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.

  • tsonfeirEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    I bet we will find that $30 million in the bank accounts of the C-Suite.

  • NeuromancerEnglish
    21·
    7 months ago

    Are there other container ports in Oregon?

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      7 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
        25·
        7 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

          • NeuromancerEnglish
            25·
            7 months ago

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

              • NeuromancerEnglish
                25·
                7 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.