The Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) management closed the Port after some longshoremen refused to enter the marine terminals out of fear for their safety. Although some vessel labor operations remain active, port officials told CNBC that the port's other three docks have shut down for trucks. Labor Unions have reportedly pledged that they would not strike or have a labor blackout while officials negotiate a new contract.    " The impact of taking tens of thousands of truck drivers off the road will have devistating reprocussions on an already fragile supply chain, increasing cost and worsening runaway inflation." California Trucking Association added.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Independent truckers like Ablelon Zersiel told KTVU that the law would complicate their lives with higher taxes, health care insurance, and other expenses used for their operations. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the California Trucking Association's appeal that was in place for roughly two years to protect an estimated 70,000 independent truckers from the law's impact. "They want us either to be employees of the company or become corporations," Zersiel said.  "This is the wrong time to do that-the inflation is swallowing us up."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Truck drivers blocked terminal gates with their vehicles, causing officials to cease operations at the major port. California truckers have been forming en mass at the Bay Area docks every day this week to protest AB-5 (California's Gig Worker Law), and shut down the eighth largest port on the planet, with approximately 2,100 trucks formerly moved through daily.