During his visit, the Secretary toured Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco and a NOAA survey vessel and heard input from key maritime leaders.
Federal maritime leaders in attendance include, Capt. Cyndi Stowe, captain of the port and commander of Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, Sean Kelley, director of Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco, Richard Edwing, director of NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services and Gerry Wheaton, NOAA coast survey regional navigation manager.
Local, state and port partners in attendance include Heather Kerkering, coordinator Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System, Joan Lundstrom, mayor of Larkspur, Calif., and chair of San Francisco Bay Region Harbor Safety Committee, Esam Amso, of Valero Marketing and Supply Company and member of the Harbor Safety Committee, Peter Stone, chief commercial officer of Ports America SVP, Captain Lynn Korwatch, director of the San Francisco Marine Exchange, Alan Steinbrugge, project manager for PORTS representing the San Francisco Marine Exchange.
Lt. Cmdr. DesaRae Janszen , Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco chief of waterways, talks to the Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke about the VTS area of responsibility, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The Secretary met with leaders from the Coast Guard, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and port partners on Yerba Buena Island. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson.
The Port of Oakland is currently the fourth busiest container port in the United States, and VTS San Francisco is responsible for monitoring and coordinating those ship movements in an effort to prevent accidents and the associated loss of life and damage to property and the environment.
Sector San Francisco conducts a variety of missions including homeland security, search and rescue, law enforcement, boating safety, aids to navigation and marine environmental protection with a vast area of responsibility reaching into the San Joaquin Delta, out to Lake Tahoe, north to Bodega Bay and south to Monterey.
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