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Day: March 9, 2011

Budget cuts may cost Port of Vancouver $10M

Fallout from the congressional budget showdown may cost the Port of Vancouver $10 million in federal funding for a rail improvement project intended to attract new industrial development. The port’s funding is not part of the $4...

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Price of soy goes up due to strike in ports

Soy prices increased 1.3 percent yesterday in Chicago and close at $516 per ton, in part influenced by a longshoremen demonstration that started last Wednesday at the San Martin General Port, located close to Rosario, Argentina....

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Pelosi calls for port investments to create jobs

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi used a weekend return to San Francisco to call for more investments in the nation’s ports and other infrastructure as a way to create jobs. “Unless we invest in infrastructure,...

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