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PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

39 April 1997 No. 4

¯ THOMAS KORNEGAY~ o~tor-_-~ T. WlLLIAMSONanaging Director

IARTHA T. WILLIAMS.metal Counsel

3HN R HORANrector of Trade Development

~BARRERAof Public Affairs

~MES ELDRIDGEof Administration

B. JACKSONof Facilities

3HN ~DASISof POet Operations

-o G, WALTERSof Protection Services

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The Competitive Edge

For Steel Shipments

R ecently, a ship discharged5,300 tons of Russian-madesteel coils onto trucks at thePort of Houston Authority’s

Turning Basin Terminal. The coils weretransported to Storage and Processors’yard within the terminal, where it was tobe staged, loaded onto rail cars anddelivered to a half-dozen buyers on theWest Coast. The shipment could easilyhave gone to a West Coast port, butcompetitive labor rates and good facili-ties lured the shipper to use Houstoninstead.

Houston’s steel-handling facilities,waterfront labor, Port Authority andother segments of the shipping industrywork to provide a highly competitivepackage for steel shippers. As a result of

their efforts, Houston offers some of thebest facilities, labor rates, and wharfageand dockage rates anywhere for movingsteel.

"The Port of Houston is one of themost competitive ports in the nation forsteel with regard to dockage and

Houston otterssome of the best

facilities andrates anywhere.

wharfage rates, and the rates are alsocompetitive for stevedores andsteamship lines," says Bob Moore, vicepresident, Gulf Region, for the Ameri-can Institute of [mported Steel. Moorealso is vice president of Newco SteelTrading Inc.

Iron and steel products have longbeen one of Houston’s top import cate-gories. Last year, more than 2 milliontons of steel crossed Port of HoustonAuthority docks, and most of it wasimported. Stee[ imports -- consisting opipe, plate, coils, I-beams and other vareties -- were up 18 percent last year.

Of course, steel volume can varygreatly from year to year or even quarteto quarter depending on steel mill capa~ity, anti-dumping suits and other indus-

¯ b~ctor,. Steel plate unports ~repetted to phm~met thi.~ year a., a resuhanti-dumping complaints fiDd against_’el mills in Russia, the Ukraine, China~d South Africa~ last year. Nevertheless,

t, expected to bc a goekt year tor other2el product>, such ~t.s pipe, plate and.i[ from ,}ther countrie>, and Porluth,}rity officials predict H~uston will

tndle about the same volume of steel1997 ~s it did tn 1996.HoLIston’s position as a major steel

,rt can be attributed to, several factorsrst and fHrelllObt, Sdy> Nloore, Is 1,,)ca-

in. Houston’s central position on theulf Coast give., the port access toajor steel c~}nsummg markets .&mplei] and highway connection.~ provide

eel importers with cost-effective chotc-|or delivering their freight to its ulti-

:ttc desnnationl-|ouston’~ [anJside coltnectton> are

tting even better. The Texas Mexican

~ilwa\ ha> extended tts service toelude Beaumont, Texas This allows,oust{~n tt~ provide direct routin~ tbrtred{L lllC~tlqll]~ better Cv)I]IqA2ctit)l-tS

th klexR~,"I think the Tcx-Mex ,,,nnecrl,,n has

~e potential >)r ,tee] shipment>

rotEh Hotl>tt,n," ,av> Raincr Lihena[, eencral m:ma~er, trade dcvel-Hllent, ~or t[)C Port ,~f H~)ttstotq

uthorHx( ".~ }roper Five [aN~r c~st> /re m.~>the)

{-Lh(,}lq I-{otlStt)ll Is attractive t~) ~teel

ipper, k|oore,a\~thelnternatlona]~tqL~’;horelnen’> 7X>>ociatlon 1i~ [ [Okl>t¢)n

~> been flexible tn negotiatin~ laN)r

to, >o ]-]OtlstOl/ CLIP. attract 111~}re ,ted.

habor rate~, Jt \\’est (.’oaht ports are not~> ~ompetitl\ c, Jccordin~ t~) Moore and[){ ,ug (_~aves, vice president ~t marketingfor Storage & Processors [nc. Caves’

compnnv h~mdled the Russian steel ~hipmen| inentioned at the outset ,)t tht>

~tor,/. Caves sdid he WaS able to con-vince the reporter it would be moreeconomical to m~we the steel |hr,)ughH~uston than the West Coast m part

because <)t the labor co,t> inv,~hedXh>st of the steel that m,),, es across

H~)uston’s punk docks pas~e, daro~lghthe Turning Basin Terminal The termi-nal has ~ number of spacl,>us ~>pen ,locksthat provide plentx ~)f room t~r handlin>

steel products. Direct disc barge is per-mitted t{) reduce the shipper’s freight

handling cost> aIAd -a\’e tnlle. Steelproducts can be unl~)aded directly fn)mship to)truck, eliminatlnv tlnneces>arvhandling.

