Port of Oakland

Several container ships are staged on San Francisco Bay waiting to be unloaded as the Port of Oakland reported record volume in import and export cargo for March, port officials said Tuesday.

A surge in overseas orders has ships stacked tall with containers sitting in the bay, just waiting to be unloaded.

A surge in overseas orders has ships stacked tall with containers sitting in the Bay, just waiting to be unloaded. Jean Elle reports.

They stand 442 feet high, weigh 1,600 tons and move with greater efficiency than their predecessors. Three new gigantic cranes, the tallest in North America, were raised Thursday morning at the Port of Oakland.

Raw video shows a ship carrying massive cranes Wednesday morning as it entered San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge, destined for the Port of Oakland.

Alameda County Corner’s Office investigators and Oakland police responded Friday morning to the Port of Oakland to investigate a death on a cargo ship, a coroner official confirmed.

Longshoremen at various California ports stopped work Friday to mark Juneteenth.

Three cruise ships without any passengers will idle at the Port of Oakland while the U.S. embargoes cruise operations. The ships are under federal requirements to report health concerns related to the coronavirus.

A dockworker fell to his death from the deck of a container ship at the Port of Oakland early Tuesday morning, port officials said.

Port of Oakland officials said Friday that they’ve launched a blog to provide up-to-the minute reports on how the novel coronavirus is impacting their operations. The blog, which is on the Port’s website, includes updates from the Port and the Oakland International Airport, which it runs. Both facilities have been declared essential operations and are functioning normally despite the...

The Port of Oakland and Oakland International Airport will remain open during a shelter-in-place order enacted throughout the Bay Area to slow the spread of novel coronavirus, the agencies announced Monday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state’s nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned the elderly to stay away from cruise ships as he pondered measures to restrict cruise travel off the California coast.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state’s nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned the elderly to stay away from cruise ships as he pondered measures to restrict cruise travel off the California coast. Pete Suratos reports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state’s nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned the elderly to stay away from cruise ships as he pondered measures to restrict cruise travel off the California coast. Pete Suratos reports.

Thousands of increasingly bored and restless passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the coronavirus waited for their turn Tuesday to get off the vessel and go into two weeks of quarantine at military bases around the U.S.

Frustration is mounting onboard the Grand Princess as hundreds of people are counting the minutes before getting off the coronavirus-ridden ship. Some passengers are so fed up, they’ve lawyered up, suing the cruise line company for $1 million. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will announce a ban on gatherings and events of more than 250 people in virtually the entire Seattle metro area to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak

Passengers who are off the ship are now starting a 14-day quarantine. On Tuesday, some buses were spotted headed for Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield or the Oakland airport to take plane to other military bases. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the coronavirus waited anxiously Tuesday for their turn to leave the vessel, even if it meant being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine. Sharon Katsuda reports.