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POL ANNOUNCEMENT: Warehousing space currently available
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Port of Lewiston currently has space available for lease in two buildings in the Northport area, adjacent to the container yard. [/vc_column_text][vc_button title=”Click here for details” target=”_self” color=”wpb_button” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://portoflewiston.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WarehouseXfloorXplansXwithXphotosXXXInfo.pdf”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Read MoreHYDROPOWER: A Benefit of the Snake River Dams
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_button title=”Lower Snake River Dams Hydropower Fact Page” target=”_self” color=”wpb_button” icon=”none” size=”btn-large” href=”http://portoflewiston.com/facts/hydropower/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/E–4ZrzcUMk?list=UUAJPtMhmX15CXdV_IZ4P-DA”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”http://youtu.be/QS_Mw8c_im0″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] To learn more about hydropower and other benefits of the river system, please visit Northwest River Partners. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Read MoreExpanding Port of Lewiston strengthens Idaho’s connection to world Markets (from USDOT)
Expanding Port of Lewiston strengthens Idaho’s connection to world markets For farmers and other businesses in the West, the Port of Lewiston, Idaho, provides a critical link–through the Snake and Columbia rivers–to the Port of Portland and the Pacific Ocean. In 2011, cargo exported from the port reached 17 different countries, including 85 percent of the…
Read MoreBig load permit power questioned
Environmental groups challenge IDT in debate over allowing oversized loads on U.S. 12 By Elaine Williams of the Tribune Thursday, July 15, 2010 Three environmental groups are contesting the assertion of the Idaho Transportation Department that it must issue permits for oversized loads if haulers can prove their ability to navigate a road safely without…
Read MoreUrban renewal board votes to loan itself $250,000
By Sandra L. Lee of the Tribune Thursday, April 16, 2009 The Lewiston Urban Renewal Agency board agreed Wednesday to borrow $250,000 from two of its revenue allocation areas to pay for a project in a third area where the Port of Lewiston Business and Technology Park is located. A resolution approved by the board…
Read MoreMore big loads arrive in Lewiston
Imperial Oil is expected to have 40 modules waiting at port by December By Elaine Williams of the Tribune Monday, October 25, 2010 Eight more Korean-made modules for Imperial Oil arrived at the Port of Lewiston Sunday, joining a dozen other loads of oversized cargo that have yet to receive permission to roll up U.S. Highway 12. The…
Read MorePort commissioner puts EKO on notice
Composting company’s lease could end in three years By Elaine Williams of the Tribune Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Port of Lewiston commissioners gave EKO a three-year extension on a lease that otherwise would have expired in June. But they indicated they want their tenant to use the time finding a new home where it will still serve the…
Read MoreMegaloads arrive in Vancouver
Company has ‘no certainty’ permits will be issued for transport on U.S. 12 By Elaine Williams of the Tribune Tuesday, October 5, 2010 The first nine of Imperial Oil’s more than 200 oversized loads arrived in Vancouver, Wash., Monday, bringing them one step closer to Lewiston, where the company would like to transfer them to trucks to cross…
Read MorePort of Lewiston prepares for railroad traffic
Barging will be suspended for 14 weeks this winter By Elaine Williams of the Tribune Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Three hundred containers will be stockpiled at the Port of Lewiston for a container-rail operation that will serve shippers during the coming temporary suspension of barging on the Snake and Columbia rivers. It will be the first time in…
Read MorePort OKs land deal for SEL
Maker of high-tech equipment will employ about 100 at new plant at port’s business and technology park By Elaine Williams of the Tribune Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is one step closer to opening its proposed manufacturing operations in Lewiston, after the Lewiston Port Commission unanimously approved a deal Tuesday for the company to purchase land.…
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