The Port Authonty h~pes t,} makesteel handling at the public dock., even

more efficient if funding ~an beobtained to Build an intermodai tran.qer

station at the East Industrial Park withinthe Turning Basin Terminal. The stationwould all<}w steel and other pr{}duct> t~,be tran>tbrred directly mm~ ship to )all.

(.’urrentlx. such c’ar~, mtl’,t [’e un./t reded

Steel coils (opposite page) and steel beams (left) are among the products found in Stor-age & Processors’ yard.At Ranger Steel (below), Leonel Garcia Jr. cuts steel plate.

tnmt ship to truck, taken to holding

w~rds, then loaded onto rail.The project would entail covering a

~9.fi ~cre are~ with concrete, installing11,500 teet of rail track, imprm’ing road~in the area, erecting covered transferi~acilities and installing additional truckqueuing lanes. The Port Authority ishoping to receive federal fllnding underthe lmermodal Surface TransportationEfficiency Act t~ help finance the$24 million project.

Proximity to steel storage, processingand distribution facilities is another of

Left: Steel plate is the sub-ject of anti-dumping suitsfiled against several foreignmills in 1996.Below: A&L Trucking,which shares a site at theTurning Basin Terminal withRanger Steel, stored thesecoils in its warehouse.

the Turning Basra Termtnal’s prime

advantages. Several facilities arc convc-nienth lock, ted within ,~r near the Turn-ing Basin Terminal. One such ,~pcration

i, 5t,~n~ge ~ i>r,,cc>>~rs [nL., which

[eased pn)pcrtv within the terminal17 year>. The companx pro\ides di>-charge, storage and processm~ ot ste.pn~duct>.

Storage & Proccssor> le~/.,e> a ~0<Site and two yard~ in the Turning BaTerminal area. The operation ieaturtrail siding, equipment that can proofsteel coils into plate and a ~cale thatweigh coils of up to 50 tot> Als<,, pa~of the Storage &. Processors propert\

can be activated as ~ cust~m~s-b~nde,st<-agc site with two days’ n,,uce St,product, admitted to the actit ated tu

are considered to be outside L..S ~ustoms territory and are not subiec~ t~,cu.,tom> duties. Storage ,~. Processors

als,~ has .~ warehouse in which u~ storproduct> that are vulnerable t~, the el

ment>

"We don’t own the steel thtt corn,in here. but ~e take c>ue ,,f the pe~plwh~ do," say> Caves.

Another tenant involved in the ditributi¢~n of steel is R~mger Steel. aH~uston-based, famil}-owncd compathat has been in business since 1958

~,bove: A rail car designed specifically for transporting steel coils stops at Storage & Processors.3elow: 1997 is expected to be a good year for steel coil imports,

{an~e~ 51eel h~mdbs ~teel pl’,lte exclu-

n’el\ .~t ~ 2 ~,-,<rc site behind Wharf ~2:tic <,nnpan~, Ls t co-ten~:nl.l on the prop-:rt\ with %&L Trttckii1v

{ ntil recently, Ranger Steel conduct-’v] it., t~ubmess in ~i l:ew Jifferent y~rd.,vithlt-t the Turnin~ Basin Terminal asveil a> a tacilit\ dsewhere in t~}wn.g’qaen the site ],ehtnd Wharf ~2 became

tv:Ul~tblc la>t year, the company: decidedt ,ould ,,per’ate more etficienth at a sinJc b~atl~n. Ranger Steel and A&Lgruckm~, which transports plate for

Range~ Steel, moxed to tts current loca-tion late last year

"We have a great deal more efficien-

t\ here," sa’<s ]ochen SeeN< vice pro>l-dent of Ranger Steel. "This is as prime abc~ttton as we could hope to have. We

have the pe~p/e, ~pace, docks and trucksall right here."

.-\lth~ugh the ,mti-dumpmg suitsstrike close t~ the heart of RangerSteel’s busines.,, which is steel plate,Seeba says he is n,~* worried. RangerSteel has ridden the market’s inevitable

up.~ and downs tor nearh tour decades

and still ha~ continued l{l vro~ _1

These companies leaseproperty in the Turning BasinTerminal for the storage, trans-port or distribution of steel.

A&L Trucking inc.

AIITrans Port Services Inc.

Arrow Trucking Co.

Arrow Stool Process

Custom Transit

Port Container Industries

Port Rail Services

Ranger Steel Supply

Richardson Steel Yard Inc.

Storage & Processors, Inc.

Quick Catch Trucking Inc.

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Linking Houston

and Puerto Rico

Sea-Land Service inc. has addedHouston as a port of call to theline’s weekly service to PuertoRico. Now, Sea-Land vessels

dl at the Port of Houston Authority’sarbours Cut Terminal weekly, trim-.ing transit times to San Juan by two~ys for the Houston market.

