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SM Line Brings Weekly Container Service to the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6


The Port of Portland has


announced that South Korea- based container carrier SM Line will be bringing weekly


container shipping


service back to Portland. The announcement follows Governor Kate Brown’s recent trade mission trip to South Korea, where the Governor and Port representatives met with SM Line executives. “We are thrilled to welcome


SM Line and give regional shippers more options and better


connect Oregon


businesses to global markets,” said Curtis Robinhold, executive director at the Port of Portland. “This service will help reduce the number of trucks on the road and decrease regional environmental impacts of freight movement.” SM Line launched in 2017


and continues to expand its presence on the Asia-North America trade route to meet growing demand. The Port of Portland’s Terminal 6 will be added to SM Line’s existing rotation to the Pacific Northwest, which includes


stops in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Seattle. “This is great news for


Oregon, which will create more jobs for Oregonians and more opportunities for local companies to grow as they market Oregon products overseas,” Governor Kate Brown said. “Oregon sent $1.7 billion in exports to South Korea last year. During our recent trade mission, we met with SM Line executives and made the case for continuing connections with our trading partners in Asia. I’m delighted they made the decision to come to Portland.” The weekly service will


start from the port of Ningbo in


2019, using six 4,300 to 4,500 TEU vessels,


and the China on December 22, full


port rotation will be Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Pusan, Kwangyang, and Yantian. The first journey is expected to arrive in Portland in January 2020. Portland was selected as an additional stop due to


Ports gather to protect endangered orcas


The Northwest Seaport Alliance, Port of Seattle, Port of Tacoma, Washington State Ferries, NOAA, and the Puget Sound Partnership co- convened a workshop of a broad range of experts and interests to identify ways to reduce underwater noise in effort to support recovery of the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales. Underwater noise can be harmful to Southern Resident orcas because it impedes their ability to use sonar to hunt prey and communicate. The workshop was held at


the Bell Harbor Conference Center on Thursday, Oct. 3 and was attended by state, federal, tribal and Canadian government representatives, researchers, natural resource agencies, whale conservation groups and representatives of the maritime industry. The


goal of the workshop was to explore the possibility of establishing a program to reduce the exposure of our endangered orca to ship noise such as ECHO established by the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia. “It was heartening to


have such a broad range of expertise in the same room committed to tackling the critical issue of orca survival in the Salish Sea,” said Port of Seattle Commissioner and Northwest Seaport Alliance Managing Member, Fred Felleman, who studied killer whales in graduate school and championed the workshop. “As we know from the study of cooperative hunters such as wolves, lions and orcas, we can accomplish great things when we work together, and the recovery of our iconic orca hinges on our collaboration.”


Terminal 6’s proximity to Oregon customers, lack of congestion, and access to on-site rail connections that allow products to be quickly transported beyond Portland. “We look forward to this new service in Portland,


which will expand our trans- Pacific service coverage and better connect SM Line with customers in the region,” said Kee Hoon Park, SM Line CEO. Oregon is a trade-dependent


state, with international trade to Asia powering


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the agricultural, forest, technology, manufacturing and distribution industries. SM Line’s new shipping service provides an important boost to Oregon’s economic competitiveness and the growth of Oregon businesses – better connecting our region to the world. It also helps bring more jobs to Portland. As Oregon’s largest port, the


Port of Portland uses land, sea and air to ship Oregon-made


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goods across the globe and help bring quality products back to the region. The SM Line service builds on the Port’s successful partnership with BNSF Railway to move containers via rail to Seattle and Tacoma, and its recruitment of air cargo service offered by Cathay Pacific Cargo and, more recently, ANA Cargo, at


Portland International


Airport. FedEx and UPS also transport many of the goods bought and sold in the region.


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