The Port of Portland in Oregon, US, is set to resume container service after nearly one and half years following Singapore-based Swire Shipping commencement of container shipping operation at the port’s Terminal 6 (T-6).

Swire Shipping will provide a mix of general, non-containerised cargo and container service beginning in January next year as part of the new development.

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The service is expected to be offered once per month and will feature export shipments of Western Star trucks to Australia, as well as export containers to Australia / New Zealand and import containers from Asia.

“The Port is focused on giving our local shippers a variety of options to move their goods efficiently. Most importantly, this signals that T-6 is open for business.”

The proposed service is expected to help attract additional service in future and forms part of a wider initiative to ensure global access to Oregon and regional shippers.

It will be supported by a $250,000 Strategic Reserve Fund investment and represents an initial step toward maximising T-6’s long-term durability.

Port of Portland executive director Curtis Robinhold said: “The Port is focused on giving our local shippers a variety of options to move their goods efficiently.

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“Most importantly, this signals that T-6 is open for business.”

Portland’s container service originally came to a halt at the end of May last year when the port’s final customer, Westwood Shipping Lines, stopped calling at the port.

In addition, several of the port’s then-customers such as South Korean shipping line Hanjin Shipping and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd pulled out of Portland in 2015, following a rift between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and port operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI).