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Re: More Bad News for the Port of Portland
Author: The Voice
Date: 04-09-2015 - 21:28
Erik H. Wrote:
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> David Smith Wrote:
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> > Astoria or somewhere in the vicinity would have
> > been a much better location for an out-going
> > container port.
>
> There is no room in Astoria for a container port.
>
> I don't know why the railfans keep insisting there
> is...there's room, only if you demolish the entire
> city of Astoria in the process. There's a reason
> Tongue Point (built as a Navy seaplane base) has
> never, ever been able to be sold and developed,
> save for a Job Corps center, a Coast Guard buoy
> yard, and one hangar used as an on-again off-again
> movie studio and warehouse.
>
> The riverfront property to the east is a protected
> national wildlife refuge. No way any container
> port, or anything else, is going in there.
>
All correct Erik!. Also, the lack of decent infrastructure (highway and rail), coupled with the lack of a population base, and the inability to dredge Tongue Pt and a turning basin, make Astoria unacceptable as a container port. If so, it'd have been a been a significant port years ago.
BTW, NYK, Hyundai, K-Line, and Evergreen ALL have been regular callers at T6 over the years. All have come and gone- and sometimes returned again- based on their routing and market conditions. Hanjin and H-L left because of costly delays- not the lack of cargo or a lack of water.
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> David Smith Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Astoria or somewhere in the vicinity would have
> > been a much better location for an out-going
> > container port.
>
> There is no room in Astoria for a container port.
>
> I don't know why the railfans keep insisting there
> is...there's room, only if you demolish the entire
> city of Astoria in the process. There's a reason
> Tongue Point (built as a Navy seaplane base) has
> never, ever been able to be sold and developed,
> save for a Job Corps center, a Coast Guard buoy
> yard, and one hangar used as an on-again off-again
> movie studio and warehouse.
>
> The riverfront property to the east is a protected
> national wildlife refuge. No way any container
> port, or anything else, is going in there.
>
All correct Erik!. Also, the lack of decent infrastructure (highway and rail), coupled with the lack of a population base, and the inability to dredge Tongue Pt and a turning basin, make Astoria unacceptable as a container port. If so, it'd have been a been a significant port years ago.
BTW, NYK, Hyundai, K-Line, and Evergreen ALL have been regular callers at T6 over the years. All have come and gone- and sometimes returned again- based on their routing and market conditions. Hanjin and H-L left because of costly delays- not the lack of cargo or a lack of water.
