Portland’s throughput up 38.8% in August

Portland’s throughput up 38.8% in August    The port of Portland said its container volumes increased 38.9 percent in August to 25,382 TEUs, from 18,272 TEUs handled in the same month last year.
   For the first eight months of the year, Portland’s loaded and discharged volumes were down 48 percent at 103,131 TEUs, from 199,679 TEUs handled in the same period 2004.
   According to ComPair Data, the global liner-shipping database at https://www.compairdata.com , there are four deep-sea liner services making regular calls at the Oregon port.