Press Releases

The Port of San Diego will hold its September Board of Port Commissioners meeting on Monday, September 16, 2019 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. It has been moved to a larger location in anticipation of larger-than-usual public attendance and...

September is Green Port Month at the Port of San Diego, and the Port will mark this annual tradition with environmental awards, employee educational events and by sponsoring a cleanup site at I Love a Clean San Diego’s Coastal Cleanup Day on...

The Port of San Diego has been awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association for the United States and Canada (GFOA). This is the fifth consecutive year that the Port has...

The Port of San Diego reminds the public that public parking meters and pay stations along the San Diego Bay waterfront will be free on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2019. While parking will be free, the Port will be enforcing posted time limits to...

Pictured in photo (left to right): Joan Jacobs, Irwin Jacobs, Dave Snyder, Martha Gilmer, Randa Coniglio, Port Chairman Garry Bonelli, Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos, Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Port Commissioner Marshall Merrifield, Ernest Rady...

Second Open House to be held September 12 Following an extensive public outreach process resulting in elaborate input about the various challenges and opportunities to improve mobility and safety for users of Harbor Drive, the Port of San Diego is...

On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at about 11:30 p.m., Port of San Diego Harbor Police responded to a call from a rideshare driver reporting that the windows of his vehicle had been damaged by projectile objects. Officers responded and spoke with the...

For the eleventh straight year, the Port of San Diego has received the prestigious National Procurement Institute’s (NPI) Achievement of Excellence (AEP) in Procurement Award. The NPI’s AEP Awards started in 1995 as a program designed to recognize...

At approximately 1:28 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, 2019, the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department received a 911 call regarding a vessel collision on San Diego Bay near the Coronado Bay Bridge. When Harbor Police officers arrived on scene, they...

The Port of San Diego has unanimously approved the first lease for the Chula Vista Bayfront project – for a new destination RV park by Sun Communities, Inc., an award-winning RV park developer and operator. With construction anticipated to begin in...

The Port of San Diego invites the public to an additional community discussion event regarding the future of San Diego Bay and the surrounding waterfront, as proposed through the Port Master Plan Update (PMPU) Discussion Draft. This event will be...

The San Diego Port Tenants Association and its members are getting ready to roll up their sleeves, put on their work gloves and clean up San Diego Bay and its shorelines in the 29th annual Operation Clean Sweep, taking place Saturday, August 24, 2019...

The Port of San Diego has awarded a construction contract for the Sweetwater Bicycle Path and Promenade Project for the Chula Vista Bayfront, clearing the way for construction to begin. At its meeting on July 24, 2019, the Board of Port Commissioners...

The Port of San Diego has approved a Blue Economy Incubator pilot project that will test a new design of concrete tide pools by ECOncrete Inc., a company that aims to bring coastal and marine concrete infrastructure to life while reducing the...

The Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners has granted a lease for The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association’s Bayside Performance Park project, a significant milestone in the Symphony’s efforts to build a permanent facility on the San...

As part of its Blue Economy Incubator, the Port of San Diego has approved a new pilot project with ecoSPEARS Inc., a startup cleantech solutions company working to develop a cost-effective and eco-friendly cleanup solution to extract and destroy...

SAN DIEGO, Calif.: On July 2, 2019, the Port of San Diego issued the following statement from Garry Bonelli, Chairman of the Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners in response to an announcement by the San Diego County Regional Airport...

The Port of San Diego reminds the public that public parking meters and pay stations along the San Diego Bay waterfront will be free on Independence Day, July 4, 2019. While parking will be free, the Port will be enforcing posted time limits to help...

The Board of Port Commissioners has approved $430,200 in funding and $1,093,887 in services for 64 special events to be held on the San Diego Bay waterfront during fiscal year 2019/2020. The sponsorships are part of the Port of San Diego’s Tidelands...

Celebrate Independence Day on San Diego Bay with the 19th annual Port of San Diego Big Bay Boom, Southern California’s largest fireworks show. Starting at 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, 2019, some of the most technically advanced fireworks, in an array...

The Port of San Diego has received an environmental certification from Green Marine, North America’s largest voluntary environmental certification program for the maritime industry. The Port enrolled in Green Marine in September 2018 and was the...

The Port of San Diego continues to make significant progress on the Chula Vista Bayfront resort hotel and convention center project. On June 18, 2019, the Board of Port Commissioners authorized issuance of a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) and...

For the first time in its 57-year history, the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department held a live, public training demonstration on San Diego Bay to showcase its maritime law enforcement specialties. The event, held Thursday, June 13, 2019 on...

Public Events Offer Opportunities to Review the Discussion Draft of the Port Master Plan Update with Port Staff The Port of San Diego invites the public to a series of Community Discussions regarding the future of San Diego Bay and the surrounding...

Port of San Diego public parking meters and pay stations along the San Diego Bay waterfront will be free on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2019. While parking will be free, the Port will be enforcing posted time limits to help encourage turnover and...

The Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department invites the public to a live training demonstration on San Diego Bay on Thursday, June 13, 2019. The demo will include a SWAT team intervention, coordinated vessel firefighting and a simulated dive team...

The Port of San Diego is hosting a job fair for opportunities with maritime industry-related businesses, as well as the Port’s Harbor Police Department, the National City Police Department and United States Coast Guard Sector San Diego. The event is...

The Port of San Diego is pleased to kick off another season of its Waterfront Summer Shuttle, which provides low-cost transportation along the San Diego Bay waterfront with a $3 daily rate. Now in its eighth season, the Waterfront Summer Shuttle will...

The Port of San Diego has selected an experienced, international hospitality team to develop and operate a new shared hospitality pod hotel concept, expected to be one of the first in the country. This action is a significant step forward in...

The Port of San Diego has successfully completed an engineering lighting study to test and evaluate the potential use of color-changing LED lights to illuminate the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. The tests were conducted on the evenings of April 29...