The Port of Oakland has come a long way from last summer, when harbor truckers disrupted the port through sporadic work stoppages protesting new clean-truck rules. But based on recent comments from truckers it still has plenty of work to do to improve turn times in the harbor.
Oakland, like Los Angeles-Long Beach, New York-New Jersey, Norfolk and Vancouver, Canada, has experienced growing problems over the past year with lengthy turn times and driver unrest. The common thread running through these incidents is that truckers are at the end of the supply chain where carriers agree to lower rates due to overcapacity and pressure from BCOs and the carriers in turn try to pay their terminal operators as little as they can get away with.