A container ship that made its way up the Columbia River Wednesday is the largest ever to dock at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, narrowly edging out another massive ship that set the previous record last year. The MSC Katie began heading upriver from Astoria Wednesday morning and had made it as far as Kalama by around 3:30 p.m. The...

Port leaders Wednesday approved a contract with a Vancouver-based construction company to do what officials have wanted to do for a while: demolish an old grain silo and open up a coveted spot right on the Columbia River. As the port continues to see steady economic growth, officials have for years wanted to take down the old grain silo so the...

Gavilon has been officially rebranded as Viterra across its business in the United States and Mexico, following Viterra Ltd.’s purchase of the grains origination and storage and food ingredients business of Gavilon Agriculture Investment Inc. in 2022. Viterra’s intent to acquire the assets of Gavilon, a wholly owned US-based subsidiary of Marubeni...

US exporters recounted shocking tales of the extremely poor service levels they received at the peak of the Asia-US demand boom from carriers that, hitherto, they had regarded as supply chain partners. “We’ve been through some rough quarters,” said VP for logistics at New Jersey-based Fornazor International Carl Varner. “We learned where we fit...

“There are only 10 ocean carriers, and they’re all foreign companies, and we’re depending on them for all of the country’s exports and imports,” said Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition. Friedmann said although there is healthy competition among ocean carriers right now, it will get worse again if oversight...

When grain-carrying ship ASL Uranus docked in the Port of Tacoma this month, 15 Burmese seafarers spoke up: They hadn’t been paid in full for seven months, unlike their Chinese and Vietnamese co-workers. Unions stepped in to help and ensure the workers’ safety. “There’s no government agency in the world that’s looking after [the workers],” said...