The Port of Oakland has awarded a contract to the firm of Gallagher and Burk, Inc. of Oakland, Calif., to carry out one phase of terminal yard construction for the new 42-acre Charles P. Howard Container Terminal now taking shape in the Port's Inner Harbor. The $2.3-million contract calls for the construction of about 21 acres of rocked terminal yard adjacent to the 1,700-foot-long wharf. Other contracts will be awarded to pave the 21 acres and the remainder of the 42 acres.
The Howard Container Terminal, which embraces both the former Howard Terminal and the former Grove/Market Street Terminal, will have two 850-foot-long container berths. A third berth, which is being retained with a cargo shed from the Grove/Market Street Terminal, will serve breakbulk vessels. The terminal will be served by two container cranes being manufactured in Japan by Hitachi America Limited.