Port of Coos Bay | |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Coos Bay, Oregon |
Coordinates: | 43.4292°N -124.2292°W |
Owner: | Oregon International Port of Coos Bay |
Blankdetailstitle1: | Lumber docks |
Blankdetails1: | 3 |
Blankdetailstitle2: | Main exports |
Blankdetails2: | Wood products |
Blankstatstitle1: | Draft depth |
Blankstats1: | 37 feet |
Blankstatstitle2: | Air draft |
Blankstats2: | 149 feet, restricted by Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge |
Website: | Port of Coos Bay |
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is a port of the Pacific coast of the United States, located in Coos Bay near the city of Coos Bay, Oregon. It is the largest deep-draft coastal harbor between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound, and is Oregon's second busiest maritime commerce center after the Port of Portland. The port operates the 134-mile Coos Bay Rail Link which connects the port to Eugene, Oregon and the national rail network.[1]
In the mid-1900s, the Port of Coos Bay held the title of "world's largest lumber shipping port".[2] Lumber ships loaded with whole-log loads of the region's prized Douglas fir, Western hemlock, and Port Orford cedar timber were a common sight at the docks.