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Terminal gate hours remain a scourge.  It is difficult for motor carriers to be productive when we can’t get an import pick after 2:30-2:45. The abbreviated gate hours preclude trucks running between the Central Valley and Oakland from cycling two round-trip loops per day, thus essentially halving their productivity and driver revenue.  Congestion surcharges do not adequately address the shortfall.   It is imperative that terminal operations revert to a full workday schedule or truck rates are going to soar.

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