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.
