Service area · King County
Freight delivery and airport cargo recovery in Seattle.
About 14 miles north of SEA. The airport-to-downtown run is I-5 or SR 99, but nearly all cargo work uses SR 518 to I-5 or the East Marginal Way / 1st Ave S surface route straight into SODO and Georgetown, often faster than the freeway in peak hours. Boeing Field sits about halfway, which makes combined SEA-plus-BFI recovery runs practical in one trip.
Recovery into Seattle
Recovering your air freight from SEA to Seattle.
We collect import freight at the airline and handler warehouses at Seattle-Tacoma International and run it out to Seattle. 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.
Seattle receiving realities.
Seattle's freight economy is concentrated in two city-designated Manufacturing/Industrial Centers: the Greater Duwamish MIC (SODO, Georgetown, South Park, Harbor Island) and the Ballard-Interbay-Northend MIC. Together they hold roughly 12% of the city's land and support around 100,000 industrial and maritime jobs: steel and machine shops, marine suppliers, cold storage, printing, brewing, and hundreds of freight forwarders and customs brokers clustered near Boeing Field and East Marginal Way. Downtown adds a completely different delivery profile: high-rise law and architecture firms, First Hill and South Lake Union hospitals and biotech labs, and hotels.
Districts and corridors we run to
- Greater Duwamish Manufacturing/Industrial Center (SODO, Georgetown, South Park)
- Ballard-Interbay-Northend MIC and Fishermen's Terminal
- King County International Airport / Boeing Field
- East Marginal Way S freight corridor
Who we deliver to in Seattle.
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
Seattle freight questions.
How quickly can you get freight from SEA to Seattle?
About 14 miles north of SEA. The airport-to-downtown run is I-5 or SR 99, but nearly all cargo work uses SR 518 to I-5 or the East Marginal Way / 1st Ave S surface route straight into SODO and Georgetown, often faster than the freeway in peak hours. Boeing Field sits about halfway, which makes combined SEA-plus-BFI recovery runs practical in one trip. 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 Seattle?
Tell us what is moving and where it has to be. Dispatch comes straight back to you.