The Exchange: May/June 2019

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140th Anniversary Celebration | Open House & Bocce Tournament | Cargo Trends & Statistics

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WELCOME TO THE

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Merchants Exchange was born out of Boss Shenck’s Saloon in 1879, a local gathering place on the Portland Waterfront where news of ship arrivals were posted by patrons and trade information was presented. Here we are, 140 years later, and our core function has remained the same: tracking the movement of the vessels that transit our waterways and reporting that information to those who are responsible for the movement of a ship from port to port.

We are very thankful for our members and we look forward to celebrating 140 years of service to the Columbia River maritime community on several occasions throughout the year.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Liz Wainwright, Executive Director Merchants Exchange

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR The Exchange shares the work being done by staff and the direction we are going, as well as reports from industry stakeholders that we hope our membership will enjoy!

In this issue, we focus on some of the infrastructure that helps our region continue our standards of excellence as a gateway to the world.

Members: If you have an article or an announcement that you would like to be included in future issues of The Exchange, please contact us: newsletter@pdxmex.com.

Bekah Canfield, Editor Merchants Exchange

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

3 Membership 3 2019 Open House & Bocce Tournament 4 140th Anniversary Gala 6 Cargo Trends & Statistics 7 Friends of the Exchange 7 Spotlight on: Regional Infrastructure 9 Other Regional Infrastructure Elements & Projects 11 The Port Report 14 Association Updates 15 Clean Rivers Cooperative 15 Maritime Commerce Club 16 Maritime Fire & Safety Association 18 Fire Protection Agencies Advisory Council (FPAAC) 19 Pacific Northwest Feed and Grain Association 20 Columbia River Steamship Operators’ Association 23 Shipping Education Series 24 Columbia River Steamship Operators’ Association 24 Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee 25 Board of Directors

Cover Image Photography by: David Riggs “Bonneville Navigational Lock” USACE [https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Images/ igphoto/2001047571/] © 2019 by Merchants Exchange All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced without prior written permission from the Merchants Exchange.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Todd Krout (2020) President Port of Vancouver USA

Bart Goedhard (2022) Ports America

Carl Bertapelle (2020) Vice President Talon Marine Services

Mark Jensen (2021) TEMCO

David Nagel (2022) Treasurer Cascade Marine Agencies LTD Roger Hsieh (2021) Secretary BNSF Railway Company Mike Morgan (2020) Columbia Export Terminal

Chris Cummins (2021) General Steamship Corp Geoff Doerfler (2021) Tidewater Barge Lines Ryan Statz (2022) Columbia Grain, Inc.

Jerry Henderson (Ex Officio) Board President, Clean Rivers Cooperative Chevron Marketing Terminal Andrew Holbrook (Ex Officio) Board President, Maritime Fire & Safety Association Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Capt. Steve Dobbins (Ex Officio) Columbia River Pilots Legal Counsel: Tyson Calvert, Esq. Lindsay Hart LLP

MEMBERSHIP Our membership makes up the core of the local marine shipping community. Our members include, but are not limited to: steamship operators, admiralty attorneys, customs brokers, tug and barge companies, freight forwarders, stevedores, ship repair service facilities and port authorities.

The Exchange is a provider of vessel and cargo information. It serves as a hub for local industry

education as well as association management and networking activities. Our members enjoy a direct relationship with the Merchants Exchange and its services. Each member company is able to vote for Merchants Exchange board of director nominations and is eligibile for board membership. All of our services and activities are member focused.

Vessel and cargo information services that are currently offered include: • Vessel Reporting • Communication Support Service • Vessel and Cargo Statistics • Daily Grain Bulletin • Grain Committee Membership • Answering Service • Special Reports and Services

The Merchants Exchange caters its services to the ever-changing needs of local industry. We are constantly working to develop new ways to help our members do business. If the service you need is not listed, ask us and we can work to develop it for you.

