Curious about the cargo ships anchored out in Port Gardner Bay recently?

Curious about the cargo ships anchored out in Port Gardner Bay recently? These ships are located in Port Gardner Bay’s designated federal anchorage and are not destined for the Port of Everett Seaport. The U.S. Coast Guard oversees all federal anchorage sites throughout the nation and assigns space to vessels in need of a place to drop anchor, typically when awaiting dockage at its next port of call. There has been an increase in federal anchorage use around the Puget Sound due in large part to pandemic-related impacts in the shipping industry, primarily affecting the major consumer ports on the U.S. West Coast and Canada.