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Hanjin Shipping leaves Port of Portland



Hanjin Shipping officially terminated its services at the Port of Portland Tuesday, according to port operator ICTSI Oregon and port officials.

According to the Port of Portland, that business generated $83 million annually.

The South Korean container line sent its customers a long-range schedule Tuesday that indicated the March 4 Hanjin Brussels will be its last ship to call Portland. Later in the day, Hanjin sent a letter to the shipping companies it works with, saying Portland had been dropped. According to the letter, the Port of Portland would only be serviced by truck and rail via the Seattle port.

Hanjin ships account for 78 percent of the business at Terminal 6, moving 1,600 TEUs per-week. Hanjin services have been transporting most Oregon agricultural exports to Asia, and have hauled apparel for Pacific Northwest-based companies like Nike and Columbia Sportswear in and out of the U.S.

The shipping company has not yet provided specific reasons for its withdrawal from the Port of Portland, but it’s not a leap to assume that cargo backups

and two years of hostile labor disputes between ICTSI Oregon and local ILWU dockworkers have played a big role.

Hanjin’s most recent ship sat for four days waiting to be unloaded as dockworkers stopped working Friday and Monday to protest their grievance with ICTSI, and the port operator canceled work on Saturday and Sunday, saying the workers weren't productive enough to justify the shifts.

For more of The Oregonian story: www.oregonlive.com


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