River Docks

The Columbia and Willamette Rivers host a variety of docks and commercial facilities for maritime commerce. These include grain elevators, silos for bulk mineral import and export, automobile import/export yards, container facilities, petroleum tank farms, chemical plants, break bulk cargo docks, ship repair drydocks, lay berths and specialty, heavy-lift facilities.

The following photographs show some of these docks and list their particulars. Photos of other facilities will be added in the future.

Cargill-Louis Dreyfus 'O' Dock

Location Willamette River, east bank
Type Grain export elevator
Capacity 1200 tph
Length 327 feet, catwalk 451 feet
Degrees 133
Height 30 feet

Cascade General's Drydock #3

Location Willamette River, east bank, on Swan Island
Type ship repair drydock
Length 661 feet
Width 122.3 feet
Lift Capacity 24,270 long tons

Port of Portland, Terminal 6

Location Columbia River, Oregon side
Berths 602, 603, 604, 605 (see photo)
Type Container facility
Capacity
Length 2917 feet
Degrees 136
Height 28.4 feet

Kalama Export

Location Columbia River, Washington side, at Kalama
Type Grain export elevator
Capacity 3000 tph
Length 537 feet, 1088 feet w/ dolphins
Degrees 138
Height 25 feet

Columbia Grain at Terminal 5

Location Willamette River, east bank, Rivergate Industrial park
Berth Columbia Grain
Type Grain export elevator
Capacity 1800 tph
Length 928 feet
Degrees 230
Height 31.1 feet

Port of Portland's Terminal 2

Location Willamette River, west bank
Berths 204, 205, 206
Type General cargo, containers
Length 2290 feet
Degrees 130
Height 30 feet

Glacier Cement dock

Location Willamette River, east bank
Type Cement discharge facility
Capacity
Length 415 feet
Degrees 130
Height 30 feet

Port of Longview

Location Columbia River, Washington side, at Longview
Berths 6 & 7 (see photo), and 8
Type General cargo, logs
Length 1880 feet
Degrees 118
Height 29.6 feet

Weyerhauser Log Dock A

Location Columbia River, Washington side, at Longview
Type Log export
Berth Log dock A
Length 1201 feet, 150 foot catwalk
Degrees 132
Height 23.3 feet