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Alabama State Port Authority and APM Terminals welcomes Walmart to the Port of Mobile. ALABAMA SEAPORT EST. 1892 PUBLISHED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1927 • 2017 VOL. II GLOBAL LOGISTICS • PROJECT CARGO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ON THE COVER: 4 12 AEROSPACE • AUTOMOTIVE • CHEMICALS • ELECTRONICS • FOOD & BEVERAGE • FOREST PRODUCTS The Port of Mobile grows with new FURNITURE • GENERAL & BULK CARGO • MACHINERY • STEEL • TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED Walmart distribution center. See story on page 4 14 26

ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY The ALABAMA SEAPORT Magazine has been a trusted news and information resource P.O. Box 1588, Mobile, Alabama 36633, USA for customers, elected officials, service providers and communities for news regarding P: 251.441.7200 • F: 251.441.7216 • asdd.com Alabama’s only deepwater Port and its impact throughout the state of Alabama, James K. Lyons, Director, CEO region, nation and abroad. In order to refresh and expand readership of ALABAMA H.S. “Smitty” Thorne, Deputy Director/COO SEAPORT, the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) now publishes the magazine Larry R. Downs, Secretary-Treasurer/CFO quarterly, in four editions appearing in winter, spring, summer and fall. Exciting things are happening in business and industry throughout Alabama and the Southeastern FINANCIAL SERVICES Larry Downs, Secretary/Treasurer 251.441.7050 U.S., and the Port Authority has been investing in its terminals to remain competitive Linda K. Paaymans, Sr. Vice President, FINANCE 251.441.7036 and meet the needs of shippers. PAGE & JONES, INC. LOCATIONS Pete Dranka, COMPTROLLER 251.441.7057 Danny Barnett, Manager, HUMAN RESOURCES 251.441.7004 Kevin Malpas, Manager, RISK MANAGEMENT 251.441.7118 Avito DeAndrade, INTERNAL AUDITOR 251.441.7210 CONTENTS HUNTSVILLE MARKETING Walmart Distribution Announcement...... 4 Judith Adams, Vice President 251.441.7003 Sheri Collins, Manager, Public Affairs 251.441.7001 The Port of Mobile Modernization...... 6 Kelly Sims, Manager, Real Estate 251.441.71 13 Mobile Navy Week...... 8 JACKSON ATLANTA John Goff, Manager, Theodore Operations 251.443.7982 BIRMINGHAM ASPA Customer Appreciation Reception...... 10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH OPERATIONS Bradley N. Ojard, Sr. Vice President, Operations 251.441.8133 Made In Alabama: Polaris Huntsville...... 12 Scott Wallace, Manager, MCDUFFIE 251.441.7 316 Port Calls: Alabama State Lands Canoe Trails...... 14 PENSACOLA FERNANDINA BEACH Mike Russell, General Manager, TERMINAL RAILWAY 251.441.7301 PASCAGOULA Cliff Melton, Asst. General Manager 251.441.7305 Currents...... 16 GULFPORT Bill Inge, Manager, GENERAL CARGO/ JACKSONVILLE INTERMODAL OPERATIONS 251.441.7236 Pages from the Past...... 23 * F: 251.441.7231 Of Men and Ships: Fighting Whales And Dodging Bullets PANAMA CITY Parrish Lawler, Manager, CUSTOMER SERVICE 251.441.7146 Anna Ward, Manager, TRAFFIC/SALES 251.441.7516 with FDR...... 24 NEW ORLEANS Chuck Camp, Manager, LOGISTICS 251.441.8179 MOBILE Jimmie Flanagan, PORT POLICE CHIEF 251.441.7777 F: 251.441.7172 Lester Davison, TRUCK CONTROL 251.441.7098 Capt. Terry Gilbreath, HARBOR MASTER 251.441.7074

ENGINEERING SERVICES Jerald Kichler, P.E., Vice President, Engineering Services 251.441.8975 DEPARTMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT Arrivals/Sailings...... 28 Bob Harris, Vice President, Environmental/Program Management 251.441.7085 Port of Mobile Directory...... 31 Strengthened by Our Network of Agents Worldwide TRADE & DEVELOPMENT Steamship Agencies & Lines...... 34 Frank Fogarty, Vice President 251.441.7201 Todd Jones, Director Trade & Development 251.441.7144 Maria Mendez, Director, LATIN AMERICA SALES & An Equal Opportunity Employer TRADE DEVELOPMENT 251.441.7535 ALABAMA SEAPORT (ISSN 1524-8259) is published quarterly by the marketing department, Alabama State Port Authority. The magazine is provided free of charge upon written request from customers and friends of the Alabama State Port Authority. Material contained herein, except when copyrighted, may be reproduced in whole or in part. A credit line “Reprinted from FREIGHT FORWARDERS • STEAMSHIP AGENTS • CUSTOM BROKERS • AIR CARGO • NVOCC ALABAMA SEAPORT,” will be appreciated, and it is requested that a copy of the publication, containing the material used, be sent to Editor, ALABAMA SEAPORT, Alabama State Port Authority, P.O. Box 1588, Mobile, Alabama 36633 U.S.A. Executive Office: 52 N. Jackson Street • Mobile, Alabama 36602 Phone: 251-287-8700 • FAX: 251-287-8705 • www.pagejones.com • [email protected] ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II 3 CHB Lic. #2843 • FMC Lic. #1567 “Regional manufacturing growth and now landing retail g i a n t , Wa l m a r t , i s s t r e n g t h e n i n g a v i s i o n w e l a u n c h e d b a c k PORT DRIVES GROWTH WITH in 2001 to create state-of-the-art container intermodal facilities to fuel regional investment and jobs creation,” WALMART DISTRIBUTION said James K. Lyons, director and chief executive officer for the Alabama State Port Authority.

ANNOUNCEMENT To keep pace with current growth and expanding market opportunities presented by the larger vessels labama State Port Authority and APM Terminals’ investments now transiting the widened Panama Canal locks, APM continue to pay off from 2016, and 2017 promises better Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama Terminals announced last year a $47.5 million, Phase 2 Aresults. APM Terminals Mobile, which increased container expansion at the container terminal to increase annual traffic at the port by 19 percent last year to a record 277,307 ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY throughput capacity to 500,000 TEUs. The 95-acre » Glen Wilkins, Walmart’s public affairs director announces TEUs, is now preparing for the opening of Walmart’s announced Horace Horn, Chairman, facility, which opened in 2008 with a depth of 45 feet and import distribution center in Mobile, which will bring additional new two STS cranes capable of an 18-row reach, will add two the company’s intent to build a 2.5-million-square-feet super Central Region distribution center. business in 2018. Term expires July 31, 2019 new super-Post Panamax STS cranes with a 22 container- row reach, and expand the container yard by 20 acres In March, Walmart announced plans to build a $135-million Joe McCarty, 1st Vice Chair, this summer. The new cranes will be able to handle ships distribution center in Mobile, creating more than 550 local full- Northern Region up to 14,000 TEU capacity now able to call the Gulf time jobs. The new storage and cross-dock facility will be the sixth Term expires July 31, 2020 Coast from Asia via the Panama Canal. The port recently super distribution center in the United States and the company’s Daryl Dewberry, At Large widened its turning basin to accommodate vessels of up fourth distribution center in the state. Once completed, it will span Term expires July 31, 2019 to 1,300 feet in length. The Alabama State Port Authority more than 2.5 million square feet. The distribution center, which will and APM Terminals have also invested more than $55 take approximately 14 months to build, will supply several regional Alvin K. Hope, III, Southern Region million in a new Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, distribution centers supporting approximately 800 Walmart stores Term expires July 31, 2020 which opened in June 2016 with the Canadian National/ in Alabama, Mississippi and other areas to the north. Once fully Tim Parker III, Central Region Illinois Central providing direct rail service to Memphis, operational, the new super distribution center is expected to Term expires July 31, 2018 Kansas City, Decatur, and Chicago, as well as Canadian increase local container port volumes by at least 10 percent. locations. Algernon "Al" Stanley, Northern Region “Walmart’s distribution and logistics center in Mobile County will Term expires July 31, 2020 In the past year, APM Terminals has gained new service enhance Alabama’s connection to the global economy and provide » Left to right: Clark Fine, James K. Lyons, Brian Harold, Ben C. Stimpson, Southern Region calls from the Far East, with three weekly direct container Doug Morgante a major boost in cargo volume to the Port of Mobile,” said Greg Term expires July 31, 2019 services linking Mobile with China, Korea, Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce. “The Hong Kong and Singapore. In April, Walmart hub will act as a powerful catalyst for job creation and The Honorable Sandy Stimpson, Mayor, another weekly container direct service significantly increase the Port of Mobile operations.” City of Mobile (Ex-Officio) between Mobile and Northern European Serving the Term expires July 31, 2017 ports began. In 2015, European airplane During the announcement ceremony, which was hosted by APM manufacturing consortium Airbus began Gulf Coast Terminals Mobile, the Alabama State Port Authority and the Mobile Bestor Ward, At Large importing large plane components by Term expires July 31, 2018 for Over 20 Years Area Chamber of Commerce, state, county and local officials multi-purpose cargo ships from Hamburg, highlighted the many benefits the new distribution center will bring Germany through APM Terminals Mobile to the area, including increased regional economic growth and ALABAMA SEAPORT EDITORIAL STAFF for final assembly of the A-320 jetliner at local career opportunities with a path for advancement. Judith Adams, Editor-in-Chief the first American Airbus factory, at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, near the Jennifer Jenkins, Managing Editor Services include: Sheri Collins, Editor-at-Large port. Dockside Services • Line Handling Services is a fully insured and • Crew Transportation EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS “With near 20 percent growth last year, bonded maritime service • USDA Regulated Waste Disposal • Local Deliveries Kelsey Davis the Port of Mobile is the fastest growth company doing business container port in North America. With • Agriculture Washing Abby Hanson in the Ports of Mobile, recent developments in Alabama and • Ship Spares Storage & Delivery Taylor Lewis the Panama Canal, we are getting to now Pascagoula, Gulfport, Cynthia Maddox and Pensacola. International Services include: anticipate even more growth,” stated Brian • Customs Bonded Carrier Leigh Rendfrey Harold, APM Terminals Mobile director. & Warehouse Scott Rye Our mission is to provide • AirCargo International® Agent APM Terminals’ port activity is more the most expedient and ART DIRECTION than handling imported cargo. In March, economical services Logistics related services Sarah Grube include: APM Terminals Mobile was one of eight while in port. • 24-Hour, 7 Day Alabama businesses honored by the “Hot Shot” Service PHOTOGRAPHY State of Alabama when awarded the • 5,000 square foot warehouse Judith Adams 2017 Governor’s Trade Excellence Award • Roll Off Rental & Debris Removal Sheri Collins for achievements in promoting and • Heat/Shrink Wrap facilitating the export goods and services • Rail Car Cleaning Joy Lang • Container Trucking Service Denson White from Alabama across the globe. www.dockside-services.com Editorial offices of ALABAMA SEAPORT magazine are 251.438.2362 • P.O. Box 122, Mobile, AL 36601 located at the International Trade Center, 250 N. Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602. To be added to or deleted from the mailing list, contact the Alabama State Port Authority 4 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II Marketing Office at 251.441.7001. ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II 5 PORT OF MOBILE CONTINUES TO MODERNIZE AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE EFFORTS FOCUSED ON DEEPENING AND WIDENING OF THE MOBILE HARBOR CHANNEL

