Foiling electric boats are getting a lot of attention worldwide as the zero-emission, high speed, water transit solution of the future. The race is on to get the first of the vessels into actual service and San Francisco based foiling e-boat start-up Navier aims to be an early front runner. It is to pilot zero-emission water shuttle services in the Bay Area in partnerships with e-payment infrastructure specialist Stripe.
At launch of this initial program, planned for March 2024, Navier will...
San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the San Francisco Bay Ferry system, has signed a strategic partnership agreement that will see Wärtsilä provide its fleet electrification and systems integrator services for a project to build the first zero-emission high speed ferries in the U.S.
The project, and several others Wärtsilä will work on under this partnership, are a part of WETA’s Rapid Electric Emission-Free (REEF) Ferry Program, a phased decarbonizati...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill providing for the first significant update to the rate structure of San Francisco Bay’s pilotage system in over 15 years….
https://gcaptain.com/san-francisco-bay-pilotage-system-gets-much-needed-rate-structure-update/
Inspiring stories of athletic ability, perseverance, and skill were the order of the day at the St Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco on 25 March 2022, when World Sailing gathered three USA Para Sailors to an exclusive meet and greet with national and international media during the Grand Finale of Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix | San Francisco. As part of its global campaign to reinstate sailing in the Paralympic Games for LA28, the athletes were joined by representatives from US...
Americans can have just about anything delivered to their front doors, whether it’s a pizza or a bag of groceries or a shiny new SUV. But it has long been taboo – under the law, at least – to deliver recreational cannabis. People have been getting their weed delivered through a massive black market for years, but outside of the safe haven of California, marijuana users can’t legally order a bag of pot to be dropped off at their homes.
Until now, that is. Times are changing for the cannabis...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/delivery-sweetening-the-pot-for-recreational-cannabis-businesses
Crowley Shipping and Shell Trading (US) Company (STUSCO) recently initiated use of low-carbon biofuel to power the Crowley tug Veteran, a ship assist and escort tug servi ..
by Rich McKay (Reuters) – Four dead gray whales washed ashore on San Francisco Bay area beaches in nine days, with experts announcing that two of the giant aquatic mammals…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has added a second location for testing of the Rivian all-electric delivery van, the company announced Thursday. The e-commerce giant has started delivering packages from the vans in San Francisco, joining Los Angeles as a test location for the vehicle.
“From what we’ve seen, this is one of the fastest modern commercial electrification programs, and we’re incredibly proud of that. As we continue to grow and invest in California, we want to do so responsibly, so we’re...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/a-san-francisco-treat-amazon-testing-electric-rivian-vans
For over 100 years, U.S.-flag ships carried lumber from the West Coast to the East and Gulf coasts. About 40 ships were regularly employed in this trade, making about 200 voyages annually. Additionally, more than 200 smaller ships — steam schooners affectionately called the Scandinavian Navy — transported lumber from the Pacific Northwest to San Francisco and Southern California.
An interesting feature of this trade was that many of the ships were owned by lumber companies that sought to...
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The first U.S. passenger ferry with Tier 4 emissions controls went into service with the San Francisco Bay Ferry system in March. The 445-passenger high speed Pyxis (pronounced “pik-sis”) is the fifth new ferry built for the fleet since the Hydrus-class started in 2017, and serves the growing Vallejo route.
“They operate on a longer route than the Hydrus boats. We’re a one-hour trip,” said Martin Robbins, general manager of the Bay Ferry’s Vallejo division. “These are waterjet boats so they’re...