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The Port of Portland said April 15 that it plans to discontinue container service at Terminal 6 on Oct. 1 due to an inability to fund operations. In a letter to Terminal 6 shippers, the port’s Chief Trade and Economic Development Officer, Keith Leavitt wrote: “Despite the progress and effort we have made over the last year to create a financially sustainable path for container service at Terminal 6, I am sorry to say the third-party lease we were pursuing will not go forward at this time.” Securing that lease was key to keeping the container business going and the…