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140TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

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Please be a Sthponsor of the

140 Anniversary Gala

Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 West End Ballroom, 1220 SW Taylor Street, Portland, Oregon 97205 Learn more at www.pdxmex.com/140Gala

As we celebrate our 140th Anniversary, we look back with

admiration at the accomplishments of the maritime industry in our region, honor our sustained involvement, and enthusiastically look forward to the next 140 years.

The Anniversary Gala is an exciting evening of socializing, cocktail reception, gourmet dining, entertaining presentations, and auctions to benefit the future of the maritime industry through the Merchants Exchange Scholarship Fund.

Evening Events • Cocktail Reception • Gourmet Dinner • Presentations • Silent & Live Auctions Attire for the evening is semi-formal.

Tickets Gold Sponsor: $1,840 Silver Sponsor: $1,240 Bronze Sponsor: $640 Individual Ticket: $140 Tickets sales open August 2019

The auctions will benefit the Merchants Exchange Scholarship Fund.

Contact: Bekah Canfield at canfield@pdxmex.com or (503) 220-2097 or Mary Wiley at wiley@pdxmex.com or (503) 220-2515 for ticket information, sponsorship, auction donations or general information.

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FRIENDS OF THE EXCHANGE

FRIENDS OF THE EXCHANGE The Merchants Exchange, founded in 1879, is proud to be a cornerstone of the maritime industry with 140 years of service to the Lower Columbia Region. We provide the information, statistics, and operational services that help keep commerce moving along our Rivers. We would like to invite our community partners along the River to join in our mission to support and promote the maritime industry with our “Friends of the Exchange” program.

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Become a FRIEND OF THE EXCHANGE

As a Friend of the Exchange, you are showing your support to our maritime industry and raising awareness within our community. Friends of the Exchange are offered the following benefits with their annual support of $150: • Invitations to our Member/Networking Events: Open House, Annual Bocce Tournament, Shipping Education Series, and other special events throughout the year.

• Discounted Member Rate for our Shipping Education Series * • Subscription to “The Exchange,” bi-monthly newsletter, Daily News Bulletin, and industry email updates • Recognition on our website as a “Friend of the Exchange” * Please note: Friends of the Exchange are not members of the Merchants Exchange and therefore are not eligible to receive member rates for any services or reports associated with membership, with the exception of the member rate to the Shipping Education Series.

For more information contact: Mary Wiley, Marketing and Membership Manager at Wiley@pdxmex.com or call (503) 220-2515 or online at www.pdxmex.com/about-member/friends.

CARGO TRENDS & STATISTICS REPORT HIGHLIGHT: CARGO SUMMARY REPORT Did you know we offer a monthly report of vessel calls, by cargo, for Columbia River Ports? See a sample below for May 2019 cargo trends!

For more information on custom reports and statistics please vist our website: www.pdxmex.com or contact Jonathan Nichol: nichol@pdxmex. com

MAY 2019 CARGO TRENDS VS. SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR • • • • • THE EXCHANGE | WWW.PDXMEX.COM

Autos: down 1.4% Grain: down 15.3% Potash: down 7.3% Soda Ash: up 6.3% Steel Products: up 32.1% 7

Jetties, Levees, Dams & Locks: Regional Infrastructure

Photo Credits: USACE

The Columbia River is the fourth largest river in North America. From its headwaters in British Columbia, Canada it flows 1,214 miles before meeting the Pacific Ocean in Astoria, Oregon. An export gateway to the world, the Lower Columbia River has millions of tons of cargo transitting each year, supported in part by critical infrastructure along our River. For this edition of The Exchange, we are taking a brief look at some of that infrastructure, specifically: jetties, levees, dams & locks!

