San Diego (USA): Innovative tide pools
In 2016, the Port of San Diego launched the Blue Economy Incubator (BEI). The Incubator aims to attract new projects and partners, bringing social, environmental, and economic benefits...
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San Francisco (USA): Water from the Bay for thermal systems
San Francisco’s built heritage has been renovated and refurbished since the 1960s. Over the last fifty years, converting lofts into warehouses has become a common practice. However, since...
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San Diego (USA): A proactive, community-oriented policy
The Port of San Diego has implemented a proactive policy on community relations, which aims to encourage dialogue between the Board of Port Commissioners and the public. This...
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San Francisco (USA): Re-use for the US Army’s Fort Mason
Developed in a warehouse at Pier 2, the Fort Mason Center is a modern, sustainable building that also aims to preserve local heritage. The warehouse was built in...
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New York (USA): rail and river to relieve congestion in the city
In the summer of 2018, New York City unveiled Freight NYC, a $100 million investment plan to kick-start barge and rail transport within the city. Much of the existing...
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New York (USA): the park absorbs and filters water
Mathews Neilsen Landscape Architects (MNLA) collaborated with city agencies and two community organisations to plan the South Bronx Greenway across Hunts Point and Port Morris in New York....
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Los Angeles (USA): “AltaSea”, a community for a sustainable blue economy
The idea behind AltaSea came from Prof. Geraldine Knatz in 2006, when she was Director of the Port. The aim was to transform the 35-acre historic City Dock...
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Miami (USA): A port tunnel to get trucks out of downtown
In 2009, about 16,000 vehicles travelled through downtown streets each weekday, going to and from the port of Miami (up to 28% of these vehicles were trucks). To...
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Los Angeles (USA): A heritage action plan
In May 2013, the Port of Los Angeles adopted an action plan for its heritage. The "Built Environment Historic, Architectural and Cultural Resource Policy" aims to promote and define priorities...
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Long Beach (USA): The port updates its masterplan with the community
Under the California Coastal Act of 1976, the Port of Long Beach is required to have a master plan. The last such plan, from 1990, required a major...
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Long Beach (USA): Reorganisation of terminals focused on optimization and environmental impact
The Port of Long Beach has completed the Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) at Middle Harbour, a technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable cargo facility. The terminal is equipped...
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Duluth (USA) – Superior (USA): an inventory of uses to share port land more fairly for all
The Duluth-Superior Port Land Use Plan was adopted by the Metropolitan Interstate Council in December 2016. It is based on an inventory of the various uses present at...
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Seattle (USA): Balancing between port activities and city needs with limited environmental impact
In December 2017, the Port of Seattle purchased Salmon Bay Marina, a two-hectare site along the Washington Ship Canal. The marina is adjacent to the Fisherman’s Terminal, the...
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Boston (USA): living in harmony with the water
In 2015, the City of Boston organised “Living with water”, an ideas competition looking ahead to 2100, focusing on three specific sites. The three winners were named in...
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Bellingham (USA, WA): An educational heritage trail
The Port and the City of Bellingham are in partnership to develop a heritage trail, part of the 50-year development plan for redeveloping the 237-acre Bellingham's waterfront district....
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Oakland (USA): Military and railroad facilities recycled for port activities
Until a few years ago, the Port of Oakland had 12 modestly sized container terminals designed initially to handle 1980s/90s traffic volumes. To improve the space at the...
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