By Captain Ray Published: December, 2014 With Halloween in the rearview mirror, I guess it’s fair to say that the “holiday season” is upon us. As I write this in early November, we are looking forward to (in chronological order) Thanksgiving on November 27, the start of Hanukkah on December 16, Christmas on December 25 […]
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Berkeley Firm Gets EPA Grant for Water-Test Technology
By Bill Picture Published: December, 2014 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $300,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to Berkeley-based HJ Science & Technology to develop an instrument that allows fast on-site testing of water to determine the presence of dangerous levels of cyanotoxins, the poisonous toxins produced when blue-green algae […]
The Ghost Fleet Is Almost a Spooky Memory
By Deb Self Published: December, 2014 For 40 years, the 57 decaying ships of the Ghost Fleet haunted the San Francisco Bay ecosystem. But before 2015 ends, all the ships will be gone. The Ghost Fleet was a collection of long-defunct military ships from World War II and the Korean War. They were originally stored […]
Holiday Exhibits Pull the Heartstrings
By Paul Duclos Published: December, 2014 Nostalgia, it would seem, is the very foundation of our holiday season and its many traditions. Two wholly different exhibitions in San Francisco illustrate how “aspirational art” was displayed in two distinct eras. Loved Downton Abbey? Then be sure not to miss the curated Edwardian blockbuster at the Legion […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES December 2014
Published: December, 2014 December 1 – 3 Radar Observer / Refresher – 3 day Renewal Course – Maritime Institute, San Rafael, 888-262-8020, www.MaritimeInstitute.com This three (3) day course is for a renewal of the Unlimited Radar Observer endorsement. The course is recommended for candidates that have not done radar plots for a long period of […]
Clipper Expands to Napa and Solano Counties
BC Staff Report Published: December, 2014 Clipper, the all-in-one transit fare payment card already accepted on nine Bay Area transit systems, has expanded its network of participating transit operators to Napa and Solano counties with the addition of Fairfield-Suisun Transit (FAST), SolTrans, the VINE, Vacaville City Coach and San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Vallejo-to-San Francisco route. […]
Around the Bay in December 2014
Published: December, 2014 JLS Tree Lighting Jack London Square is set to light up the Oakland waterfront with its annual tree lighting extravaganza on Friday, December 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. On this special evening, a 55-foot Mount Shasta Fir Tree will sparkle with 5,000 white lights and 600 colorful ornaments surrounded by Santa’s […]
ON OUR COVER November 2014
Published: November, 2014 In October, the heavy lift vessel Tern arrived in San Francisco and picked up the Port of San Francisco’s Drydock #1 for towing to a green-certified ship recycling facility near Shanghai, China. The drydock’s departure represented the last phase of 15 years of efforts to find a final resting place for Drydock […]
Liberian Flags of Convenience and Ebola
By Patrick Burnson Published: November, 2014 U.S. shippers have been assured by a variety of governmental agencies that cargo vessels of Liberian registry are no more vulnerable to carrying the Ebola virus than vessels sailing under other flags of convenience. Beyond dispute, however, is the fact that Liberia is the world’s second largest registry, representing […]
Following Seattle Visits, Bay Ship Plans Collaboration With College of Alameda
By Chris Rochette Published: November, 2014 Earlier this summer, personnel from Alameda’s Bay Ship & Yacht, along with representatives from the College of Alameda, visited Vigor Industrial Shipyard in Seattle and a local community college. The South Seattle College, similar to the College of Alameda, is located near the shipyard and is a perfect place […]