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Boats and Trains
Finally, some good news on the freight front. Yesterday’s Oregonian reports that the Port of Portland has a new container shipper. Zim Integrated Shipping, out of Israel, will shift its Northwest port of call from Seattle to Portland. While 70% of the cargo they expect to bring in will be destined for our local market,…
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Shall we call it a “Freight Faire”?
COLUMBIA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION PRESENTS Past, Present and Future Transportation in Portland Sponsored by Portland Office of Transportation If you have a comment or question about transportation in the Columbia Corridor, this is the event to attend. Give Your Opinion Tell us where the City needs to install new signs, where the bottlenecks are, and how…
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More on Freight in the Netherlands
One of our final meetings in the Netherlands was one attended by Tom Miller (Sam Adams’ chief of staff) and myself with two representatives of the freight industry: a freight forwarder and a representative of their industry association. The meeting was at Schiphol airport, a major European hub of air freight activity. The area is…
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Freight Perspectives from Amsterdam
While in the Netherlands we had two different conversations about freight. The first was with Amsterdam city planners and is the focus of this post. The second was with a freight forwarder and a representative of the Holland International Distribution Council (a trade association) and will be covered in a later post. In the dense…
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Freight Plan Grinds into Gear
Yesterday the Portland Planning Commission formally recommended the Freight Master Plan to City Council. But the recommendation did not come without qualification. Some of the issues the Planning Commission discussed: – What’s the impact of peak oil on this plan? (no answer other than that the issue is not covered by the City Transportation System…