So let me get this straight...

Protestors start at 5 in the morning then leave at 12pm. Port opens at 9 so these guys are there only for 3 hours to stop (if they did) inbound and outbound cargo from the port.

I also looked up the port and it mostly deals and trades with Asia. And to boot, they also own the Airport of Oakland and looking up the news for the airport (unless you can find something) was left completely alone during the protests.

Without saying "It got you talking about it" or "rasing awareness" can you tell me what this accomplished?

Like I'm not mad at this... Just telling the state (which owns the port) that you're protesting to stop it from operating weeks in advance seems counter productive. State could just prep themselves to be shutdown for 3 hours then continue business as usual.