{"id":774,"date":"2024-09-06T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/?p=774"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:14:56","slug":"port-of-portland-presents-strategy-to-sustain-container-service-at-key-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/news\/port-of-portland-presents-strategy-to-sustain-container-service-at-key-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Portland Presents Strategy to Sustain Container Service at Key Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"774\" class=\"elementor elementor-774\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f034598 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f034598\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7551c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c7551c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A coalition of shipping stakeholders has delivered a business plan to Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, containing proposed measures to keep international container service running at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/freight-forwarder-portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Port of Portland<\/a>\u2018s Terminal 6 (T6).<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\"><h2>Key points<\/h2><ul><li>A coalition delivered a detailed business plan to Oregon\u2019s Governor to maintain container services at Terminal 6 in Portland.<\/li><li>The terminal initially planned to shut down container intake due to financial losses but received a reprieve with a $40 million state investment.<\/li><li>The port aims to double container volumes at T6 by 2032, with the support of shippers, carriers, operators, and longshoremen.<\/li><li>Further financial support for T6 could be included in Oregon\u2019s 2025-2027 budget, pending state legislature approval.<\/li><\/ul><h2><span id=\"Stakeholders_Propose_Plan_Amidst_Financial_Struggles\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span>Stakeholders Propose Plan Amidst Financial Struggles<\/h2><p>In April, the port had initially announced plans to shut down container intake at T6 by October, after the terminal experienced $30 million in losses over three years. That led to an outpouring of advocacy from local businesses and lawmakers, who voiced concerns over losing what\u2019s currently Oregon\u2019s only international container terminal. The terminal got a reprieve in May, when Governor Kotek said that she would be allocating\u00a0<strong>$40 million<\/strong>\u00a0to fund capital investments at T6, on the condition that stakeholders at the port put together a comprehensive business plan.<\/p><h2><span id=\"Plan_to_Boost_Container_Volumes_and_Stakeholder_Collaboration\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span>Plan to Boost Container Volumes and Stakeholder Collaboration<\/h2><p>The consequent plan details how T6 has often struggled with container volumes, adding that the port has been negotiating with ocean carriers to increase vessel allocations at the terminal. Over the next five to seven years, the port plans to work with shippers, carriers, operators and longshoremen to double container volumes at T6 by 2032. The port also agreed in 2023 to 16-20% rate increases for carriers using the terminal.<\/p><h2><span id=\"Executive_Commitment_and_Future_Financial_Support\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span>Executive Commitment and Future Financial Support<\/h2><p>\u201cMaking sure container service remains available for Oregonians and businesses across the region will require public and private support,\u201d Port of Portland executive director Curtis Robinhold said in an August 23 release. \u201cThis is a critical piece of Oregon\u2019s economy, and it urgently needs financial assistance from the state to continue to serve shippers across all of Oregon.\u201d<\/p><h2><span id=\"Potential_for_Additional_Funding\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span>Potential for Additional Funding<\/h2><p>More financial help could be on the horizon for T6 in Oregon\u2019s upcoming 2025-2027 biennial budget, which includes a proposal for another\u00a0<strong>$35 million<\/strong>\u00a0to fund container operations at the terminal, and channel maintenance costs for the lower Columbia River. Those funds still need to be approved by state lawmakers in September.<\/p><p>For more information, you can check out the related\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelink.com\/news\/port-portland-delivers-plan-keep-container-503200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0on MarineLink. Additional insights are available from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2023\/08\/port-of-portland-takes-steps-to-maintain-international-container-service-at-terminal-6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OregonLive<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joc.com\/port-news\/port-portland-receives-40m-investment-doubling-container-capacity_20230823.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JOC<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of shipping stakeholders has delivered a business plan to Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, containing proposed measures to keep international container service running at the\u00a0Port of Portland\u2018s Terminal 6 (T6). Key points A coalition delivered a detailed business plan to Oregon\u2019s Governor to maintain container services at Terminal 6 in Portland. The terminal initially<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}