News / USDA puts up cash for ‘pop-up’ port terminal at Oakland for agri-export drive

Credit Port of Oakland.

The US government is to provide funds for a ‘pop-up port’ project, aimed at improving the flow of agricultural exports from the country.

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement the day before the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and more than 100 agricultural organisations urged the Senate to expedite the Ocean Shipping Reform Bill, passed by the House of Representatives in December, which aims to address “unreasonable ocean carrier practices that are undermining US export competitiveness.”

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