Trucks carrying shipping containers wait to be unloaded and stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., Aug. 11, 2025. Tariffs on Chinese goods were set to raise to 145% at midnight tonight, but US President Donald Trump announced he would again extend the tariff deadline by 90 days.

As the on-again, off-again tariff war continues, I’ve photographed shipping activity at the Port of Seattle for a few outlets. It’s such a fun thing to photograph, I can’t imagine what it’d be like to actually be on the ground among the shipping containers….hoping an assignment like that comes through some time. 

Trucks carrying shipping containers wait to be unloaded and stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., Aug. 11, 2025. Tariffs on Chinese goods were set to raise to 145% at midnight tonight, but US President Donald Trump announced he would again extend the tariff deadline by 90 days.
Semi-trucks stand parked outside the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., Aug. 11, 2025. Tariffs on Chinese goods were set to raise to 145% at midnight tonight, but US President Donald Trump announced he would again extend the tariff deadline by 90 days.
Shipping containers stand stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., Aug. 11, 2025. Tariffs on Chinese goods were set to raise to 145% at midnight tonight, but US President Donald Trump announced he would again extend the tariff deadline by 90 days.
Shipping containers stand stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., April 4, 2025.
Shipping containers stand stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., April 4, 2025.
Shipping containers stand stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., April 4, 2025.
Mount Rainier is visible in the distance beyond the West Seattle Bridge and shipping containers stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., April 4, 2025.
Trucks carrying shipping containers drive near the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., Aug. 11, 2025. Tariffs on Chinese goods were set to raise to 145% at midnight tonight, but US President Donald Trump announced he would again extend the tariff deadline by 90 days.
Shipping containers stand stacked in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., April 4, 2025.
Seen behind a chainlink fence, a semi-trucks carries a shipping container in the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., Aug. 11, 2025. Tariffs on Chinese goods were set to raise to 145% at midnight tonight, but US President Donald Trump announced he would again extend the tariff deadline by 90 days.
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