s part of its continued efforts to modernize the Port wetlands, submerged aquatic vegetation, oysters, fish, and of Mobile and be forward-thinking, the Alabama State benthic macroinvertebrates and their potential effects on the APort Authority (ASPA) formally began the process marine mammals that utilize the bay. The difference in effects in June 2014, requesting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between current traffic and future conditions associated with (USACE) consider deepening and widening the Mobile a modified channel will be also evaluated. Harbor Channel. When the process began, the Port of Mobile handled more Due to the projected increase of the number of Post Panamax than 64 million tons in 2014. The 2014 tonnage is a 10.3 vessels in the world fleet and the opening of the Panama Canal percent increase from the tonnage handled in 2005. Houston expansion, the transition of larger vessels to the U.S. Gulf and New Orleans have respectively grown 9.7 and 22 percent Coast is anticipated to occur with or without the proposed during the same period. channel deepening. The proposed channel improvements at Mobile Harbor would allow for those commodities transported Many factors influence the growth of a harbor - development through the harbor to move more efficiently. With the and infrastructure, location of distribution centers for imports, ability of these vessels calling on the harbor to transit more source location for exports, population and income growth, efficiently carrying additional cargo per call, the total number port logistics and fees, business climate and taxes, carrier of vessels required to meet the anticipated demand at Mobile preferences, labor stability, and business relationships. Harbor during the period of analysis will decrease compared to the current channel configuration. “With the recent announcements from Walmart for a new distribution center in Mobile, as well as Amazon’s sorting Under Section 201 of the 1986 Water Resources Development center for the area, the growth of Mobile’s harbor will continue Act (WRDA), the project is authorized to deepen and widen to grow and increase the case for deepening and widening,” Mobile Bay Channel from the mouth of the Mobile Bay to said ASPA Director James K. Lyons. south of Mobile River, 55 feet deep by 550 feet wide, about 27 miles, and to deepen and widen the entrance channel over A recommended plan to modify the existing dimensions of the bar to 57 feet deep by 700 feet wide, about 7.4 miles. The the Mobile Harbor channel has not yet been developed. The current dimensions of the channel are 45 feet deep and 400 draft GRR and SEIS are scheduled to be released for public feet wide and 47 feet deep by 600 feet wide at the entrance. comment in summer 2018.

The Mobile Harbor General Reevaluation Report (GRR) study To learn more about this project, log on to www.SAM.USACE. began in November 2015 and is a four-year, $7.8 million ARMY.mil and click the Mobile Harbor General Reevaluation effort. The Mobile Harbor study is authorized under this act Report link. Register through the ListServe to receive and is cost shared between the federal government and the automatic updates. local sponsor, ASPA. The federal government is funding 75 percent, and ASPA is funding the remaining 25 percent.

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» Members of the Navy Band Southeast perform for a young patient at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital.

» Mayor Sandy Stimpson presents key to the city to Commander Paul Reinhardt and Command Master » Azalea Trail Maids welcome The USS MITSCHER into Chief Troy Leonard of the USS ALABAMA. the Port of Mobile.

he U.S. Navy converged on Mobile with hundreds of sailors and some 100 different events during Mardi » The Navy Leap Frogs perform a parachute jump at TGras to celebrate Mobile Navy Week. This first-time USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park. event for Mobile also coincided with a port visit from the USS MITSCHER (DDG 57).

Mobile Navy Week led off as the first of 15 Navy Weeks in 2017. The outreach program focuses a variety of assets, equipment and personnel on a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America’s Navy closer to the people it protects.

Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served as the Navy’s signature outreach effort into areas of the country that typically do not have a significant Navy presence. and local dignitaries. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson » Mobile native Senior Chief EOD Technician Timothy » Sailors from USS MITSCHER, Fleet Survey Team and Naval The Mobile Council of the Navy League of the United welcomed the crew and presented Commander Brett Bray lets a young bystander try on a helmet. Oceanography Mine Warfare Center volunteer at Feeding States, along with the Alabama State Port Authority Oster with a key to the city. MITSCHER is the seventh the Gulf Coast Food Bank Center. hosted the welcoming ceremony for the USS MITSCHER, ship of the ARLEIGH BURKE Class of Aegis guided the 2017 Mardi Gras ship. The ceremony included a missile destroyers and is named after one of the most storied heroes of World War II, Admiral Marc Andrew presentation by the U.S. Navy Band Southeast, the USS speaking engagements; demonstrations from the Navy Week also provided an opportunity for a number CONSTITUTION Color Guard, the Azalea Trail Maids Mitscher. As an integral part of aircraft carrier battle groups, amphibious assault groups, maritime interdiction Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Technicians and of sailors to come home to the city where they grew forces and joint multinational forces, MITSCHER is Navy Divers; and several school visits with interactive up. For Rear Admiral Thomas E. Ishee, it was a chance prepared to execute missions in a high-density, multi- displays and demonstrations focusing on STEM (science, to visit with family and friends in the town where he threat environment. With the most advanced weapon, technology, engineering and math) education. was born. As Deputy Commander of Joint Functional propulsion and communications systems, operated by Component Command for Global Strike, RDML Ishee the most professional and highly trained crew, MITSCHER As part of Navy Week, the sailors participated in a was Flag Officer of Mobile Navy Week. USS HARRY S. lives up to her motto of “Seize the Day!”. number of community relations projects that allowed TRUMAN Command Master Chief Antonio Perryman got them to give back to the community that extended a the chance to go back and visit his alma mater, Murphy In addition to the arrival of the USS MITSCHER in the Port festive “laissez les bons temps rouler” to them. Crew High School, as well as speak to local rotary clubs and of Mobile, Navy Week also featured opening ceremonies from the USS MITSCHER, USS ALABAMA and USS ride in a Mardi Gras parade. at the USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park with GABRIELLE GIFFORDS participated in events at the Mayor Stimpson performing a tandem jump with the Navy Boys and Girls Clubs, painted houses for Habitat for Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs; multiple performances Humanity and boxed food at the Feeding the Gulf Coast by the U.S. Navy Band Southeast; Mardi Gras parades; Food Bank.

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Polaris Huntsville is projected to have a substantial, long- For more information on Polaris Industries, Inc., visit polaris.com. lasting impact on the state’s economy. According to the Alabama Department of Commerce, it is estimated that over the next 20 years Polaris will have an economic impact between $1.3 and $1.9 billion. The first 10 years of production at the branch is projected to generate $206 million in state and local tax revenue. “Polaris’ decision to locate its manufacturing facility in Alabama represents one of those game-changing economic development projects, with wide-ranging benefits that are felt over many generations,” said Canfield.

