Transcript Harbor Safety Committee of the San Francisco Bay Region

Harbor Safety Committee of the
San Francisco Bay Region
Established by state law
to prevent oil spills in
San Francisco Bay by
planning “for the safe
navigation and
operation of tankers,
barges, and other
vessels…encompassin
g all vessel traffic within
the harbor.”
• The California Office of Spill Prevention and Response
(OSPR) is the lead agency for this effort, and appoints
the Harbor Safety Committee members.
The 21-member HSC Includes Representatives
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Ports of Benicia, Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco
Tanker and marine oil terminal operators
Dry cargo operators
Barge and Tug operators
Ferry operators
S. F. bar pilots
Pleasure boat operators
Labor organization
Environmental organization
U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
NOAA
BCDC
A forum for maritime community and state
and federal agencies to discuss and recommend
measures to prevent maritime accidents.
The Committee’s area of concern extends a
distance
of 100 miles, from the San Francisco lighted horn
buoy twelve miles offshore, to the Ports of Stockton
San Francisco Bay Harbor Traffic
• Fourth busiest container cargo port in the U.S.
• Among the busiest petroleum ports in the country:
nearly 800 tankers carry petroleum and petroleum
products into the Bay each year
• 85,000 commuter ferry trips per year, carrying
over one million passengers
• 20,000 registered recreational boaters in the Bay
Area, plus an uncounted number involved in
paddle sports and other water activities
Members of the Harbor Safety Committee are participating
in planning the Bay Area Water Trail for kayaks and other
non-motorized small boats.
Their expertise and involvement ensures that the trail will
promote increased navigational safety for trail users and all
vessels.
Harbor Safety Committee Work Groups
•Tug Escorts: Required for loaded oil tankers transiting the Bay
•Navigation: Incidents and near-misses
•Ferries: Safe operations
•Prevention through People: Recreational boating safety
•PORTS: Physical Oceanographic Real Time System
(Tide, current and wind data every six minutes)
•Ad hoc work groups as needed to study individual issues