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Re: Coastal shipping = last hope?
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 06-16-2020 - 19:02
Ex-Marinite Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > The only thing to do with a RR in Eureka (the
> > segments of the NWP), is to put in a tourist
> train
> > operation of some kind, if they can find an
> > operator with a good business plan, to
> capitalize
> > on the only asset they have left, which is
> > tourism...
>
> If domestic lumber shipping could be
> containerized, maybe the NWP around Humboldt Bay
> could be used to haul containers to the port of
> Eureka to load on container ships of some sort,
> and then haul the containers to the nearest port
> (Coos Bay or Oakland) where they could be
> transferred to railroads.
>
> Just an idea.
Container ships don't even want to call at the Port of Portland. The last container line to call T6 home was Hanjin, and they are defunct. Ocean shipping is now all about large ships, large ports, and as few port calls as possible.
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> BOB2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The only thing to do with a RR in Eureka (the
> > segments of the NWP), is to put in a tourist
> train
> > operation of some kind, if they can find an
> > operator with a good business plan, to
> capitalize
> > on the only asset they have left, which is
> > tourism...
>
> If domestic lumber shipping could be
> containerized, maybe the NWP around Humboldt Bay
> could be used to haul containers to the port of
> Eureka to load on container ships of some sort,
> and then haul the containers to the nearest port
> (Coos Bay or Oakland) where they could be
> transferred to railroads.
>
> Just an idea.
Container ships don't even want to call at the Port of Portland. The last container line to call T6 home was Hanjin, and they are defunct. Ocean shipping is now all about large ships, large ports, and as few port calls as possible.
