PORT OF REDWOOD CITY

The Port of Redwood City Board of Port Commissioners approved a long-term strategic vision in January of 2020 -  the first of its kind for the Port. The vision focuses on maximizing land use, improving infrastructure, diversifying maritime and commercial business efforts, improving operations, and protecting the environment – all with the overall goal of strengthening the port’s impact to the region’s economy and quality of life.

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The Port has historically been a dry bulk port for the region, however the Vision sets a framework for cargo diversification including opportunities for RO/RO and project cargo.  The Vision has four major themes: land use prioritization, market preparedness, operational efficiencies and sustainability. Highlights include:

 

Align land use with business priorities

• separate the priority use area for maritime activity from commercial and recreational use area

• enhance public access along the waterfront

• provide a public or private ferry service to South San Francisco Bay along with related infrastructure

• create additional commercial and recreational shoreline uses

 

Proactively build market preparedness

• diversify maritime business and cargo focus with infrastructure planning, proactive relationship development and strategic marketing

• diversify commercial business with proactive real estate leasing, community-oriented programming and building awareness of waterfront offerings

 

Create operational efficiencies

• establish cargo velocity standards for maritime users to move cargo through the Port at a pace that expands total cargo capacity and serves customer needs

• consolidate similar cargo types to maximize throughput while minimizing storage footprint

• create a Port of Redwood City waterfront destination by encouraging commercial and recreational uses

 

Ensure sustainability

• meet or exceed environmental regulations and initiatives to ensure the waterfront as a natural resource

• be a leader in industry sustainability initiatives

• focus on being a good neighbor to the community with transparency, support and collaboration

• maintain fiscally responsible practices

• prioritize being a socially responsible agency  

 

Download the full 2020 Vision Plan

Download a summary of the 2020 Vision Plan