The Alabama facility will leave a positive mark on Polaris as well. Built with an investment of around $140 million, the location will increase Polaris’ production capacity by more than 150,000 units annually. At its opening, CEO Scott Wine called the facility “transformational” for the manufacturer. The plant will thrive as a flexible facility with multiple assembly lines to allow it to quickly match consumer demand.

Polaris and the state of Alabama go hand-in-hand, and they will continue to have a mutually beneficial relationship over the years. “By calling Alabama home,” said Canfield, “this » First ATV produced at the Huntsville world-class advanced manufacturer is sending a powerful plant and signed by workers. message to the world about the state’s attractive environment POLARIS HUNTSVILLE for business.”

In 1945, brothers Edgar and Allan Hetteen, along with their currently employing 400 Alabama workers. It is projected friend David Johnson, founded Hetteen Hoist & Derrick in that this number will reach over 2,000 by 2020. small-town Roseau, Minnesota. The company was started during World War II, when metal was hard to come by. The Huntsville is widely known throughout the country for its trio became skilled in repairing machinery to preserve older engineering talent, and Alabama was chosen over 13 other metal, which began to earn them their first loyal customers states that were being considered for the new branch. In its within their small community. announcement, Polaris stated that Huntsville was chosen due to “the city’s skilled workforce, history of technology By 1954, the founders renamed their business Polaris and innovation, existing utility structure, and local and Industries, Inc. Their rebranding came when the three had state support.” This facility also brings Polaris closer to the an idea for a new product line—snowmobiles. The first one Southeast, which is a big market for their all-terrain products was built in 1955, when Edgar set off with friends on a journey for both hunting and property maintenance purposes. The through the Alaskan Wilderness. Carrying more than 900 Huntsville location focuses mainly on the production of off- pounds in toboggans, the snowmobile remained durable road vehicles to meet these consumer needs. and reliable, and they completed the journey in less than two weeks. This revolutionary product would go on to earn Greg Canfield, secretary of them a place in history for developing a new, improved way to the Alabama Department navigate through extreme winter weather. of Commerce, believes that Polaris and Alabama are Polaris exclusively manufactured snowmobiles for almost 30 a perfect fit. “At Polaris, yea rs . In 1 9 8 4 , th e com pa ny de cide d to a d d All-Te rrain Ve hicles making great products is (ATVs) to their product line. Since the creation of their first more than just a job—it’s ATV, Polaris has continued to grow as a global power sports a creed the company lives leader. Today, they are known for their high-quality off-road by,” stated Canfield. “That’s vehicles and motorcycles—earning them almost $5 billion in what we do in Alabama as sales for 2015. well. Our workers assemble and engineer great products The same year they made record-setting sales, Polaris from automobiles to ships announced that they would be opening a new manufacturing and rockets to aircrafts.” facility in Huntsville, Alabama. By November of 2016, Polaris Huntsville was officially opened for manufacturing. The facility » Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield speaking at the stands at 600,000 square feet on a 500-acre property, grand opening ceremony in November 2016.

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f you’re looking for an outdoor adventure in south Alabama, the trail through schedule a trip down the Bartram Canoe Trail or the recently the Perdido Wildlife Iopened Perdido River Canoe Trail. Located in Baldwin County, Management Area both trails offer overnight and day trip opportunities, and are (WMA) in Baldwin exclusively open to canoeists and kayakers. County. The Bartram Canoe Trail was implemented by Alabama State “Most people leave one vehicle at the bottom of the Perdido Trail Lands Division in 2003, and is made up of dozens of rivers, and take another to the top to ride down with the current,” said streams, lakes, sloughs and bayous in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Burch. which happens to be the second largest river delta in the United As a blackwater river, the Perdido boasts dark-tinted, clear water States. Spanning 250,000 acres in the upper reaches of the running slowly but dynamically. Paddling the entire length of the Delta, the trail is accessible through the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Perdido River Canoe Trail could be done in a day, and is estimated Center or through one of several landings along the trail. In to take around 10 hours (based on a 2 mile-per-hour float time) early summer 2017, a newly installed docking facility located at without factoring in breaks. 5 Rivers will provide wheelchair accessibility for persons with disabilities to load in and out of canoes. The Alabama State Lands Division mapped out the Perdido River Canoe Trail in six sections providing paddlers with different For paddlers who want the extended experience, the Bartram overnight or break spots. Campers can reserve one of the six Canoe Trail offers six overnight trails that include two land- overnight shelters for groups of up to eight people. Three entry based campsites and four floating platform campsites that points to the canoe trail include two launches and one boat ramp. require a reservation and small fee. The land-based sites are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. All overnight campsites In addition to the Perdido River Canoe Trail, the Perdido River are limited to groups of eight. According to the Alabama Scenic WMA Hiking Trail is being constructed through a partnership MOBILE’S NEWEST DOWNTOWN HOTEL River Trail website, additional pile-supported, land-based between the Alabama State Lands Division and the Alabama camping shelters will be constructed in the coming months. Hiking Trail Society, according to Alabama Scenic River Trail. The trail is blazed in yellow and combines WMA roads and newly “The number of reservations for the floating campsites vary by constructed paths that follow season,” said Hank Burch, manager of 5 Rivers. “We usually see the river for most of the hike. a spike in people planning trips in the late spring and fall to try and miss the hot summer weather.” Both canoe trails are managed by the State Lands Division Six trails for day trips have been mapped out to give boaters of the Alabama Department – specifically kayakers and canoeists since motorized vessels of Conservation and Natural are not allowed – pre-planned routes with specified distances. Resources, and funding These maps for the Bartram and Perdido River Canoe Trails can has been provided through be found online at www.alabamacanoetrails.com. Alabama’s Forever Wild The Perdido River Canoe Trail is a 19-mile stretch that runs along Program, the Coastal Impact the Alabama-Florida state line with white sandy beach landings Assistance Program, the U.S. around every bend, giving paddlers plenty of opportunities to Fish and Wildlife Service, and Featuring, Eugene’s Monkey Bar, your Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Mobile stop for a break or have lunch. This trail differs from the Bartram the U.S. Department of the sidewalk café dining and drinking 15 North Conception Street not only in size, but also by the true wilderness experience it Interior. For more information spot for the season. Mobile, AL 36602 provides. The roads surrounding the canoe trail were vastly or to make reservations, visit improved before opening in February 2017. Visitors can access www.alabamacanoetrails.com.

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Laurent Blattner, Airbus, (left) visits with Maxanna Nichols, Honorary Consul of France, and Bill Sisson, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce (right).

SIEMENS POWER GENERATION PROJECT CARGO TRAVELS TO WATTS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT In February, project cargo for Siemens Power Generation was discharged at the Port of Mobile from the MV ATLANTIC DAWN to the MV FREEDOM. The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1 LPC project cargo was in transit on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Each Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear unit is refueled every 18-24 months to provide continuous low-cost, reliable, carbon-free electricity.

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22 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II 23 ISCO_40826_CGRail_AlabamaSeaport_7x4.875.indd 1 1/27/16 9:19 AM departed Jacksonville, Fla. Also pictured were Astor; “sportsman” George St. George; Frederic Kernochan, Chief Justice of New York’s Court of Special Sessions; and Kermit Roosevelt, son of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. William R. Stewart, no doubt, was still asleep when the photo was snapped.

