{"id":1817,"date":"2019-05-13T07:44:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T07:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2019-05-15T07:56:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T07:56:32","slug":"port-of-oakland-in-talks-to-return-to-its-bulk-shipping-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/port-of-oakland-in-talks-to-return-to-its-bulk-shipping-roots\/1817\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Oakland in Talks to Return to Its Bulk Shipping Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>California\u2019s Port of Oakland could soon see the return of bulk shipping operations at the site for the first time in 20 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The port has entered into negotiations with Vancouver-based Eagle Rock Aggregates, building materials shipper, to transport sand and gravel from British Columbia to Oakland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm seeks a vessel berth along with 20 acres of adjacent land at the port\u2019s Outer Harbor Terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eagle Rock is looking to secure a 15-year lease for one berth on Outer Harbor, which would be used as a base for distributing sand and gravel for Bay Area construction sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oakland, one of the busiest container seaports in the U.S., handled the equivalent of 2.5 million 20-foot containers last year. However, if agreed, the bulk shipping contract would not hamper container operations as the port does not envision using the property for container handling until 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 1,300 acres are devoted to containerized cargo, while the Outer Harbor Terminal is currently used for container-related activities as well as berthing for vessels in lay-up for extended periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThis is an opportunity for us to perhaps diversify our business,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;said John Driscoll, the port\u2019s Maritime Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve built the Port of Oakland to be a global gateway for containerized cargo but a steady, divergent revenue stream could be beneficial.\u201d<\/em><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California\u2019s Port of Oakland could soon see the return of bulk shipping operations at the site for the first time in 20 years. The port has entered into negotiations with Vancouver-based Eagle Rock Aggregates, building materials shipper, to transport sand and gravel from British Columbia to Oakland. The firm seeks a vessel berth along with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,20],"tags":[242],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","category-news","tag-oakland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/1818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}