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The Columbia River Business Journal reports that early opponents to the logging operation now see it as an asset to the community
ILWU Local 50 members work at the Port of Astoria’s log operation. Three nine-man stevedore gangs hustled around Pier 1 Feb. 1, helping take the stacked timber from front loaders, wrap it in a cable noose and load it by crane into the hatches of the Malaysian-flagged Eco Discovery. The bulk carrier docked at Pier 1 in the Port of Astoria Jan. 29 to Feb. 5 while it took on more than 5 million board feet of timber before steaming its way to the central China coastline, leaving $86,000 in the Port’s coffers.
Westerlund Log Handlers, which operates a log export facility on Pier 1, came to Astoria in 2010 amid much controversy over its potential effects on Astoria’s tourism and marine industries, but the company has labored along under the radar for nearly three years, quietly earning the Port nearly $1.9 million from 26 ships.
“It took a lot of work – a lot of meetings,” said Roger Nance, a Washington state banker who turned in his suit to help form Westerlund Log Handlers with partner Dave Westerlund in 2009. “It’s hard to come into a...

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