Private company

Shaver Transportation Company

Logo: shavertransportation.com3

American freight transportation company

The Shaver Transportation Company is an inland water freight transportation company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company was founded in 1880 and played a major role in the development of freight transport in the Portland area and along the Columbia.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Shaver Transportation fleet circa 1900
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Shaver Transportation Company is an inland water freight transportation company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company was founded in 1880 and played a major role in the development of freight transport in the Portland area and along the Columbia.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$43.4M 2009–2026
Without federal contracts$2.2M 2015–2026
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2015–2026: $2.2M in all. Federal grants $695.0K; PPP loans $1.5M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M2015 · Federal grants: $10.0K2015201720192020 · PPP loans: $1.5M2021 · Federal grants: $25.0K20212022 · Federal grants: $649.6K202320252026 · Federal grants: $10.4K2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsPPP loansFederal contractsTotal
2026$10.4K–$8.0M$8.0M
2025––$4.8M$4.8M
2024––$3.5M$3.5M
2023––$2.3M$2.3M
2022$649.6K–$2.7M$3.3M
2021$25.0K––$25.0K
2020–$1.5M–$1.5M
2018––$39.0K$39.0K
2017––$6.6K$6.6K
2015$10.0K–$3.7M$3.7M
2014––$3.0M$3.0M
2013––$2.9M$2.9M
2011––$4.2M$4.2M
2010––$4.0M$4.0M
2009––$2.1M$2.1M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2009–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Jul 21, 2022$649.6K from Maritime Administration: Assistance To Small Shipyards6 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award 693JF72217021
  2. Sep 1, 2021$24.8K from Federal Emergency Management Agency: Port Security Grant Program7 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award EMW-2021-PU-00467
  3. Sep 22, 2026$10.4K from Maritime Administration: Assistance To Small Shipyards8 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award 693JF72617035
  4. Sep 1, 2015$10.0K from Federal Emergency Management Agency: Port Security Grant Program9 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award EMW2015PU00385

Largest contracts

  1. Mar 28, 2025$12.8M from Department of the Army: Nww towboat services. this action is for a service requirement entitled "juvenile fish transportation program" for award of a base contract 10 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award W912EF25C0006
  2. Apr 9, 2010$10.5M from Department of the Army: Diesel fuel for towboats11 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award W912EF10C0020
  3. Apr 1, 2022$8.5M from Department of the Army: Towboat services12 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award W912EF22C0005
  4. Mar 26, 2014$5.8M from Department of the Army: Igf::ot::igf towboat services in support of the juvenile fish transport program13 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award W912EF14C0008
  5. Mar 27, 2009$2.1M from Department of the Army: Rental of one towboat14 To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO Award W912EF09C0015

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA15. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 13, 2020$1.5M PPP loan (first draw) from Washington Trust Bank15To SHAVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Portland OR; $1.5M forgiven Nov 5, 2020