Oakland container drayage at OICT, TraPac and Everport

The Oakland terminals we work

The Port of Oakland has several marine terminals, each with its own gate hours, appointment rules and yard. We run containers at:

• OICT, Oakland International Container Terminal.
• TraPac Oakland.
• Everport (ETS).

We also move containers to and from the Union Pacific and BNSF rail ramps in Oakland. The same dispatch team handles every terminal, so you don't have to know which one your box is at. We do.

Why Oakland needs close watching

Oakland terminals change gate hours, appointment availability and empty-return rules often. A container that was available in the morning can pick up a hold by the afternoon. An empty that one terminal took yesterday may be refused today.

So we check Oakland terminals throughout the day. Holds, gate hours, last free day and chassis availability are tracked on every container. When something changes, dispatch sees it before a driver is sent.

How an Oakland import move runs

1. Send the delivery order. Email works. We set up the shipment and confirm the receiver, the address and your references.
2. We trace the container. Discharge, availability, holds and last free day are tracked from the terminal side.
3. We book the appointment. The driver goes in with a confirmed terminal appointment, not a guess.
4. The driver delivers. GPS on every tractor gives a live ETA. Arrival is logged when the truck reaches your gate.
5. Proof and the empty. POD and EIR photos are on file the same day. The empty is routed to a terminal that is open and accepting it.

Last free day and pre-pull

Storage at Oakland terminals adds up fast once free time runs out. Boxes close to their last free day are flagged each morning. If your dock can't receive in time, we can pull the container early and hold it, or take the cargo into our warehouse. See warehouse and pre-pull in Oakland.

Where we deliver

We deliver around the Bay Area and into the Central Valley, including Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, Fremont, San Jose, Livermore, Tracy, Stockton and Sacramento. Put the delivery ZIP in the quote form and we'll confirm the lane.

Exports, reefers and heavy boxes

Oakland is a big export port, especially for agricultural products. We pick up empties, deliver them to your loading dock, and bring the loaded box back before the cutoff. See export drayage. We also pull refrigerated containers with gensets and overweight boxes on tri-axle chassis.

If you'd rather have the cargo moved into a trailer or consolidated into an export container, see transload in Oakland.

Who you're working with

SK Transportation is an FMCSA-registered carrier with ELD-compliant trucks and TWIC-carded drivers. Houston and Oakland run on the same dispatch system, so if you ship through both ports, you deal with one team.