Monthly container volumes at the Port of Oakland surged more than 12 percent in February 2013, as shippers in Asia increasingly moved goods West prior to the start of Lunar New Year celebrations.
Oakland terminals moved a total of 187,701 TEUs in February, a leap of 12.5 percent from the same month in 2012. The growth came mostly in full imported containers, the number of which surged by 28.5 percent to 64,525 TEUs.