The Port of Oakland is the
fourth largest container port in America. In 1998, the Port
of Oakland generated over $1.4 billion in business revenue and supported
14,000 jobs. Located in the San Francisco Bay area, the Port serves
the growing economy of California as well as the central, eastern
and southern regions of the U.S. The Port of Oakland is primarily
an export port, benefiting our national balance of trade.
Many American products are exported
through the Port of Oakland. Consumer items are imported by
container ships and transported by train. |
As Pacific trade has grown
over the past 20 years, limited capacity at west coast ports has
affected American commerce. The Port of Oakland's Vision 2000 project
will transform a closed military base -- the Naval Fleet Operations
and Supply Center Oakland (FISCO) -- into two new marine terminals
and an intermodal rail terminal. With Congressional support, the
Army Corps of Engineers and the Port will deepen the Oakland shipping
channel to -50 feet to serve the new fleet of container ships. These
improvements will increase both efficiency and capacity at the Port
of Oakland to fulfill American business needs into the next century.
The project also features
major environmental and public amenities. The Port and the Corps
intend to reuse the material dredged from the channel to create
shallow bay fisheries habitat and tidal wetlands in San Francisco
Bay. The public will enjoy beaches, walking trails and magnificent
views from a shoreline park built on the redeveloped naval land.
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