The carrier will rotate three vessels,r the Houston stop: the M/V SEA-AND CONSUMER, the M/V SEA-AND HAWAII and the M/VgA-LAND EXPEDITION. The first

_~ssel, the CONSUMER, called at Bar-)urs Cut on Feb. 23. Sea-Land operatesterminal at Barbours Cut Berth 3."Continued strength in the Puerto

ico market and our infrastructurenprovements in San Juan give us the~portunity to improve service in the

Gulf," says John Sullivan, vice presidentof sales for Sea-Land’s Americas services.

Sea-Land improved efficiency at itsSan Juan facility by adding a third cranelast December.

The addition of Houston to the Puer-to Rican service provides customers inthis market a later cut-off date for ship-ping their cargo to Puerto Rico and theDominican Republic and speeds thetransit time of cargo.

"There will be improved inbounddelivery into the Texas market," says BillMcLean, port manager for Sea-Land atBarbours Cut. "And there will be expe~dited service for relay cargo moving intothe Pacific Rim."

John Horan, director of Trade Devel-opment for the Port of Houston Author-ity, says Sea-Land expects to move about

28,000 loaded contamers from Hc~ustontO Puerto Rico annually.

"Stopping at Barbours Cut Terminalen route to Puerto Rico makes sensebecause a large share of the cargo boundfor Puerto Rico originate.~ in Houston,"Horan says.

Puerto Rico represents the UnitedStates’ largest single market for con-tainerized cargo in Latin America,according to researchers who prepared amaster plan for the Port of HoustonAuthority. The Puerto Rican marketaccounts for about 5.5 million tons ayear, ~0 percent of which moves throughU.S. Gulf ports.

The consulting team estimated thatthe Houston market for Puerto Rican-bound cargo is two and a half times thesize of the New Orleans market, andthat carriers involved in the PuertoRican trade could reap significant sav-ings by including a Houston stop intheir service.

From Houston, Sea-Land also pro-vides service to Russia, Northern Europeand the Mediterranean and offers con-nections to its entire global network.

Sea-Land Service is a unit of CSXCorp. in Richmond, Va. The career >one of the largest container shippingcompanies in the world. Sea-Land oper-ates more than 100 container .,hlp~ and210,000 containers globally and servesmore than 120 ports in 80 counmes andterritories on five continents. ~1

On hand for the arrival of the M/V SEA-LAND CONSUMER were (from left) MiyukiCleary, Peter Ford and O’Malley Avant, allof Sea-Land Service Inc.

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war strategy of William "Bull"Halsey Jr., the legendary WorldWar Ii admiral was simple: "Hithard, hit fast and hit often."

Government isn’t war, but Texas law-makers know they need the same deci-siveness and tenacity that Halsey,espoused if they want to get things doneon Capitol Hill. In fact, Houstonundoubtedly would not have a world-class port if not for the dogged determi-nation of legislators from the Lone StarState.

Texas lawmakers have worked formore than a century to help Houstoni-ans and Harris County’ residents realizetheir dream of developing a major worldport. As early as 1896, Rep. JosephHutcheson and Sen. Robert Mills, bothTexans serving in the nation’s capitol,took on the task of convincing fellowlegislators that Houston needed a deepership channel. At the time, Houstonianswere pushing for a 25-foot-deep water-way so oceangoing vessels could call attheir growing city.

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The most ardent legislative championof Houston’s deep-water dream wasThomas Ball, a Huntsville attorney wh~replaced Hutcheson in the House in1896. Ball didn’t have the sage advice ofAdmiral Halsey to guide him back in thelgth century, but he knew a thing ortwo about persistence. Over his 40-yearassociation with the port, he helpedHoustonians win federal support fi~rtheir 25-foot-deep ship channel. He alsohelped develop state legislation thatallowed the creation of navigation dis-tricts -- including the forerunner of thePort of Houston Authority -- in Texas.

The Port of Houston has changeddramatically since Bali’s day, but the vot-ers of Houston and Harris County stillcount on their elected representatives t~)help keep their port competitive. AndTexas’ tenacious delegation on CapitolHill is working once again to win federalfunding for the widening and deepeningof the Houston Ship Channel.

Plans call for the ship channel to bewidened to 530 feet and deepened to 45

*bet. The wateFx~ay is currently 400 teetwide and 40 feet deep. The pn~ject isessential if the P{~rt of Houston is t~safely accomm~date today’s larger vesseland ships that are m~}Fe fidlv [aden, andto remain competitive in the world marketplace.

