Port of Portland details plan to maintain container operations at Terminal 6

The Port of Portland, backed by a coalition of stakeholders, has delivered Governor Tina Kotek a comprehensive business plan outlining how to maintain container service at Terminal 6 (T6), the state’s only international container terminal. 

The report illustrated how essential marine container shipping is at the terminal to Oregon businesses and underscored the need for public investment to keep container shipping in service while a third-party operator is sought. 

Kotek requested the business plan following her pledge to provide financial support to maintain container service, which the port has subsidised despite significant financial losses over many years.