The Port of Oakland handled a record 2.394 million TEUs in 2014, two percent more than in 2013. That broke the record of 2.391 million boxes moved in 2006. A 20 percent surge in December import containers contributed to the record performance. The port said for the year as a whole, import volume was up 5.29 percent, and this was “important because the Port has made import growth a strategic business objective.
The port attributed the increase to stronger U.S. demand for Asian manufactured goods, its own own marketing efforts and cargo diversions from congested Southern California ports.