Congress included the Houston cha~nel project on a federal wish list ~f pro!-ects as part of the Water Resources andDevelopment Act of 1996. Harris Countv voters already have appn~ved the saleof bonds to cover the local share of thechannel improvement project. Now theare hoping Congress will find the wherewithal to cover the other 5233 millionneeded for the project, and their electedrepresentatives have taken on the causeThe push toward reduced federal spend-mg and a balanced national budget willmake this a challenging mission fl~rTexas’ congressional delegation. Still,lawmakers from the Lone Star State sa~they are optimistic.

"This proiect will sell itsele in Con-gress because of its commercial viabilit~and because ot the en~ ironmental suc-cess tt will be," says ReD Gene Green ~)fHouston. "Yes, the country wants a bal-anced budget, but we don’t want to turnoff the lights and not invest in thefuture. You don’t shut your doors to getyour budget balanced. You set priorities.’

Green adds that the governmentalready has sh~wn support by providing$19 million foF ~tudies to assess the feasi-

Kevin Eldridge, captain of the port, takesCongressmen Gene Green and ChetEdwards on a tour of the U.S. Coast Guardstation at the Port of Houston. Shown(from left) are Lt. Greg Fondren, Edwards,PHA Executive Director Tom Kornegay,Green, Cdr. Paula Carroll, Eldridge andPetty Officer Larry Crouse.

lit\ ,llld ¢D.vlroD.mel~ta] WFipact t)f the

taD.De[ llrlpr( ~’,,elYtCDt:’,

Rep. Ken Bem>en. ,u~}rher Fcxa>,vmaker, as:rots with (.3teen: "We’re)lll~ it) h~tve t/) ci>nl, il~.LIC t{) lll\eSl Ill

e lqk(LIOll", lllfG~’,tlllCttlrC ~/e havc It’,

I\c the .ibilit\ I,, Im~vc g,,od~, back and

rth A lot ,>t~tvricuhural w>od> mdher pr,>duct> c,.ne t~> ~he P,)rt ,~t.>Ll>tOI1 [rOlll the Plaitls State>, whiche landlocked, as ,ire man\ ,,il-and ga.,

~,ducina ,tare>. it makes ,el>C to III(,Kt-

[IlZC OlAF port."

Green, Bcntsen and tellow lawmaker>mt t~ en>ure the Houston Ship Chan-,1 Improvement project becomes ationa[ priorit O. [n addition to Greend Bentsen, Texas delegates working t~ucate Congress ibout the project.:hide Tom DeLay, Bill Archer. Chet

kvards and Senat~rs Kax BailexJtchison and Phil Gramm[)eLay, a congressional representative

~ce 1984, serve, on the House Appro-iation> Committee and als¢~ is majorits

lip Hi> district includes Ham., (’.oun-in which the Port of Houston is

l~,cated, md tx~, ,,tiler Texas coutures,.

L)ekax wa> m..,trutnenta] in stres...ln~ t~c,)narc>sl~)nal leader, the importance

passing the water re.,ources and Jevelop-mcnt bill their mctuded the i-L>ust,>i~5hip (]latmel Pr~qe~_t. Next, ,lining theappr,~prt~tion> ph~/sc hc wdl once a~ainplax ,~ cructa[ r,,lc. [-],4Jsr.OnlaD.- are

CoLIntl[I~ /)11 h111l [(} as>tst fhc P,~rlauthority and the k!.5. Arm~ CMrps ~)tEngineers in ~alI:ln~ tederal funding h~rthe pr~>lect

"Congressman L)eLav ha> contm.uedto be a champion ot the port regardingthis \err important project," saw NedHolmes, chairman of the Port of Hous-ton (_Mmmlssion. "We greatl~ appreciatehis leadership and his involvement, a>

well as the efforts ,>f his fellow levi>la-J-ors."

Edwards serves ,)n the encrgx and

\~ ater ,ubc, mmmtee ,~f the HouseAppropriations Committee; thi> impor-tant subcommittee is responsible forappropriating funds k~r waterwaximprovements

Below: A briefing was held recently at the

Port of Houston Authority’s executiveoffices to inform Edwards about the Hous-ton Ship Channel improvement project.Edwards was recently appointed to a sub-committee involved in funds appropriationsfor the project.Left: Attending the briefing were Green,Edwards and Rep. Ken Bentsen.

