It mill be an interestiny ttuo-uear process learning mith and from other organizations mho shareour interest in protecting the environment while providinu public services.

"The Amcrican Association of Port Authoritics askcd the

Port of Houston Authority~ to apply for this special program due

to our leadership in environmental affairs, and Houston is the

only port EPA selected," explained H. Thomas Kornegay,

Executive Director of the Port of Houston Authority.

"It will be an interesting two-year process learning with and

from othcr organizations who share our

interest in protecting the environment while

providing public services. We plan to convey

all that we learn to our tenants, the city‘ and

county and other port authorities so that we

can all do a better job as stcwards of the

environment," emphasized Mr. Kornegay.

The Port of Houston Authority will

tbcus the application of the EMSs on the

central maintenance facility where every

manner of Port Authority‘ vehicle and piece of

equipment is serviced, painted, and repaired.

The effort will also include the portion of the Barbours Cut

Container Terminal that is undcr Port Authority’s control as

opposed to Maersk Sealand, which is the lead tenant of the facility‘.

The 13 other local governmental entities chosen for this

EPA program are: City of Berkley, CA; City of San Diego, CA;

Little Valley Sewer District ofIndcpendence, MO; Louisville and

Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District

in Louisville, KY; Wisconsin Department of

Natural Resources; Tri-County Metropolitan

Transportation District in Portland, OR; City

of Detroit, MI; Florida Gulf Coast University

in Ft. Myers, FL; Jefferson County, AL; King

County Solid Waste District of Seattle, WA;

Massachusetts Department of Environmental

Protection - Wall Street Experiment Station;

University of Massachusetts in Lowell, MA;

and the New Hampshire Department of

Transportation.

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i~) exican Ambassador Sandra Fuentes, who is

currently serving as General Coordinator for

International Affairs for Mexico’s Institutional

Revolutionary Parw (PRI), recently visited the

Port of Houston Authority. Ambassador

Fuentes is the top policy strategist for

presidential candidate Francisco Labastida.

Having servcd as Mexico’s ambassador to

Canada and also as ambassador to France, Ms.

Fuentcs is expectcd by many to become

Mexico’s next Secretary of State.

is Excellency, Senator, Bola Ahmed Tinubu,

Govcrnor of Lagos State, Nigeria recently toured the

Port of Houston as a part of his visit to the area to

explore business opportunities. Lagos has the largest

port in Nigeria and is thc center for business activiD~.

Port of Houston Authority Commissioner Kase

Lawal, accepted a gilt during the visit.

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~ihc Port of Houston Authority

pitched in to make thc Bear Hugs fbr

Venezucla a big success. Founded by

Cristal Montafiez de Joslin, a former

Miss Venezucla, the program gathers

tcddy bears f?om all over the country

in Houston and scnds them to the

nearly 100,000 displaced children of

Venezuela. Helping out Ms.

Montaflez de ]oslin (ftont, lcft) and

various volunteers is Port of Houston

AuthoriD, Gencral Manager of Trade

Dcvelopment, Rainer I,ilienthal (back row, left end). Corporate

sponsors includc: Continental Airlincs, Seaboard Marine,

Halliburton Company, Jacintoport International, Union Pacific, i

UPS, HVJ International, Inc., Houston Image Group, Lecdy

Graphics, and Fritz Companies Inc. Toy donations came from

Classic Collecticritters, Good Bears of the World, and Swibco Inc.

delegation from Jamaica toured the Port of Houston and participated in a

signing ceremony to commemorate friendship and understanding between the

Ports of Houston and Jamaica. Signing the agrecment is Port of Houston

Authority Commissioner Vidal Martinez and Byron Lewis, Vice President of

Special Projects for the Port Authorit3~ of Jamaica. Overseeing the signing are, lctt

to right: Port of Houston Authority Commissioner Jimmy Burke; Right

Honorable El. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica; U.S. Representative Sheila

Jackson Lee; Tile Honorable Richard Bernal, Jamaican Ambassador to the U.S.;

Wade Battles, Managing Director of thc Port of Houston Authority; and The

Honorable Beverly Ford, Consul Gencral of Jamaica. The signing ceremony was

fbllowed by a tour of the Houston Ship Channel. Standing on deck of the M/V

Sam Houston are: Port Commissioners Jimmy Burke and Vidal Martinez with

Right Honorable P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica; and The Honorable

Richard Bernal, Jamaican Ambassador to the U.S.

a new

U.S./West Africa/South Africa servicc

employing four multi-purpose vessels each with

a 930 TEU capacity. The port rotation is

Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah,

Baltimore, Abidjan, Cape Town and Durbin,

plus Salvador, Brazil and Veracruz, Mexico. The

stevedore for the service is SSA and the vessel

agent is Strachan.

The service was created afccr a split with

Safgank Line in their joint venture to South

Africa. SafBank Line is retaining the original

service to South At?ica and replacing the Lykes

vessels with two of their own. This will result in

an increased capacity to South Africa from the

Turning Basin by approximately 17 vessel calls

each year.

