[photopress:port_of_oakland.jpg,full,alignright]The Port of Oakland has opened an office in Shanghai, representing the California port’s commitment to move more Californian farm products to China and ship more Chinese consumer products back to the United States.
The office is the port’s first in China and located on the 31st floor of the Jinmao Tower. It will take care of relations with Chinese shipping firms, cargo owners, various logistics links and government trade development agencies.
The Port of Oakland began to admit container ships back in 1962 and was probably the first port on the west coast of the United States to handle them. By the late 1960s it was the second largest port in the world in container tonnage. However, depth and navigation restrictions in San Francisco Bay limited its capacity and it lost that title. Since then there has been a massive investment in infrastructure and now, once again, it is climbing up the league table.
Source: China Daily
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