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Container traffic at the Port of Oakland is starting to pick up again amid the supply chain chaos. Cargo imports handled by the Port of Oakland increased 6.5% in November from a year earlier, the hub said in an emailed statement Dec. 15.

In baseball terms, the Oakland Athletics’ efforts to build a stadium and billion-dollar real estate development at the Port of Oakland is in the bottom of the ninth inning and the home team is behind several runs.

The Oakland City Council on July 20 approved a non-binding term sheet for a proposed waterfront ballpark at the Port of Oakland, yet neither trucking interests nor the Athletics baseball club was happy with the outcome.

Whether the Oakland Athletics build a new stadium inside the Port of Oakland facility, along the waterfront at the abandoned Howard Terminal, must be voted on soon, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said.

Two California-based trucking associations continue to oppose plans for a major league baseball stadium to be built for the Oakland Athletics inside the Port of Oakland facility at the Howard Terminal, even as the team considers relocating to another city.

An environmental impact report written by City of Oakland officials and released Feb. 26 is pushing forward plans for a privately funded, baseball-only stadium at Howard Terminal at the Port of Oakland.

Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan has been a fixture at the port and City Hall for 20 years before being appointed to the top position at one of the nation’s busiest ports in November.

While the United States is in the middle of tough trade negotiations with China, and both economic powers have imposed tariffs on products entering their countries, other Asian nations and one U.S. port appear to be benefiting.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Port of Oakland’s board of commissioners May 13 unanimously approved an exclusive negotiating term sheet that would give the Oakland A’s four years to obtain land use permits, conduct an environmental review and do other preparatory work needed to eventually lease the 50-acre Howard Terminal — one of six marine terminals at the port.

The Port of Oakland’s West Oakland Truck Management Plan has moved one step closer to final approval.