Port Bails On Hayden Island Shipping Terminals, Gives Nod to Vancouver's Project

PORTLAND-The Port of Portland is no longer working to develop shipping terminals on West Hayden Island. Citing lessening market demand for the ports top commodity – wheat – and a competing Port of Vancouver development have killed the idea after more than 10 years of planning, Port commissioners voted unanimously last week to directs staffers to immediately stop working on permits and zoning approvals for West Hayden Island.

The port purchased West Hayden Island in 1994. Located in the Columbia River between North Portland and Vancouver, the 825-acre island was envisioned as the future home to marine terminals. The project is being put on the back burner, and port officials expect to try to collaborate with the Port of Vancouver on future development projects. That port has a 1,000-acre piece of waterfront land set aside for marine terminal development of its own.