Tag: port of Oakland

November 2, 2022

A group of U.S. Representatives recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg expressing concerns over a grant proposal concerning the Port of Oakland. The City of Oakland submitted a grant application to the department for […]

October 31, 2022

Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan says the port has embarked on a plan to play to its strength as one of the leading agriculture export facilities in the world to soften the impact of COVID challenges of the […]

August 25, 2020

Terminal operator Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) said that the project will eliminate about 1,200 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually from each crane. “Retrofitting our rubber-tire gantry cranes to battery power produced remarkable results,” said Crane Manager Ken […]

April 17, 2020

The 19,200 TEU MSC Anna, owned by Mediterranean Shipping Company, has docked at the port’s Oakland International Container Terminal on the Oakland Estuary, claiming the title of the largest ship ever to call in Oakland. The massive ship can carry […]

March 18, 2020

The blanking of sailings is attributed to reduced demand for ship space because of China’s manufacturing downturn caused by the lockdown measures imposed in the country to curb the coronavirus oubreak. The port said that ocean carriers are scuttling dozens […]

March 9, 2020

The 107,517 gross ton Grand Princess, operated by US cruise line Princess Cruises, has been stranded off the coast of San Francisco for several days due to the coronavirus outbreak onboard the vessel. Out of more than 3,500 people aboard […]

September 24, 2019

The Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Oakland, Port of Portland, Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma said the long-term implications of the escalating trade conflict “will create irredeemable economic harm to employers, workers, residents […]

June 19, 2019

The plan, called the Seaport Air Quality 2020 and Beyond Plan, was approved by port commissioners last week. The 259-page plan envisions zero-emission operations in the future, calling for changes in equipment, operations, fuels and infrastructure at the seaport. The […]

June 4, 2019

Namely, the Alameda County Transportation Commission received USD 12.45 million from the California Transportation Commission for FITS, that includes 15 freight technology demonstration projects designed to address traffic management, security systems and roadway improvements at the Oakland seaport. The funding […]

April 15, 2019

The port reported a positive first quarter in cargo volume as it handled 612,151 TEUs for the period through the end of March 2019, marking a rise of 4.2 percent compared to 587,356 TEUs recorded during the same period in […]

January 21, 2019

Speaking at Oakland’s annual State of the Port address, Driscoll acknowledged that the ongoing U.S.-China trade war clouds the 2019 freight picture. Nevertheless, he added that the port continues to aggressively implement a 5-year strategy called Growth with Care. The […]

June 18, 2018

The deal, which was approved on June 14, includes a 19-acre expansion at SSA’s Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT); purchase of three new ship-to-shore cranes by the terminal operator for cargo handling; and options that would extend the new lease […]

June 12, 2017

Import volume at the Port of Oakland, Calif., has reached a two-year high, which officials say is a good sign as the port heads into the busy summer-fall shipping season. The port handled the equivalent of 82,440 20-foot import containers, […]

January 10, 2017

Loaded shipping container volume at the US Port of Oakland reached an all-time high in 2016 due to “a year-long containerized export boom as well as growth in imports.” The port handled the equivalent of 1.83 million loaded 20-foot containers […]

July 11, 2016

While public uproar over a proposal to export coal may have slowed down one redevelopment project at the former Oakland Army Base, another one has been quietly under construction. And on July 7, a 100-car train rolled in from the […]