Port of Oakland Meat Exports Soar, Bet on 'Cool Cargo' Paying Off
Shipments up 26% in Q1, mostly to Asia; market share now at 42 percent.
Amid a devastating pandemic that’s crippling economies worldwide, here’s a Port of Oakland (Port) bright spot: meat exports to Asia. the Port said today its meat exports jumped 26% in the first quarter of 2020 over Q1 2019.
The Port said it now controls 42% of the market for meat exports leaving U.S. West Coast ports. Its nearest competitor, the Port of Long Beach, has 31% of the market.