Metro to manage San Francisco’s Pier 80

Metro has a long and successful relationship with the Port of San Francisco. It currently handles stevedoring for the Hanson Aggregates Mid Pacific, Inc. bulk facility at Pier 94, and its affiliate Metro Cruise Services LLC operates the port’s Pier 35 cruise terminal.

In the 1980s, California Stevedore & Ballast (CS&B), Metro’s original parent corporation, managed the Pier 80 terminal, the cruise terminal, and other businesses in the San Francisco bay region. With this new agreement, Metro will bring back its breakbulk cargo handling expertise from other California and southeastern ports operations to Pier 80.

In 2007, Pier 80 accommodated 160,000 tonnes of breakbulk cargo. Major commodities included steel products including coils, rebar, plate, beams and pipe, boats and yachts, lumber and newsprint.