Published: March, 2004 The build-out of the ferry fleet will require about 2,000 man years of trade labor. This may not seem like much, but this work is the key to significantly more work; super yachts are very similar as regards processes and techniques and a number of builders (notably Derecktor, in Mamaroneck, NY) have […]
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New Ferry Service is on the Horizon for San Mateo County
Published: March, 2004 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA), along with several San Mateo County co-sponsors, including the Water Transit Advocates for San Mateo County, Port of Redwood City, San Mateo County Harbor District, Harbor Bay Ferry Service, and Oracle Corporation, hosted two events to promote ferry service to that county February […]
Bay CrossingsJournal Three Boats and a Dog
By Mccabe Coolidge Published: March, 2004 Before I-69 cut a wide swath of birch, maple and pines, bulldozing old logging trails, Rip and I walked those endless paths, jumping at the whirl of partridges who leapt into the air as we approached then pausing to watch the orange caterpillars make their way across a fallen […]
Wonderful World of Bay Crossings
Published: March, 2004 The Bay Crossings family hosted two events at our new Ferry Building home. The first was put on by the Water Transit Authority and involved ferrying in – literally – hundreds of dignitaries from the Peninsula as a foretaste of ferry service to come. The second was a “family and friends” bash, […]
Vallejo Ferry Construction Funds Cut
By Guy Span, S.D. Published: February, 2004 The cancellation of the Transportation Congestion Relief Fund as proposed by the governor’s draft budget would have only minimal effect upon Vallejo’s new ferry now under construction. That’s because the transit District, nimbly enough, managed to collect the vast bulk of the funds before the spigot was […]
Bay CrossingsWorking Waterfront
Published: February, 2004 Local 34 represents marine clerks and office clerical workers in the Northern California. We’re part of the Longshore Union, the ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union). Before I get to what I do, let’s list the various types of jobs on the docks. We’ll start with a walking boss. A walking boss, […]
Whale of a Good time
By Lydia N. Dalloway Published: February, 2004 To See What They Can See They come to Sausalito from as far away as Europe and as near as Novato, San Francisco, Tiburon, or, well, Sausalito, to Gulf of the Farallones Expeditions to catch a boat leaving the dock at 7 a.m. What compels a person to […]
Port Of Oakland And Partners Collaborate On Air Quality Demonstration Project For Diesel Trucks
Published: February, 2004 The Port of Oakland announced a year-long demonstration test of a cleaner fuel (PuriNOx™) in on-road diesel trucks that haul shipping containers to and from the Port’s marine terminals in combination with a test of a diesel oxidation catalyst, or DOC (AZ Purimuffler™)–a type of exhaust control that reduces emissions. The Port, […]
Port of Oakland Maritime (Seaport) Air Quality Fact Sheet
Published: February, 2004 The Port of Oakland is working to improve air quality on many fronts, from designing more efficient terminals to installing exhaust controls on diesel equipment. Some of these activities are described below. VISION 2000 AIR QUALITY PROGRAM In 1999, the Port embarked on a harbor expansion program known as the “Vision 2000 […]
Bay CrossingsWaterfront Living
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: February, 2004 January celebrated the setting in place of the final beam on top of Crescent Heights, the newest Bay Area option in elegant living. THE METROPOLITAN is a two-tower, multistory luxury condominium complex on Rincon Hill. Finishing the structural portion of the construction phase of the second tower brought all […]