The current system of transferring containers from the Port of Oakland to the Central Valley of California is wrought with problems. Loaded containers carrying lucrative cargo move at a snail’s pace along Interstate-580 – one of the most congested roads in the nation.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of empty containers must return to the Port of Oakland to be interchanged, only so they can be made available to export shippers back in the Central Valley. Loads and empties pass each other on the highway – wasting time, costing money and precious resources, and polluting the California skies. Transportation accounts for 40 percent of California’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.

Additionally, shippers tie up working capital by maintaining excess land for container storage, paying demurrage, and risking shipping delays and equipment shortages.