Door-to-door Tacoma car shipping at the port, with door-to-terminal Alaska sailings, hill streets met below, port traffic planned around, and real bands.
Ship A Car, Inc. arranges door-to-door vehicle transport for Tacoma, the port city on Commencement Bay where I-5 runs the east side, the terminals on the tideflats lift cars onto the weekly sailings to Anchorage, the Dome stands over the freeway, the Hilltop and the North End climb above the bay on streets with a view and a grade, the joint base sits ten minutes south, and Seattle is forty minutes north on a good day. Your car rides with a licensed, insured carrier we vet before it is assigned.
Tacoma sits inside the Puget Sound hub, and its car shipping runs on a short window with the port as its specialty: a car bound for Alaska is picked up at your door and delivered to the terminal for a booked sailing, and the ocean leg is quoted with it. The lots along South 38th at I-5, on Portland Avenue at the tideflats, or on Pacific Highway at the Fife exits take a 75-foot rig a minute off the ramp. Households shipping a car north to Alaska, soldiers and airmen who chose Tacoma over the gate towns, hires at the port and the hospitals on a start date, and families arriving for the price of a house with a view are the shipments we see most. The flat grids take the truck to the door; a Hilltop or North End street with a steep drive meets it below, a base address meets it at a lot by the gates in Lakewood, agreed at booking, and the port traffic sets the hand-off hour on the tideflats.
Speak with a coordinator now at (866) 821-4555 for pickup at any address in Tacoma, Fife, University Place, Puyallup, or Lakewood, or price the exact route in seconds with the instant calculator.
For statewide corridors, seasonal notes, and pricing, see our complete Washington car shipping guide.
A car bound for Anchorage is picked up at your door, delivered to the Tacoma terminal for a booked weekly sailing, and handed off with the gate inspection done; the trucking and the sailing are quoted as two parts.
The Hilltop and the North End climb above the bay at grades a loaded rig will not run, so those addresses get a meeting point below fixed when you book.
Enter your lane, vehicle, and dates in the instant calculator and dispatch books from that figure. One coordinator handles the move from booking to the delivery inspection.
Tacoma prices inside the Puget Sound hub, at the port. Five things move your number:
The price question comes first on every Tacoma call. The bands below are standard-sedan open-transport lanes into and out of Washington that we have booked since 2023, shown as the middle of the market rather than the cheapest or the most expensive order.
Planning figures, not a quote. Enclosed adds about a third, the summer wave firms every lane, and a pickup or a non-running car prices above a sedan. For the real number on your route use the instant calculator or call (866) 821-4555. No deposit is taken until a carrier is assigned to your move.
The terminals lift cars onto the weekly sailings to Anchorage, and the container trucks set the hour.
It stands over I-5 at the middle of town, and the South 38th lot sits beside it.
The Hilltop and the North End climb above the bay, and the steep drives meet the truck below.
The joint base sits ten minutes south, and its cars meet the truck at the gates in Lakewood.
Please note: Estimates on this page are middle-of-the-market bands for standard sedans on open carriers from Washington lanes booked since 2023. Season, fuel, route, and vehicle change the real number, and your calculator quote is the accurate figure.
