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Port advisory committee votes to tell mayor, council to keep empty-container routing at Colombia Bridge
Summary
The Port of Entry Advisory Committee voted to ask the mayor and city council to maintain the current routing that directs empty containers to Columbia Bridge rather than returning them to World Trade Bridge, citing capacity, congestion and enrollment in a trusted-shipper program.
The Port of Entry Advisory Committee voted to send a message to the mayor and city council asking that empty containers ("empties") continue to be routed to the Columbia Bridge rather than be returned to World Trade Bridge. A member moved the motion and it was seconded; the committee chair called the motion approved after members said "Aye."
Committee members and trade representatives described the current routing change, implemented after December 2021, as having eased congestion at World Trade Bridge while shifting roughly 1,000 empty-container trips to Columbia Bridge during the initial change and…
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