APL and Crowley have enhanced their

service from Houston to Mexico, Central and

South America with the addition of a third

vessel, the Americana. The service calls on

Houston weekly and serves: Mtamira and

Veracruz, Mexico; Pucrto Limon, Costa Rica;

Manzanillo, Panama; Cartagena and

Barranquilla, Columbia; and Puerto Cabcllo and

La Guaira, Venezuela. The volumc is anticipated

to increase by 6,000 TEUs annually.

I topping by the Port

of Houston Authority’s

booth at the annual

Sea Trade convention

are left to right: John

Scardasis, Port Authority

Director of Operations:

Wade Battles, Port Authority Managing Director; Neidra Billings of

the Houston Convention and Visitors Council; and Richard Gehring

of Prime Interests, Inc.

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PO Ports announced that it has acquired 100 pcrcent of Fairway Terminal Corporation. Fairway, which is based in Houston,

provides stevedoring and terminal services throughout Texas and was previously jointly owned by P&O Ports, Cavalair Corp.

(Biehl & Co.) and Stevens Shipping and Terminal Corporation.

The Port of Houston Authority Commissioners have approved the transfer of thc lease at lacintoport CargoTerminal from

Terminal Venture to Seaboard Corp. of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The facility includes 1,838 feet of" berth, a refrigerated

warehouse, a bagged cargo handling system, and a bagging warehouse.

T~e University of Houston Small Busincss Development Center has moved to a midtown location at 2302 Fannin, Suite 200.

The new facility offers enlarged training areas and two computcr labs. The Centcr is a partnership of the University of Houston’s

College of Business Administration and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Free managemcnt counseling, affordablc

training seminars, a library and specialized programs arc availablc. Thc phone number is 713/752-8461.

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The "Sail Into The Future" Maritime 2000 Gala will feature an elegant black-tie cvening complete with dinner, silent auction

and dancing to "The Blue Monks" swing band on Saturday, September 30 at thc Doubletree/Post Oak.

Gala honorces this year are the Port of Houston Authority, which will receive thc Bronze Award, and Jack and Mary Lu

Divilbiss, who will receive the Tall Ship Award. Each of the honorees are active financial and volunteer supporters of the Houston

International Scafarcrs Centers.

Gala 2000 Chairs, Gcnie Kobarg and Stevc Stcwart, promisc the most successful Maritime Gala cver. The Gala benefits thc

Houston Intcrnational Scafarers Ccnters which provides a home away from home Ibr about 100,000 seafarers cach year. For more

information call 713-672-0511.

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Te Anchor Handling Tug construction vessel Ca] Dive Aker

Dove was recently delivered by Aker Marine Contractors and

christened in the Houston Ship Channel on March 10. The

16,000 hp, 180-ton bollard pull vessel headed out to tow the

MODU Homer Ferrington, on contract to Mariner Energy, from

Sabine to an offshore location on Garden Banks Block 73. The

Ca] Dive Aker Dove introduces a new class of service vessel capable

of performing a range of construction activities in deep water. The

285-foot long, Jones Act qualified vessel is equipped with a 330-

ton, rotating A frame gantry, 150 hp 10,000-foot depth rated

ROV, and accommodations for up to 32 offshore workers.

T he Houston Pilots honored Captain Giuseppe Camporeale who safely completed 220 round trips of the Houston Ship

Channel with each trip equating to about 500,000 barrels of oil. His career was incident-free.

Alliance International Forwarders handled a unique project cargo shipment on

the vessel Ibn Bassam at Care Terminal recently. About 3,500 tons of fabricated

parts of a cement plant arrived from Port Kelang, Malaysia destined for Holnam

Cement in Florence, Colorado. The overall project is 30,000 tons including heavy

machinery for the cement plant coming through Houston from Europe.

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IndustryWeek magazine’s April 3, 2000 issue

placed Houston on its list of 12 "World Class

Communities" with regard to manufacturing.

Houston shares the lis~ With Barcelona, Portland,

San Jose, Sao Paul6, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,

Sttrcrgart, Tokyo, and Toronto.

In explaining their rationale tbr the selections

made, the magazine states: "No matter how well

you do it, just ’making things’ is not enough

anymore. The definition of modern

manufacturing encompasses every aspect of

connecting with customers, suppliers, and

part[1ers.

"[Houston], quitp .sieutv, hy the1 ,measures atmatter, is the best of

the best."

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"As old economies are transformed and the

new economy emerges, R&D, sales and

marketing, logistics, strategic direction, and

production define manufacturing -- and the

manufacturing locations in which it takes place. Of

the thousands of manufacturing communities

around the globe that aspire to excellence, 12

metropolitan areas distinguish themselves as truly

world class. They are, quite simply, by the global

measures that matter, the best of the best."

IndustryWeek also ranked the top U.S.

manufacturing communities and ranked Houston

as second. The magazine stated, "More than 160

companies have opened, expanded, or relocatcd

manufacturing operations in the region in the last

three years. Many of them want to be near thc

Port of Houston, which ranked first in U.S.

foreign tonnage far 1998..."

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