JETTIES

Between 1885 and 1939, a jetty system was

These rubble-mound jetties were constructed on

constructed at the mouth of the Columbia River:

massive tidal shoals and total 9.7mi in length. The

North Jetty, South Jetty and Jetty A. The jetties at

jetties withstand a considerable amount of impacts

the mouth of the Columbia River help maintain the

from Pacific Ocean waves between 10-20 feet high,

depth and orientation of the navigation channel,

with winter storms bringing in extreme waves over

protecting ships of all sizes entering and leaving the

30 feet. Regular maintenance is needed on these

estuary, ensuring safe passage for commercial and

jetties to maintain structural integrity. They are

recreational mariners. (PNWA)

maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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SPOTLIGHT ON: REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

LEVEES Do you know the difference between a dam and a levee?

districts maintain the system by repairing erosion,

Levees create higher boundaries around a

managing vegetation on the levees, testing and

community or property against a river. Dams hold back massive amounts of water for release when appropriate. Over the years, our dams and levees have saved lives and prevented tens of billions in property damage. (USACE)

FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

work closely together to oversee the nation’s levee infrastructure, including providing inspections and contributing to risk assessments that support FEMA levee accreditation. Our local levee system is

repairing pump stations, and ensuring that water can move freely through the ditches, sloughs and other conveyance ways. They are responsible for operating and maintaining the levees to specific standards as laid out by FEMA. (Levee Ready Columbia)

Outreach projects, such as Levee Ready

Columbia seek to educate the public about our system of levees and share information about critical maintenance projects, risk studies, and levee management in our region.

maintained through four drainage districts including the Multnomah County Drainage District. These Photo Credit: Multnomah Country Drainage District and USACE THE EXCHANGE | WWW.PDXMEX.COM

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DAMS & LOCKS

Photo Credit: Sharon Gavin, USACE

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates eight dams on the lower Columbia and Snake rivers.

These dams are multiuse projects that contribute to hydroelectric power generation, navigation through 359mi of barge channel, flood control, irrigation, recreation, and environmental protection through fish passage ways.

According to the Northwest Power and

Conservation Council, “Federal dams in the U.S. Columbia River Basin generate, on average in a year, 8,664 megawatts of electricity, or enough power for approximately 4,938,480 average homes (at 570

increase in fish populations. Between 2002-2011 the average wild Chinook salmon populations more than tripled, and average wild steelhead populations doubled. Juvenile fish survival rates past each of the eight federal dams are between 95% and 98%.

The Columbia River System employs a series

of locks to aid navigation year-round. Without the locks, parts of the River would be impassable during periods of low water or high water. Through the system of eight dams and locks, ship and/or barge passage is possible from the mouth of the Columbia River in Astoria, OR all the way up to Lewiston, ID.

homes per megawatt) or nearly eight cities the size of Seattle.�

According to PNWA, dam investments

along the Snake River provide enough clean energy to power 1.87 million homes and have resulted in improved fish returns and a 25 year sustained 10

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OTHER REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS & PROJECTS

UPCOMING BRIDGE WORK • • • • •

Burnside Bridge Maintenance Project--April 2017-November 2019 Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge--Public Review Period/Feasibility Study Completed 2018 Morrison Bridge Painting--Construction Scheduled Fall 2020-2022 Interstate Bridge Trunnion Replacement--Maintenance work in September 2020 (River traffic impacts) Port of Hood River Bridge Replacement Project--seeking public comment from river users

JETTY PROJECTS U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “Mouth of the Columbia River Jetty System Rehabilitation Project” Rehabilitation Construction Timeline: • Jetty A: 2016-2017 (COMPLETE) • North Jetty: 2018-2020 • South Jetty: 2019-2023

BUOYS Buoys from the National Data Buoy Center: • Columbia River Recent Marine Data • National Data Buoy Center Maintenance Schedule

DREDGING

From April through November, the Corps of Engineers dredges through the River System to maintain the Channel: • Dredge OREGON: The pipeline dredge OREGON began dredging in the Columbia River on June 3rd. She is dredging at Stella-Fisher and will head down to Pillar Rock next.

