Coos Bay, Oregon
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has signed an exclusive negotiating agreement with an unnamed company interested in shipping coal from the North Spit of Coos Bay.
At the port commissioners’ monthly meeting Thursday night, port CEO Jeff Bishop said the Dutch consulting firm Portolan had helped port staff evaluate four proposals, code-named Versatile, Mainstay, Clover and Glory.
They ranged from a plan to export 100,000 metric tons of zinc and chrome annually to a plan to export 26 million tons of coal. Project Mainstay, a scheme to export 6 million to 10 million tons of thermal coal per year, got the approval.