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SW: →Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia: section added
Ambre Energy also announced that their subsidiary [[Pacific Transloading]] would ship 3.5 million metric tons of coal a year with potential to ship as much as 8 million metric tons with port approval. Coal would be shipped on covered barges, received at Port Westward and directly loaded onto about 50 ocean-going ships a year. Pacific Transloading would ship 3.5 million metric tons of coal a year with potential to ship as much as 8 million metric tons with port approval the company stated.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/01/two_coal_companies_want_to_exp.html "Two coal companies want to export coal through the Port of St. Helens"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, January 17, 2012.</ref>
On January 25, 2012 Port of St. Helens commissioners approved lease options for two coal terminals to Port Westward. The five-member commission unanimously approved a lease option from [[Pacific Transloading]], a subsidiary of Australian coal company [[Ambre Energy]], to operate a coal barge unloading dock at Port Westward. Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a lease option from [[Kinder Morgan Energy Partners]] to build what could be the largest coal terminal on the U.S. West Coast.<ref name>[http://tdn.com/news/local/coal-in-clatskanie-commissioners-approve-port-westward-export-proposals/article_2e6ac7bc-47f4-11e1-a2da-001871e3ce6c.html "Coal in Clatskanie: Commissioners approve 2 Port Westward export proposals"] Erik Olson, The Daily News Online, January 26, 2012.</ref>
===[[Port of Coos Bay]] in Oregon considers coal exports===
