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POL PRESS RELEASE: Idaho Legislature voices support for the Columbia-Snake River System, April 27, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text](Lewiston, ID) – Among its many accomplishments, the 63rd Legislature of the State of Idaho produced House Joint Memorial No. 11 stating support of the Columbia-Snake River System, its dams and the Port of Lewiston. The memorial recognizes the importance of the Columbia-Snake River System as part of the U.S. Marine Highway network and…
Read MoreNew NW Poll: Support for Hydropower Remains Strong, Region-Wide, Northwest River Partners, April 7, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Despite ongoing anti-dam campaign, a growing majority say the lower Snake River dams are essential to the Northwest’s energy picture Portland, Ore.— A new poll from independent public opinion firm DHM Research shows strong and growing support for a balanced approach to protecting both the Northwest’s iconic fish and the federal hydropower…
Read MorePort of Lewiston fallout affects local businesses, April 8, 2015, KREM 2
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Click to view video LEWISTON, Idaho –A shipping company’s decision to leave the Port of Portland in Oregon led to a major fallout across the Inland Northwest. Hapag-Lloyd was the only company who provided container service out of Lewiston. Those containers usually carry shipments of local peas and lentils. Several local companies are now…
Read MorePort Searching for Solutions, April 9, 2015, KHQ-Q6
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Read MoreContainer-terminal loss at Port of Portland felt deeply upriver, April 12, 2015, The Oregonian
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]By Molly Harbarger, The Oregonian/OregonLive The Port of Portland faced another round of trouble last week: Shipping line Hapag-Lloyd officially announced that no more ships would be visiting the city’s container terminal. That might’ve surprised some in Portland, but it the lentil farmers more than 400 miles up the Columbia River already knew. Farmers…
Read MoreWith Port’s Carriers Gone, Shipping Costs Increase For Businesses, April 10, 2015, Oregon Public Broadcasting
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]by Conrad Wilson OPB German-based container carrier Hapag-Lloyd announced it’s left the Port of Portland this week. It’s the second container carrier to leave the port in the last month, meaning the state’s only international container terminal has lost nearly all its business. For businesses in the Portland area, Hapag-Lloyd’s departure is just adding…
Read MoreLayoffs come to call at Lewiston’s Port, Lewiston Tribune, April 9, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Two employees are losing jobs, a third cut to part time By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune Two of the four employees at the Port of Lewiston’s container operation are losing their jobs and another is being cut to half time as their employer faces the reality of no longer handling shipping containers.…
Read MorePort container traffic on hold indefinitely, Lewiston Tribune, April 8, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Lewiston’s primary container handler withdraws, leaving customers high and dry By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune The permanent withdrawal of a key overseas shipper from the Port of Portland has put container traffic at Idaho’s only seaport on hold indefinitely for the first time since it started in 1978. Hapag-Lloyd confirmed Tuesday it’s…
Read MoreLocal businesses may see higher export costs, Lewiston Tribune, April 7, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Hapag-Lloyd, which handles 90 percent of Port of Lewiston containers, may be pulling out By ELAINE WILLIAMS of the Tribune Brocke and Sons in Kendrick is bracing to spend 20 percent more on export shipping as it faces the possibility that Hapag-Lloyd will no longer call on the Port of Portland. A spokesman…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: POL suspends container on barge service, April 8, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Port of Lewiston announced April 8, 2015 that container on barge service would be suspended until further notice. On April 7, 2015, Hapag-Lloyd, the Port of Portland’s last remaining major steamship line, made the decision for a permanent omission of the Port of Portland effective the end of March 2015. Hapag-Lloyd represented approximately…
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