With its larger, consolidated terminals handling larger volumes from bigger ship calls, the Port of Oakland is considering officially expanding its gate hours for the first time, its head said Tuesday.
“At the Port of Oakland right now that port opens up at 8 a.m. and our terminal operations close at 5 (p.m.). We have terminals that are so large they are doing 5,000 gate moves. You start to do the math, with lunch, two breaks and from 8 to 5, you don’t have enough time to handle all the moves you have to handle,” Chris Lytle, executive director of the port, said at JOC Group’s 2nd Annual Port Performance Conference-North America in Newark, New Jersey.