"~CqUll-tFtg tederal tundin~ t,~r .t p), >)-ect or thi> ,tale can be ~ length’, pr~ >co,.,

(Jon~fe>> [lltlSl ,tart (FOil/ ,cratch cxer\year and appr,>\e a p~,rtl~)n ¢>t the federalct)stq t~l v,agei prelect> e~lch tllttt" ,t I1C\~.

natl~>nal bttd>ct i> ,]rawn up [r i> the

h,>pc ot the P,,rl Authv)ritx, ,i> h~c~dsponsor, and Texa, dele~:ate> their hiD.d-

hyr the l-tou>tot-~ Ship (.2ham,~cI pr,,jcct

xv¢>uld be allocated ,~ver ,ttbur-, ,t fixc-year peri,~d t~, a[[~w Ham, (~ountx t,,J~egin t~, re~di_-e the t, enetit> ,~t thv

I Ill Ir’H ~ IVelDQD.E>

5,). like Hal>ex, I-exit> [~/xxtnaker.k~l,>~ thex h>~ e t,)ilit tl~liv], htt t~st ,ll~dhir.,ttentogetth~.word,>ut k)m waxthe: delegates ,~cc¢)mpli.,h rh> i, [,~ ,)raa-ni_-ing brieting> t~> inform new ;)tl,] referan Jelegates from ,,ther state> ablaut the

port pro}ect; they often c~d[ upon P~rt ~tHouston COl-ilnltssloner,, alqd Port ,,tH~)uston Auth,~rit\ ,tatf to assist tlqcm m

their ett~rts. P>~t Younger, the P,~r).;\uth~~ritv’s legislative aft-airs man~lger,

keep-~ representative’, and .;et’tat,>r, ~q.~-todate on port development., and er~>ure,{}~C x" }~: txrc whatever ,nf, +rmati~+tq the\

I/eedDuring regular biparti>an meeting~,

Texas legislators discus> the channeltnaprovenler~t> and ways to see the proj-

((.’OHIt*HI{"cl (~*~ [)rt<g{,

Maritime Festival Set April 11-13Houston’s 14th annual Maritime Fes-

tival will be held April 11-13 at the

Houston international Seafarers Center.The weekend of activities include ashrimp boil, barbecue cook-off, fun run,volleyball tournament and a variety ofother event>.

The festival benefits Houston’s tt~oseafarers centers, which provide a placefor seafarers to relax while their ships arein port. More than 40,000 seafarers from

around the world visit the centers eachyear.

The Dstival kicks off on Friday, April

[ 1, with the annual Propeller ClubShrimp Boil, set fi~r 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.Tickets for this event, which usually sells

out, must be purchased in advance,. Forinformation, call (71 ~) 672-0511

Saturday’s activities will begin at 11a.m. and run until 10 p.m. First ~n theagenda ts the barbecue cook-off, inwhich industry teams prepare their bcstrecipes. The cook-oft entrx/fee *s $200.

For information, call Jim Elkins at (281)820-8000

The festival volleyball tournamentwill take place on Saturday and Sunday,with teams from the transportationindustry competing for the champion’strophy. The entry fee for the tournamentis $125 per team. For entry inf~rmation,

contact Bennettc Mikulin at (71 S 723-2627.

Also slated tot Saturday arc craftb~oths, entertainment, a ship model diplay and demonstration, and a dance t~wrap up the day’s events.

This year’s festival ’%n run" will

begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Theremaining festival events will nm from11 a.m to 5 p.m. on Sunday and will

include a raffle, the barbecue cook-oftjudging, the volleyball tournamentfinals, fi~od, craft booths and entertain-ment,

Admission to the festival is free. Allevents will take place at the SeafarersCenter, which is located on the upperlevel road behind Wharf 23 in the Portof Houston Authority’s Turning BasinTerminal

For ad&tiona[ information, contactthe Houston International SeafarersCenter at (713) 672-0511..71

Tuxpan Delegation Strengthens Ties with Port of Houston Authority

A delegation from the Mexican port city of Tuxpan, located in the state of Veracruz,recently visited Houston. The purpose of their visit was to strengthen trade relationsand promote friendship between the two cities¯ Houston Mayor Pro Tern GracieSaenz presented the group with a special city proclamation while they were in townHere, the delegation is shown visiting with Port of Houston Authority officials at thePHA executive offices Trade between Houston and Tuxpan totaled 850.000 tons in1996

Road Repairs SelAt Turning Basin

Infrastructure Services Inc. hasreceived a contract to repair the pave-ment on the low-level road at the Portof Houston Authority’s Turning BasinTerminal.

Port of Houston commissionersrecently awarded the company a con-tract for the work, which is expected tocost $100,000

infrastructure Services will repair ~~ection of the low-level road that run.~along Wharves 18 to ~ 1. Approximateh700 square yard., of paving will berepaired. _1

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Vork Continues:or New CranesTw~ new wharf cranes arc ~cheduledarrive at Barbours (2ut C~ontaincr Ter-nal in September, and tt:c Port ofmston &uthorir\ is prcparin~ fLr theirival.The Port Authority recenth beganring bids tk~r the installation ~f ~torm-downs (or the cranes, which aill he*tailed at Barbours Cut Berth 2. Tie-wns are used t~> secure cranes durinRrricanes.The whart’s existin~ tie-down~, mustmodified to accommodate the newrues, and pin pockets will be providedre.~ist normal winds. Additionally, aw tie-down will be mstalled at BerthInstallation of the tie-downs is expect-to cost about $249,000. gl

