OFFICERS of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and the Port of Portland in Oregon, USA recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a 25-year lease to operate the container and breakbulk facility of Terminal 6. Photo shows the officers at the signing event (seated, left to right): Sam Ruda, Port of Portland port director of marine and industrial development; Elvis Ganda, ICTSI Oregon, Inc. chief executive officer; and Bill Wyatt, Port of Portland executive director. Witnessing the event were (standing, left to right): Keith Leavitt, Port of Portland corporate real estate manager; Marcelo Suarez, ICTSI senior vice president, and Judi Johansen, Port of Portland commission president. The agreement, the largest financial transaction in the history of the city’s maritime port, is ICTSI’s first venture in the USA.

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