PORTLAND
The Port of Portland
expects to receive a new post-Panamax container crane for its
Terminal 6 container facility by 2008, with a $7.5 million
grant from the Connect Oregon program to cover part of the
$12.3 million project budget. The crane will be used to load
and unload ships too large to travel through the Panama Canal,
a growing segment of the shipping business. The port
anticipates that adding a fourth crane to Terminal 6 will save
about $10 million in operating costs over the next 10 years.