Astor later recalled that the yacht weighed anchor on Feb. 4 and sailed to the Bahamas, where the Nourmahal Gang spent the entirety of their cruise. The days were filled with fishing, gambling, drinking and relaxing in a way that FIGHTING WHALES the men could not at home, and FDR and Vincent Astor delighted in pulling practical jokes on one another and their fellow passengers. The Mobile Register published an AND DODGING BULLETS WITH FDR Associated Press report that quoted the President-elect’s » “The President-elect and his fishing comrades,” own jocular account of their activities, including an aide’s photographed as they prepared to depart Jacksonville, Fla., birthday celebration and the sunburn suffered by a Secret In January 1931, Dr. Leslie Heiter of Mobile received a on Feb. 4, 1933, were (left to right) Dr. Leslie Heiter, George St. Service agent. Of the fishing, Roosevelt reported, “Staying letter from William Vincent Astor, inviting the physician George, Justice Frederic Kernochan, FDR and Vincent Astor. Berry Island today. Wonderful fishing… Dr. Heiter (Dr. Leslie to join him on a Caribbean cruise in what was routinely Heiter of Mobile) and I recovering the use of arms after yesterday’s encounter with whale. Commodore [Astor] described as Astor’s “mansion yacht,” the NOURMAHAL, friend,” William Rhinelander Stewart, one of whose quirks perfect host.” Headline of the article was “Roosevelt, Heiter a massive motor vessel built less than two years earlier at included never rising before noon; and Eleanor Barry, “a tall, Fight ‘Whale.’” the Krupp Iron Works in Kiel, Germany. The yacht featured cool Vassar graduate,” who worked at Vogue magazine. every modern convenience, including air conditioning and refrigeration, a library, a dining room that could seat 18, and The NOURMAHAL made stops in Cuba and Haiti before 10 staterooms. The NOURMAHAL was manned by a crew sailing through the Panama Canal, where the passengers of 42 to cater to the whims of Astor’s sea-going guests. marveled at the sight of the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier, Described as the largest private vessel ever built at the time the USS LANGLEY (CV 1). Once in the Pacific, the yacht of her construction, she measured nearly 264 feet overall, called at such exotic locales as Cocos Island, the Galapagos, with a beam of 41 ½ feet and a draft of almost 18 ½ feet. the Marquesas, Tahiti and Bora Bora. Along the way, Astor The yacht displaced 2,250 tons and was powered by twin and his friends collected fish, tortoises, iguanas and birds for six-cylinder Diesel engines. In the letter, Astor, who went zoos and aquariums in the United States. The group fished by “Vincent,” mentioned that among the passengers would at Cocos Island, with Barry reporting in Vogue that Heiter be 29-year-old Gertrude Conaway, intimating that Conaway “battled for almost three-quarters of an hour with what was always one for a good time. appeared to be a monster, and, when it was finally landed, only the head was left—a shark having helped himself to the Astor, 39, was one of the wealthiest men in the world. The rest of the catch.” Heiter’s medical training proved useful on son of mogul John Jacob Astor IV, Vincent had inherited Feb. 20, when Priscilla Preston was thrown from a horse in his father’s millions upon the elder Astor’s death in the loss the Marquesas, breaking her arm. After the yacht dropped of the TITANIC in 1912. Vincent dropped out of Harvard anchor at Fakarava in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Heiter set at age 20 and soon proved himself to be a philanthropist, » In the 1930s, Dr. Leslie Heiter of Mobile made six cruises as a up a “clinic” on the deck of the NOURMAHAL, treating selling off slum properties, building modern apartments, passenger in Vincent Astor’s motor yacht NOURMAHAL, four islanders for everything from backache to toothache and donating land for parks and hospitals, building playgrounds of them with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. receiving shells as payment. and investing in scientific expeditions. Having served in the U.S. Naval Reserve and on active duty in the Navy during Late in 1932, plans were being made for a cruise to take place Whatever the circumstances, the millionaire philanthropist the Great War, Astor also had a penchant for yachting and in the spring of the following year, with Astor indicating the and notorious practical jokester took a liking to the young had served as commodore of the New York Yacht Club from usual Nourmahal Gang would be embarked, but in December doctor from the South, with Astor later describing Heiter as » As FDR (upper left) and the rest of the gang look on, 1928 to 1930. the philanthropist sent Heiter a confidential message. No “a great friend of mine” in a letter to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Astor (in the dark blazer), Heiter and crewmen assist Alice women would be joining them on the forthcoming trip, and Foundation. Heiter, however, did not have the financial Clifford, wife of Governor of the Bahamas Sir Bede Clifford, Heiter was born in Mobile and had graduated from Barton it was important that a doctor be on board, as there was to wherewithal of Astor. Upon returning to Mobile in 1930, the into a launch following a visit to the NOURMAHAL by the Academy in 1922. Graduating from Tulane University in be a special guest who might require medical assistance. couple on Feb. 8, 1933. only two years, Heiter went on to attend medical school new doctor had earned a grand total of $4 during his first month in practice. Along with Astor’s invitation to join him at Tulane. After interning at City Hospital in Mobile, the Although Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nearly 10 years in the NOURMAHAL for a few weeks’ cruising was a check On Feb. 8, the NOURMAHAL welcomed on board the young doctor wrangled a residency at New York Hospital, Astor’s senior, the two had become friends as boys, and made out in the amount of $1,000 “to help with expenses.” Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas, Sir the motives for which still remain a mystery to his son, Bill their friendship had been only strengthened in recent years. Bede Clifford, and his American wife, Alice. The press Heiter, a retired trust officer and former Air Force pilot. Now, as President-elect, Roosevelt was looking forward to That cruise in February and March of 1931 was the first of a published photographs of the arrival and departure of the “Dad took the train from Mobile to New York, and when he some free time away from politics before being sworn in half dozen that Heiter would make with Astor and the group couple. In the latter photograph, Vincent Astor and Dr. arrived at Grand Central Station and took a look at the city, on March 4. A few days before the NOURMAHAL sailed— that would become known collectively as “the Nourmahal Leslie Heiter are seen assisting Alice Clifford into a launch. he said, ‘I’ve never felt so small in my life,’” Heiter recalled. under the headline “Mobile Physician to Enjoy Cruise with Gang.” The next cruise came a year later, in January through The younger Heiter theorized that his father and Astor may V. Astor”—the Mobile Register reported that Dr. Leslie March 1932. In addition to Astor, on board were Heiter; Not all of the press was positive. The vacation brought have met because the latter had served on the hospital’s Heiter would be one of a party that included the president- Priscilla Baldwin Preston, a pretty divorcee; fun-loving condemnation from both the left and right, with Democrats board of directors, and he has a note in his collection in elect and would be embarked in the yacht for a six-week Gertrude Conaway (who would later marry a Vanderbilt); lambasting the president-elect for participating in an which his physician father said that it was Dr. Eugene Pool, cruise to South America. The New York Times ran a front Milton “Doc” Holden, described in LIFE magazine as opulent cruise while the nation suffered its greatest senior attending surgeon at New York Hospital, who had page photograph of “The president-elect and his Fishing “amiable and good-looking” and elsewhere as a “perennial economic crisis, and the Republicans blasting FDR for introduced the two men. Comrades,” including an image of a smiling Heiter and Palm Beach/New York/Long Island bachelor;” Astor’s “best shamming as a populist. Nevertheless, Roosevelt took time of Roosevelt jauntily waving his hat as the NOURMAHAL

