SACRAMENTO, CA - A major update concerning California’s ports occurred yesterday. The California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced the award of $27 million to support data system development and interoperability across California's five containerized ports.

“This milestone marks significant progress in the Governor’s vision to improve California’s supply chain, powering us into a more equitable and economically prosperous future,” said California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin. “Through this critical funding and strong collaboration between California’s ports, key operators will now have essential data to help move goods using a more efficient, reliable, and resilient transportation network. Together with our recent Port and Freight Infrastructure Program investments, these groundbreaking awards will help leverage innovation and new approaches, continuing to advance CalSTA’s Core Four priorities of economic prosperity, equity, climate action and safety.”

According to a press release, this marks the first-ever state-level funding in the country focused on improving data functionality across a statewide network of ports.

As the release went on to note, the state's containerized ports—which include the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego, and Hueneme—handle 40 percent of all U.S. containerized imports, supporting millions of jobs and generating billions in economic activity.

The money will fund ten projects across the five ports to address key challenges in port operations and foster long-term statewide freight resilience.

These projects include but are not limited to: optimization of cargo-routing, deployment of cutting-edge technologies, implementation of climate resiliency, and more.

For more information, read here.

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