Evergreen’s Thalassa Axia, 1,200 feet long and with a 13,800 TEU capacity, arrived Thursday (Nov. 01) and is believed to be the largest ship to call at the port of Tacoma, according to port communications representatives.
It’s an example of the larger ships the port expects to see as they become more common for shipping lines on trans-Pacific routes.
Congress recently signed off on a channel deepening study to accommodate bigger ships at the port.
While this ship’s capacity is substantial, Katie...