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Port of Portland subsidizes Lewiston-to-Portland container service after shipping lines pull out, the Oregonian, Dec. 4, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Molly Harbarger Correction appended After the second major shipping line stopped serving the Port of Portland in April, farmers and paper companies upriver in Lewiston, Idaho, lost their best connection to global trade. Now, that service is coming back — kind of. A container barge set off Thursday from Lewiston for the first time…
Read MorePort of Lewiston Strengthens Financial Position in FY 2015, POL Press Release, Dec. 9, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEC. 9, 2015 CONTACT: David Doeringsfeld, Port of Lewiston Manager (208) 743-5531 [email protected] Port of Lewiston Strengthens Financial Position in FY 2015 Commissioners Approve Independent Audit Report (Lewiston, ID) – On December 9, 2015, the Port Commission approved an “unmodified” (clean) June 30, 2015 year-end audit report as presented by Presnell Gage,…
Read MoreDecember 2015 Port Report
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Download printable PDF” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fportoflewiston.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F12%2FDecX2015XPortXReportXforXweb.pdf||”][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6559″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Swift Academy rolls students into a new career Swift is integral to the region’s intermodal transportation and economy [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”6531″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] Heidi Wood, of the Seattle area and a student at Swift Academy, performs a pre-check on her truck at the beginning of class. The exercise…
Read MoreContainer shipments into the Port of Lewiston is good news for the economy, KLEWTV, Dec. 1, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Suzette Reynoso LEWISTON, ID – After more than seven months of being shut-down, container shipments into the Port of Lewiston are back. And that’s good news for the local economy. Monday, KLEW News was there as crews worked the first load to come to the LC Valley. In April, port officials said container shipments…
Read MoreNew Shipping Option Gives Northwest Farmers A Break, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Dec. 1, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Conrad Wilson A new service that starts this week should give farmers from Idaho, Montana and eastern Washington some relief. Since the Port of Portland lost its container service eight months ago, these farmers have been forced to truck their crops to Puget Sound ports, paying about twice as much in transportation costs. “On a cold…
Read MoreContainer Service Resumes at the Port of Lewiston, Port of Lewiston, November 30, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: David Doeringsfeld, Port of Lewiston Manager (208) 743-5531 [email protected] (Lewiston, ID) – After an 8-month hiatus, a Tidewater barge moored alongside the Port of Lewiston dock Nov. 30 and container service resumed. Container shipments were halted abruptly in April 2015, when on-going labor issues at the Port of Portland resulted in…
Read MoreBarge-Rail shuttle service provides shipping relief, Port of Portland, November 30, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Coordination between ports and shippers restarts an important service For Immediate Release • November 30, 2015 • No. 57 Kenny Macdonald • 503.415.6140 • [email protected] Container barge service is back on the upper Columbia and Snake rivers. The Upriver Container Barge-Rail Shuttle will help importers and exporters in eastern Washington, Oregon and Idaho move…
Read MoreNew deal brings container service back to Lewiston, Capital Press, November 30, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Container service has reopened at the Port of Lewiston in Lewiston, Idaho, after an eight-month hiatus. Matthew Weaver The Port of Lewiston, Idaho, has resumed container service after labor and shipper problems at the Port of Portland halted it eight months ago. Container shipping lines Hapag-Lloyd of Germany and Hanjin Shipping of South Korea…
Read MoreFall chinook returns to Hanford Reach of Columbia River breaks record, The Oregonian, November 12, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SPOKANE, Wash. — The number of fall chinook salmon returning to the Hanford Reach section of the Columbia River this year is the most since dams were constructed in the 1930s, the Bonneville Power Administration said this week. Scientists estimate 200,000 chinook are spawning in the Hanford Reach, which is the last free-flowing section of…
Read MoreRecord number of salmon return to Hanford Reach, The Seattle Times, November 11, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scientists estimate 200,000 chinook are spawning in the Reach. By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS The Associated Press SPOKANE — The number of fall chinook salmon returning to the Hanford Reach section of the Columbia River this year is the most since dams were constructed in the 1930s, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) said this week.…
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