’ransportationtbservance SetThe nauon wdl pay tribute to thensportation industry during Nationalmsportation Week, May 11-17In Houston, activities planned fors year’s celebration include poster anday contests for area schoolchildren, afie, NTW Night at Sam Houston racek, an industry luncheon andnouncement of the Transportation-son of the Year.A Transportation Expo will be heldt~ 17 at Greenspoint Mall, where theqic can learn more about the industry

m informative exhibits. For moreormatlon about this event, contactna Dean at (281) 446-7240 and leave:essageWilliam Augelh,, executive director~:he Transportation (ionsumer Protec-

n (kmncil, will be the speaker at the-W luncheon :nd also will conduct a:mar coveru:g the new Shipper’,meStlC Bill ot Lading and regulatoryrage> resulting from creation of the:face Transportation Board. The sere>" will cost 57q per person and i,,~edu[ed trom 8 a.m. to 11:~0 a.m. Mayat Brady’s Landing.

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The annual NTW luncheon will beheld at noon May 13 at Brad~~’s Landing.Luncheon rickets are 522 m advanceand $25 ar the door. In addition t¢~Augello’s presentation, the luncheonprogram will include presentation of theNTW Person of the Year award.

Augello writes a column, "Law andRegulation," for Distribution Magazineand is the author fiT~r several books ontransportation law. One of his latesttitles is A Guide to Transportation .Afterthe Sunsetting of the/CCr Augello’s lun-cheon speech will include infi)rmationabout the National Transportation

Library, located at the University, ,~tDenver. Augello is a member ,~f thelibrary’s board ~,( direcu~rs.

An\one interested in nominating candidate fi)r the NTW Person of theYear award may contact Bob Clark at

( 713) 462-6992. For information regard-ing the NTW annual poster contest,contact Donna Farmer at (281) 479-1990 or Larry Snellings at (281) 821-0859. Ginger Sa[matanis at t713)880-6690 can provide inflmnationregarding the essay contest. April 30 isthe deadline fi~r entering both the essa,~and poster contests.

National Transportation Week wasinspired b~ the Women’s TransportatioClub of Houston, which wanted to educare the public aN~ut the transporratio~industry. Houston Mayor Roy Hothein:on a request by the women’s club, signta proclamation declaring the first Tramportation Week in Houston.

By 1954, the observance had bec~)m>tatewide. H{~uston and rune other Texcities observed Texas TransportationWeek. Transportation Week officiallxwent national in 1962, when PresidentKennedy declared a permanent date (oia nationwide observance. NTW falls ot

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the week that contains the third Fridayin May.

For more inforrnation about NTWactivities, contact the Houston Trans-portation Club office at (713) 237-1315or fax the office at (713) 237-1249.71

Mexico Is FocusOf April Event

The Greater Houston Partnershipand the consulate general of Mexico inHouston are hosting the Access MexicoTrade and Investment Conference inHouston on April 8 and 9.

Conference events will be held at theWestin Oaks Hotel. The two-day pro-gram will emphasize one-on-one busi-ness meetings to provide participantsfrom both sides of the border with aforum for establishing business contactsand pursuing trade and investmentopportunities.

Conference speakers will includeTexas Gov. George Bush, MexicanFinance Minister Dr. Guillermo OrtizMartinez and governors from the Mexi-can states of Jalisco, Mexico, NuevoLeon, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas.

For more information about the con-ference, contact Lauren Zarvos at (713)844-3635.71

Marine ProgramPlanned April 17

The 21st annual InternationalMarine/Offshore Industry Outlook Con-ference will be held April 17 in Hous-ton. The conference is hosted by the SeaGrant College Program of Texas A&MUniversity.

Conference paneIists will discuss theoutlook for several segments of the off-shore industry, including construction,

equwnent manuIacturing, drilling,transportation and commercial underwa-ter services. Topics will focus on equip-ment utilization, regulatory policy,personnel and training, financial issuesand technological developments.

The program will be held at the Holi-day Inn Select at Greenway Plaza from 9a.m. to t:45 p.m. Speakers will includeJohn Sinders Jr. of Jefferies and Co. Inc.,Myron Rodrique of Aker Gulf Marine,AI Williams of Kvaerner FSSL Inc., PaulKelly of Rowan Companies Inc., PatriceChemin of Stolt Comex Seaway and E.J.Hebert of Tidewater Inc.

J. Michael Yeager, president and gen-eral manager for Mobile Exploration andProducing, is the scheduled luncheonspeaker.

The cost of attending the program ~s$50. For information contact: DewayneHollin, conference coordinator, at (409)845-3857.71

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MSC IncreasesSize of Fleet

Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC)has added two vessels to its U.S. SouthAtlantic and Gulf services.

