The 36 new silos at the Port of Longview. Click on the image to read the article in the Capital Press.
A new grain terminal at the Port of Longview, Wash., will increase export capacity in the Northwest, according to its developers. The Export Grain Terminal is a joint venture of global agricultural and shipping companies Bunge North America, ITOCHU and STX Pan Ocean. It is expected to be completed in the fall of 2011. Volumes of cargo are expected to grow in the Pacific Northwest, the second largest export corridor in North America, because of increasing demand for agricultural products in Asia.
The facility is the first export terminal built in the U.S. in 20 years, Seidel said. It will ship grain, oilseeds and their products from the Northwest, Midwest and Western Canada. The new facility has a larger rail and barge offload capacity, more storage and faster vessel-loading capacity than other elevators on the river, a grain exporter said.