Four of the ten ZPMC quayside cranes on the Port of Seattle's Terminal 18 intermodal yard on Harbor Island as seen from West Seattle.
Terminal 18 has four berths on its 4400 foot length in which container ships can anchor, load and unload cargo. With a depth of 50 feet, there is plenty of draft for most of the world's container ships, many of whom are over a 1000 feet long. The standard measurement for intermodal shipping is the TEU, or twenty foot equivalent. It represents the cargo that can be stored in a 20 foot long shipping container. Through Terminal 18, and the other port terminals, over 2 million containers are handled each year. This is enough to rank Seattle's port as the 57th largest in the world. The cranes in the foreground are 210 feet high, have a capacity of over 65 long tons and can delicately hoist loads at 600 feet per minute.
Terminal 18 has four berths on its 4400 foot length in which container ships can anchor, load and unload cargo. With a depth of 50 feet, there is plenty of draft for most of the world's container ships, many of whom are over a 1000 feet long. The standard measurement for intermodal shipping is the TEU, or twenty foot equivalent. It represents the cargo that can be stored in a 20 foot long shipping container. Through Terminal 18, and the other port terminals, over 2 million containers are handled each year. This is enough to rank Seattle's port as the 57th largest in the world. The cranes in the foreground are 210 feet high, have a capacity of over 65 long tons and can delicately hoist loads at 600 feet per minute.
In the background can be seen Century Link and Safeco Fields and Harborview hospital and the south end of the downtown skyline.
Below, Queen Anne Hill, the Space Needle and the north end of downtown Seattle are visible across Elliott Bay as one looks down the West Seattle Bridge.
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