The Port of San Diego is offering
public boat and bus tours of its two cargo terminals in May and June.
The six free bus tours will take participants
to the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and the National City Marine Terminal, where
they can have an up close and personal look at San Diego Bay and the port’s maritime
cargo, which includes imports of bananas, cars, wind energy components and other
commodities. The tour also includes a visit to one of the port’s waterfront shipyards.
Each two-hour bus tour begins at 9:30
a.m. The scheduled dates are:
Mon., May 14: departing from Chula
Vista Bayside Park, Chula Vista.
Tues, May 22: departing from Embarcadero
Marina Park South, San Diego.
Tues., May 29: departing from Pepper
Park, National City.
Mon, June 11: departing from Embarcadero
Marina Park South, San Diego.
Tues., June 12: departing from Coronado
Tidelands Park, Coronado.
The port’s boat tours will pass by
many of the port’s waterfront parks, the B Street Cruise Ship Terminal, and also
offer a look at the port’s two maritime terminals from the waterside.
Each of the four boat tours will depart
from the bay tour operator facilities on North Harbor Drive, San Diego. Dates and
times are:
Fri., May 18: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,
departing from Hornblower Cruises & Events, 1800 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego.
Tues., May 22: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Hornblower
Cruises & Events, 1800 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego.
Fri., May 25: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,
Flagship Cruises & Events, 1050 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego.
Tues., June 19: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m., Flagship Cruises & Events, 1050 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego.
Signups for the bus or boat
tours are available at http://www.portofsandiego.org/tours.
