“We’re actually quite busy at T6 in the container facility,” Port of Portland Chief Operating Officer, Dan Pippenger said. “There’s really not a lot of room for additional service, although we’re obviously pursuing additional service all the time.”
Wednesday crews loaded and unloaded the SM Ningbo, a container ship which starts in Asia making stops in North America.
Pippenger says in the midst of the global shipping crisis companies are getting creative to get around some of backlog mess.
Portland’s becoming an option.
“Sometimes we get vessels that are what they call a feeder vessel, in others words it’s in service from Asia to Southern California, but they’re adding an additional call to Portland to get around some of the congestion,” Pippenger said. “Portland plays a role in providing relief and support that allows people to get around that and certainly is a benefit to our local economy.”