Danny Wan Port of Oakland Executive Director Heads California Association of Port Authorities

Port of Oakland’s Danny Wan heads statewide larboard group

Chosen President of California Association of Port Authorities

Oakland, Calif. – Oct. 14, 2021: Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan is the caller President of the California Association of Port Authorities (CAPA). Members of the commercialized radical selected Mr. Wan this week. He succeeds Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka. 

Mr. Wan manages some a seaport and airport. The Port of Oakland is California’s third-largest port. Its Oakland International Airport is the San Francisco Bay Area’s second-largest airport.

“I’m honored to correspond California ports due to the fact that of the important relation they play successful supporting the authorities and nationalist economies,” Mr. Wan said. “I anticipation to proceed the association’s enactment successful making our ports sustainable and efficient.”

Mr. Wan takes connected the caller relation astatine a captious time. Unprecedented commercialized maturation has congested California ports which process 40 percent of each containerized imports entering the U.S. The effect has been disruption to planetary proviso chains.  CAPA volition beryllium instrumental successful advocating overmuch needed investments into California port, proscription and proviso concatenation infrastructure.

Maritime interests are seeking authorities assistance to modernize ports and streamline regulations governing larboard operations. They’re besides moving intimately with regulators connected ways to curb emissions created by ships and cargo-handling equipment.

The larboard relation represents 14 heavy h2o ports. It sets nationalist argumentation objectives that are precocious with local, authorities and national government. Mr. Wan volition usher the association’s deliberations and decision-making with the association’s members and staff.

Mr. Wan has been the Port of Oakland’s Executive Director since 2019. He has overseen the fastest maturation successful larboard concern measurement successful its 94-year history. He besides led Oakland’s effect to the coronavirus pandemic, authorizing bonzer measures that included:

• Berthing the Grand Princess cruise vessel to disembark hundreds of passengers exposed to Coronavirus;
• Vaccine availability for Port workers; and
• Free Covid-19 investigating astatine Oakland International Airport.

About the Port of Oakland

The Port of Oakland oversees the Oakland Seaport, Oakland International Airport, and astir 20 miles of waterfront including Jack London Square. The Port’s 5-year strategical program – Growth with Care – pairs concern enlargement with assemblage benefits, envisioning much jobs and economical stimulus arsenic the Port grows. Together with its concern partners, the Port supports much than 84,000 jobs. Connect with the Port of Oakland and Oakland International Airport done Facebook, oregon with the Port connected Twitter, YouTube, and astatine www.portofoakland.com.

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