Port of San Diego

Port of San Diego
Aerial view of the Port of San Diego, showing three cruise ships and the USS Midway Museum. NAS North Island is visible in the background.
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Location
Country	United States
Location	San Diego, California
Details
Opened	December 18, 1962
Owned by	San Diego Unified Port District
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	2,873,613
Annual container volume	823,560
Passenger traffic	250,000

The Port of San Diego is a seaport in San Diego, California. It is located on San Diego Bay in southwestern San Diego County, and is a self-supporting district established in 1962 by an act of the California State Legislature. In addition to port activities, the Port District controls San Diego Bay and owns and manages the bay's immediate waterfront under the state's Tidelands Trust.^[1]

The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics has ranked the Port of San Diego as one of America's top 30 U.S. containership ports,^[2] bringing in nearly 3 million metric tons (3,000,000 long tons; 3,300,000 short tons) of cargo per year through the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and the National City Marine Terminal. Together with the National City Marine Terminal, the Port of San Diego is the primary port of entry for Honda, Fiat, Audi, Mazda, Acura, Isuzu, Volkswagen, Nissan, Mitsubishi Fuso, and Hino Motors into the United States. The port holds a 24 1/2-year lease with Dole plc, bringing in much of the country's banana crop. It is the third-busiest cruise ship port in California.

The port is governed by a seven-member Board of Port Commissioners. One commissioner each is appointed by the city councils of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach and National City, and three commissioners are appointed by the San Diego City Council. The board establishes policies under which the port's staff – supervised by the Executive Director – conducts its daily operation.