Port of Bellingham
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The Port of Bellingham is a public port district in Washington State that manages Bellingham’s waterfront, marina, and related commercial and industrial facilities, supporting regional trade and economic development.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Bellingham canonical | 17 |
| Bellingham Cruise Terminal | 3 |
| Bellingham Shipping Terminal | 2 |
| Port of Bellingham harbor system | 2 |
| Port of Bellingham Board of Commissioners | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2511532 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Bellingham Context triple: [Bellingham metropolitan area, port, Port of Bellingham]
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A.
Port of Anacortes
The Port of Anacortes is a public port district and maritime hub in Anacortes, Washington, providing commercial, industrial, and recreational waterfront facilities on Fidalgo Bay.
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B.
Port of Bremerton
The Port of Bremerton is a public port district in Kitsap County, Washington, that operates marinas, an airport, and industrial facilities to support regional transportation and economic development.
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C.
Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is a major deep-water seaport in Washington State that serves as a key hub for international container shipping and trade in the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
Port of Olympia
The Port of Olympia is a public port authority and maritime facility in Washington State that supports regional trade, shipping, and economic development.
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E.
Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and aviation hub that manages cargo and cruise terminals as well as Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Bellingham Target entity description: The Port of Bellingham is a public port district in Washington State that manages Bellingham’s waterfront, marina, and related commercial and industrial facilities, supporting regional trade and economic development.
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A.
Port of Anacortes
The Port of Anacortes is a public port district and maritime hub in Anacortes, Washington, providing commercial, industrial, and recreational waterfront facilities on Fidalgo Bay.
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B.
Port of Bremerton
The Port of Bremerton is a public port district in Kitsap County, Washington, that operates marinas, an airport, and industrial facilities to support regional transportation and economic development.
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C.
Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is a major deep-water seaport in Washington State that serves as a key hub for international container shipping and trade in the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
Port of Olympia
The Port of Olympia is a public port authority and maritime facility in Washington State that supports regional trade, shipping, and economic development.
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E.
Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and aviation hub that manages cargo and cruise terminals as well as Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public port district
ⓘ
special purpose district ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
City of Bellingham
ⓘ
Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ Whatcom County government ⓘ
linked to:
Whatcom County
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy | voters of Whatcom County ⓘ |
| governedBy | elected commissioners ⓘ |
| governs | Bellingham International Airport operations ⓘ |
| hasBoard |
Port of Bellingham Board of Commissioners
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Bellingham
|
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Bellingham, Washington ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
Whatcom County, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Whatcom County
|
| hasServiceArea |
Whatcom County, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Whatcom County
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.portofbellingham.com ⓘ |
| industry |
aviation
ⓘ
economic development ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ real estate management ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bellingham, Washington
ⓘ
Whatcom County, Washington ⓘ
linked to:
Whatcom County
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Washington State
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington State, United States
|
| manages |
Bellingham Cruise Terminal
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Bellingham
Bellingham International Airport ⓘ Bellingham Shipping Terminal ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Bellingham
Bellingham marinas ⓘ Bellingham waterfront ⓘ Blaine Harbor ⓘ Squalicum Harbor ⓘ commercial properties ⓘ industrial properties ⓘ |
| operatorOf |
Alaska Marine Highway System Bellingham terminal
ⓘ
Bellingham Cruise Terminal ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Bellingham
Bellingham Shipping Terminal ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Bellingham
Blaine Harbor marina ⓘ Squalicum Harbor marina ⓘ
linked to:
Squalicum Harbor
|
| owns |
Bellingham International Airport
ⓘ
waterfront industrial lands in Bellingham ⓘ |
| partOf | public port system of Washington State ⓘ |
| purpose |
develop and manage marine and aviation facilities
ⓘ
promote economic development in Whatcom County ⓘ support job creation ⓘ |
| supports |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
ferry services ⓘ marine cargo operations ⓘ marine recreation ⓘ regional economic development ⓘ regional trade ⓘ |
| typeOfPortActivities |
cargo handling
ⓘ
industrial property leasing ⓘ marina moorage ⓘ passenger services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Port of Bellingham Description of subject: The Port of Bellingham is a public port district in Washington State that manages Bellingham’s waterfront, marina, and related commercial and industrial facilities, supporting regional trade and economic development.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Port of Bellingham
linked to: Port of Bellingham
linked to: Port of Bellingham
linked to: Port of Bellingham
linked to: Port of Bellingham
linked to: Port of Bellingham
subject linked to:
western Washington
linked to: Port of Bellingham
linked to: Port of Bellingham