Oakland International Container Terminal News

Port of Oakland Boosts Night, Weekend Work

;There’s too much business; we have to stay open longer to get cargo in and out of Oakland.”   Port Commissioners voted last week to continue through June 30 the fund that partially subsidizes extended gate hours. It had been scheduled to expire this week.   Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT), which handles 67 percent of Oakland’s cargo, said it will tap the fund immediately. The terminal has operated nights and Saturdays for two months to ease pressure on busy weekday cargo operations. Now it intends to conduct additional nighttime transactions Tuesdays-through-T