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Sacramento Opens

New Container Yard

A new container yard and con- tainer freight station have been opened at Sacramento, Calif., it has been announced by port di- rector Melvin Shore. The new fa- cilities are described as another step toward resumption of the container barge service which shuttles containerized cargo be- tween Sacramento and San Fran- cisco Bay area ocean terminals.

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