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Re: Oakland: Cargo volume on the rise
Author: Merchant Marine
Date: 08-11-2016 - 12:11
Espee99 Wrote:
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> Mr. Robl is correct. Take for example the
> increase in traffic outbound against the total
> container traffic vs the increase in traffic
> outbound vs normal outbound traffic. As you can
> see the percentages will be very different. It
> would have been more to the point if the article
> or quote outlined the basis of comparison.
>
> If Oakland is able to boost traffic in either
> direction it means more jobs and that is good
> news. So I take it that the increase of outbound
> traffic both supports the capital effort to re-do
> the port and growth in jobs that helps the local
> economy.
For a long time the Port of Oakland (sometimes called by the nickname "POO") has tried to make themselves the first place containerships stop on the Cali route from Asia. But the way ships are loaded from bottom to top its not very feasible. So many more containers are taken off at the So Cal ports than would be the case at Oakland due to the territory the So Cal ports cover. Its a huge population base! As was mentioned awhile back on TO Evergreen Marine (and a couple of others including OOCL) used to do much more import business at "POO" than they do now. But economic realities got in the way and Evergreen Marine retrenched. In fact they have also retrenched a bit at the Port of LA. Evergreen Marine does more business at Port of Tacoma now due to economies of scale. OOCL on the other hand moved their stuff to the So Cal ports and plan to do even more business at the So Cal ports at the expense of the ports in the Pacific Northwest. Such is the ebb and flow of the container business. There will be more mergers too and that will effect the amount of containers each port handles. Business is tough for some of these companies right now.
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> Mr. Robl is correct. Take for example the
> increase in traffic outbound against the total
> container traffic vs the increase in traffic
> outbound vs normal outbound traffic. As you can
> see the percentages will be very different. It
> would have been more to the point if the article
> or quote outlined the basis of comparison.
>
> If Oakland is able to boost traffic in either
> direction it means more jobs and that is good
> news. So I take it that the increase of outbound
> traffic both supports the capital effort to re-do
> the port and growth in jobs that helps the local
> economy.
For a long time the Port of Oakland (sometimes called by the nickname "POO") has tried to make themselves the first place containerships stop on the Cali route from Asia. But the way ships are loaded from bottom to top its not very feasible. So many more containers are taken off at the So Cal ports than would be the case at Oakland due to the territory the So Cal ports cover. Its a huge population base! As was mentioned awhile back on TO Evergreen Marine (and a couple of others including OOCL) used to do much more import business at "POO" than they do now. But economic realities got in the way and Evergreen Marine retrenched. In fact they have also retrenched a bit at the Port of LA. Evergreen Marine does more business at Port of Tacoma now due to economies of scale. OOCL on the other hand moved their stuff to the So Cal ports and plan to do even more business at the So Cal ports at the expense of the ports in the Pacific Northwest. Such is the ebb and flow of the container business. There will be more mergers too and that will effect the amount of containers each port handles. Business is tough for some of these companies right now.
