Awa ʻo Tacoma vs. Awa ʻo Seattle: ʻO wai ka puka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā lawe mai Kina?
Introduction
Inā ʻoe e lawe mai ana i nā mea mai Kina a i ka Pākīpika Komohana ʻĀkau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe inā e hoʻouna i kāu mau mea ma o ke awa ʻo Tacoma a i ʻole ke awa ʻo Seattle. ʻIke like nā awa ʻelua ma ka ʻili. Hoʻokele ʻia lāua ʻelua e ka hui hoʻokahi, he 30 mile ka mamao, a he mau wahi komo koʻikoʻi lāua ʻelua ma ke ala kālepa trans-Pacific. Akā inā ʻoe e nānā hohonu iki, e ʻike ʻoe he hiki i ke koho ma waena o nā mea ʻelua ke loaʻa ka hopena nui i ka lōʻihi o ka hiki ʻana i laila, ke kumukūʻai, a me ke ʻano o ka maʻalahi o kāu kaulahao lako.
Hoʻohana kēia ʻatikala i ka ʻikepili kālepa hou loa mai 2024 a i 2025 e wehewehe i nā ʻokoʻa maoli ma waena o nā awa ʻelua. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i kahi hoʻoholo ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no kāu ʻoihana.
Ke hoʻomaopopo nei i ka Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)
He mea nui e ʻike ua holo pū ka Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) i ke awa o Seattle a me ke awa o Tacoma mai ka makahiki 2015 ma mua o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā awa ʻelua ma ka ʻaoʻao. Hoʻokele ka NWSA i nā kikowaena ipu ma nā awa ʻelua ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana hana ukana moana hoʻokahi. ʻO ke ʻano o kēia, ua hana ʻia nā hoʻopaʻa ukana, nā hana kikowaena, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā moku ma ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokahi. No laila, ma nā ʻano he nui, ʻo ke koho ʻana i kāu awa komo e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka hana o ke kikowaena ma mua o ke koho ʻana ma waena o ʻelua mau hui hoʻokūkū.
Ua lawelawe ka NWSA i 3.3 miliona TEU i ka makahiki 2024, he piʻi 12.3% ma mua o 3 miliona TEU o ka makahiki 2023. ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia ma muli o ka hoʻouna ʻana o nā mea hoʻouna ukana i nā waiwai ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻauhau o ʻAmelika. ʻO Kina nō naʻe ka hoa kālepa koʻikoʻi loa, me 677,071 TEU e hiki mai ana. ʻO Vietnam ka mea aʻe me 184,457 TEU, a ʻo Iapana ke kolu me 86,184 TEU. ʻO ke kālepa ma waena o ʻAsia a me ka Pākīpika he 92.2% o nā hana a pau a ka NWSA.
Nā Kumu Hoʻokomo Kiʻekiʻe o NWSA (2024)
| Rank | Ka'āina o ka hoʻomaka | Nā TEU (2024) |
| 1 | China | 677,071 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 184,457 |
| 3 | Iapana | 86,184 |
| 4 | Kōlea Hema | 78,823 |
| 5 | Taiwan | 55,555 |
Ke awa o Tacoma vs. ke awa o Seattle: Nā ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi
Hoʻonohonoho a me nā ʻōnaehana kikowaena
ʻO ke kikowaena moku ʻo Washington United, ʻo Husky Terminal, a me Pierce County Terminal kekahi o nā hale hana ipu nui loa ma ke awa ʻo Tacoma (South Harbor). Ua pili mau ia me nā ukana ʻoihana kaumaha a he nui nā pilina kaʻaahi ma ke awa, ka mea e lilo ai ia i mea koho kaulana no nā mea hoʻouna ukana e huki ana i nā ipu i uka i ka Midwest a ma ʻō aku. Manaʻo pinepine ka poʻe ʻaʻole i piha nā kikowaena moku o Tacoma ma mua o ko Seattle, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma ka mōʻaukala, hiki i nā moku ke huli wikiwiki.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke awa o Seattle (North Harbor) e Terminal 18 a me Terminal 5. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka Phase 2 o Terminal 5 i ka hapaha mua o 2024, e ʻae ana iā ia e lawelawe i nā moku a hiki i 16,000 TEU. ʻO ka MSC Ilenia, he moku nui 16,000 TEU, ka mea i kāhea nui loa aku i Terminal 5 i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Malaki 2025. ʻO kēia hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kahua o Seattle e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki ʻana o nā moku nui e holo ana ma ke ala trans-Pacific e kū ma laila. He mea nui kēia no nā mea hoʻouna moku e makemake ana e loaʻa nā uku ukana maikaʻi loa no nā waʻa kiʻekiʻe.
