01/20/2026
https://www.ridgelinemagazine.com/coast/the-false-solution-in-coos-bay
I'm just not sure many people in Oregon actually want an industiral container ship port the size of Oaklands port, smack in the middle of Coos bay, on virgin land, on the fairly pristine Oregon Coast... where no other infrastructure exists to support a port like this; roads, warehouses, parking lots, import facilities, offices et al, not to mention this is not exactly an active "ship lane" for trucks, nor are the roads ready for it, and we already have a Port in Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC, Oakland, and 2 in Los Angeles. As someone who imports glass jars from Asia, I have never had an issue getting my containers unloaded in a timely manner at the already existing west coast ports....
this is basically a solution looking for a problem that doesn't exist bc we don't actually need more port capacity. International shipping is going down, not up. Coos bay has a nice local economy, & an amazing commercial fishing fleet, that needs the bay to be healthy for nursing baby Salmon and Steelhead as they come out from the river.
if you don't want to see this happen, even if you don't live in Oregon, follow up and get involved, even if its just writing a few emails to Salem, Oregon's state capital.I'm
The South Coast of Oregon is proposed to be the home of a new industrial container shipping port facility and rail line, and this could mean big changes for the rural coast—with impacts starting in Coos Bay, reaching Eugene and beyond.