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Re: News for the Port of Portland
Author: The Voice
Date: 04-08-2015 - 10:26
BOB2 Wrote:
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> Portland is just not a particularly good container
> port, because you can have a container there in
> about 5 hours from Seattle/Tacoma. SEA/TAC is
> just a bigger better port complex with
> significantly greater economies of scale, serving
> a much larger population base (including northern
> Oregon), with as good, or better landside access,
> with exactly the same union, but at a much lower
> cost per unit handled.
Granted, Portland has never been a contender as a major container port. But it has been quite successful for years as a viable option for exporting local commodities- as well as an outlet for filling otherwise m-t's for backhaul. Yes, Portland has the same union but not the same facility operator. Portland is the only west coast port that uses ICTSI as a terminal operator- which the ILWU wants to drive off. I'll state it again: resolve the mgt/labor issue at T6 and the ships WILL return.
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> Portland is just not a particularly good container
> port, because you can have a container there in
> about 5 hours from Seattle/Tacoma. SEA/TAC is
> just a bigger better port complex with
> significantly greater economies of scale, serving
> a much larger population base (including northern
> Oregon), with as good, or better landside access,
> with exactly the same union, but at a much lower
> cost per unit handled.
Granted, Portland has never been a contender as a major container port. But it has been quite successful for years as a viable option for exporting local commodities- as well as an outlet for filling otherwise m-t's for backhaul. Yes, Portland has the same union but not the same facility operator. Portland is the only west coast port that uses ICTSI as a terminal operator- which the ILWU wants to drive off. I'll state it again: resolve the mgt/labor issue at T6 and the ships WILL return.
