By Teri Shore Bluewater Network Published: October, 2001 Ever wondered what those big container ships that cross the Bay are carrying? I checked the Port of Oakland’s website (www.portofoakland.com) and found that much of it is computer equipment, office machines, auto parts, wood and furniture. Followed by electronics, iron and steel, plastic resins, wine, red […]
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Not Flying? Take the ferry to Sausalito
Published: October, 2001 Not Flying? Take the ferry to Sausalito
Bay Area To Welcome High-Speed Ferry For Alameda This Month
Published: October, 2001 Scheduled to sail through the Golden Gate on October 17th is the Bay Area’s newest high-speed ferry, the MV Peralta. After crew training and Coast Guard inspections, the vessel is scheduled to be put into service during the first week of November, carrying passengers from terminals on the estuary in Alameda and […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: October, 2001 Dear Editor: I think folks in the bay are a long way from a solar powered ferry. Why not just pour the biodiesel in the old smoker and have the problem done with tomorrow? Run it with 40% biodiesel/60%petrodiesel and she will run clean and smooth. John B. Wathen Regional Director Maine […]
A Picaresque History of the Port of Oakland
Published: October, 2001 A picture of the waterfront of the early 1850’s is a picture of the town itself in its cradle days. Oakland was a typical American small-port village, clustering mainly about lower Broadway, called Main Street in 1854. Two wharves jutted out into what was then the ship channel, with only two and […]
FERRIES AGAIN PROVIDE VERSATILE, RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION FOLLOWING DISASTERS … FROM EARTHQUAKES TO TERRORIST ACTS
By Wes Starratt, Senior Editor Published: October, 2001 As long ago as 1906, San Francisco learned from dreadful experience that the versatility and reliability of Bay Area ferries can move people out of danger and move medical supplies into disaster areas. Records show that masses of people headed to the East Bay and the […]
Regional Director, Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific, Marine Division, ILWU
Published: October, 2001 Member, WTA Board What is the IBU? We’re the largest inland maritime union on the West Coast. We were founded in San Francisco in 1918 as the Ferryboatmen’s Union of California, later renamed the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (the IBU). Our Union extends from Alaska to Washington, including Oregon, California and […]
Are You Okay?
By John Bollinger Published: October, 2001 John Bollinger, along with his wife Ellen, was editor and publisher of Pierless magazine, which was the magazine for the 35,000 daily private ferry borne commuters in New York. John has been a regular passenger on the Atlantic Highlands to Wall Street ferry for eight years. The two highly […]
Bay Crossings Reader of the Month
Published: October, 2001 Steven Smith PROFESSION: Managing Partner, Lapis Restaurant FERRY COMMUTER: Yes, from Sausalito PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY KNEW: The places I’ve been that I don’t speak about IF I HAD A FREE DAY, I’D SPEND IT: Going to the seashore. MY PROUDEST MOMENT WAS:.When my son was born HOW I WOULD […]
Bay Area Tourism Industry on the Ropes
Published: October, 2001 The September 11th terrorist attack has delivered a roundhouse blow to the Bay Area’s tourism industry, with ferry service, restaurants, hotels and attractions all around the Bay registering precipitous drops on business. Extensive layoffs and closings are anticipated. The blow comes on the heels of the economic slowdown following the dot-com crash […]