Most of the day the port looked underpowered; just looked like 2 cranes were working. There were a couple of cargo ships and a lot of containers stacked up on the ground inside the port.
I made this very same trip on Oct. 12 and was astounded at how many huge barges were in port with the cranes working away and cargo ships just clogging Elliot Bay.
There were almost crickets chirping out there today. Pretty quiet/
This is a look at the port, It really is an impressive operation on a huge scale.
https://www.portseattle.org/blog/five-fun-facts-about-cargo-ships-and-cranes
How many boats were docked? and the last time too?
I have no idea, I'm just a regular person on the bus. But I've lived here for years and the port is on my bus route and I've watched the goings-on there over a long period of time. On Friday Oct. 22 the port was a ghost town.
Cargo cranes not moving containers off ships, few ships waiting to be unloaded, low level of truck activity, and tall stacks of of shipping containers piled up inside the port authority fenced-in zone.
ThatYellowBastard added a relevant link.