Alternative Energy Equipment Offloaded at Port of San Diego

Friday, 20 January 2012
Contact: Dale Frost (619) 686-6461

A new business partner has sent its first shipments of alternative energy wind turbine equipment to the Port of San Diego's Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.

The first shipment of 25 hubs and engine boxes, called nacelles, were sent to the Port by new client USA Corporation on December 23, 2011. A shipment of 16 tower components followed. The components, which arrived in 48 pieces, were offloaded at the terminal in mid-January, 2012.

Port Asks Public to Help Plan for Broadway Pier Improvements

Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Contact: John Gilmore (619) 341-5684

The Port of San Diego is inviting the public to attend an outreach meeting on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, to provide input on several proposed improvements planned for the Broadway Pier.

This project will provide improvements to the pier surface areas and possibly include upgrades to pavement, lighting, signage, furnishings, landscaping, utility screening and fencing. The Centre City Development Corporation, which is partnering with the Port District on improvements that will begin soon in the North Embarcadero area, is contributing up to $1 million for the Broadway Pier improvements.

The meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Broadway View Room in the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier, 1000 North Harbor Drive. The meeting room is located on the second floor.

Former U.S. Ambassador Charles S. Shapiro Sees New Trade Opportunities in the Americas

Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Contact: Ronald W. Powell (619) 400-4789

Charles S. Shapiro, a former U.S. diplomat and Ambassador to Venezuela, wants to focus on trade in his new job as president of the nonprofit Institute of the Americas.

In a recent meeting with Port of San Diego leaders, Shapiro said the trade focus should be on Mexico and other Latin American countries. Port officials have decided to work informally with the Institute for the Americas to seek new trading partners in Latin America.

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Public Invited to Navy Ship Ceremony

Friday, 11 November 2011
Contact: Barbara Moreno (619) 686-6216

The public is invited to attend a christening ceremony this weekend for the Navy's newest resupply ship that will be named for a slain civil rights leader.

The USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) will be christened at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, 2798 East Harbor Drive, on Saturday, November 12, beginning at 9 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. Gates at 28th Street and East Harbor Drive open at 8 a.m.

The ceremony will take place, rain or shine.

America’s Cup Cargo Ship Arrives at Port of San Diego

Friday, 28 October 2011

With the arrival this week of 100 shipping containers and sleek race boats, the spectacle that is America's Cup World Series competition has officially cruised into San Diego Bay.

The containers were off-loaded from the ship HR Constitution on Thursday, October 27, at the Port of San Diego's Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal after a month-long journey from Plymouth, England.

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