From blue and gold to represent the rest of the captains from blue and gold and thank you very much. Thank you. Linda . And then [name . ]. Hello commissioners, im a residental of San Francisco since the 60s i went to school here, and i have been with as a deck hand since 19 suffix, i started out with red and white fleet and then now since the blue and gold fleet. Im also a member of the inland boat mans you know and part of the whole scheme i am now apparently, i am now doing tib ron, angel island and sauce leet toe and so i see the commuters at tib ron which im fond of and the tourists at sauce leet toe and the tourists from angel island and we have finally recovered from the loss of the alcatraz ferry and when refused to hire any of our m m p im sorry because we have a great staff here and i would like to tell that you blue and gold is really a good company to work for. Thank you. Thank you. applause . Winter and then ben weber. Good afternoon commissioners im here as a member of th
Sail through our species experiences with americas in the next years or so. The foundation of the maritime business is the services that attract boats and ships and keeps us going in business. But commuter ferries and excursions are really kind of the core business of the ports maritime sector. If you take a look at it. We average, we carry on average 3. 2 million ferry passengers annually these are commuter passengers moving between home and work expense and is we transport over 3 million excursion passengers annual low people looking at sites alcatraz and golden gate bridge. And then we see International Cruise ships that alleged violentors to and from the port and crews members aboard those ships speak to our Ferry Services, youre, our Ferry Services operate chiefly out of the downtown Ferry Terminal behind the Ferry Building. They also operate out of peer 39, and 41 in the north. The gate b number downtown Ferry Terminal is for the north bound lanes such as value lay hough and gate
Generate from this facility we just signed a fooive year least with the port for pier 19. These are critical for our operations. There is a welding shop, machine shop, storage for spare parts and equipment need today make repairs there are two docks where both can be excused while repairses are made or to lay up while they are not in operation and blue and gold is expected to pay the port one 55,000 in rent in 20 if we will 20 20 12 for our pier nine facility. While ala media and oakland services use gate e. Blue and gold operates ferries from value layer row and allay media to at t partial and this service has been incredible pap more he especially this year with the giants success. In january blue and gold was awarded the water Transportation Authority contract under this contract we operate ferries to value layer row and ala media and so fraction and we work with the w ta to not only bring terminals to the Ferry Building but passengers to pier 41. This is a huge opportunity for blue
Aboard those ships speak to our Ferry Services, youre, our Ferry Services operate chiefly out of the downtown Ferry Terminal behind the Ferry Building. They also operate out of peer 39, and 41 in the north. The gate b number downtown Ferry Terminal is for the north bound lanes such as value lay hough and gate e is for ala immediate a eoakland and Island Services blue and gold fleet does the operation and is the maintenance of all of these vessels and they will be describing that activity to you in a moment here. In addition, to that, we also have the Ferry Landing at china basin and on average that is home game ain ten dance is dwayned to and from the ballpark by ferries. And with that, we would like again to bring forth, carolyn or began, she is the president of blue and gold fleet and they will shell be able to give us a better insight and explanation on how important the ferry and excursion services are to the port and bay of San Francisco. Commissioners and director moyer, good aft
Who work on the ships and currently, we are employing at least 220300 people a day full if i am and as the work increases the ewe often see those head counts go over to a thousand people a day and Recreational Boat something something that we are looking forward to an increase in demand particularly as we successfully sail through our species experiences with americas in the next years or so. The foundation of the maritime business is the services that attract boats and ships and keeps us going in business. But commuter ferries and excursions are really kind of the core business of the ports maritime sector. If you take a look at it. We average, we carry on average 3. 2 million ferry passengers annually these are commuter passengers moving between home and work expense and is we transport over 3 million excursion passengers annual low people looking at sites alcatraz and golden gate bridge. And then we see International Cruise ships that alleged violentors to and from the port and crew