Alternative Energy Equipment Exported from Port of San Diego

Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Contact: Dale Frost (619) 686-6461

Components Bound for Wind Farm in Central America

The first of two scheduled shipments of towers for an alternative energy wind farm in Honduras, Central America, was exported through the Port of San Diego on April 20, 2011.

The 40 wind tower components were trucked to the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal after being manufactured by Ameron, an Orange County, California-based company.

“Exports are a primary trade target for the Port of San Diego,” said Miguel Reyes, Maritime Trade Manager.

“We are pleased that wind power company Gamesa has selected San Diego as an export port,” he said.

Gamesa is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of wind turbines and in the development, construction and sale of wind farms.

Longshore workers loaded the various-sized towers onto the Intermarine shipping line’s vessel Ocean Charger for the voyage to Honduras.

Upon arrival at the Cerro de Hula wind farm in Honduras, four tower sections will be assembled to make wind towers more than 260-feet tall.

The owner of the wind farm is Mesoamerica Energy.

The Port of San Diego operates two marine cargo terminals – the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego and the National City Marine Terminal in National City. Together, the terminals handle containers, dry and liquid bulk cargos, such as cement, fertilizer, jet fuel and diesel fuel, refrigerated products and automobiles. Other products include bagged cement, bagged fertilizer, bagged sand, fruit and other cargos that are transported throughout Southern California, northern Mexico and to other points in the United States.

In fiscal year 2010, 2.8 million metric tons of cargo were imported through the two marine terminals and maritime revenue totaled $37.6 million. The Port also operates a cruise ship terminal at the B Street Pier and recently opened an auxiliary cruise ship terminal/events center on Broadway Pier in December 2010.

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