Nā Manawa Transit mai Kina mai
Loaʻa i nā awa ʻelua nā puka makani transit ma waena o ka Pākīpika i like loa. Ke hoʻouna ʻoe i nā waiwai ma ke kai mai nā awa nui o Kina e like me Shanghai, Shenzhen, Ningbo, a i ʻole Qingdao i kekahi o nā awa, he 12 a 16 mau lā ka lōʻihi no nā lawelawe FCL pololei. ʻO nā ukana LCL a i ʻole nā mea e pono ai ke hoʻoili ʻia e lawe paha i 3 a 7 mau lā hou aku. ʻO ka manawa e pono ai e hele mai Tacoma a i Seattle ma ka moku he 1 a 2 mau lā wale nō ka lōʻihi, ma muli o ka mea lawe a me ke ʻano o ka moku.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻokoʻa i ka wā e pili ana i ka manawa noho o ke awa a me ka wā lawe i uka. ʻAʻole i piha nā kikowaena o Tacoma, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāna mau pilina kaʻaahi ma ke kahua. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia no nā mea lawe mai e makemake ana e hoʻouna i nā waiwai ma ka hikina o Cascades.
Manawa Transit i Manaʻo ʻia: Kina a i Tacoma / Seattle (Ocean Freight)
| awa kumu (Kina) | ʻAno lawelawe | Ka Manaʻo o ka Transit (Awa-i-Awa) |
| Shanghai | FCL Direct | 12-15 mau lā |
| Shenzhen / Yantian | FCL Direct | 13-16 mau lā |
| Ningbo | FCL Direct | 12-14 mau lā |
| Qingdao | FCL Direct | 14-17 mau lā |
| Kekahi awa nui | LCL / Hoʻoili ukana | 18-25 mau lā |
ʻIkepili Paʻa a me ka Lohi o ke Awa
Wahi a ka ʻike hou mai Descartes, ua lōʻihi mau ka lohi o ka halihali ma Seattle ma mua o Tacoma. ʻO Seattle ke awa paʻahana loa ma ke Komohana Komohana i Mei 2025, me ka lohi awelika o 7.5 mau lā. ʻAʻole nui ka loli i ʻike ʻia e Tacoma. I Iulai 2025, ua noho ka lohi awelika o Seattle ma 6.5 mau lā, akā ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Tacoma a he 2.9 mau lā wale nō. ʻO kēia hakahaka e hana mau nei e lilo ai ʻo Tacoma i koho maikaʻi loa i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e hiki mai ai kāu lawe ʻana.
ʻOiai kēlā, ua loli koke ka nui o nā ukana o Tacoma i ka wā i hoʻokau ʻia ai nā ʻauhau. I Mei 2025, ua ʻike ʻo Tacoma i ka emi ʻana o 43.6% o nā ukana mai Kina mai ka mahina i hala. ʻO kēia ka emi nui loa ma ke Komohana Komohana, e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka maʻalahi o Tacoma i nā loli o ke kālepa ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kina. ʻO Tacoma wale nō ke awa Komohana Komohana i ʻike i ka ulu ʻana (piʻi 5.3%) i Kepakemapa 2025, ʻoiai ua ʻike nā puka nui ʻē aʻe i ka emi ʻana. Hōʻike kēia e ʻoi aku ka paʻa o nā lawelawe lawe ukana like ʻole o Tacoma.