The new ships, the MS(." LAL’.RENCE and the MSC VERONIQUE,have a service ~peed of 23 knots. Theships bring MSC’s fleet to 7l ,3wned ves-sels and its aggregate capacity to morethan 125,000 TEUs

With the addition ot the: tw,~ vessels,MS(’. now has five 2,000-TE{J sh~ps mits weekly South Atlantic and (}ulfservices.

The line cop.tmues to grow in theU.S. trade, providing weekly service>~rom any point in North Amenca toEurope, the West Coast of South Ameri-ca, the Middle East, the Mediterranean,Africa, Australia and the Indian Ocean.

MS(2 is the ninth-largest containerline in the world, with a fleet of 87 ves-sels and 190,@00 containers. The linemaintains 65 offices worldwide. MSC

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Propeller ClubReveals Winner

Stan Short Sr. of Houst~)n H~3se andSupply will soon enjo} a seven-daycruise along a U.S. river courtesy ot thePropeller Club of the Port of Houston.

The cruise was given away, in a Pro-peller Club raffle organized to raise fund.~so Houston can host the 1999 NationalPropeller Club Convention. Propeller

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Club members around the country sold

tickets t~r the raffle.

Delta Queen Steamboat Co. ot NewOrleans provided the club with a seven-night cruise for two, valued at $5,060,

aboard one of the company’s paddlewheel steamboats. Short may choose

from an’; cruise along the lower or upper

Mississippt, Illinois, Ohio, Cumberland,Tennessee Kanawha or Arkansas rivers.

The cruise includes stateroom accommo-dations, meals, entertainment and full

use of the boat’s facilities.The rafl]e winner was announced

during the Propeller Club’s annualreception for past and current Port of

Houston commissioners and HoustonPropeller Club presidents. Special guestsat this year’s reception were James

Edmonds and Vidal Martinez, Houston’stwo newest port commissioners.

Cruise FacilityWork Under Way

Construction is under way on an

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Houston Authority’s Barbours Cut Con-tainer Terminal.

Construction LTD recently received acontract to build the $2 million facility,which will he located adjacent to Bar-

bouts Cut Berth 6. Excavation of thearea and underground utility work forthe facility were under way in late Febru-

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Norwegtan Cruise Line will beginoffering weekly Caribbean cruises from

the terminal beginning in May.Port of Houston commissioners

recently awarded contracts tbr construc-

tion of a potable water tank and parking

area for the cruise terminal. Nunn Con-structors Inc. received a contract to con-struct a ground storage tank and pumpsto provide potable water to visitingcruise ship>. The project will cost an

estimated $ :~ 38,300.W.T. Bv[er Co. received a contract to

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New Chemical Tanker, M/TCURACAO, Calls at Barbours

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~~;~::!~:~iThe newly built chemical tanker M/T~ RA~.., making its maiden

voyage, recently stopped at the Portof Houston Authority’s Barbours Cut

..... Container Terminal¯ The tanker, whichis on time charter to Kompass

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tons and is divtded into 19 cargo tanksTexas Marine Agency is the permanentattending agent for KompassAttending a maiden voyage plaquepresentation aboard the vessel are (fromleft) Capt Jurgen Linder. representingthe ship’s owner, and Capt JasefSchindler, master of the vessel

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World Projects Coordinates Reactor DischargeA 27~+ton chcmlcaI reactor, heater

and c~+oler recenth made their way fromDeggendorf, Germany, t¢> a HoechstCelanese Chemical Group plant atPasadena, Texas. World Pndects[nternational Inc. of Houston han-dled logistics and coordinated the~peration.

A critical point in the move wasthe discharge of the piece at BarboursCut Container Terminal. A mobilecrane ~)wned by Shippers Stevedoringwas u.,.cd to prepare the units £>r dis-charge, and Big John, a floating der-rick crane owned b} Joe D. HughesInc., lifted the pieces from the bargesonto a t0-axle Goldhofer trailer.

The components were initiallyl~mded aboard twu LASH barges inDeggendorf, then made the trip alongthe Danube River to Rotterdam,where the units were loaded aboard aship for transport to the U.S Gulf. The

LASH barges were ferried by tugs to Bar-bours Cut from another Gulf port.

Capt. Nick Jacomides of World Proj-

ects international supervised the entiremovement. Shippers Stevtd~ring wasstevedore fi)r the shipment in Houston..J

Workers prepare a chemical reactor for discharge from a barge to the dock atBarbours Cut Terminal

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Profitable Partnershipc~t rhr~t<h Republican., and Democrat~may disa~ruu ,,n manx issues, hut Texaslawmaker~ arc m roll ~greemem t)n theimportance, }f thi> pr(}ject.

