USDA announced plans to increase capacity at the Port of Oakland in California to ease port congestion and restore shipping services for ag commodities. The department is teaming up with the port to set up a new 25-acre pop-up site for ag companies to fill empty shipping containers with commodities.
“After we helped set up inland pop-up ports at the Port of Savannah, we witnessed significant improvements in the flow of goods, and we expect to see similarly positive results once this Oakland facility is open,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
The site will provide space to prepare empty containers in early March. “Further steps must be taken to prevent carriers from sending empty containers out of U.S. ports, such as the passage and signing of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act,” said American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall.