• Dredge ESSAYONS: The hopper dredge ESSAYONS dredged a few areas last week before leaving for Grays Harbor where she will work until June 15. The ESSAYONS will return to the Columbia River to clear high priority shoals before heading to San Francisco.

• Dredge YAQUINA: The hopper dredge YAQUINA is expected in the Columbia River in mid-July.

• Dredge BAYPORT: The contract hopper dredge BAYPORT is expected in the Columbia River mid-July.

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Like Your Home, Port Infrastructure Requires Maintenance

Longview, WA-- If you own a home or a car, you

probably have some idea of how important (and expensive) regular maintenance can be. Now imagine having over 830 acres of land, 15 miles of rail, 700,000 square feet of covered warehouses and nearly 250 vehicles and pieces of equipment to maintain. With such an enormous asset portfolio the Port is in a state of perpetual maintenance. Having sound facilities allows the Port to attract cargo and create jobs for working families in the Port District.

Port staff proactively and continually assess facilities for the same reason you do at home—the longer you put off maintenance, chances are it will cost more in the long run. From the tires on our cranes to the roof tops of buildings and everything in between, our facilities and equipment are regularly inspected and repaired as needed to guarantee our customers’ satisfaction and the safety of our labor force.

Event with routine maintenance, it still takes a great deal of money to sustain the Port’s infrastructure.

For example, over the last two years the Port spent $1.1 million to replace the roof on one of our largest warehouses. And when the 88 tires on one of our giant 12

Liebherr cranes must be replaced, it’s $610 each, or $53,680 for a full set.

“Prevention is often more affordable and sustainable than a cure,” said Port Project Manager Randy Sundberg. “Waiting for something to fail is much more expensive than preventing it from happening in the first place, and our team works hard to identify and respond to those needs.”

While the costs are high to maintain Port infrastructure, the benefits to the community in terms of job creation and quality of life are even more valuable.

For more information about the Port and upcoming projects, check out www.portoflongview.com

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Terminal 1 project recieves $4.7 million in state capital budget

VANCOUVER, Wash. – The Port of Vancouver USA

received $4.7 million in the 2019 state capital budget for the next phase of redevelopment at Terminal 1. CEO Julianna Marler expressed appreciation for the leadership of key lawmakers and Southwest Washington’s entire legislative delegation in helping the port take a huge step forward in the vision for this special site. “I especially want to recognize Senators Annette Cleveland and David Frockt, and Representatives Monica Stonier and Steve Tharinger for their support and tireless advocacy,” said Marler.

“This is a project our community has continually told us they want to see built. This investment by the state of Washington leverages current public and private investments and gets Terminal 1 off to a strong start, so we can build a world-class waterfront that connects our community and brings us all together on the Columbia River.”

This $4.7 million in funds from the 2019 capital budget supports: • Design and renovation of Vancouver Landing where the American Empress cruise ship docks

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• Design and construction of the East Portal stormwater facility, which will treat all runoff from the site These funds also support $50 million in private investment by Vesta Hospitality, a Vancouver-based hotelier building a new AC by Marriott Hotel at Terminal 1, and future private investment in the development’s north blocks—the site of future mixeduse development to include retail, residential, office space and parking.

For more information about the Port and upcoming projects, check out www.portvanusa.com

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THE PORT REPORT The Columbia River Maritime Transportation System has 23 Ports over the course of 3 waterways. We are pleased to provide an outlet for local ports to share their news with our membership.

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Jim Knight Executive Director Port of Astoria

Juliana Marler Chief Executive Officer Port of Vancouver USA

Curtis Robinhold Executive Director Port of Portland

Norman G. Krehbiel Chief Executive Officer Port of Longview

Mark Wilson Executive Director Port of Kalama

Doug Hayes Executive Director Port of Columbia County

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Clean Rivers Cooperative

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Maritime Commerce Club

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Maritime Fire & Safety Association

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Pacific Northwest Grain & Feed Association Columbia River Steamship Operators’ Association Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee

CLEAN RIVERS COOPERATIVE

CLEAN RIVERS: RESPONSE ASSET In May 2019 Clean Rivers participated in an oil spill response deployment with one of their members along the Snake River.