ʻO ka awelika o nā lohi o ka Transit Port — Nā mahina i koho ʻia, 2025
| Mahina | Port o Tacoma | Awa o Seattle |
| e 2025 | Hoʻololi liʻiliʻi loa | 7.5 mau lā (kiʻekiʻe loa ma WC) |
| July 2025 | 2.9 la | 6.5 la |
| 'Aukake 2025 | Piʻi iki (+0.2) | Piʻi iki (+0.3) |
| 'Okakopa 2025 | Piʻi iki (+1.1) | Piʻi iki (+0.5) |
Hoʻohui Kūloko: Kaʻaahi a me nā Kalaka
ʻO ka ʻōnaehana kaʻaahi ma luna o ka uapo o Tacoma kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua. Hoʻopili pololei ʻia nā awa o Tacoma i nā laina kaʻaahi BNSF a me Union Pacific, no laila hiki i nā ipu ke hele mai kekahi moku a i kekahi kaʻaahi me ka ʻole o ka lawe ʻana iā lākou ma o ka dray. ʻO nā mea lawe mai e hoʻouna ana i nā kikowaena hāʻawi ma Denver, Chicago, Kansas City, a i ʻole nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o Midwest e mālama i ka manawa a me ke kālā me kēia.
Hāʻawi pū ʻo Terminal 18 o Seattle i ke komo ʻana i ke kaʻaahi, ʻoiai i kekahi mau hihia, ʻo ke ʻano o kona hoʻonohonoho ʻana e hoʻolilo i ka neʻe ʻana o nā dray i mea paʻakikī, kahi e hoʻolilo ai i ka manawa a me ke kālā. E emi nui ana ka ʻokoʻa no nā ukana e noho ana ma ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona a i ʻole e hele i Oregon a i ʻole Idaho. Loaʻa i nā awa ʻelua nā pilina kaʻa ukana maikaʻi, a he maʻalahi ke hele i I-5, I-90, a me Highway 16.
Nā Manaʻo no ke Alanui ʻana o FCL vs. LCL
He koho maikaʻi kēlā me kēia awa no nā waiwai ukana piha (FCL) e hele pololei mai ana mai kahi hale hana Kina. ʻO ke alapine (pinepine) o ka hana a ka mea lawe, ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻouna ʻana, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kikowaena i ka manawa o ke kau ʻana, ʻo ia nā mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai. No nā ukana i emi iho ma mua o ka ukana piha (LCL), ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kahua no ka hoʻohui ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana ma kēlā me kēia awa. He nui nā hale hana CFS (Container Freight Station) a me nā ʻoihana logistics ʻaoʻao ʻekolu o Tacoma e loea ana i ka wehe ʻana o LCL. ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai i koho maikaʻi loa no nā mea lawe mai liʻiliʻi a waena i ʻole i ka nui FCL.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Seattle i kona hiki ke lawelawe i nā ukana LCL i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o ka hoʻonui ʻana o Terminal 5. No ka hapa nui o nā lawe mai LCL maʻamau mai Kina mai, hāʻawi nā awa ʻelua i nā kumukūʻai like a me ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka lewa paʻahana ʻole o Tacoma pinepine ia e loaʻa koke nā pickups ma hope o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ukana.
Ke awa o Tacoma vs. ke awa o Seattle: Hoʻohālikelike ʻaoʻao
| Nā kumu | Port o Tacoma | Awa o Seattle |
| Ke lawelawe ʻia nei e | NWSA (hui pū) | NWSA (hui pū) |
| Nā kikowaena koʻikoʻi | WUT, Husky Terminal, PCT | Kikowaena 5, Kikowaena 18 |
| Kaʻaahi ma luna o ke kahua uapo | Ikaika — BNSF + UP pololei | Loaʻa, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka dray |
| Ka lohi awelika (Iulai 2025) | 2.9 la | 6.5 la |
| Ka mana o ka moku nui | Maikaʻi loa | Maikaʻi loa (ma hope o ka T5 Phase 2) |
| Ua kūpono no | Kaʻaahi kūloko, hiki ke wānana | Nā moku nui, nā lawelawe like ʻole |
| Ka lawelawe ʻana o LCL | Pūnaewele CFS i hoʻokumu maikaʻi ʻia | Ke ulu nei, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana |
Ka Hopena o ke Kānāwai a me nā ʻAno Kālepa 2025
Ua hoʻolilo nā ʻauhau ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kina i ka hoʻouna ʻana ma luna o ka Pakipika i ka makahiki 2025 i mea paʻakikī loa ke wānana. Ua ʻōlelo ka NWSA i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2025, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā moku i kipa ʻia ma mua o 2024, akā ʻo ka nui o ka ukana ma kēlā me kēia moku he 30% ka emi ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ma muli o nā kauoha i hoʻopau ʻia a me ka maopopo ʻole e pili ana i nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Ua kau nā mea lawe mai i nā kauoha ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o nā ʻauhau a laila hoʻihoʻi koke i ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai nā ʻauhau hou.
