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The Port of St. Helens was created in 1940 in Columbia City, Oregon along the Columbia River. It is considered a deep water port. The port is located approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.<ref name=ore>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/port_of_st_helens_potential_ca.html "Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, June 15, 2011.</ref> The port is being eyed as a potential coal export terminal.<ref>[http://www.portsh.org/ "Port of St. Helens"] Port of St. Helens Homepage, accessed June 15, 2011.</ref>[[Image:BeyondCoalExports-NorthwestMap-2.jpg|thumb|right|Proposed Northwest Coal Export Locations.]]{{#evp:youtube|biuUw60jCwU|Coal Export Threatens the Northwest.|right|200}}
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The Port of St. Helens was created in 1940 in Columbia City, Oregon along the Columbia River and is considered a deep water port. It contains the industrial park [[Port Westward]], the site of proposed coal exports.  
  
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==Location==
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The port is located in Columbia City, approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.<ref name=ore>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/port_of_st_helens_potential_ca.html "Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, June 15, 2011.</ref>
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In June 2011, ''The Oregonian'' reported that the Port of St. Helens in Columbia City, Oregon was being eyed as a potential Northwest port that would export coal to Asian countries. It was also reported that [[Columbia Riverkeeper]], which opposes coal export, asked a judge to require St. Helens Port to release all of its coal-related documents. In a response, a lawyer for the port stated that doing so would violate a confidentiality agreement and "would result in the greatest harm to the public interest which can be imagined -- a loss of jobs in our community."<ref name=ore/>
 
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Oregon Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, wrote in a statement to ''The Oregonian'' that the terminal "should not happen in the dead of night. We must have an open, vigorous public debate before any projects move forward."<ref name=ore/>
 
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In January 2012 ''The Oregonian'' reported that [[Kinder Morgan Energy Partners]] would develop a dry bulk export terminal at the Port of St. Helens' Port Westward industrial park, using rail lines and building facilities to store and load coal.
 
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Ambre Energy announces that Pacific Transloading would ship 3.5 million metric tons of coal a year, Ambre Energy North America said, with potential to ship as much as 8 million metric tons with port approval. Coal would be shipped on covered barges, received at Port Westward and directly loaded onto about 50 ocean-going ships a year. [[Pacific Transloading]] would ship 3.5 million metric tons of coal a year with potential to ship as much as 8 million metric tons with port approval the company stated.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/01/two_coal_companies_want_to_exp.html "Two coal companies want to export coal through the Port of St. Helens"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, January 17, 2012.</ref>
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:40, 30 May 2015

{{#badges: CoalSwarm |Navbar-Coalexports}} The Port of St. Helens was created in 1940 in Columbia City, Oregon along the Columbia River and is considered a deep water port. It contains the industrial park Port Westward, the site of proposed coal exports.

Location

The port is located in Columbia City, approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.[1]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. ↑ "Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia" Scott Learn, The Oregonian, June 15, 2011.

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