{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "paleglanceaustereface said: There was an article in the WSJ a while \nback about how Portland was close to dying entirely as bulk...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/152447241513/", "html": "<p><a href=\"http://paleglanceaustereface.tumblr.com/\" title=\"Lumen Coeli\" target=\"_blank\">paleglanceaustereface</a> said: There was an article in the WSJ a while \nback about how Portland was close to dying entirely as bulk port.</p><p>Other way around, it\u2019s dead as a container port and only functions as a bulk and automobile port. The Pacific mouth of the Columbia is actually an incredibly tough passage, and the river isn\u2019t really suited to modern oceangoing ships, while in comparison Puget Sound is ideal for shipping. It\u2019s the rivers - originally the Willamette serving the fertile Willamette Valley and then the Columbia-Snake system all the way to Idaho - that make inland transit to the port efficient enough to stay competitive.<br/></p>"}