24 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II 25 and word spread that Roosevelt had been shot. One of the wounded was loaded into Astor’s car, which then crashed into a gate while attempting to speed after the President- elect’s car. From his vantage point, Heiter had heard the shots but couldn’t get a clear view of what was happening. He, St. George and Kernochan abandoned their car in an effort to reach FDR. A security official armed with a gun— Heiter described him derisively as “a Shriner”—refused to listen to the physician’s claim that he was the President- elect’s doctor and directed him and his fellow passengers to police headquarters, where Heiter witnessed the arrival of the would-be assassin. Heiter finally reached Jackson » The President-elect spoke to a crowd of thousands at Miami’s Memorial Hospital, where Mayor Cermak lay in critical Bayfront Park on the evening of Feb. 15, 1933. Moments after condition and, at FDR’s request, reviewed the X-rays of this photograph was taken, a would-be assassin fired five the mayor’s wounds. Roosevelt remained at the hospital shots at FDR. for four hours, visiting all of the wounded. He abandoned his initial plans to leave for Washington by train that night, » Pictured on the deck of the NOURMAHAL during a March 1935 cruise to the Bahamas were (left to right) Justice Frederic returning instead to the NOURMAHAL, where he seemed during the trip to work on his first Inaugural Address, which Kernochan, Milton “Doc” Holden, William Rhinelander Stewart, would include the oft-quoted phrase, “The only thing we largely unfazed by the events of the evening. The next bodyguard Gus Gennerich (back row), FDR, Dr. Leslie Heiter, have to fear is fear itself.” morning, Roosevelt visited the hospital again to check on Secret Service Agent Bob Clark (back row), Vincent Astor, Kermit all of the shooting victims before departing for Washington. Roosevelt and Jimmy Roosevelt (FDR’s oldest son). To counter some of the negative press, Roosevelt accepted The press reacted favorably. The president-elect had been an invitation by the publisher of the Fort Lauderdale Daily tested under fire and had remained calm. He had shown Astor’s wife, Helen, would marry Lytle Hull after she and News to attend a rally in Miami’s Bayfront Park, where he courage, a level-headedness throughout and a compassion Astor divorced in 1940. could meet local elected officials and businessmen and for others. Just over two weeks later, Roosevelt was sworn address the crowd. The NOURMAHAL arrived in Miami in as the 32nd President of the United States. Two days Heiter continued to travel with the Nourmahal Gang and on the evening of Feb. 15, 1933, docking at 7 p.m. The afterward, Cermak died from complications of his gunshot the President. In March and April 1934, the group sailed president-elect spoke to reporters, talking only about the wound. For their part, the Nourmahal Gang continued their from Florida to the Bahamas again, this time escorted by events of the last few days—fishing and swimming—then cruise, transiting the Panama Canal, calling at the Galapagos Navy destroyers as protection for FDR. Despite the Navy’s climbed into the back of a green Buick convertible to lead and conducting an expedition into the Andes. presence, the President immensely enjoyed the freedom » The USS NOURMAHAL (PG 72) in her wartime livery. the motorcade to the park. Seated next to Roosevelt was that the NOURMAHAL provided him, writing a friend that his official host, Miami Mayor Redmond Gautier. Up front year, “This is the only place I can get away from people, were the president-elect’s bodyguard, Gus Gennerich, telephones and uniforms.” to promote a strong national defense and economy and and a Secret Service agent. A Miami policeman drove the which operated as a private intelligence agency providing car. The second car held five more Secret Service agents. That fall, Heiter received an invitation to join the group information to the President. During the war, Astor took on Astor, Kermit Roosevelt and Stewart were in the third car. on board the yacht to watch the racing yacht RAINBOW a more official role in New York and also resumed his duties Heiter found himself in the last car in the motorcade, riding defend the America’s Cup. RAINBOW was owned by Harold as a naval officer, attaining the rank of captain. with George St. George and Justice Kernochan. More than Stirling Vanderbilt, whom the fun-loving Gertrude Conaway 25,000 people thronged the streets, wanting to get a view had married the previous year. Heiter declined the invitation, As for the NOURMAHAL, she, too, did her bit for the war of Roosevelt, and soon the cars of the motorcade were perhaps due to his growing practice, perhaps because this and was chartered by the Navy on March 3, 1942, to be strung out along the route, separated by onlookers trying short cruise came too soon after the last. His absence was operated under Navy ownership by the Coast Guard. The to crowd into the park, where the 7,000 seats in front of the noted, and Heiter received a telegram dated Sept. 17 and once sybaritic vessel was designated as a gunboat, USS stage already were full. signed by the President and the rest of the Nourmahal Gang, NOURMAHAL (PG 72) on April 9, 1943, and purchased expressing how much they missed their friend. by the Navy 29 June in accordance with an option in the Gennerich hoisted the president-elect onto the top of the » The “Nourmahal Gang,” photographed in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., original charter agreement. The NOURMAHAL’s armament rear seat of the convertible, and FDR made a short speech on Aug. 31, 1933, included (left to right) Lytle Hull, Dr. Leslie Heiter embarked with the gang again for another Caribbean included a number of .30- and .50-caliber machine guns as to the crowd. Roosevelt then heard what he thought Heiter, William Rhinelander Stewart, President Roosevelt, Vincent cruise in March and April 1935, during which the Governor well as depth charges. Struck from the Navy List on Jan. 12, were firecrackers. A bricklayer, Giuseppe Zangara, had Astor, Kermit Roosevelt, George St. George, and Justice Frederic of the Bahamas Sir Bede Clifford brought on board as 1944, the ship was transferred to the Coast Guard, serving stepped onto a folding chair, shouted, “Too many people Kernochan. special guests the Duke and Duchess of Kent. This was the primarily as on ocean station weather patrol out of Boston are starving!” and snapped off five shots from a nickel- last of the NOURMAHAL cruises that included FDR. It was until the end of April 1946. plated .32 caliber revolver in an attempt to assassinate the August found the President and the usual gang, including also Heiter’s last cruise in the yacht. In June 1937, Dr. Leslie president-elect. After the first shot, Lillian Cross, the wife of Heiter, embarked once more in the NOURMAHAL for a six- Heiter married the former Elizabeth “Bessie” Agnes Manson Vincent Astor and his new wife Mary “Minnie” Cushing a Miami doctor who was also standing on a chair better to day cruise from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., down the Hudson River, of Scotland in a ceremony performed in Jacksonville, Fla. visited his friend Heiter in Mobile in February 1946. Heiter’s see FDR, claimed that she struck at Zangara, and she was around the east end of Long Island to Montauk Point and His pleasure cruising days over, Heiter focused on his son laughed at the thought of one of the wealthiest men widely credited at the time with saving the president-elect’s out into the Gulf Stream for a little fishing. The fishing wasn’t medical practice. in the world visiting his father in a walk-up apartment on life. Five people were hit, however, including Chicago Mayor much good—“extraordinarily poor,” as Astor recalled— Azalea Street in Midtown Mobile. The philanthropist and his Anton J. Cermak, who was standing on the running board of but upon arriving in Washington, the President invited Astor continued to go abroad in his floating mansion, wife paid one more call on Dr. Heiter and his family in Mobile FDR’s car and shaking hands with Roosevelt. The president- his fellow passengers to dine with him and to spend the underwriting scientific expeditions, and in 1938, Astor and sometime around 1953, a visit recalled by Heiter’s son. By elect’s security team hustled to speed away, but Roosevelt night at the White House. The most notable event during Kermit Roosevelt undertook an intelligence-gathering then, the family had moved to the new upscale subdivision stopped them long enough to have Cermak loaded into the the cruise was the hoisting of the President’s Flag at the operation in the Pacific, investigating the Japanese of Delwood. Astor, he said, was the most famous man ever car. The President-elect kept Cermak alert during the rush peak of the NOURMAHAL’s mast—marking the first time the presence in the Marshall Islands and the rumor of Japanese to call at the home of the Mobile physician who, at one time, to the hospital by talking to him and preventing him from Presidential Flag had been flown over a civilian vessel. New fortifications throughout the region, meeting with British had been a confidante and fishing buddy of the President going into shock. to the Nourmahal Gang for this cruise and to be present Intelligence figures and passing along their findings to FDR. of the United States. for the rest of them in which Roosevelt would participate Astor and Kermit, along with William Stewart and Justice Pandemonium and panic erupted in the crowd. In the rest was Lytle Hull, later described by The New York Times as Kernochan, were members of a secret organization dubbed of the motorcade, no one could tell what had happened, “a wealthy real-estate figure.” As an interesting footnote, first “The Room” and later “The Club,” which worked quietly

