A Hapag-Lloyd container ship in Hong Kong. About half of all cargo ships in operation are made in China. (Paul Yeung/Bloomberg News) President Trump’s tariffs have upended global shipping.

The boat weighs 40 tons when light, and 118 tons full. The rear cargo deck measures 22’-wide, and 35.5' from the house.

The absence of big cargo ships on Elliott Bay may be a harbinger of a bigger slowdown at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma as ...