WASHINGTON: Port of Oakland, Calif., export volume hit a three-year high in October, shipping 89,473 (20-foot-equivalent units) containers, and the total was the highest since October 2013 and the fourth-highest in the port’s history, according to a news release. Year to date, exports from the Port of Oakland are up 10% over 2015.
Contributing factors to the increase include “a softer U.S. dollar and healthy agricultural harvests,” according to the release. Exports of fruits and vegetables from California’s Central, Napa and Salinas valleys, go through the port. “Increased export volume is nothing new; we’ve reported gains in nine of the first 10 months of the year,” Port of Oakland maritime director John Driscoll said in the release, “but the amount of volume growth highlights just how strong this rally is.”
