OAKLAND — City officials have granted permits to an East Bay developer seeking to build a large marine terminal at the Port of Oakland, raising a white flag that may signal the end of a longstanding “coal war.”

The permits merely involve the construction of some fencing along a side road at the former Oakland Army Base, where developer Phil Tagami’s harbor terminal is planned to be built. But they mark the first time he has received approval of any kind for the project since 2018.

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Over the course of a decade, the city has lost multiple lawsuits — and subsequent appeals — to Tagami in both county and federal courts.

The city’s efforts to halt the project have been cheered on by environmentalists in West Oakland, who worry that large quantities of coal stored at the term

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