Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online for June 30, 2015

  Regional Report: The Columbia Gateway

By Jim Shaw  

The Columbia River System has seen two major events take place over the past few months, the inauguration of the nation’s largest floating drydock at the Portland Shipyard and the loss of virtually all of the Port of Portland’s container traffic following the withdrawal of two major container carriers. To date, the drydock has been a huge success, lifting a number of government-owned ships, including the Maritime Commission’s 55,355-ton displacement twins Algol andCapella and the hospital ship …MORE

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Oakland Port Plans Anti-Congestion Measures

POLA, YTI Plan Terminal Improvements

LNG Terminal Coming to Panama Canal

Oakland Port Adopts $470 Million FY 2016 Budget

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By Mark Edward Nero

The US Trade and Development Agency on June 26 awarded a grant to the Panama Canal Authority to support the planning of a liquefied natural gas import terminal at the Panama Canal. (Read full article)

By Mark Edward Nero

Oakland’s Board of Port Commissioners has approved a $470 million fiscal year 2016 budget for the Port of Oakland that goes into effect July 1. The 2016 budget is 6.7 percent lower than the budget adopted for FY 2015. (Read full article)