The Port of Oakland’s largest marine terminal will levy a $30 fee per movement of all loaded containers to fund the continuation of night operations at the terminal after a $1.5 million port subsidy expires later this month, the port has announced.
The fee imposed by the Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) will be the same across all types of equipment, the port said in a statement. It will be earmarked to cover higher labor costs associated with maintaining nighttime operations from Monday to Thursday, the port said. The fees will apply to containers moving during the day as well as at night, according to the port.
The terminal opened its gates at night starting two months ago. Since then, about 900 transactions per day at OICT have migrated from weekday to weeknight gates, according to port data.