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The Oakland Seaport is a major container ship facility located in Oakland, California, in the San Francisco Bay. It is operated by the Port of Oakland port authority along with the Oakland International Airport. It was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container
Polynesia Line, based in San Rafael, CA, is an ocean container shipping line specializing in trade between the South Pacific islands and the US Pacific coast. Polynesia Line serves SSA Terminals in Long Beach, OICT in Oakland, Tahiti, American Samoa, Samoa, and Tonga. The company's agent in the US is called Interocean Steamship Corporation.
The port authority's primary responsibilities are the operation of the Oakland Seaport and the Oakland International Airport. It also operates a commercial real estate business as the owner of Jack London Square, Airport Business Park, and more than 875 acres (354 ha) of waterfront property. It operates a municipal electric utility that serves ...
Harbor Bay: Weekday-only service between the Harbor Bay ferry terminal on Bay Farm Island and the San Francisco Ferry Building. Oakland & Alameda: All-day weekday and weekend service between the Oakland Ferry Terminal in Oakland, the Main Street Terminal on the northern shore of Alameda Island and the San Francisco Ferry Building.
The Oakland Alameda Estuary presented many unique localized peculiarities. It is a major shipping channel and the shipping traffic of the Port of Oakland along with a highly developed shoreline prohibited a new bridge. Another fact, tunneling in an earthquake and liquefaction plagued region is extremely expensive for a rather poor community.
The ferry terminal is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the nearest public transportation, at the South San Francisco Caltrain commuter rail station. A free shuttle bus, sponsored by local employers but open to the public, connects the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal, Oyster Point area office buildings, and the South San Francisco Caltrain ...
Blue & Gold Fleet is a privately owned company in the United States providing ferry services in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.It operates the San Francisco Bay Ferry commuter ferry system under contract with San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA). [1]
An evening view of a ferry arriving at the terminal, 1933. Initial concepts to build a bridge between Oakland and San Francisco included a design to extend the Key System Mole to San Francisco. [12] Final plans for the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge included building the Oakland approach