A comeback is unlikely at the Port of Portland’s container terminal unless other lines of marine shipping business are found to subsidize it, a Port consultant found.

As the Port of Portland’s container terminal sat mostly or completely idled for years, one thing was constant: The Port wasn’t losing money.Private operator ICTSI Oregon continued to pay rent even when ships weren’t calling and containers weren’t moving.

Less than a decade ago, Portland, Ore.-based Freightliner appeared to have one foot out the door. The storied maker of big rigs changed its name to Daimler Trucks North America, then announced it would move hundreds of headquarters jobs to North Carolina.

Did Daimler take a self-driving truck for a spin in Oregon late last year? Not really.

The Port of Portland, Oregon, and the company operating its container terminal have agreed to part ways at the end of March, nearly a year after the terminal was idled by labor strife.

UPS Inc. will be swapping one of its big brown trucks for a big brown bike. The Atlanta logistics company said Dec. 7 that it's testing delivery by electric bicycle in Portland, a first for the company in the United States.

A new air cargo carrier announced it would start twice-weekly service to Portland, offering a new route for Oregon goods headed for Asia.