ʻO Kina nō ka hapa nui o nā mea lawe mai NWSA, akā aia ia ma lalo o ke kaomi kūkulu ʻana i ka wā e hoʻokaʻawale ana ka ʻāina i kāna mau mea lawe mai i Asia Hikina Hema ma ka wikiwiki. Ke kōkua nei ka puka komo NWSA iā Vietnam, Indonesia, a me Thailand e ulu wikiwiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No nā mea lawe mai e makemake e hoʻokaʻawale i kā lākou kaulahao lako, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he nui aʻe nā lawelawe pololei mai kēia mau kumu ʻē aʻe i loaʻa iā Tacoma a me Seattle he mea hoʻohui nui ia. Hiki iā ia ke kōkua i nā mea lawe mai e hoʻololi mālie i kahi e loaʻa ai kā lākou waiwai me ka ʻole o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kahua ma ko lākou mau awa i hele ʻia.
Pehea e hiki ai i ka hoʻouna ʻana o Topway ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i kēia koho
ʻAʻole pinepine ʻoe e koho ma waena o Tacoma lāua ʻo Seattle no ka maikaʻi. ʻO ia ka manawa e pono ai kahi mea hoʻouna ukana maikaʻi. ʻO Topway Shipping, aia ma Shenzhen, Kina, he mea hoʻolako mākaukau no nā hoʻonā logistics e-commerce ma waena o nā palena mai ka makahiki 2010. ʻOi aku ma mua o 15 mau makahiki o ka ʻike loea o ka hui hoʻokumu o ka hui i ka logistics honua a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe dute.
He loea ʻo Topway Shipping i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā waiwai ma waena o Kina a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Mālama lākou i ke kaulahao logistics holoʻokoʻa, mai ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau waiwai mai kāu mea hoʻolako Kina a hiki i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana iā lākou no ka hoʻokuʻu aku, ka hoʻouna ʻana iā lākou ma ke kai (ʻo FCL a me LCL), ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana iā lākou ma o nā dute US ma Tacoma a me Seattle, ka mālama ʻana iā lākou ma nā ʻāina ʻē, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i kāu poʻe kūʻai aku a i ʻole nā kikowaena hāʻawi. No ka mea, ʻike nui lākou e pili ana i nā papa manawa lawe trans-Pacific a me nā kūlana terminal, hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi ikaika i ke ala awa maikaʻi loa i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai ʻoe, he pono nui ia i ka wā e loli ai nā manawa transit a me ke kūpikipikiʻi o ke awa mai kēlā pule a i kēia pule.
ʻO nā hoʻonā maʻalahi a Topway e hiki ai ke ulu me ka ʻole o ka paʻa ʻana me kahi ala hoʻokahi, inā paha he mea kūʻai aku ʻoe ma Amazon FBA e hoʻohui ana i ka ukana LCL mai kekahi mau mea hoʻolako ma Guangdong a i ʻole kahi mea lawe mai kuʻuna e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka FCL i hoʻolaʻa ʻia mai kahi mea hana ma Zhejiang.
