"By Savannah Morning News
MUCH HAS been made over the need to renew America's highway infrastructure, with attention mainly focused on better facilitating interstate commerce.
Largely absent from the national conversation has been the idea of reviving an obvious alternative to land-based transportation: Coastal shipping."
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MUCH HAS been made over the need to renew America's highway infrastructure, with attention mainly focused on better facilitating interstate commerce.
Largely absent from the national conversation has been the idea of reviving an obvious alternative to land-based transportation: Coastal shipping."
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This sure seems to make sense. Who's opposing this proposal? Do you know if there is a champion in Congress? There's a bit more information at http://www.greenships.org/ but it needs a Senator or two to really get this going...
I'm sure the Port of Portland and Longview people are on it. It will be great business for them-it wont have a thing to do with Astoria.
A bove is an extract from:SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 27, 2009, that outlines the program presented to Port of Astoria, of which, they supported unanimously and appears to be custom designed for a small ports such as Astoria with the opportunities it presents.
As it is with all opportunities like this, we cannot drop the ball or once again we will miss it and the many compatible and cohesive jobs it could bring.
if it comes to the river they'll bypass Astoria and head upriver closer to rail and interstate freeways--with no rail and dinky old hiway 30 going right thru town, it would make Astoria the biggest mess--plus, the cheapest way to move freight is by water so why would anyone wanna truck from Astoria to Portland/Vancouver when they can unload there? Don't make no sense, no sir, no sense at all.
I don't think you are seeing the picture clearly "Anonym" but, it's right there for you to review and absorb and the reasons why.
No, its you who doesnt see the picture clearly. If you notice on the map at the top of the presentation the POA isnt even marked-the text saysd in b&w that cargos will move between L.A. and Portland. Astoria was mentioned as "home port" which is just formality-no loading or unloading will be done here.
Well, PofA will have to new cranes just in case, then, for some unforeseen need that may arise but, I have a feeling they will be in use quite often and for what reason I wonder?
Oops!
Forgot all about rail service that should play into this thing as well and remember, the idea is getting a bunch of trucks off the roads and don't tell me Astoria will not be a freight transfer point as well for some shippers that don't want to go all the way upriver to top-off or off-load here whten possible.
And then there's barges loaded with freight/containers/grains, etc. that could play into all this.
The possibilities are many and no, they don't all have to go upriver to Portland, Longview, Vancouver.
I would venture there are many shippers that would love to talk about a turnaround situation out of Astoria instead of traversing 139 miles upriver after sitting down here for two or three days or more before they can get a berth to load/off-load.
Oh, yeah, let's pay all the costs for putting a real train back on the tracks to Astoria. Have you any idea how much that will cost? It's millions because its a FREIGHT TRAIN, nor a tourist train. And then there are those grain barges to Portland. Lets see, how much does it cost to send a ship to Portland and how much does it cost to off load the freight on to a truck or a barge? Gee, its twice the cost of sending the ship to Portland. "Patrick", you are dreaming - as much as you dream about the houses you "draw" being approved by an architect. And, since you are so focused on "real names" please provide the name you were born with.
And you, "Anonym", would be and could you clarify just exactly what the hell you are talking about?
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