Total container volume at the Port of Oakland in Oakland rose 3.6% in July compared to the same time last year, thanks to an increase in shipments of empty containers to Asia. The Port attributed the rise in empty container numbers to the need to return them to their point of origin, following high imports earlier in the summer. For the same period, import cargo volume fell 0.6%, while exports fell 7.3%. So far in 2018, total container volume had risen 2.5% which, if it continued to the end of the year, would be a record.
Total container volume at the Port of Oakland in California rose 3.6% in July compared to the same time last year, thanks to an increase in shipments of empty containers to Asia. The Port attributed the rise in empty container numbers to the need to return them to their point of origin, following high imports earlier in the summer. For the same period, import cargo volume fell 0.6%, while exports fell 7.3%. So far in 2018, total container volume had risen 2.5% which, if it continued to the end of the year, would be a record.