Port of Oakland recently announced a new direct service with 18 megaships, which will link the port to Asia and the Middle East and is about to start this week.
For the records, this is the first-ever direct link among Oakland and the Middle East.
Stops at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah port would be Oakland’s first direct connection to the Middle East. Until now, ships from the Arab world transferred Oakland-bound cargo to other vessels at intermediate ports.
…port authorities noted.
According to the port, responsible for the new weekly service called the Far East-Pacific 2, will be Japan’s ONE line.
Moreover, each of the vessels in the service has a carrying capacity of 14.000 20-foot containers, meaning some of the largest container vessels calling at U.S. ports.
The size of the ships means extra cargo capacity coming to Oakland and the Port rotation extends Oakland’s reach in global markets.
…said Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll.
Concluding, the service is scheduled to reach nine ports in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, China, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