Panina
ʻO ke awa ʻo Tacoma a me ke awa ʻo Seattle nā wahi maikaʻi no Kina e hoʻouna i nā waiwai, a hana maikaʻi lāua ma mua o ke kūʻē ʻana kekahi i kekahi ma lalo o ka malu o NWSA. Loaʻa iā Tacoma kahi pono hana maopopo inā mālama ʻoe i ka transit wānana, ke komo ʻana i ke kaʻaahi ma ke kahua, a me ka emi ʻana o ka paʻa ʻana ma ke awa. Kākoʻo ʻia kēia e nā helu helu mau e hōʻike ana i nā manawa lohi pōkole a me ka hana maikaʻi loa i ka wā o ka emi ʻana o ka mākeke. Ke lilo nei ka Terminal 5 i hoʻonui ʻia o Seattle i mea hoihoi inā pili kāu hoʻolālā hoʻouna i ka hiki ʻana i nā moku nui loa a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana kikowaena hou.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā mea lawe mai e mākaukau e hoʻololi i kā lākou mau hoʻolālā. E ʻimi i kahi hoa ukana i ʻike i kā lākou hana, e like me Topway Shipping. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā moku, nā pālahalaha uku, a me nā kūlana terminal ma nā awa ʻelua i ka manawa maoli no ʻoe. I loko o kahi honua kalepa kahi e loli ai nā tariffs a loli nā pūnaewele lawe, ʻoi aku ka waiwai o kēlā maʻalahi ma mua o nā pono kūkulu o kekahi awa hoʻokahi.
FAQs
N: Ke hoʻokele ʻokoʻa ʻia nei ke awa ʻo Tacoma a me ke awa ʻo Seattle?
A: ʻAʻole. Mai ka makahiki 2015, ua holo pū ka Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) i nā awa ʻelua. ʻOiai ʻo ko lākou mau kikowaena a me nā wahi kino he 30 mile ka mamao, hana pū lākou ma ke ʻano he puka hoʻokahi no nā hana ukana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā moku.
Q: ʻO wai ke awa i ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā dute no nā mea i lawe ʻia mai Kina?
A: Hoʻoponopono nā awa ʻelua i nā ʻae ʻana o CBP ma kahi o ka manawa like. ʻAʻole koʻikoʻi ka awa ponoʻī e like me ka pololei o kāu mau pepa a inā paha ua hōʻailona ʻia kāu mau huahana no ka nānā ʻana. ʻO ke koho maikaʻi loa e wikiwiki i ka ʻae ʻana, ʻo ia ka hana pū ʻana me kahi mea kūʻai aku dute i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia.
Q: Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻouna ʻana mai Kina a i ke awa ʻo Tacoma?
A: ʻO ka lawe pololei ʻana i ka ukana kai FCL mai nā awa nui o Kina ma kahi o 12 a 16 mau lā e hele ai mai kekahi awa a i kekahi. ʻO nā ukana LCL a i ʻole transshipment hiki ke hala i 18 a 25 mau lā. ʻO ka manawa holoʻokoʻa mai ka puka a ka puka, me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā dute a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mile hope loa, maʻamau ma waena o 20 a me 30 mau lā.
Q: Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Topway Shipping i ke ala hele ma o Tacoma lāua ʻo Seattle?
A: ʻAe. Hāʻawi ʻo Topway Shipping i ke ala hele maʻalahi i nā awa nui o ke Komohana Komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me Tacoma lāua ʻo Seattle. Mālama pū lākou i nā papa manawa o ka mea lawe a me nā kūlana o ke kikowaena e hōʻike i ke ala maikaʻi loa i ka manawa o kāu hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
Q: ʻO wai ke awa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā hoʻouna Amazon FBA mai Kina mai?
A: ʻO Tacoma pinepine ke koho maikaʻi loa no nā ukana FBA e hele ana i nā kikowaena hoʻokō ma Midwest a me Pacific Northwest no ka mea he mau pilina kaʻaahi maikaʻi ma ke kahua kaʻaahi a emi iki ka nui o ka poʻe e hele ana ma ka awelika. ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo, ʻo ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kahi o kāu hale hoʻokō a me nā mea lawe e loaʻa ana i kēia manawa.
