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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco |
Cosco operator offers to plead no contest
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| Aug.6 |
Port of Oakland |
Port to eliminate 100 jobs
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| May.5 |
San Francisco |
Half Of Cosco Busan Crew To Return
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| May.4 |
Marin County |
County bills ship owners $600K for cleanup
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| Apr.22 |
San Francisco |
Ship Pilot Charged With Lying In Spill Probe Capt. John Cota, 60, was charged with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials about his prescription drug use
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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco |
 Cosco operator offers to plead no contest The operating company for the container ship involved in oil spill has offered to plead no contest to criminal charges of falsifying documents
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| Aug.6 |
Port of Oakland |
Port to eliminate 100 jobs The Port of Oakland is cutting about 15% of all positions, in its biggest reduction in force in recent memory
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| Jun.4 |
Port of Oakland |
Slowing economy forces port job cuts
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| Jun.3 |
East Bay |
Lake Boats May Be Checked For Mussels
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| May.12 |
San Francisco |
Lawsuit seeks on spill pilot's legal bills
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| May.5 |
San Francisco |
Half Of Cosco Busan Crew To Return A judge to allow 3 of 6 Chinese crew members who have been held since their ship spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into the bay to return home
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| May.4 |
Marin County |
County bills ship owners $600K for cleanup The County is sending the cleanup bill to Hudson Marine Management of Pennsauken, N.J., which is representing Hong Kong-based Regal Stone
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| Apr.30 |
San Francisco |
Walkout Potential Looms At West Ports
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| Apr.22 |
San Francisco |
Ship Pilot Charged With Lying In Spill Probe| Capt. John Cota, 60, was charged with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials about his prescription drug use | |
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| Feb.9 |
San Francisco |
Last U.S. ocean liner take last cruise
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| Jan.10 |
South SF |
City approved design for ferry terminal
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
Crews working to contain spill  A crane operator is recovering after being hospitalized when the crane he was working on collapsed into the San Francisco Ba
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| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
Cosco Busan leaves San Francisco| The ship responsible has left port is bound for Asia, but Bay Area still dealing with the remnants of 58,000 gallons of thick bunker oil | |
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San Francisco |
Cosco Busan to resume commerce
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| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
Oil Spill Ship Posts Bond To Depart Bay The federal government and the owners of Cosco Busan resolved a legal standoff that had kept the vessel here
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Bay |
Oil spill ship scheduled to leave Bay
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| Dec.11 |
San Francisco |
Cota asks for extension on license
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| Dec.10 |
SF City Hall |
SF Sues Ship Owner Over Spill
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| Dec.8 |
San Francisco |
Bay Spill Pilot Asked To Surrender License The Coast Guard says Capt. John Cota is not physically competent to maintain the Federal Merchant Marine Officer's license
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San Francisco |
Ferry hits rocks near Alcatraz The Coast Guard is conducting an investigation after a ferry operated by the Red & White Fleet hit some rocks
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| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
Misconduct charges filed against spill pilot A state agency that licenses Northern California ship pilots formally accused Capt. John Cota, the pilot of the Cosco Busan, of misconduct
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| Nov.14 |
San Francisco |
Ship's crew won't talk to investigators
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| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
Probe Examines Pilot Actions, Ship Radar| Federal investigators investigators were examining whether a harbor pilot initally played down the damage to his ship after striking the bridge | |
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
Ship's crew questioned in criminal probe Crew members of the cargo ship The Cosco Busan that sideswiped the Bay Bridge, causing oil spill, were being questioned in a federal investigation
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| Sep.25 |
Port of Oakland |
Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port Workers stayed off the job after a longshoreman was crushed to death by a container, bringing the loading and unloading of ships to a halt
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| Sep.19 |
SF Downtown |
Harbor Ferry Service Halted Due To Wind The Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry is not operating due to heavy winds expected in the Bay Area
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| Feb.6 |
SF Downtown |
Queen Mary 2 Sets Sail From San Francisco The massive cruise liner left for Hawaii, bringing an end to one of the riskiest passages in modern maritime history
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| Feb.4 |
SF Downtown |
Queen Mary 2 Arrives The largest and grandest ocean cruise liner, which towers 200 feet above water, is making its first visit ever to SF
| The ship is 1,132 feet long; 17 decks equal the height of a 23-story building. The mammoth passed beneath the Golden Gate bridge, clearing the bottom of the span by 27 feet before a nail-bitingly tight tour of the Bay
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| Jan.19 |
Alameda |
Problem Shuts Ferry Service Ferry service suspended through the weekend as engineers work to determine the best way to repair a problem
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| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
Ferry Service for Bay to Expand
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| Sep.25 |
SF Downtown |
Alcatraz Ferry Service Changes Hands Some union workers who used to drive the ferry weren't hired by this nonunion operator, Hornblower Tours
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| Mar.17 |
Oakland |
 Chertoff Concerned About Bay Area Ports| U.S. Homeland Security Secretary wants to ensure that there's 'adequate security to bring prosperity' | |
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| Nov.29 |
Fisherman's Wharf |
Crabs Hit Market After Two-Week Delay Crabbers in Bodega Bay, Half Moon Bay and San Francisco refused to lay their traps until they settled a price dispute
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| Nov.14 |
Port of Oakland |
Port Gets $48 Million For Improvements |
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
Fisherman At Wharf To See Mooring Fee
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| Sep.14 |
Port of Oakland |
$2.8 million grant to improve security
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| Mar.5 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Cranes Clear Bay Spans 2 towering shipping cranes have made their way across the Bay slipping under the bridges with a few feet of clearance
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| Feb.25 |
Port of Oakland |
Port preparing for 2 new cranes
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| Mar.14 |
Marin County |
Golden Gate Transit May Take Ferry Out
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| Mar.6 |
Port of Oakland |
Employees reached agreement with Port
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| Dec.27 |
Oakland |
Beef Stacking Up at Port Due to Mad Cow
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| Feb.23 |
Benicia |
Tanker ship ran aground
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| Oct.4 |
San Francisco |
Blue & Gold Fleet to end ferry
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| Oct.1 |
San Francisco |
Port Dispute Talks Break Off
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| Sep.29 |
Oakland Port |
Longshoremen Locked Out Again at Port
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| Sep.28 |
Oakland Port |
Port Idled by Lockout
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| Jun.14 |
Bay Bridge |
Cranes Pass Under with Inches to Spare
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| May.1 |
Bay Bridge |
Big cranes slip under bridge Giant cranes sailed effortlessly, with an ample 5 feet to spare, under the Bay Bridge on a freighter
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| Sep.7 |
SF Downtown |
1840's ship uncovered
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SF Downtown |
$270 million cruise ship terminal
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| Jul.31 |
Richmond |
Tug sinks near port
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