Port of Oakland sets all-time cargo record

Last month was the busiest in the Port of Oakland’s 92-year history for containerized import cargo. The Port handled the equivalent of 90,598 20-foot import containers in July. It was the first time ever that Oakland import volume had crossed the 90,000-container threshold in a single month. The total surpassed the Port’s old monthly record of 87,207 containers set in June 2018.

According to the Port, July import volume was up 7.5 percent from the same period a year ago. The Port attributed the...

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