The deployment showed the ability of Clean Rivers to respond effectively to assist in an incident. These capabilities are what make Clean Rivers such a vital spill response asset throughout the Columbia River Basin and beyond!

For more information, please vist our website: www.cleanriverscooperative.com Casey Comer, General Manager: comer@pdxmex.com Carl Boelter, Operations Manager: boelter@pdxmex.com Curtis Cannizzaro, Administrative Coordinator: cannizzaro@pdxmex.com THE EXCHANGE | WWW.PDXMEX.COM

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MARITIME COMMERCE CLUB

14th Annual

MCC Golf Tournament & Member Meeting Wednesday June 26, 2019 Stone Creek Golf Club

Start Times 11:30 a.m.

Registration Fees

Early Check-In

All Players Must be Checked In By 1:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

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Putt for Dough Shot-Gun Start MCC Annual Meeting Dinner & Raffle

MCC Members: $125 Non-Members: $135

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REGISTER ONLINE Host: Maritime Commerce Club 200 sW Market street, suite 190 Portland, oR 97201

Golf Fees Cart Rental Range Balls KP & Long Drive contests 2 Raffle tickets 2 Drinks & Dinner

Other Contests Available!

Putt for Dough, Shoot for Dough!

2019 Hole Sponsors:

SPONSOR A HOLE! Showcase your company: Host games, provide swag, prizes, have fun with the players!!

Registration cut-off is Monday, June 17 2019 Reserve your foursome today!

Cancellations must be received no later than Friday, June 7, 2019. No-shows will be billed.

Questions? For more information about MCC events, please contact Aaron Garber-Paul, Association & Event Coordinator at (503) 220-2092 or garberpaul@pdxmex.com.

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Join us for a game!

08.14.2019

save the date WED 8.14.2019 Registration opens July limited space!

A special Maritime Commerce Club Membership Appreciation Event

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MARITIME FIRE & SAFETY ASSOCIATION

COMBINED EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT DRILL The Maritime Fire & Safety Association held an combined equipment deployment drill and tabletop exercise of their spill management team. With 2019 being the first year in their triennial cycle, MFSA took the opportunity to merge a small, initial response tabletop exercise with the on-water response. This tested the ability to manage multiple activities and locations at once and verifying the functionality of their communications system.

Vessels and crews were launched from Cathedral Park and demonstrated their ability to track the leading edge of a spill, perform safety assessments including air monitoring and deploy response strategies around a vessel at berth as well as downstream to protect designated areas. Information from the field was relayed to the command post as part of this dual purpose exercise.

Another tool that was tested was a web based platform that provides real-time tracking of the response vessels. In addition to showing the status of the response superimposed over a map, this product also allows tasks to be sent to the vessels from the command post. Oregon DEQ requested that MFSA and their contractor, Clean Rivers Cooperative, try the system out. The combined deployment and command post drill provided a great opportunity to do so.

Participants from MFSA, Merchants Exchange, Clean Rivers Cooperative, NRC Environmental Services, Witt O’Brien’s, US Coast Guard, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Washington Department of Ecology worked together to manage the simulated response.

For more information, please vist our website: www.mfsa.com Holly Robinson, General Manager: robinson@pdxmex.com Curtis Cannizzaro, Assistant Manager cannizzaro@pdxmex.com

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The second quarter 2019 Technician Level training was held at the live fire prop at the Marine Environmental Training Station (MERTS) Campus. This quarter’s training focused on enhancing the Technician’s decision making, confined space and rope rescues combined with live fire scenarios in an Immediate Danger to Life and Health (IDLH) environment.

