The state’s only shipping container service will close in October after Port of Portland officials say a deal with a third party operator fell through. Officials say that lease would have been a vital part of making the container service at Terminal 6 affordable.

The Port of Portland says it cannot afford to keep the state’s only shipping container terminal open past September after a deal with a third-party operator fell through. Despite more business, costs have gone up, pushing the port’s container facility into the red.

The Port of Portland has lost more than $30 million during the past three years, the agency stated in a news release last month. That includes a projected $14 million shortfall for this year.

  • @jordanlundOPMEnglish
    1•5 months ago

    Nope, that’s the one. Next closest is Tacoma.

    So containers bound for Oregon will have to come in to Tacoma and then get shipped via rail or truck to here. Extra 150 miles?

    • NeuromancerEnglish
      -3•5 months ago

      Does Newport have one? I thought I saw one somewhere else. I think Astoria use to have one but I don’t think it’s operation. I think it’s just remnants of the military base

      • @jordanlundOPMEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        Newport is largely a fishing port, not a cargo port. :(

        • NeuromancerEnglish
          -3•5 months ago

          Coos bay. Had to google it. I knew I saw it somewhere during my drives.

            • NeuromancerEnglish
              -3•5 months ago

              The Port of Coos Bay is the only shipping facility between San Francisco and Portland.

              That I didn’t know.

              Growing up in the Midwest. I’ve always been fascinated by all the ships. Nothing like that in the Midwest. We have some barges but that’s about it.

              • @jordanlundOPMEnglish
                1•5 months ago

                Yeah, my wife is from Kansas. I get that… We went to the beach and I had to run down all the rules I had to learn…

                1. The sea-weed marks the high water line, don’t camp below the high water line.

                2. Get your high tide and low tide time tables ready and always know what time it is.

                3. Never turn your back to the ocean.
                  3a) Sneaker waves:
                  https://www.weather.gov/safety/sneaker-waves
                  3b) Rogue logs:
                  https://www.weather.gov/safety/ripcurrent-waves

                4. If you find yourself washed offshore, swim PARALLEL to the beach, not directly AT the beach. If you try to swim straight to shore, you’ll exhaust yourself and drown.

                https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/03coastal3.html

                And she was like “Wait, how do you know all this?” and I’m like… “They teach this in school, you know, so we don’t die…”

                • NeuromancerEnglish
                  -2•5 months ago

                  You can camp on the beach?!? I’m trying to figure out the fire rules on the beach as well.

                  • @jordanlundOPMEnglish
                    1•5 months ago

                    https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=193

                    What kind of fire can I have on the beach?

                    Small recreational fires that are:

                    3’X3’ or smaller

                    made of natural, untreated natural wood free of attached metal, nails, glass or plastic objects (e.g., not pallets)

                    started with non-petroleum-based products

                    located in open, dry sand well away (at least 25 ft.) from any vegetation, driftwood, other combustible materials or beach access points

                    not located in dunes or in or near vegetation, small wood debris or log accumulations

                    not left unattended

                    not allowed to cause damage to facilities or natural resources

                    extinguished completely with water (NOT sand) before users leave the area

                    not in seasonally restricted Western Snowy Plover habitat areas
                    https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/pcb/pages/pcb-plovers.aspx?

                    You may apply for a special use permit for larger fires.

                    Fires may be temporarily prohibited due to high fire hazard conditions.