Press Releases

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...

As part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on and around the San Diego Bay waterfront, the Port of San Diego has installed an electric vehicle (EV) charger for public use in the public parking lot of its Administration Building at 3165...

The Port of San Diego has been selected as Recycler of the Year by the City of San Diego as part of the City’s 2019 Business Waste Reduction and Recycling awards program. This is an annual awards program that provides an opportunity for companies and...

May is Maritime Month at the Port of San Diego and to help celebrate it, the Port is offering free public boat and bus tours of San Diego Bay and its Working Waterfront. Maritime Month is the region’s unique celebration of National Maritime Day on...

The Port of San Diego has been recognized with a total of seven awards by two reputable marketing and communications organizations – the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals (AMCP) and the California Association for Public...

The Port of San Diego is conducting an engineering lighting study on a small portion of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge as part of design development for the proposed San Diego-Coronado Bridge Lighting Project. The study will be conducted April 29...

Series of Community Discussions on the Future of the San Diego Bay to be Announced As part of the Port of San Diego’s robust public outreach efforts for its Integrated Planning initiative, the public is invited to review and provide written comment...

The Port of San Diego invites the public to enjoy “Picnic in the Park,” a free afternoon of art, activities and performances by the Wildside Band and the San Diego Dance Theater on Saturday, May 18, 2019. The event is being provided as a Port of San...

As champions of the safekeeping and environmental care of the diverse ecosystems on and around San Diego Bay, the Port of San Diego is hosting “Don’t Throw it Away!”, an Earth Week event to encourage the public to recycle old or unused electronics...

The San Diego Ocean Planning Partnership has released an interactive, user-friendly Web Mapping Application that is designed to help users better understand the dynamic ocean space and ocean-related data offshore San Diego County. The Web Mapping...

As part of efforts to improve access to the San Diego Bay waterfront for the enjoyment of residents and visitors, the Port of San Diego has increased the number of parking holidays from nine to ten, which means that on ten holidays identified in the...

The Port of San Diego is hosting a commemoration of San Diego’s 250th anniversary and the public is invited to attend. The event is free and will take place on Thursday, April 11, 2019, exactly 250 years after the first seaborne contingent of Spanish...

The Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department invites the public to its Spring “Coffee with a Cop” event on March 23. The event includes a free cup of coffee for each attendee and the opportunity to engage in casual conversation with Harbor Police...

At approximately 12:30 a.m. on March 9, 2019, Port of San Diego Harbor Police received a request for assistance from investigators with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Investigators had information that a vehicle suspected of being...

As part of efforts to improve access to the San Diego Bay waterfront for the enjoyment of residents and visitors, the public is invited to review and provide feedback on proposed changes to the Port of San Diego’s parking meter and pay station...

In the second phase of ongoing outreach efforts for the future Harbor and Sweetwater Parks on the Chula Vista Bayfront, the Port of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista invite the public to attend a second Design Workshop to review and provide input...

As an environmental champion and mover of goods throughout the world, the Port of San Diego will soon begin infrastructure improvements to support future installation of a renewable, solar-powered microgrid at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal, one of...

As part of continued efforts to modernize one of two cargo terminals at the Port of San Diego, the Board of Port Commissioners has selected a local contractor to begin demolishing a second transit shed and other work under the first phase of the Port...

As part of the Port of San Diego’s robust public outreach efforts for its Integrated Planning Port Master Plan Update (PMPU) process, the public is invited to two upcoming Board Workshops during which the Board of Port Commissioners will discuss...

The Port of San Diego, along with community leaders and boating enthusiasts, officially dedicated the new Shelter Island Boat Launch Facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. “This state-of-the-art boat launch facility...

The second Design Workshop for the future Sweetwater Park, originally scheduled for January 29, is being postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. The Port of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista anticipate announcing a future date for the...