Invitees to enhance the scenario included: Operations Level personnel, Command and Company Officers.

The prop utilizes a combination of natural gas fire and mineral oil smoke, allowing firefighters the opportunity to practice these skills in conditions that are impossible on a working vessel in port. Firefighters functioned in roles as vessel master and crew to give the scenarios an added level of realism by requiring crew interaction.

Ongoing scenarios combined with needing to gain information through conversation forced firefighters into on-the-spot decision making. Participants rotated through roles in three distinct scenarios of varying complexity.

The first scenario started with dispatch information of a reported fire on a vessel. On arrival, they met with the vessel master and were informed that the fire was out but two crewmembers who had been engaged with the fire were in need of rescue. Firefighters, Company and Command Officers were tasked with collecting incident information and creating a plan to safely ensure that the fire was out, remained out, as well as remove the downed crewmembers using the equipment, tools and personnel available to them on site. Firefighters dressed in full structural Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), they used stokes baskets, ropes, pulleys, change of direction techniques and brute force, to extricate the two victims from the prop.

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included the location of the fire, status of the crew and that the onboard extinguishing system was discharged but did not successfully operate as intended. The crewmembers were engaged in firefighting operations and there were simulated communication problems between the vessel master and the fire areas.

This scenario forced the firefighters and officers to create a plan to assess the effectiveness of the crew’s efforts, support their actions or, recommend withdraw from interior operations. Firefighters found that the crew’s actions were inappropriate, offensive operations should be discontinued, defensive tactics started and the fire spaces prepped for CO2 operations. Using the MFSA slice tool, extinguishing system and CO2 supplied by Airgas, a hole was cut into a simulated steel deck and CO2 injected into the space.

The third and final scenario involved the rescue of a contractor trapped by fire in the interior, bottom deck of the prop. The contractor was in a non-IDLH area but needed to be removed before the vessel’s CO2 system could be discharged and the fire extinguished.

Firefighters found the contractor, put him in protective gear and SCBA and successfully removed him from the prop.

These were complicated and labor intense scenarios requiring a tremendous amount of planning, preparation and execution. The fact that there were no reported injuries speaks highly of the physical condition and skills of the participants. Everyone continues to work well and in a safe manner, together.

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEED AND GRAIN ASSOCIATION 2019 Schedule of Events: 52nd Annual Warehousemen’s Conference & Trade Show Northern Quest Resort & Casino - Spokane, WA February 20*-22, 2019 (*Rail Loading/Unloading Safety Seminar 2-20)

Northern Quest Resort & Casino

5th Annual Southern Idaho Pesticide Conference Burley Inn & Convention Center - Burley, ID 2019 - TBD 39th Annual Country Elevator Council & Golf Tournament Northern Quest Resort & Casino - Spokane, WA April 24-26*, 2019 (*NGFA Regional Compliance Seminar 4-26)

Best Western Plus Burley Inn & Convention Center

102nd Annual Convention & Golf Tournaments Grouse Mountain Lodge - Whitefish, MT June 19 - 21, 2019 Clear Lake Country Club

Annual Idaho Trout Fry & Golf Scramble Clear Lake Country Club - Buhl, Idaho September 26, 2019

Grouse Mountain Lodge

2019 PNWGFA ANNUAL DIRECTORY For the past 70 years, the PNWGFA Annual Directory has grown into a 200+-page publication providing the most comprehensive agri-business directory in the region.

The Directory lists 1,000+ member and non-member companies handling grain, feed, seed processing and allied industry suppliers in the Association’s four state region and beyond.

