We learned quite a lot about the ship breaking industry several years ago when a proposal for that kind of work at Tongue Point hit the news.
At the time the company making the proposal was looking at locating at Tongue Point, using the old finger piers and hauling in some big ships to dismantle for scrap. It never went anywhere but did cause a great deal of heated discussion.
Now the Port of Astoria has been approached by another company seeking to do the same kind of work on a smaller scale. In our news this morning Port Commissioner Floyd Holcom suggested that the people making the proposal take a hard look at the previous proposal before moving forward. Good Idea.
As long as we are talking about the Port I'll just throw this in: I noticed the other day that some road building is going on adjacent to the Englund Marine and Industrial Supply. The new road seems to be heading toward the upland end of Pier 3 where the Port is looking at bringing log exports back to the docks. I may have missed it but has the Port signed a deal with the log handling outfit yet? I also have heard that the State agency that put up the money for Bornsteins to build their new plant has started an investigation into how that log operation may impact their investment in the processing plant. I also understand that at least one of the Port Commissioners is just hopping mad about it and wants to know who blew the whistle.
At least happenings at the Port are rarely boring.
"Who blew the whistle"????
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I expect this to be the tip of the iceburg as fast as that whole thing was put together. The port commission was warned. They decided they were smarter.
The State of Oregon has a sizeable investment in much of what was accomplished over the past 10 years. From what I can tell, they were not consulted about the log export idea.
This whole log export thing has had very little thought put into it. I have a bad feeling about this whole thing.
It's been a couple months. Aren't we due for a recall election?
"blew the whistle"....
ReplyDeleteThat statement in and of itself is based upon a presumption of wrongdoing....
The state didn't need to be tipped off. Don't you think they are watching what happens to their investments?
No: Just checkout pers
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