Power of Attorney

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints any of the following --
the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel,
Stock Plan Administrator, or Stock Plan Assistant -- of Expeditors
International of Washington, Inc. ("Expeditors") as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an executive officer and/or director of Expeditors, Forms 3, 4, and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, including any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is Expeditors assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
Expeditors, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 6th day of March, 2012.

/s/ Philip M. Coughlin