The 2019 Annual PNWGFA Directory is available for purchase! $50 member $100 non-member Order your 2019 edition today Contact Margerie: (503) 227-0234 margerie@pnwgfa.org https://1o0iz0d6qwj2nwvy8wh8qe19-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/ uploads/2018/12/2019_Directory_Order.pdf

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2019 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

The members of Pacific Northwest Grain & Feed Association (PNWGFA) are pleased to announce our 2018 Scholarship award winners: Jared Goetz, Ag “Veterinarian Studies” = $5,000 (Sponsored by HighLine Grain Growers) Jennifer Warren, Non-Ag “Hospitality Business Management” = $2,500 (Sponsored by Northwest Grain Growers) Reed Middleton, Ag “Economics” = $2,500 (Sponsored by United Grain Corp)

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TENTATIVE AGENDA: WEDNESDAY ACTIVITIES — JUNE 19 Relax!

2:30 PM - 5:30 PM — BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM — WELCOME RECEPTION JOIN US FOR LIGHT APPETIZERS & COCKTAILS ALL FAMILY MEMBERS WELCOME TO ATTEND! THURSDAY ACTIVITIES — JUNE 20 11:00 — 2:30 PM — ALTERNATE EVENT+ LUNCH (DETAILS TBD)

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Golf!

WHITEFISH LAKE GOLF CLUB - SOUTH COURSE 6:30 PM — 9:00 PM — GOLF AWARDS, HONORARY MEMBER PRESENTATION & PRESIDENTS’ FAREWELL RECEPTION & DINNER ANNUAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE: PRESIDENT DARRELL BOOTH, NORTHWEST GRAIN GROWERS 2ND VICE PRESIDENT BEAU DUFF, HIGHLINE GRAIN GROWERS

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MARGERIE VIS, PNWGFA DIRECTOR

REGISTRATION INFORMATION HERE

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COLUMBIA RIVER STEAMSHIP OPERATORS’ ASSOCIATION

Join us at our Summer Luau!

July 11 - Columbia River Yacht Club REGISTER HERE

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SHIPPING EDUCATIAN SERIES

MERCHANTS EXCHANGE

SHIPPING EDUCATION SERIES SHIPPING 101 Business of Shipping October 2, 2019

SHIPPING 201 Movement of a Ship February 6, 2019

SHIPPING 202 Movement of Cargo April 10, 2019

Strengthening the maritime industry through engagement and education.

Shipping 101: The Business of Shipping We provide an overview of the business of shipping on the Columbia River. The class explores the history of the River, the infrastructure, ports and terminals, and the economic impact of the imports and exports to this region. Furthermore, we review the types of vessels that travel the River and introduce the maritime industry parties and their essential roles to shipping.

Shipping 201: The Movement of a Ship We look at the business of shipping from the perspective of the ship, exploring the requirements and regulation of a ship and the important roles agents, pilots, regulatory agencies, insurance and laws play in enabling a ship to move from port to port.

Shipping 202: The Movement of Cargo We look at the business of shipping from the perspective of the cargo. We detail the types of cargo, labor demands, and various forms of transportation from rail, barge, to pipeline as well as, present the needs of supply chain, logistics, and regulatory compliance as it effects the economy of the Columbia River.

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LOWER COLUMBIA REGION HARBOR SAFETY COMMITTEE 2019 MEETING CALENDAR

“MAKE WAY”

JANUARY 9 MILLENNUM BULK TERMINALS MARCH 13 MSU PORTLAND MAY 8 CLEAN RIVERS COOPERATIVE JULY 10 COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM SEPTEMBER 11 PORT OF PORTLAND NOVEMBER 13 PORTLAND SPIRIT MANAGING BOD: 1330-1415HRS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP: 1430-1530HRS WWW.LCRHSC.ORG

Join us on July 10th at 1000hrs for our summer Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee meeting in Astoria. Discussion and presentations from multiple speakers will center on the topic of “Make Way & the Lower Columbia River.”

Registration and meeting information can be found on our website.

17th Biennial National Harbor Safety Committee Conference June 25-27, 2019 | Houston, TX The Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee is a proud sponsor of this event.

Download Program Information Questions regarding the LCRHSC or how to get involved can be directed to lcrhsc@pdxmex.com

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