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28 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II 29 DESTINATION LINE FREQUENCY AGENT PORT OF MOBILE DIRECTORY MARTINIQUE FORT-DE-FRANCE OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies AIR CARGO R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—P.O. Box 902...... (251) 452-0154 FEDEX EXPRESS BFMR/AGFS...... (251) 432-6705 SAFETY SOURCE INC.—6161 Rangeline Road...... (251) 443-7445 MEXICO UNITOR SHIP SERVICES—500 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-0762 ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER WORLD SHIP SUPPLY (MOBILE), INC.— COATZACOALCOS CG Railway Every 4 Days CG Railway ALABAMA WORLD BUSINESS CTR.— 4600-B Cypress Business Park Drive...... (251) 662-7474 TAMPICO Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. 1500 Resource Dr., Birmingham, AL 35242...... (205) 250-4747 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA—Tuscaloosa—P. O. Box 870396...... (205) 348-7621 FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS (HH CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS) H AIR/SEA FORWARDING—3812 Springhill Ave...... (251) 460-0551 MOROCCO AUXILIARY SERVICES C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE...... (251) 441-7012 CASABLANCA Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. CATHOLIC MARITIME CLUB—400 Government St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 432-7339 H N.D. CUNNUNGHAM—205 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-4633 Joe Connick, Director; Father Lito, Chaplain EMO TRANS...... (251) 342-3313 NETHERLANDS FISHERS OF MEN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL...... (251) 233-6621 H EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL...... (251) 431-4992 INTERNATIONAL SEAMAN'S CENTER—605 Texas Street...... (251) 433-7953 FEDEX TRADE NETWORKS...... (404) 831-8237 ROTTERDAM Grieg Star Shipping Every 14 Days Nord-Sud Shipping INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES, INC.—11 N. Water St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 461-2700 VELSEN Grieg Star Shipping Monthly Nord-Sud Shipping BANKS WITH INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS JENSEN SHIPPING CO.—244 W. Valley Ave., Birmingham, AL...... (205) 328-2343 BBVA COMPASS BANK, RYAN NEW...... (251) 470-7408 H JOHN M BRINING CO., INC.—202 Congress St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 432-9741 PERU FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK–BIRMINGHAM...... (205) 868-6171 KUEHNE + NAGEL—2101 Clinton Ave. W., Ste. 403, Huntsville, AL...... (205) 516-1402 HANCOCK/WHITNEY BANK—MOBILE...... (251) 662-1025 H CAROLE C. LELAND—244 W. Valley Ave., Birmingham, AL...... (205) 328-2343 CALLAO TBS Shipping Monthly Seacliff Agencies REGIONS BANK—MOBILE...... (251) 690-1187 H CTB USA OF FLORIDA...... (866) 621-0091 ext. 224 Grieg Star Shipping Monthly Grieg Star H RICHARD MURRAY & CO.—109 No. Conception St...... (251) 432-5549 CHIMBOTE TBS Shipping Monthly Seacliff Agencies BARGE FLEETING SERVICE OEC MOBILE—52 North Jackson St., Mobile, AL 36602...... (251) 287-8767 DELTA MARINE SERVICE...... (251) 937-4060 H PAGE & JONES, INC.—52 N. Jackson St...... (251) 432-1646 HIGMAN MARINE SERVICES, INC...... (251) 433-1732 Birmingham, P. O. Box 320126...... (205) 595-8429 POLAND Huntsville, P. O. Box 6025...... (256) 772-0231 GDYNIA Grieg Star Shipping Monthly Grieg Star BLAST FREEZE/COLD STORAGE PAUL A. BOULO, INC.—255 N. Joachim St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 433-5445 SEANOUS...... (251) 433-7399 T. A. PROVENCE & CO.—P. O. Box 942...... (251) 433-5424 H GEO. RUEFF, INC.—P. O. Box 2962...... (251) 433-8851 SCOTLAND BULK LIQUIDS STIEGLER SHIPPING CO., INC.—1151 Hillcrest Rd., Suite F...... (251) 639-7300 MONTROSE Grieg Star Shipping Monthly Nord-Sud Shipping ALABAMA BULK TERMINALS...... (251) 438-9891 TEAM WORLDWIDE—799 James Record Rd., Ste. A-12, Huntsville, AL .(251) 461-7770 ARC TERMINALS...... (251) 421-1651 TRADELANES—61 St. Joseph St., Suite 1000 ...... (251) 343-8031 GULF COAST ASPHALT...... (251) 432-7666 TRANSGROUP MOB...... (251) 433-7668 SOUTH AFRICA NUSTAR ...... (251) 456-8491 TRANSGROUP WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS – 162 State St. 36602...... (251) 433-7668 CAPETOWN Gulf Africa Line/Galborg USA Inducement Biehl & Company PLAINS MARKETING ...... (251) 456-4688; (251) 377-8864 H W.R. ZANES & CO. OF LA, INC.—P. O. Box 1006...... (251) 438-1597 DURBAN Gulf Africa Line/Galborg USA Inducement Biehl & Company RADCLIFF/ECONOMY MARINE SERVICES...... (251) 433-0066 PORT ELIZABETH Gulf Africa Line/Galborg USA Inducement Biehl & Company FOREIGN TRADE ZONES BUNKERING SERVICE (HFTZ PUBLIC WAREHOUSES) RICHARDS BAY Gulf Africa Line/Galborg USA Inducement Biehl & Company ATLANTIC GULF BUNKERING...... (251) 431-5900 BALDWIN TRANSFER CO., INC...... (251) 433-3391 BUFFALO MARINE...... (713) 923-5571 MOBILE, AL—Brookley Complex & Airport...... (251) 438-7338 SPAIN MIDSTREAM FUEL SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 2826...... (251) 433-4972 AZALEA BOX COMPANY—1401 St. Stephens Road, Prichard...... (251) 452-3451 RADCLIFF/ECONOMY MARINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 3064...... (251) 433-0066 EQUITY TECHNOLOGIES CORP...... (251) 432-7784 ALGECIRAS/PALAMOS Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. SECTOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT—P. O. Box 2426, Mobile 36652...... (251) 423-1020 H KEYPORT WAREHOUSING—30427 County Rd. 49 N, Loxley, AL...... (251) 964-4607 BARCELONA Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company UNITY BUNKERING INC...... (251) 929-5153 H MERCHANTS TRANSFER COMPANY...... (251) 457-8691 Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. H MOBILE MOVING & STORAGE...... (251) 438-3658 BILBOA Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. CAB SERVICE H HUNTSVILLE, AL—P. O. Box 6241...... (256) 772-3105 A-1 Taxi & Transportation...... (251) 214-4889 H BIRMINGHAM, AL—Shaw Warehouses...... (205) 251-7188 CADIZ Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. UBER...... www.uber.com S/M WAREHOUSE...... (251) 679-3344 GANDIA Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. HODGES WAREHOUSE–MONTGOMERY...... (251) 280-2033 MOTRIL Grieg Star Shipping Monthly Nord-Sud Shipping CONSULATES CONSULAR CORPS OF MOBILE—6204 Brandy Run North 36608...... (251) 455-8182 GRAIN MERCHANTS PALMA DE MALLORCA Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. BOLIVIA—Thomas J. Purvis—3413 Canacee Dr...... (251) 666-6969 FGDI, LLC...... (419) 373-6311 VIGO Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. DENMARK—Martin H. Cunningham—205 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-4633 VALENCIA Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—Luis Frias—951 Government St., Suite 520...... (251) 432-2332 LICENSED GUARD SERVICE FRANCE—Maxanna Nichols—18 Houston St...... (251) 366-0051 ALABAMA LINE SERVICES...... (251)-661-1205 NORWAY—L. H. Stuart, Jr.—6204 Brandy Run Road N...... (251) 342-2151 ADMIRAL SECURITY SERVICES OF ALABAMA, INC...... (251) 725-6018 ST. KITTS U.S. MARITIME SECURITY, LLC...... (251) 459-1578 BASSETERRE OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies CONTAINER REPAIR & LEASING AFFORDABLE CONEX...... (251) 947-1944 HEAVY LIFT/SALVAGE/TRANSPORTATION CHICKASAW CONTAINER SERVICES, INC...... (251) 457-7300 1ST CRANE & LOGISTICS, INC—Alabama State Docks...... (251)-653-3333 ST. LUCIA DOCKSIDE SERVICES...... (251) 438-2362 ACME TRUCK LINE...... (251)-653-6028 CASTRIES OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies JOHN FAYARD MOVING & WAREHOUSING...... (866) 862-0867 AMERICAN MARINE SERVICES...... (251) 406-9930 VIEUX FORT OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies EXSIF WORLDWIDE, INC...... (800) 231-7781 ARGOSY TRANSPORTATION GROUP—www.argosyship.com...... (713) 668-3388 H MILLER TRANSPORTERS...... (251) 457-0471 ATLANTIC SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT...... (251) 433-4545 TANK SOLUTIONS, INC...... (888) 551-8265 BARNHART CRANE & RIGGING—P.O. Box 2809, Daphne, AL 36526...(251) 654-0541 ST. MARTIN BLUE DIVING & SALVAGE—4032 Dauphin Island Pkwy., Mobile, AL.. (800) 882-5043 OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION BOSARGE DIVING—Pascagoula, MS...... (888) 762-6364 PORT DIRECTOR—150 N. Royal St., Suite 3004...... (251) 441-5111 BURKHALTER SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT...... (228) 762-0888 CRANE RENTAL CORP.—30105 Hwy 59, Loxley, AL 36551...... (800) 368-8956 ST. VINCENT DUNNAGE — PLYWOOD HORIZON FREIGHT...... (800) 242-9212 KINGSTOWN OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies ALL*STAR FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.—7096 Stone Dr., Daphne 36526.... (251) 626-8777 HYDRAULIC CRANE SPECIALISTS...... (251) 675-000X BIG RIVER CYPRESS & HARDWOOD...... (850) 674-5991 LEA DIVING & SALVAGE—Alabama State Docks...... (251) 432-4480 BUCHANAN LUMBER—104 Industrial Canal Rd. East...... (251) 433-9567 MAMMOET...... (404) 696-4982 CASSIDEY LUMBER—P. O. Box 391, Mobile 36601...... (251) 456-0099 H MILLER TRANSPORTERS...... (251) 457-0471 TOBAGO McGINNIS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.—P.O. Box 2049 Meridian, MS 39302.(601) 483-3991 WONDERLAND EXPRESS...... (251) 653-7348 OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies MIDWAY FOREST PRODUCTS—P. O. Box 7667, Spanish Ft., 36527...... (251) 626-8010 SMITH COMPANIES—100 Pardue Rd. Pelham 35124...... (800) 322-0540 INDUSTRIAL DIVING BLUE DIVING & SALVAGE—4032 Dauphin Island Pkwy., Mobile, AL...... (800) 882-5043 TRINIDAD EXPORT BAGGING, PACKING AND DRUMMING BOSARGE DIVING—Pascagoula, MS...... (228) 762-0888 PT. LISAS Dan-Gulf Shipping Bi-Weekly Lott Ship Agency CUSTOM MARKETING SERVICES INC...... (205) 668-4042 COMMERCIAL DIVING SERVICES INC.— HORIZON FREIGHT...... (800) 242-9212 P. O. Box 850637, Mobile, AL 36685...... (251) 665-0017 MEADOR WAREHOUSING & DIST., INC.—1750 N. Craft Hwy...... (251) 457-4376 FATHOM INDUSTRIES—5385 Battleship Parkway, Spanish Fort, AL...... (251) 626-7800 TURKEY MITCHELL CONTAINER SERVICES.—226 Saraland Blvd. S...... (251) 675-3786 LEA DIVING & SALVAGE—Alabama State Docks...... (251) 432-4480 ISTANBUL Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company MMS PACKAGING COMPANY—P. O. Box 2066...... (251) 438-3658 Mosley Maritime Services, LLC...... (251) 610-7882 IZMIR Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company PORT CITY MOVERS & DELIVERY— MERSIN Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company 5235 Kooiman Rd., Bldg. 4, Theodore, AL...... (251) 342-7079 LIGHTERING, GAS FREEING AND SPILL CLEANUP STEM PRODUCTS—P. O. Box 66531...... (251) 457-5557 AARON OIL CO., INC.—P. O. Box 2304...... (251) 666-8143 L. H. STUART CO., INC.—2064 Ave. C, Brookley...... (251) 441-0770 R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—507 Diaz St., Prichard, AL...... (251) 452-0154 VENEZUELA TEAGUE BROS. TRANSFER & STG. CO.—519 Bayshore Ave...... (251) 476-6122 ES&H—5400-A Willis Rd., Mobile, Ala...... (251) 382-0199 GUANTA Dan-Gulf Shipping Bi-Weekly Lott Ship Agency WONDERLAND EXPRESS...... (251) 653-7348 FERGUSON HARBOUR, INC.—31153 Stagecoach Rd., Spanish Ft., AL...... (251) 626-3295 INDUSTRIAL WASTE SERVICES, INC.—1980 Ave. A...... (251) 694-7500 MARACAIBO Dan-Gulf Shipping Bi-Weekly Lott Ship Agency FIRE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE INDUSTRIAL WATER SVCS., INC.—P. O. Box 50236...... (800) 447-3592 FIRETROL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, INC...... (251) 661-1699 LIQUID ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS MARINE FIELD SERVICES— HILLER SYSTEMS, INC.—3751 Joy Springs Drive...... (251) 661-1275 1890 3rd St., Mobile...... (251) 243-4128 INTERNATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION, INC.—5462 Able Court...... (800) 554-9695 OIL RECOVERY CO., INC.—P. O. Box 1803...... (251) 690-9010

