Category: Press Releases

PORT OF OAKLAND AWARDED $3.5+ MILLION IN 12TH ROUND OF SEAPORT SECURITY GRANTS

PORT OF OAKLAND AWARDED $3.5+ MILLION IN 12TH ROUND OF SEAPORT SECURITY GRANTS Port receives 100% of requested funds; Project costs – 75% Federal, 25% Port Oakland, CA – July 6, 2012 – The Port of Oakland will receive $3,543,750 in Federal Port Security Grant funding to implement three new projects.  The Fiscal Year 2012 […]

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Port of Redwood City’s PortFest Wins Industry Award

Press Release Contact:  Mike Giari, Executive Director, 650-306-4150 or mgiari@redwoodcityport.com Thursday July 5, 2012 Port of Redwood City’s PortFest Wins Industry Award               The Port of Redwood City’s annual “PortFest” has been awarded a special recognition, what judges call the equivalent of a bronze medal, by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), to […]

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PORT OF OAKLAND WELCOMES NEWLY-APPOINTED COMMISSIONER

Earl S. Hamlin brings over 30 years of finance and business development experience  Oakland, Calif.—May 18, 2012 – The Port of Oakland welcomes its newest Port Commissioner, Earl S. Hamlin, who was nominated by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on April 6, 2012 and unanimously confirmed by the Oakland City Council on Tuesday, May 15. Commissioner […]

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Port of Redwood City Releases 3rd Quarter Tonnage & Vessel Report (July 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012)

 Cargo tonnage at the Port of Redwood City for the first three quarters of  Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012) was 965,033 metric tons, an increase of 390,165 MT or more than 68 percent higher than the first three quarters of the previous fiscal year, Commission Chairman Dick Claire announced (April […]

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Port Of Oakland Press Release: Powering Jobs, Empowering Communities

via Port of Oakland   Oakland, Calif. —April 5, 2012—The Port of Oakland today rolled out the key findings of an economic impact study by launching a new jobs brochure, “Powering Jobs, Empowering Communities”, which illustrates the Port’s positive economic impacts locally, regionally and nationally. The brochure features real people who hold Port-related jobs. Some […]

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PORT OF OAKLAND PRESS RELEASE

        PORT OF OAKLAND COMMISSIONERS APPOINT NEW SENIOR MANAGERS  DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING ARE CONFIRMED Oakland, Calif. —January 26, 2012— The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners appointed Jean Banker as Deputy Executive Director at a January Port Board meeting (Jan. 12, 2012) and Chris Chan as Director of Engineering […]

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Boustany and Tiberi Announce Hearing on Harbor Maintenance Funding and Maritime Tax Issues

House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr, MD (R-LA) and Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) today announced the Subcommittees will hold a hearing on harbor maintenance funding and maritime tax issues.  Submit comments for the hearing record.  

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