Port of Oakland February container volume declined

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Oakland, Calif. – March 24, 2023: The Port of Oakland’s container volume experienced another slow month. Total year-to-date volume compared to this time last year fell 14.1%. Full TEUs (twenty-foot containers) dropped 23% last month, with 113,814 TEUs transiting the Port, in contrast to 147,620 TEUs in February 2022. Empty TEUs dropped 14% compared to […]

Port of Oakland joins clean energy trade mission

Oakland, Calif. – March 22, 2023: Port of Oakland officials joined a delegation of California policymakers, decisionmakers and business executives, led by California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis and Dee Dee Myers, Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, on a trade mission to Japan last week. The group exchanged ideas about tackling climate change, […]

Port of Oakland calls for zero emissions, cargo-handling plans

Oakland, Calif. – March 10, 2023: The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners approved an environmental ordinance at its Thursday, March 9 meeting. The Port law includes requiring tenants that operate cargo-handling equipment (CHE) to create a plan for converting CHE to zero-emissions. “The entire Port Board is committed to de-carbonizing operations at Port facilities,” said Port Board […]

16 new retail locations are coming to OAK Airport after Port of Oakland vote

Oakland, Calif. – March 9, 2023: On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners voted to adopt ordinances to enter into 10-year space use agreements with three retail concessionaires: HG OAK Retail Concessionaires JV, Paradies Lagardere @ OAK, LLC and MRG Oakland, LLC.  The three retailers will introduce a combined total of 16 […]

Calavera brings best of Oakland cuisine and art at OAK Airport location

Oakland, Calif. – March 9, 2023: New restaurant Calavera is now open for business and serving passengers at Oakland International Airport. Calavera is a Mexican-inspired airport restaurant and bar based on the popular Uptown Oakland location. It is the eighth new restaurant opened as part of OAK’s new food and beverage program.  Calavera at OAK […]

Port of Oakland hosts workshop for small, local, and diverse contractors

Oakland, Calif. – March 3, 2023: The Port of Oakland held an event on February 28th to connect small, local, and diverse contractors with large companies that the Port of Oakland contracts with on a variety of projects.   Prior to the contractor networking event, the Port held a workshop on the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification […]

OAK’s January passenger traffic up 38 percent year-over-year

Oakland, Calif. – March 1, 2023: In January of 2023, Oakland International Airport saw 819,955 passengers. There was year-over-year total passenger increase of 38.2 percent compared to January 2022.  “January is typically a slower month for air travel – but we can still see some significant growth in our passenger traffic compared to the same period last […]