than 20,000 people working in manufacturing alone. Blue Origin's headquarters is here, Boeing and Amazon are major employers, and the old REI headquarters site was cleared for two more industrial buildings: a good illustration of how relentlessly this valley converts to warehouse space.
Districts and corridors we run to
- Kent Valley warehouse and distribution district
- Blue Origin headquarters (76th Ave S)
- S 212th Street and S 228th Street industrial corridors
- West Valley Highway and East Valley Highway (SR 181 / 84th Ave S)
- Van Doren's Landing industrial park
- Kent Station and the accesso ShoWare Center
Who we deliver to in Kent.
Freight forwarders & brokers
Recovery from SEA, delivered to your dock or your consignee
Manufacturers & suppliers
Palletized freight, parts runs, and machine-down urgency
Medical, dental & lab
Time-sensitive consignments with appointment windows
Retail, hospitality & trades
Liftgate, inside delivery, and restricted receiving hours
Local questions
Kent freight questions.
How quickly can you get freight from SEA to Kent?
About 8 miles southeast of SEA: one of the shortest airport-to-dock runs in the region, usually 15-20 minutes via SR 518 to I-5 or the Military Road / S 200th surface route. Kent is the single densest destination for SEA airport recovery freight, and its two parallel north-south arterials mean a driver can often make several valley stops without ever touching a freeway. In practice the drive is rarely the constraint. Release status at the warehouse and the receiving hours at the far end decide the day far more often than traffic does. Give dispatch the arrival notice time and the consignee's receiving window and you will get a straight answer about whether it lands today or tomorrow morning.
Dispatch · 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Moving freight in Kent?
Tell us what is moving and where it has to be. Dispatch comes straight back to you.