Ship scrapper considers Portland

Ship scrapper considers Portland: "Ship scrapper considers Portland
Industry - Bay Bridge Enterprises, turned away in Newport, shifts its attention to several metro sites
Thursday, January 26, 2006
PETER SLEETH

A shipbreaking firm that tried and failed to set up shop in Yaquina Bay now says the Portland metro area is the more likely arena to dismantle and scrap a federal fleet now at anchor in California.

The company -- Bay Bridge Enterprises -- has toured sites in the past 30 days that include a former mill at the Willamette River town of Linnton, a former ship repair site below the St. Johns Bridge and two sites in Vancouver, according to documents obtained by The Oregonian.

In addition, company officials have looked at locations in St. Helens on the Columbia River, Astoria and Coos Bay."