BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: February, 2018 Last month we reported that Port of Oakland’s containerized import volume for 2017 was on a pace to exceed inbound throughput for all previous years. Now comes word that 2017 was the busiest year in the port’s 90-year history, as it handled the equivalent of 2.42 million 20-foot […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: December, 2015 John McLaurin, president of the Oakland-based Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, is making a holiday appeal to the working waterfront community to think of the neediest this season. He notes in his newsletter that many seafarers will spend this month at sea or at distant ports of call thousands of […]
Published: May, 2015 Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise Take mom out for a champagne brunch with Commodore Cruises on Mother’s Day! Cruise on San Francisco Bay while enjoying amazing white glove service, gourmet brunch, dancing and spectacular views. The DJ will provide all your dining and dancing music aboard a luxury yacht. The cruise leaves Alameda […]
