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Shippers Benefit From Trade Uptick
April 30, 2021 Credit: Port of Portland Curtis Robinhold welcomes Korean Captain Ik-Soo Kim and his ship the SM Qingdao to Portland.
The executive director of the Port of Portland discusses how a rising Asian middle class and international e-commerce have boosted Oregon’s trade outlook.
Despite a global economic downturn and four months of the pandemic when shipping overseas was impossible, the Port of Portland has seen a 9% increase in business year-over-year.
Curtis Robinhold, executive director of the port, expects this uptick in trade to continue.
The rise of a middle class in Asia, combined with COVID-19’s acceleration of e-commerce, have created more options for vendors seeking to find business overseas. Robinhold discusses how pandemic trends have benefited the port, and what t