# Brooks in competition for $25M grant to build intermodal facility

> Oregon Port of Willamette, led by Kevin Mannix, is competing with a Millersburg group for a $25 million grant to build an intermodal freight facility in Brooks. The project would let Willamette Valley agricultural shippers move containers from trucks to rail rather than trucking them to Seattle or Tacoma.

- Date: 2018-08-22 · published 2018-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63544-brooks-in-competition-for-25m-grant-to-build-intermodal-facility
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

A new intermodal facility could lower freight costs for Oregon grain, hay and seed shippers, but the project is still at the bidding stage and has little near-term price effect.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- statesmanjournal.com: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2018/08/22/willamette-valley-intermodal-facility-agricultural-industry/993137002/

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