The Port of Portland is busy on many fronts trying to avoid and reduce environmental impacts from our operations. In addition to day-today attention to responsible environmental management, we’ve set a series of objectives and targets to help guide our efforts over our fiscal year. Here is a highlight of what we’ll be working on…
Over the past few months, the Port of Portland has received a Green Power Leadership Award from the Environmental Protection Agency, an Environmental Outreach award from Airports Council International North America, and Best U.S. Airport recognition from Condé Nast magazine. And in January, our new headquarters building received the Oregon Chapter of the American Council…
This past summer, the Port of Portland and the Working Waterfront Coalition presented the second installment of Portland Harbor: Behind the Scenes. The series included lectures held at the St. Johns McMenamin’s Theater and tours of businesses up and down the Willamette River waterfront, including Columbia Grain, Advanced American Construction, and a jetboat tour of…
A new treatment facility on the PDX airfield will increase the amount of deicing material that can be treated after cold, wintry weather. A six-year project to enhance Portland International Airport’s aircraft deicing system marched along this winter, with major construction wrapping up on the PDX airfield. In December, workers finished the roof of a…
Half a world away, city and Port staff partner to carry Portland’s planning messages to new audiences. Kaohsiung City, located in southwestern Taiwan, was the gathering place for planners, engineers and environmental experts from around the world to discuss urban river management. The October 2010 Kaohsiung River Global Forum Experience of River Remediation was hosted…
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