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Merger PromptsChange in Name

A partnershtp between two marine

and offshore travel specialists has result-ed in a name change fi)r a Houston firm.The partnership, fi~rmalized last fallbetween Travel Tech Inc. of H~41st~nand Instone Aviation of London, ts oper-ating in the United States under the

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"We offer our clients ver,, compeu-tire, negotiated marine and o~shore

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MSC LUISA Makes Houston Call forMediterranean Shipping

The M/V MSC LUISA, operated by MediterraneanShipping Co. recently made its maiden visit to thePort of Houston Authority’s Barbours CutContainer Terminal. The vessel sails in MSC’a serv-ice to Northern Europe, which includes calls atAntwerp Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Felixstoweand Le Havre via Antwerp

Attending a maiden voyage plaquepresentation aboard the LUISA are(from left) Marie Rebstock of MSC;Starita Vittorio, master of the ship;Roy Carlisle, PHA; Lois Girten, PHA;and James Ilardi. MSC.

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TSU Engineering Students and

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Graduate students and faculty fromthe Texas Southern University chapter’of the Institute of TransportationEngineers recently toured the Port ofHouston aboard the M/V SAMHOUSTON. the Port of HoustonAuthority’s inspection and touringvessel Established in 1930, the~nstitute ~s a professional society oftransportation planners andengineers responsible for themovement of people and cargo orrhighways and transit systems in 70countriesParticipating ~n the tour are (fromleft) Robert Appiah. Barney McCoy,James Cox Jr, Mary Washington,Margaret Graharr~ Donald Perkinsand Rita Didikiri

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evacuations and corporate contingenc’~,planning.

In addition to its Houston and Lon-don offices, Instone Travel Tech partner-ship offices are located in Aberdeen,Great Yarmouth and Suffolk in theUnited Kingdom; Bergen and Arendalin Norway; Manila, the Philippines;Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Bom-bay, India.

Travel Tech also offers corporate andexecutive travel services, groups andincentives, vacation planning and asafari department. Instone Aviation,founded in 1919, is a wholly owned sub-sidiary of the biiller Insurance Group.Their marine industry services includehull, war, liability and cargo insurance,personal life insurance and pension man-agement. ~1

ILTA SchedulesMeeting in June

The Independent Liquid TerminalsAssociation (ILTA) will hold its annualconference for operators of above-ground storage tanks and bulk liquid ter-minals in June.

This vear marks the 17th annualmeeting of the Aboveground Storageand Bulk Liquid Terminal InternationalOperating Conference and Trade Show,set for June 9 and 10.

The conference will be held at theAdam’s Mark Hotel in west Houston.Organizers anticipate the concurrent

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The conference will include 14 semi-nars and two training sessions on variousaspects of bulk liquid terminal opera-tions, as well as two luncheons and tworeceptions. Representatives of the oil,

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Admission to the trade show will befree. The registration fee lot the confer-ence is estimated to be $585 to $615.

For more information, contact theILTA headquarters in Washington bytelephone at (202) 659-2.30i or by fax (202) 466-4166.

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Port Authority Employees Help RaiseScholarship Funds for Harris CountyYoungsters

Port of Ho,Jston Authority employees form .r, henucleus of the Harris County Navigators. avolunteer’ team that competes annually ~nbarbecue cookoffs hekd as part of the HoustonLivestock Show and Rodeo and the MaritimeFestival The Navigators par’ticlpated recer~tly ir~the Livestock Show event, which raises morleyfor scholarships for Harris County youthAbove: Carol Gregory, a key rnember of tileNavigators organization discussesassignments with other volunteers

Left: Sanla Sanchez [left) and Let~cEa Perezgarnished the barbecue and traditional sidedishes they served with friendly smilesBelow: Food and camaraderie were the majorofferings at the Navigators booth

Above: Six members of the cookingteam keep an eye on the grill. Theyare (from left) William Van Lue,Robert Waller, Robert Barnhill,Walter Roberts, David Snow andJerry Rhame. Other cooks wereHenry Swallows, Quintin Reynolds,Bobby Wisnoski and Tim Denby.Right: Cheerful service and generousportions were provided by theNavigators who manned the foodtables. Shown here (from left) areGwen Pugh. Tracie Garcia and MariaLewisBelow: These volunteers took timeout from their assigned duties togreet visitors to the Navigatorsbooth¯ Shown [from left) are EddieArias, Nessie Ramirez-Frances,Henry Swallows and Dean Brown¯

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Governor of TabascoTours Houston ShipChannel Aboard Port ofHouston AuthorityInspection BoatRoberto Madrazo Pintado,governor of the Mexicanstate of Tabasco, visited thePort of Houston Authorityrecently. During the visit,Port of HoustonCommissioner Vidal Martinezbriefed Pintado on PHAoperations and escorted himon a tour of the HoustonShip Channel aboard PHA’sinspection vessel, the M/VSAM HOUSTON. Shownabove [from left) are ManuelPerez Cardenas, consulgeneral of Mexico toHouston; Pintadol andMartinez

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