This Port of Grays Harbor photo shows longshore workers driving imported autos off a ship. The port has also gained export business, including exporting Jeeps to China that formerly passed through East Coast ports.
The Port of Grays Harbor, WA, says its first-half export activity has more than doubled over the same period last year. … Credit new niche businesses in soybean meal and auto exports for that volume increase. The log business is reviving as new companies are exporting logs to China and Korea.
Grays Harbor doesn’t expect its newfound business to threaten existing business at Columbia River or Puget Sound ports, Nelson said. The exports are new businesses that have been handled elsewhere or not at all.