The last week in July continued the up and down trend that we saw throughout the month. International imports, which were down last week, came back up this week, though still slightly under the July 2024 weekly average. Truck transactions were down slightly both week over week and year over year.  

International imports rose 25% from the week before, but were still down 9.4% compared to the July 2024 weekly average. Truck transactions were down 5.9%, which is expected given the lower volumes the week before, they were also down 7% compared to the July 2024 weekly average. Vessel lifts were up a full 41.1% from the week before, but still down 12.4% from the July 2024 weekly average.  

You can find last week’s report here. You can find the full vessel schedule, including the 4 week look ahead and breakdown by harbor, here.

Vessel Calls

*Void (or blank) sailings are when a regularly scheduled service skips our port.

Week Ending July 25 – 13 Voyages (2 Voids, 2 Delayed Arrival) 

Week Ending August 1 – 11 Voyages (4 Delayed Arrivals) 

Week Ending August 8 – 17 Voyages (1 Delayed Arrival) 

Week Ending August 15 – 10 Voyages (2 Voids, 1 Delayed Arrival) 

 

Weekly International Import Containers

Week Ending August 1 – 12,695 containers imported  

-1.3% vs 2025 YTD (12,860)  

-6.6% vs 2024 Weekly Average (13,592)  

-9.4% vs July 2024 Weekly Average (14,007) 

 

Weekly Truck Transactions (Containers In/Out of Terminal via Truck)

Week Ending August 1 – 22,792 truck transactions  

-5.3% vs 2025 YTD Average (24,078)  

-7.0% vs July 2024 Weekly Average (24,497) 

 

Weekly Vessel Lifts (Containers On/Off a Vessel)

*Includes Empty Container Moves   

Week Ending August 1 – 27,009 

-0.4% vs 2025 YTD Average (27,105)  

-12.4% vs July 2024 Weekly Average (30,842) 

The NWSA has been tracking the announcement last week of additional tariffs on India, raising the rate to 50% starting August 27. India is our 9th largest trading partner by container volume, and 10th largest by vessel value. Top import commodities are ‘other textiles’, ‘stone, plaster & cement’, ‘other machinery’, shellfish and furniture. Top exports are apples, legumes, scrap metal, and paper & paper board.  

Washington state is the #1 apple producer in the U.S. and apples are the state’s top commodity by dollar value. In 2024, India was the second largest destination for apples via our terminals.  

India is the top destination for pulses, a subset of the Legume category, that move through the NWSA gateway. Pre-tariffs the NWSA exports 3,000+ TEUs and currently move a little over half of that volume. Washington state is the #3 producer of lentils. 

India is one of the best examples of what can happen to our local ag market when tariffs and retaliatory tariffs are issued. In 2019 India imposed a retaliatory tariff on U.S. apples and pulses. This decimated the India apple market through our gateway, from 11,000 TEUs in 2018 to 363 TEUs in 2022. Though volumes rebounded in June 2023 after India lifted its retaliatory tariff, they were still 70% below where they were before tariffs, with 3,479 TEUs in 2024. New suppliers had been found while the tariffs were in effect and it's very difficult to regain market share once lost.