Port of Vancouver breaks ground on soda ash facility
The Port of Vancouver is building a $90M soda ash export facility with state-of-the-art systems, boosting U.S. capacity and supporting global trade.
Remaking a city’s waterfront
Development of a new, $1.5 billion district is progressing on an ex-mill site in Vancouver, Wash.
Port of Vancouver in the thick of construction
The Port of Vancouver in Washington is in the middle of its $275 million West Vancouver Freight Access project, an effort to expand rail capacity from 16 linear miles of track to more than 45. The port is now opening bidding for an $11.75 million project to expand the port’s business park by 58 acres.
Work peaks on $150M Port of Vancouver project
The Port of Vancouver USA is halfway through its 10-year, $150 million freight access improvement project, and construction is set to hit its high point this summer.
IT company to sub-lease 23,000-square-foot space in Vancouver
HTG, Inc., an information technology solutions company based in Vancouver, Wash., has sub-leased a 23,024-square-foot industrial space at the Columbia Business Center in Vancouver.
Sapa signs lease for plant in Vancouver, Wash.
The Vancouver, B.C.-based Sapa Extrusions, one of the world’s leaders in aluminum profile manufacturing, has its sights set on the Pacific Northwest’s other Vancouver.
Farwest’s 20-acre Vancouver, Wash., purchase approved
The Eugene-based Farwest Steel has officially closed on the purchase of a 20-acre industrial tract at the Port of Vancouver USA.
Port of Vancouver receives $15M high-speed rail grant
The Port of Vancouver USA has been awarded $15 million from the federal government to help provide high-speed rail service.
Vancouver port demolishing 3 buildings
The Port of Vancouver's Board of Commissioners has given final approval for demolition of three buildings at Terminal 2 to make way for the planned West Vancouver Freight Access rail project.
Rail projects score big in TIGER II grant giveaway
Oregon International Port of Coos Bay and the Port of Vancouver were the two biggest grant winners in Oregon and Southwest Washington, walking away with a total of $25.7 million
Potash export facility eyes Vancouver port
The Port of Vancouver USA has been selected as the preferred option for a new export facility by BHP Billiton, one of the world's largest mining companies, over several other locations worldwide. The port and the company have now entered into a preliminary lease agreement for the port's Terminal 5, which Billiton will use to build a potash export facility on.
Farwest Steel buys lot at Port of Vancouver
The Port of Vancouver USA today approved the sale of 20 acres to the Eugene-based steel fabricator Farwest Steel Corporation.
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