US Department of Agriculture to Fund Port of Oakland Pop-Up Site to Tackle Shipping Delays

A shipping container is offloaded from East China Sea container ship at the Port of Oakland in California on June 20, 2018. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Jan. 30 that it will help fund a new container yard at California’s Port of Oakland in an effort to tackle ongoing shipping delays.

“With the delays and disruptions that are occurring, market share is at risk,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters.