BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: September, 2017 SFJAZZ Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline may not be an avid ferry rider, but he certainly appreciates the relaxed and leisurely pace of ferry transport. Perfect, we might add, for streaming jazz while taking in the stunning waterfront views. SFJAZZ presents more than 350 concerts […]
Published: September, 2017 Bay Crossings has long advocated for Richmond ferry service and, more generally, for the City of Richmond. For more than a decade, we have stored our newspaper racks and other such items in a warehouse at Point Molate, located just alongside and to the north of the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge on […]
Published: September, 2017 Bay Crossings has long advocated for Richmond ferry service and, more generally, for the City of Richmond. For more than a decade, we have stored our newspaper racks and other such items in a warehouse at Point Molate, located just alongside and to the north of the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge on […]
BY BC STAFF Published: September, 2017 San Francisco Bay Ferry, a service of the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), announced last month that it recorded all-time highs in ridership in the month of July, transporting a total of approximately 288,000 passengers across all of its four routes—a new record. The Alameda-Oakland and Vallejo […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: September, 2017 Port of Oakland-based trucking operator GSC Logistics will receive a battery-powered semi later this month to help the State of California gauge the feasibility of using zero-emission trucks for hauling freight. The truck is one of six being loaned to drayage companies in California by Chinese manufacturer […]
BY BOBBY WINSTON Published: September, 2017 The long-cherished goal of comprehensive regional ferry service takes a big step forward next fall with the launch of WETA/San Francisco Bay Ferry service connecting Richmond to San Francisco’s Ferry Building. The new service, now scheduled for September 2018, caps over a decade of patient activism on […]
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: September, 2017 It’s that time of the year again, which means it’s time for my favorite column. September 19 is “officially” Talk Like a Pirate Day. I don’t know who decided that or when it was decided, but it is now a tradition. That being the case, here are some […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: September, 2017 The Ghost Fleet of Suisun Bay—57 decaying military ships that poisoned the San Francisco Bay ecosystem for 40 years—is finally gone. The last ship was towed out of the Golden Gate in August, on its way to be dismantled and recycled. This is a major victory for a […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: September, 2017 After nine years of traveling the world working as an engineer on ultra-deepwater drillships, Jim Shea is happy to be stationed permanently here in the Bay Area as one of Golden Gate Ferry’s newest project engineers. Living in Benicia with his wife, Whitney, and one-year-old son, Parker, Shea […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: September, 2017 Two recent announcements indicate that Bay Area shippers will likely enjoy peace, prosperity and tranquility in the coming years. First, Port of Oakland maritime officials anticipate a five-year run of record cargo volume beginning next year. By 2022, the port expects to handle the equivalent of 2.6 […]