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A Century of Progress Ferry Ridership Soars Dredging up the Past Color Page “The Voice of the Waterfront” March 2015 Vol.16, No.3 A Century of Progress Dredging Up the Past World’s Fair Lights Return Bay Sediment Revives Wetlands Ferry Ridership Soars Going In for the Spill Oakland Sees 50 Percent Rise Responding to Bay Oil Slicks Complete Ferry Schedules for all SF Lines CONGRATULATIONS GIANTS! TAKE A WORLD CLASS FERRY TO SEE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS ONLINE: goldengate.org/giantsferry PHONE: 1-877-4SFGTIX (1-877-473-4849) LARKSPUR GIANTS FERRY SERVES EVERY HOME GAME! 2 March 2015 www.baycrossings.com Great food to celebrate life in the City! Enjoy a ten minute walk from the Ferry Building or a short hop on the F-Line NOW OPEN FOR TASTINGS! 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Ferry Building in March guides 10 IT CAME FROM by BC Staff BENEATH THE SEA WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES San Francisco Bar Pilots 18 Our recreational resource guide by Mallory Johnson 14 GREEN PAGES Channel Dredging Helps 20 BAY AREA FERRY SCHEDULES to Restore Bay Wetlands Be on time for last call 19 BAYKEEPER Four Recent Oil Spills by Bill Picture AROUND THE BAY by Deb Self 22 To see, be, do, know news ON OUR COVER 06 WATERFRONT NEWS March 2015 Volume 16, Number 3 Cargo Volume Collapses Bobby Winston, Proprietor at Port of Oakland Due to Joyce Aldana, President Joel Williams, Publisher Ongoing Labor Dispute Patrick Runkle, Editor by Patrick Burnson ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director Oakland Ferry Ridership GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION 07 Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer Sees 50 Percent Increase ART DIRECTION Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Over Past Two Years Joel Williams by BC Staff COLUMNISTS Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Deb Self; Matt Larson; Captain Ray Wichmann WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Upcoming Deadline to Bill Picture; Joel Williams; 16 Georgia Lambert Apply for Transit-Related San Francisco was host to the 1915 World’s Fair, also known as ACCOUNTING High School Internships the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. For the duration Cindy Henderson by Georgia Lambert of the exposition, the Ferry Building’s tower was festooned with Advertising Inquiries: lights boldly proclaiming “1915” to visitors on both sides of the (707) 556-3323, [email protected] Bay. In early March, that iconic lighting will return thanks to Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store the efforts of some dedicated individuals. Photo: Ferry Building (415) 362-0717 CULTURAL CURRENTS Clipper customer service center 17 illuminated for Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915. (877) 878-8883 Courtesy, California Historical Society, Herman S. Hoyt For Transit Information – Dial 511 Playwright Carey Perloff Collection., CHS2013.1269 Bay Crossings on Her New Memoir Ferry Building, #22 San Francisco, CA 94111 by Paul Duclos www.baycrossings.com Corrections & Letters A Division of Nematode Media, LLC We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers’ comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected]. 4 March 2015 www.baycrossings.com s Eat & Play Fre Kid e with purchase of an adult entrée, attraction ticket or merchandise item at participating PIER 39 businesses* BAY CRUISE ADVENTURE 60-minute cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz Island 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 ESCAPE FROM THE ROCK 90-minute cruise around the bay and Alcatraz that reveals the untold stories of life on The Rock LOCAL ADVANTAGE Sign up for special offers at pier39.com/LocalAdvantage Not a Local? Get a FREE Savings Fun Pack. Visit the California Welcome Center on Level 2 for discounts to PIER 39 restaurants, shops and attractions. Get your tickets at PIER 39 *Some restrictions apply. See coupons for details. Expires 6/30/15. 415.773.1188 • blueandgoldfleet.com www.baycrossings.com March 2015 5 PT213_Ad_Ocean_Film_Fest_4.25x7.25.indd Freelancer This PD F PR OOF represents the current state of this mec hanical. Pier 39 — Roy Tahtinen Please review carefully , then sign and fax ba ck to 415 276 83 01. PT213 2/11/13 — please confirm all (as applicable ) None — logo(s) telephone number(s) 4.25x7.25 None None — indicia(s) spelling Lisa Sutton 2 address(es ) legal copy Samantha layout copy promo/oer code(s) web address(es ) — ok as is ma ke changes as mar ke d None signature date None PD F PR OO F WATERFRONT NEWS Precipitous Cargo Decrease at Port of Oakland BY PATRICK BURNSON Navis World Conference Coming to San Francisco ort of Oakland cargo From March 29 to April 1, Oakland- volume posted dramatic based Navis will once again host the declines in January, the world’s leading marine container result of an ongoing West terminal operators in San Francisco Coast waterfront labor for Navis World, a three-day biennial dispute. The port reported today that customer conference that brings Pcontainerized imports were down 39 together more than 300 marine terminal percent from January 2014. Exports executives, directors, managers and IT declined 26 percent, and total volume personnel from around the world. was off 32 percent. This 10th Navis World will engage The port attributed the decline to participants on the latest advancements slowdowns arising from a dispute between in technologies and processes to Photo by Joel Williams dockworkers and employers over a new improve terminal productivity and contract. Port operations at 29 West Coast efficiency. Sessions and activities will focus Total volume in January at the Port of Oakland was down by 32 percent compared to last year. The port attributed the decline to the slowdowns that occurred during a dispute between dockworkers ports have been affected by the impasse, on the Navis World conference theme: and employers over a new contract. now entering its ninth month. “Connect, Collaborate, Innovate.” “With a decline in productivity For more information, see navis.com. and a breakdown in vessel schedules at all U.S. West Coast ports, cargo Transpacific Carriers Propose against double-digit annual growth seen Asia-Europe and transatlantic trades volumes are far from normal,” said Rate Hike a decade ago, but rather in the context dropped to 58 percent in 2015 down Port of Oakland Maritime Director of a healthy, steadily improving trade.” from 64 percent year-to-date, according John Driscoll. The first sign of rate-hike behavior was He added that, similarly, the excess to the London-based consultancy The port said that importers have evident this month when Transpacific vessel supply reported globally is often Drewry Supply Chain Advisors. begun diverting containerized cargo to Stabilization Agreement (TSA) carriers overstated in the transpacific market “The slower-demand winter season gateways outside the West Coast. These recommended a GRI of $600 per 40- because it does not take into account should ease some of the congestion include ports in Canada, Mexico and foot container (FEU) increase in rates infrastructure and other operational pressures and allow for some improvement the East Coast. It added that exporters across the board. constraints. in container shipping reliability,” said have been challenged in shipping cargo “The transpacific freight market “The primary imbalance in the Simon Heaney, senior manager of supply to overseas markets because of vessel is maturing,” said TSA Executive transpacific is not so much one of supply chain research at Drewry. “Falling bunker delays and diversions. Administrator Brian Conrad. “We versus demand,” Conrad said, “but prices should also help raise the on-time should not continue to measure it rather one of costs versus revenue, that performance as carriers will face a lower in turn drives service.” fuel bill for speeding up ships that fall Container lines are also forecasting behind schedule.” significant increases in shoreside and However, the introduction of new inland rail, truck and equipment alliance service networks in 2015 is a management costs during 2015 and short term risk-to-reliability as new beyond as demand remains strong, schedules are phased in, said Heaney.
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