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About the Port of San Francisco (Cruise Port Information)
Born out of the Gold Rush, today's Port of San Francisco is a public agency responsible for managing the 7-1/2 miles of San Francisco Bay shoreline stretching from Hyde Street Pier in the north to India Basin in the south. The Port's responsibilities include promoting maritime commerce, navigation, and fisheries; restoring the environment; and providing public recreation. More than 1,000 acres fall under its jurisdiction.
The Port's history reaches back to the early years of California statehood. With the Gold Rush attracting hundreds of ships to San Francisco Bay from around the world, a State Commission was created in 1863 to improve the City's harbor. As the City moved into the 20th century, the Port grew in leaps and bounds. The waterfront became an industrial area of finger piers, railroad terminals, and warehouses. With the outbreak of World War II, San Francisco became a military logistics center; troops, equipment and supplies left the Port in support of the Pacific theater. The City's shipbuilding and ship repair industries flourished. In the 1950s, San Francisco continued to be the West Coast's premier cargo port.
Today, San Francisco has redefined its marketing strategies and continues to offer the world's shipping fleet major assets such as naturally deep water, hundreds of thousands of square feet of covered storage, on-dock rail, acres of unobstructed lay-down space and modern well maintained cargo terminals.
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