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Boosted by extraordinary trade growth with Vietnam, the Port of Oakland will offer a direct line to the Southeast Asian nation. Pacific International Lines will operate the service using vessels that can carry up to 11,900 20-foot equivalent units.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Barbara Leslie, CEO of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, has joined the Port of Oakland’s governing Board of Port Commissioners, according to a Dec. 13 press release. Leslie worked at the port in 1998 and 1999.

The Port of Oakland and city leaders are developing the West Oakland Truck Management Plan in an effort to reduce the impact of freight haulers moving through residential areas.

The Port of Oakland on Sept. 13 reported the busiest August in its 91-year history, a record start to its peak season with imports up 9.2% from a year ago.

The Oakland Portal, a new high-tech platform, has been introduced by the Port of Oakland, Calif., to provide a single point for information about its operation, according to the West Coast hub.

Container traffic at the Port of Oakland rose 4.3% year-over-year in January to 205,841 industry-standard twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, with positive turnaround in the export market.

The Port of Virginia and the Port of Oakland, Calif., set records for annual container traffic in 2017, according to two announcements.

The Port of Oakland will embark on developing a truck management plan over the next 12 months to address complaints from citizens about big rigs on the streets of West Oakland.

Commissioners at the Port of Oakland elected their first African-American member and first female secretary of the board, appointing Daria Edgerly to the position in late October.

The Port of Oakland believes a new trade pact with China will benefit its export business and provide more opportunities for truckers to haul rice to export overseas