30 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II 31 OIL RECOVERY MARINE TERMINAL Blakely Island...... (800) 350-0443 BR WILLIAMS TRUCKING WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS...... (800) 523-7963 RAIL TRANSPORT TRI-STATE MARITIME PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL— BUFFALO WOOD, INC...... (601) 645-5965 ALABAMA & GULF COAST RR...... (251) 694-2883 SERVICES, INC...... [email protected] • [email protected] • 251-432-1054 3537 Desirrah Drive S., Mobile, AL 36618...... (251) 470-0955 BURKHALTER SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT...... (877) 815-8334 BURLINGTON NORTHERN/SANTA FE...... (205) 320-3637 THOMPSON ENGINEERING—P. O. Box 9637...... (251) 653-4525 H CALIFORNIA CARTAGE EXPRESS...... (251) 287-2412 CANADIAN NATIONAL/ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD...... (800) 342-5424 TESTING, SAMPLING, WEIGHING, CARGO UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC— C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE...... (251) 441-7012 CG RAILWAY...... (877) 606-2477 CERTIFICATION AND CRANE INSPECTION 4230 Halls Mill Road, Mobile, AL 36693...... (251) 662-3500 H CHICKASAW CONTAINER SERVICES, INC...... (251) 457-7300 CSX RAIL TRANSPORT...... (251) 434-1300 AL DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & INDUSTRIES—P. O. Box 244...... (251) 415-2531 USI OIL —1900-A Broad St...... (251) 432-0775 CHOCTAW TRANSPORT COMPANY...... (251) 457-9231 KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN...... (601) 933-4701 AMERICAN AERO CRANES­—9500 Bellingrath Road, Theodore...... (251) 973-0450 CONSOLIDATED FREIGHT WAYS...... (251) 443-9100 NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP...... (205) 951-4761 C. BAXTER, JR. & ASSOCIATES INT'L, INC...... (251) 476-1998 LINE HANDLING COVAN WORLD-WIDE MOVING INC...... (251) 653-3008 TERMINAL RAILWAY ALABAMA STATE DOCKS...... (251) 441-7301 RICHARD BESSELARR—P. O. Box 16542...... (251) 476-9909 ALABAMA LINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 9308...... (251) 661-2105 COYOTE LOGISTICS, LLC...... (888) 805-2883 CALEB BRETT USA, INC.—505 N. Craft Hwy., Chickasaw, AL...... (251) 457-8751 BERT'S LINE HANDLING—P. O. Box 2213...... (251) 432-1611 CUSTOM MARKETING SERVICES INC...... (205) 668-4042 SAFETY SPECIALISTS AND CONSULTANTS BSI INSPECTORATE...... (504) 392-7660 DOCKSIDE SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 122...... (251) 438-2362 DAVIS TRANSPORTATION...... (251) 214-1377 BESSELAAR & ASSOCIATES—P. O. Box 16542...... (251) 476-9909 CHALLENGE ENGINEERING & TESTING INC — MO-BAY SHIPPING SVCS., INC.—P. O. Box 1842...... (251) 433-1621 DEEP SOUTH FREIGHT...... (800) 824-3515 JOINER MARINE SERVICES—9305 Johnson Rd. S...... (251) 633-6118 4234 Halls Mill Rd., Mobile, AL 36691...... (251) 666-1435 PEDERSEN MARINE SERVICE & SUPPLY—662 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-6045 H DIXIE DRAYAGE...... (800) 321-0801 MARITIME SAFETY & SECURITY COUNSEL, LLC ...... (251) 767-9430 CRANE INSPECTION SVC., INC.—P. O. Box 461, Fairhope...... (251) 928-6262 PRESTIGE MARITIME — P.O. Box 1074...... (251) 680-8833 DOCKSIDE SERVICES INC...... (251) 438-2362 DEVAN INSPECTION CO. — TRI-STATE MARITIME SVCS.—P. O. Box 2725...... (251) 432-1054 DOLPHIN LINE INC...... (251) 666-2057 SHIP CHANDLERS/SERVICES 63 South Royal Street, Suite 1001, Mobile, AL 36602...... (251) 709-8119 E & F TRANSPORTATION, INC...... (251) 621-0121 AIR GAS GULF STATES—5480 Hamilton Blvd, Theodore, 36582...... (251) 653-8743 DIXIE LABORATORIES, INC.—1011 S. Beltline Hwy...... (251) 602-5502 MARINE FUMIGATION SERVICES H EASTMAN LOGISTICS...... (800) 228-9595 ALABAMA LINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 9308...... (251) 661-2105 GUARDIAN SYSTEMS—P. O. Box 190, Leeds, AL...... (251) 879-1850 ALLIANCE PEST SOLUTIONS (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... CRAIG JAKOB (817) 648-6201 ED MORRIS MOVING & HAULING...... (251) 457-7734 ATLAS MARITIME SERVICES CO.—P. O. Box 2901...... (251) 432-4533 INDUSTRIAL N.D.T. CO.—1901 Brookdale Dr. W...... (251) 479-7560 CENTRAL STATES FUMIGATION (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... PAT MACK (800) 527-8215 H ESTES-EXPRESS...... (251) 964-4801 AUTRY GREER & SONS—2850 W. Main St...... (251) 457-8655 INSPECTORATE AMERICA, INC.—P. O. Box 190755...... (251) 666-4000 DA MARINE FUMIGATION (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... JERRY MATHERNE (504) 888-4941 FEDEX...... (800) 762-3787 AZALEA GLASS & MIRROR—251 St. Louis St...... (251) 434-0000 INTERNATIONAL CARGO GEAR BUREAU INC.— RESEARCH FUMIGATION (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... (985) 536-4932 FIKES TRUCK LINE, INC...... (800) 643-6611 CTW LAUNDRY/LINEN SVC.—2750 Mauvilla Dr...... (251) 476-2229 500 Spanish Fort Blvd...... (251) 626-4452 FINCH DISTRIBUTION...... (800) 844-5381 CHINA SHIPPER SUPPLY—456 Dauphin Island Pky...... (251) 479-7443 JOINER MARINE SERVICES—9305 Johnson Rd. S...... (251) 633-6118 MARINE RADIO AND ELECTRONICS FRIESE HAULING INC...... (800) 654-4811 CORTNEY COMPANY, INC...... (888) 267-8639 MOSLEY MARITIME SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 610-7882 (H ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND AUTOMATION) GENERATIONS UNITED LLC...... (251) 404-6054 DIVERSIFIED LIFTING SYSTEMS—Elgg Bertens...... (800) 752-1214 ROYAL ST. JUNK CO.—P. O. Box 2185...... (251) 432-6392 ICS—578 Azalea Rd., Mobile, AL...... (251) 661-6061 GLOBAL MARITIME LOGISTICS LLC...... (251) 432-2000 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFE MARINE & IND. COATINGS— SAYBOLT, LP—P. O. Box 432, Saraland, AL...... (251) 679-1113 GULF COAST AIR & HYDRAULICS INC.—3415 Halls Mill Rd...... (251) 666-6683 H GULF COAST INTERMODAL...... (251) 653-1880 Corrosion Control...... (251) 341-9189 SGS CONTROL SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 617...... (251) 679-1500 MOBILE MARINE RADIO—7700 Rinla Ave...... (251) 666-5110 HANNA TRUCK LINES...... (205) 783-8200 GENERAL MACHINERY, INC.—P. O. Box 5174...... (251) 473-1588 SGS MINERALS—P.O. BOX 1962...... (251) 432-2781 Marine Operator...... (251) 666-3487 HARBOUR RESOURCES LLC...... (251) 338-9151 GLASCOW-MOORES—808 Executive Park Dr...... (900) 659-7000 THOMPSON ENGINEERING—3707 Cottage Hill Rd...... (251) 666-2443 Radioteletype...... (251) 666-9042 HI-GEAR EXPRESS, INC...... (251) 259-5362 GLOBAL SUPPLY CO.—5570 Rangeline Rd., Suite B...... (251) 443-6456 A. W. WILLIAMS INSPECTION CO.—P. O. Box 2107...... (251) 438-3691 Radio Telegram...... (251) 666-9041 HISPEED TRANSPORT INC.—2017 4th St. SW., Cullman AL 35057...... (256) 739-9194 GULF COAST AIR & HYDRAULICS INC.—3415 Halls Mill Rd...... (251) 666-6683 RADIO-HOLLAND USA, INC.—701 S. Conception St...... (251) 432-3109 HODGES LOGISTICS...... (334) 280-2033 GULF COAST MARINE SUPPLY CO.—P. O. Box 2088...... (251) 452-8066 TOWING COMPANIES H PRISM—200 Virginia St...... (251) 341-1140 H HORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEMS...... (800) 242-9212 HILLER SYSTEMS, INC. (Marine Decking / Repair)— AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE...... (251) 408-7655 SPERRY MARINE SYSTEMS—2756 Dauphin Island Pkwy...... (251) 471-5008 HORNADY TRANSPORTATION LLC ...... (800) 633-1313 3751 Joy Springs Drive...... (251) 661-1275 COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS—P. O. Box 1484...... (251) 434-5000

