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CHARTERED VESSELS HELP ALLEVIATE WEST COAST PORT CONGESTION With many ports and inland container yards continuing to experience record congestion, large shippers have opted to use charter vessels to get their goods in a timely fashion. Three shippers are bringing their products to Terminal 6 on chartered vessels. Vessels began arriving in mid-August and will continue to discharge 600 containers every three weeks. These are one-off vessel calls and not part of a regular service. Similarly, eight vessels containing 53-foot domestic containers – rather than the standard 20-foot size – will call at Terminal 6, starting in August and running through 2022. Each vessel will have 200-300 containers to unload.
BNSF EXTENDS INTERMODAL SERVICE In June, BNSF Railway also signed a one-year contract to handle intermodal containers between Seattle, Tacoma and Terminal 6. This continues to be a time-saving alternative for some shippers who face delays from truck congestion at ports to the north. BNSF has been handling containers through Terminal 6 since January 2018.
PORT OF COOS BAY TO CONSTRUCT MULTIMODAL CONTAINER TERMINAL The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay announced Wednesday that it has partnered with NorthPoint Development, a development firm based in Riverside, MO, to construct a multimodal container facility on the North Spit. The Port and NorthPoint have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the project, with the intention of finalizing negotiations and signing a contract by the end of the calendar year. NorthPoint and the Port estimate that the facility, once fully constructed, will move over one million forty-foot containers annually in and outbound through the Port of Coos Bay via the Coos Bay Rail Line. The rail spur on the North Spit will be extended to the project site and infrastructure improvements throughout the line will be completed to accommodate double stack container movements. It is anticipated that construction of this facility will support approximately 500 short-term construction jobs and up to 250 permanent, full-time family wage jobs. “I applaud the Port of Coos Bay and NorthPoint for partnering on the North Spit project,” said Representative Peter DeFazio. “This project will create hundreds of goodpaying jobs on Oregon’s coast, which will boost Coos Bay’s local economy and provide needed support to rebuild the
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