As noted in the article, Oakland is containers only while Rotterdam handles other types of cargo as well, and their comparison is based purely on containers. H

As noted in the article, Oakland is containers only while Rotterdam handles other types of cargo as well, and their comparison is based purely on containers. However, all things being equal, it should be more efficient to unload a few ships with lots of cargo compared to lots of ships with little cargo. That said, Oakland is somewhat weird choice, it's the world's 62nd busiest (by TEU) when Rotterdam is 11th. LA is the busiest in the US at 18th, with Long Beach (also greater LA) not far behind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_busiest_container_ports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_busiest_cont...