columbia-snake river container-on-barge. pnw location

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PNW Location

Columbia River Deep-Draft Channel

Columbia-Snake River System

Typical Barge Tow

Portland – Terminal 6

Reefer Barge

Barge22%

Rail1%

Truck77%

Share of Terminal 6 Container Exports By Receipt Mode

CY 2004

Container Barge Commodities

Other21%

Hay15%

Pulses32%

Wheat6%

Wood Pulp7%

Potatoes, Frozen

7%Animal Feed12%

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Columbia River Barge Activity

CommodityShort Tons

(000s) Direction

Wheat 5,279 Downbound

Petroleum Products 1,853 Upbound

Sand & Gravel 1,047 Both

Wood Chips 750 Both

Waste & Scrap 270 Upbound

Hay & Ag. Products 197 Downbound

Barley 120 Downbound

Other 233 Both

Total 9,749

Columbia River between Vancouver, WA, and The Dalles, OR (2004)Source: US Army Corps of Engineers – Navigation Data Center

John AkreMarine Marketing & SalesPort of Portland121 NW Everett StreetPortland, OR 97208T: 503 944 7217John.Akre@portofportland.com