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8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., M-F
Maritime Division
687 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 686-6236
FAX: (619) 686-8055
Maritime Operations
620 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 686-6340
FAX: (619) 234-3965
Maritime Properties & Facilities
645 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 725-6007
FAX: (619) 686-6215
Trade Development
601 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 686-6300
FAX: (619) 686-7288
Tenth Ave Marine Terminal
623 Switzer Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 686-6346
FAX: (619) 686-6354
Cruise Ship Terminal
1140 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 683-8966
FAX: (619) 683-8968
National City Terminal
1400 W.Bay Marine Dr.
National City 91950
Phone: (619) 683-8963
FAX: (619) 683-8964
US Customs and
Border Protection
(619) 685-4300
610 West Ash St. #1005
San Diego, CA 92101
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Piers, Wharves and Docks
The Tenth Ave Marine Terminal is a 384 hectare complex (96 acres) opened in 1958. It is situated along the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. It is in the center of commercial shipping activity and contains many bulk-handling operations of the port, including a bulk silo complex, a cold storage facility and a traveling bulkloader and unloader for chemicals and other dry bulk products. Read more information about the terminal below.
| BERTHS 1 AND 2 | BERTHS 3, 4, 5 AND 6 |
|
| LOCATION ON WATERFRONT |
Approx. 0.34km below foot of 8th Street |
Foot of 16th Street extended |
| OWNED BY |
Port of San Diego |
Port of San Diego |
| OPERATED BY |
Port of San Diego |
Port of San Diego |
| PURPOSE |
Receipt of cold storage products. Equipped with a chill facility to store and handle fruits and vegetables and a deep freeze facility to store and handle frozen products. These berths are also equipped to handle vessel bunkering. |
Receipt and shipment of general and containerized cargo in foreign and domestic trades, receipt and shipment of bulk liquids, and dry bulk bunkering vessels. |
| TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION |
Concrete bulkhead with paved solid fill; plastic pile fender system along face |
Concrete bulkhead and paved solid fill; Yokohama fender system along face |
| DESCRIPTION |
Face |
Face |
| Dimensions |
341m |
786m |
| Depth Alongside of MLLW |
Berth 1-9.1; Berth 2-9.1 |
Berths 3, 4, 5 & 6-10.7/10.9 |
| Usable Berthing Space |
341m |
786m |
| Width of Aprom |
Open |
19.8m |
| Height of Deck Above MLLW |
3.66m |
3.66m |
| Load Capacity | 4.800kg/m2 | 4.800kg/m2 |
| Lighted or Unlighted |
Lighted | Lighted |
|
TRANSIT SHED
|
None |
Two-Transit Sheds nos. 1 & 2; concrete with steel roof trusses; each with asphalt concrete floor.
|
| Length & Width | 294 by 61m, each | |
| Height Inside | 6.09-6.7, each | |
| Floor Area for Cargo | 18,001m2 each (See Remarks) | |
| Load Capacity | 4,800kg/m2 | |
| CARGO DOORS |
N/A |
Shipside, each: 20, 4.9 by 4.9m; Rear, each: 8, 3.6 by 4.9m; End, each: 1, 6.1 by 4.9m |
| MECHANICAL HANDLING FACILITY |
None |
One electrical, traveling, bulk unloading Siwetell system; unloading rate of 800 tons per hour; air draft of 18 meters from MLLW; warehouse capacity 480,000 tons |
| RAILWAY CONNECTIONS |
Terminal rail access |
2 surface tracks on apro, total length 1,24m; 2 tracks along rear of each transit shed, total length 1,175m; join additional trackage serving warehouses and terminal in rear; connect with BNSF and San Diego & Imperial Valley Rwy. |
| HIGHWAY CONNECTIONS |
From Harbor Drive via Cesar E. Chavez Parkway |
From Harbor Drive via Cesar E. Parkway |
| WATER SUPPLY (AVAILABLE TO VESSELS) |
Through hose connections |
Through hose connections |
| FIRE PROTECTION (OTHER THAN CITY) |
Water lines, hydrants and watchmen |
Water lines, hydrants and watchment |
| REMARKS | The Jankovich Company Supplies vessels with bunker fuel at all terminals berths through 5.24cm hose connection; one 30.4, three 25.4, one 20.3 and one 15.24cm pipeline extended from berths 2 to 4. Steel storage tanks, total 26,683,114 liters. | Each transit shed is divided into 4 sections by concrete firewalls. There is one 15.24cm pipeline extended from berth 6 to 3 steel cargo tanks. Total capacity 11,355,000 liters. |
| BERTHS 7 AND 8 | |
| LOCATION ON WATERFRONT |
Between foot of Sigsbee and Beardsley Streets extended |
| OWNED BY |
Port of San Diego |
| OPERATED BY |
Port of San Diego |
| PURPOSE |
Receipt and shipment of general and bulk cargo in foreign and domestic trades; shipment of bulk commodities; bunkering vessels |
| TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION |
Outer 238m section; concrete bulkhead, rubber fender along face; inner 43m section: concrete-capped steel sheet pile bulkhead, timber tender system along face; all with paved solid fill. |
| DESCRIPTION |
Face |
| Dimensions |
198m |
| Depth Alongside of MLLW |
Berth 7-10.6m; Berth 8-12.8m |
| Usable Berthing Space |
281m |
| Width of Aprom |
Open |
| Height of Deck Above MLLW |
3.97m |
| Load Capacity | 4,800kg/m2 |
| Lighted or Unlighted |
Lighted |
|
TRANSIT SHED |
None |
| CARGO DOORS |
N/A |
| MECHANICAL HANDLING FACILITY |
One electric, traveling, bulk shiploader with retractable, hinged boom having a 13.8m outboard reach; boom equipped with conveyer belt & 14.6m gravity chute with dust suppressor unit: loading rate for potash 1800t per hr. Shiploader travels about 152m on rails along rear of face and is served by an elevated, covered, 1.06m, bell-conveyor system. Outer 198m section has water depth of 10.6m alongside and inner 43m section a depth of 6.1m. Bulkloader boom has air draft of 13.1m above mean high tide. Elevated conveyer system serving shiploader extends from a car shed with 2 under-track car pits or silos. Liquid bulk storage facility: One 35.5m pipeline with hose connections on wharf connects with storage tanks. |
| RAILWAY CONNECTIONS |
One 280m surface track on apron straddled by bulk shiploader, joins additional trackage serving terminal; connects with BNSF and San Diego & Imperial Valley Rwy. |
| HIGHWAY CONNECTIONS |
Same as Berths 1 & 2 |
| WATER SUPPLY (AVAILABLE TO VESSELS) |
Same as Berths 1 & 2 |
| FIRE PROTECTION (OTHER THAN CITY) |
Water lines, hydrants and watchment |
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