Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Situational Awareness; Confusion; Communication Breakdown
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
After landing Runway 28L and exiting at taxiway Echo; we were cleared to taxi E3 to T to park at gate.  Aircraft Y was southbound on T to park at gate.  PDX Ground did not give a priority to either aircraft.   We stopped short of T and the Aircraft Y continued to its gate.  Had we not stopped; we would have collided at the E3/T intersection.    After stopping and asking Ground Control about the Aircraft Y we were told to give way to it.    No additional data. Use extreme caution for the very congested end of C gates.
Air carrier Captain reported a ground conflict during taxi-in at PDX airport.  Reportedly; ATC did not give priority to either aircraft as they taxied to same gate area.