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BAY AREA FERRY SCHEDULES by Captain Ray news 24 Be on time for last call CULTURAL CURRENTS AROUND THE BAY 21 WATERFRONT NEWS 26 To see, be, do, know Masterpiece Performances 06 Port of Oakland Online by Paul Duclos Shipping Platform Debuts by Patrick Burnson ON OUR COVER June 2018 Volume 19, Number 6 07 OPINION Bobby Winston, Proprietor Joyce Aldana, President Questions Over Potential Joel Williams, Publisher Patrick Runkle, Editor Bay Trail Donation by Peter Brooks ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION ‘GoPort’ Projects Win Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer 10 ART DIRECTION Large Grants; Port in Talks Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams Over A’s Ballpark Site COLUMNISTS Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Sejal Choksi-Chugh; Matt Larson; The Bay Institute Names Captain Ray Wichmann 11 Conservation Award Winners WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Bill Picture; Joel Williams ACCOUNTING WETA Wins $5 Million Cindy Henderson 12 Advertising Inquiries: Federal Grant for Ferry Refit (707) 556-3323, [email protected] Regional Measure 3 (RM3) will on the upcoming June 5 ballot. 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For Transit Information – Dial 511 Summer Sailstice Events Bay Crossings Ferry Building, #22 San Francisco, CA 94111 New Dining and Sports at Corrections & Letters www.baycrossings.com 20 We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers’ comments, letters or A Division of Nematode Media, LLC Jack London Square requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected]. 4 June 2018 www.baycrossings.com WHERE THE CITY MEETS THE BAY to Play FREE AUDIO TOUR AVAILABLE IN NINE LANGUAGES BRING YOUR SMARTPHONE, TABLET OR OTHER WI-FI ENABLED DEVICE ENGLISH | DEUTSCH | ESPAÑOL | FRANÇAIS | ITALIANO | 日本 | 한국 | 中国大陆 | 台灣 NOW – JULY 1 KIDS EAT & PLAY FREE Details at pier39.com/localadvantage Get your tickets at PIER 39 415.773.1188 • blueandgoldfleet.com THE EMBARCADERO @ BEACH STREET | 415.981.PIER | PIER39.COM www.baycrossings.com June 2018 5 WATERFRONT NEWS Port of Oakland Online Shipping Platform Goes Live BY PATRICK BURNSON • live views of Port thoroughfares. owners will know with greater precision June 2018, the Golden Bear itinerary The features are available to when to expect merchandise. Trucking includes Western Samoa, the Solomon all users, the port said. Additional companies will know exactly when and Islands, Saipan and Maui before San iven that the Bay Area is home specialized functions such as paying where to dispatch drivers for container Diego and, finally, back to Vallejo. to world-class technology and terminal fees, cargo status updates, and pickup. New Jersey-based logistics For more information, see www. innovation, it’s not surprising trucker appointments are available with software provider Advent Intermodal csum.edu. Gthat the Port of Oakland has embraced registration and a login. Solutions created the Oakland Portal the latest technology to deliver A future iteration plans to as an extension of its customer-based Industry Celebrates National advances in logistics and supply chain incorporate real-time performance eModal system. Maritime Day management. metrics and dashboards customized for Many ports nationwide are Late last month, a one-stop, online the various portal users such as motor contemplating digital platforms and Tim Cole, president of the Pacific gateway to the port went live, providing carriers and cargo owners, the port are looking to Oakland to see how the Transportation Association (PTA), shippers with a single virtual point said. The port expects to provide these system works in practice. Online portals reminded members of an important of entry to all of its operations. This additional upgrades in early 2019. are a response to supply chain operators date in a letter last month: platform is believed to be an industry The port said supply chain operators who have expressed concerns about the “On May 22, the American maritime first in the quest to digitize containerized will better manage trade flow with the difficulty of tracking their containerized industry celebrates National Maritime cargo transportation. portal in place. For instance, cargo cargo door to door. Day, which was designated by Congress “This is what our industry is asking in 1933 to recognize America’s for,” said Port of Oakland Maritime maritime industry and its merchant Director John Driscoll. “We’re providing mariners. Congress selected May 22 to a comprehensive digital view of ships, commemorate the American steam/ cargo and terminal information all in sailing ship Savannah’s voyage from one place on digital devices—no more the United States to England, the first clicking through multiple websites.” successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean The Oakland portal is thought to be using steam propulsion. the first digital collaboration platform “The day has since evolved into an that aggregates shipping information opportunity to recognize all American from every marine terminal in a harbor. mariners, especially those who gave Terminals are where ships, trucks and their lives for their country in time of trains converge to transport the world’s war. Of the 250,000 members of the containerized trade. The port said the U.S. Merchant Marine who served in Oakland portal consolidates information World War II, 6,700 perished—a higher from Oakland’s four active marine wartime casualty rate than that suffered terminals. The data include: in any of the armed forces. The Pacific • vessel schedules; Photo courtesy of Cal Maritime Transportation Association salutes our • cargo status; and Many California Maritime Academy cadets spend their summer at sea aboard the legendary Golden U.S. merchant mariners who defend Bear, a primary training platform where technological skills learned in the classroom are applied. our maritime borders, foster travel and tourism, and promote global trade.” The letter also announced the PTA’s Cal Maritime’s Training “Ports and Terminals” luncheon to be Ship, Golden Bear, Departs on staged in Jack London Square on June Its Summer Voyage 27. Featured speakers include Chris Lytle, executive director of the Port of The 500-foot-long Golden Bear voyages Oakland; Mario Cordero, executive during the summer from its home in director of the Port of Long Beach; and Vallejo to ports in the Pacific, Caribbean, John McLaurin, president of the Pacific and Atlantic before returning to Vallejo. Merchant Shipping Association. During its voyages, hundreds of Cal For more information, see www. Maritime students run the ship while pacifictrans.org. overseen by licensed deck officers and licensed engineers. They also take Patrick Burnson is the executive courses while underway, perform ship editor of Logistics Management. maintenance at sea and in port, and have www.logisticsmgmt.com free time in each port. During May and 6 June 2018 www.baycrossings.com OPINION Bay Trail and Vallejo: (Never) Mind the Gap Photo by Joel Williams The old Sperry Mill on Vallejo’s waterfront is just hundreds of feet from a residential neighborhood.