Maritime Services
Historically, the ocean
and San Diego's maritime
services have had a
major impact on the
region's economy. As the
last port before
entering Mexican waters,
sport fishing boats,
commercial fishing
fleets and pleasure
craft depend on the more
than 200 companies that
provide repair,
maintenance care and
auxiliary equipment to
the vessels that come to
San Diego annually.
While much of San
Diego's maritime
services are repair and
maintenance, the city is
also known for
shipbuilding. NASSCO is
one of only five new
construction yards in
the country and the only
one on the West Coast.
Besides fulfilling
defense contracts for
Navy auxiliary and
amphibious ships, this
company designs and
constructs large
commercial vessels
including cargo and
container ships,
freighters and heavy oil
tankers for the Alaskan
trade.
The Port of San Diego
and the Navy have been
dredging the bay to give
larger cargo ships
access to the docks.
This will increase the
shipping abilities of
the city's two marine
terminals and allow
businesses to use our
ports instead of
depending on those in
Los Angeles. As more
cruise ships use San
Diego as a port,
hundreds of jobs will be
created to serve those
needs as well.
To
learn more about San
Diego's other main
business, click the
buttons on the left.
