Market Access

Greater Portland's prime geographic location makes the region a key West Coast logistics center and a major hub for the movement of domestic and international freight. Strategically positioned along the Pacific Rim at a crossroads of ocean-bound and river shipping lanes, interstate highways and national rail lines, Greater Portland is an international and maritime gateway to many of the world's largest markets.

With annual exports of more than $21 billion, Greater Portland is one of only four regions in the nation that doubled exports in the past decade, and the region is poised to do the same again in half the time. 



Numerous Greater Portland ports, freight terminals, railroads, and airports support regional businesses in getting products to market:

• 6 port districts 
  • Port of Portland
  • Port of Vancouver USA
  • Port of St. Helens
  • Port of Camas-Washougal
  • Port of Ridgefield
  • Port of Skamania
• 2 intermodal freight terminals​
  • Port of Portland
  • Port of Vancouver USA
• 2 high-capacity transcontinental Class 1 main line railroads
  • Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF)
  • Union Pacific (UP)
• Portland International Airport (PDX)
• 6 urban general aviation airports
  • Hillsboro
  • Pearson
  • Troutdale
  • Aurora
  • McMinnville
  • Scappoose