TEAM ONE COMMUNICATIONS—3360 Key St., Mobile, AL...... (888) 343-TEAM HTP LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT...... (251) 666-4766 CHINA SHIPPER SUPPLIES—456 Dauphin Island Parkway...... (251) 479-5746 CRESCENT TOWING & SALVAGE—118 N. Royal St., 12th Floor...... (251) 433-2580 ICE LINE LOGISTICS, LLC— KAMIL SHIP SUPPLY—500-504 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-0762 DANA MARINE SERVICE—210 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-2775 MARINE SURVEYORS 1321 Foster Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210...... (615) 782-7200 KENNEDY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC.—P. O. Box 9939...... (251) 666-8615 GRAESTONE LOGISTICS...... (251) 380-7972 ALPHA MARINE SURVEYORS—180 Country Club Dr., Daphne...... (251) 626-7299 H INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION...... (800) 626-5682 KLOMAR SHIP SUPPLY—P. O. Box 1118...... (251) 471-1153 HENRY MARINE SERVICE...... (251) 438-9442 BULK MARINE RESOURCES...... (251) 295-4838 INTEGRATED TRANSPORT LLC...... (334) 354-3339 L & M WELDING SUPPLY INC.—51 S. Hallet St...... (251) 432-3615 MARQUETTE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY– W. T. AMES & ASSOCIATES—149 Fairway Dr., Daphne...... (251) 626-1172 INTERSTATE FREIGHT USA...... (205) 338-9595 MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO.—150 Virginia St...... (251) 438-4617 5228 A Halls Mill Rd., Mobile, AL 36619...... (251) 661-0531 GEORGE BROOKFIELD—186 Ridgewood Dr., Daphne...... (251) 626-1758 J.A. LOGISTICS INC...... (334) 371-5506 MARINE SPECIALTY CO.—111 Short Texas St...... (251) 432-0581 NATURES WAY MARINE...... (251) 599-1815 M. H. BARRIE—P.O. Box 1164, Mobile, AL 36693...... (251) 433-8122 JAMES CARTAGE CO...... (251) 457-1534 MIDSTREAM FUEL—P. O. Box 2826...... (251) 433-4972 NELSON MARINE SERVICE INC.—Yeend St...... (251) 433-2079 C. BAXTER, JR. & ASSOCIATES INT'L, INC...... (251) 476-1998 JIM NEWSON TRUCKING (Salvage Buyer)...... (800) 748-8931 MOBILE SHIP CHANDLERY CO.—210 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-3501 PARKER TOWING CO.—P. O. Box 20908, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402...... (205) 349-1677 RICHARD BESSELAAR—2809 Cottage Hill Rd...... (251) 476-9909 H JOHN FAYARD MOVING & WAREHOUSING...... (866) 862-0867 PEDERSEN MARINE SERVICE & SUPPLY—662 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-6045 RADCLIFF/ECONOMY MARINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 3064...... (251) 433-0066 C. E. COLLIER & ASSOCIATES, INC.—5050 Lossing Rd., Coden, AL...... (251) 873-4382 KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION...... (678) 596-8678 PERFORMANCE PERSONNEL SERVICES, LLC— SEABULK TOWING—P. O. Box 1644...... (251) 432-2611 CAPT. JOHN D. SMITH—P. O. Box 2585, Daphne...... (251) 626-8394 LANDSTAR RANGER...... (251) 690-9050 881-C Deakle Dr., Mobile, Ala. 36602...... (251) 405-0067 WARRIOR & GULF NAVIGATION CO.—P. O. Box 11397, Chickasaw...... (251) 452-6000 CARMACK MARINE IND. SVC. INC.—1609 B Rochelle Street...... (251) 662-5765 H LARSEN INTERMODAL SERVICES, INC...... (800) 949-8501 PORT CITY CLEANERS/K&K ENTERPRISES (Laundry/Repairs)...... (251) 452-0813 WATERWAYS TOWING & OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.— COOK CLAIMS SERVICE—P. O. Box 160461...... (251) 470-0774 MACROTRANSPORT SERVICES—Ormond Beach, FL...... (203) 926-8911 SEPARATOR SPARES & EQUIPMENT— P. O. Box 1821...... (251) 438-5240 GENERAL MARINE SERVICE—P. O. Box 2533...... (251) 928-6728 MARITIME & COMMODITY SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 432-0511 8610 Highway 188, Irvington, AL...... (866) 218-0013 C. L. HAMILTON—P.O. Box 302...... (251) 433-9997 McCARRON SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 406-2335 SHANGHAI TRADING CO.—2000 Airport Blvd...... (251) 473-6446 TRANSLATORS/INTERPRETERS DC MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES INC.— MEADOR WAREHOUSING DIST., INC...... (251) 457-4376 SMITH SERVICES OF ALABAMA—701 Bill Myers Dr...... (251) 675-0855 NATHALIE S. GARRIZ—[email protected]...... (251) 634-3280 2210 Main St., Daphne, AL 36526...... (251) 625-0503 MERCER TRANSPORTATION...... (251) 300-6060 SOUTHERN MARINE SUPPLY CO.—1920 Avenue A...... (251) 432-5657 JOSIANE LANDMAN—Cultural Connections...... (251) 767-2747 JOINER MARINE SERVICES—9305 Johnson Rd. S...... (251) 633-6118 MILAN EXPRESS CO., INC...... (251) 456-8571 STANDARD EQUIPMENT CO.—75 Beauregard St...... (251) 432-1705 DR. SOPHIA LASZLO...... (251) 342-6707 MARINE INSPECTION, LLC— MILLER TRANSER AND RIGGING—1891 Ninth St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 418-4090 WESCO GAS & WELDING SUPPLY— MARIA PAPP...... (251) 929-1889 63 South Royal Street, Suite 1001, Mobile, AL 36602...... (251) 375-2020 H MILLER TRANSPORTERS...... (251) 457-0471 940 Martin Luther King Dr., Prichard...... (251) 457-8681 LUIS SEBASTIANI...... (251) 344-5207 MOSLEY MARITIME SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 610-7882 MILS GULFCOAST TRANSLOAD & DISTRIBUTION...... (601) 709-8003 WILSON DISMUKES (pumps/room AC/generators)— NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU, INC.— MMS TRANSPORTATION CO...... (251) 438-3658 2646 Government Blvd...... (251) 476-9871 TRUCK TANK LINES Commerce Building, Ste. 605, 118 N. Royal St...... (251) 432-0781 MOBILE BAY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY— WORLD SHIP SUPPLY (MOBILE), INC.— INTRANSIT—Hwy. 43, Malcolm, AL ...... (888) 299-0069 NAUTECH MARINE CONSULTANTS, INC.— D/B/A YELLOW CAB...... (251) 476-7711 5880 I-10 Industrial Pkwy, Theodore...... (251) 662-7474 MCKENZIE TANK LINES, INC...... (251) 457-2331 7226 Bridgewood Lane, Spanish Fort, AL 36527...... (251)-447-0422 H OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINES, INC...... (877) 666-7485 MILLER TRANSPORT...... (251) 457-0471 PAGE MARINE—4153 Tamworth Dr...... (251) 661-1520 H OVERNITE TRANSPORTATION CO...... (251) 456-6545 SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING PORT CITY MARINE SURVEYORS—D. J. Smith...... (251) 661-5426 P&S TRANSPORTATION...... (205) 788-4000 ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL MACHINE WORKS, INC...... (251) 433-1974 U.S. COAST GUARD SABINE SURVEYORS—851 East I-65 Service Rd. South...... (251)-433-9997 PRECISION TRANSPORTATION...... (866) 877-5623, FAX: (601) 898-0553 AUSTAL USA—P. O. Box 1049...... (251) 434-8000 COMMAND CENTER – 24 HRS...... (251) 441-5976 SGS MINERALS—P. O. Box 1962...... (251) 432-2781 PGT TRUCKING, INC...... (888) 372-5710 BAE SYSTEMS—P. O. Box 3202...... (251) 690-7100 WATERWAYS...... (251) 441-5940 SHIP ARCHITECTS, INC...... (251) 621-1813 H POINT LOGISTICS...... (251) 452-2128 COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS—P. O. Box 280, Mt. Vernon...... (251) 829-5063 PORT STATE CONTROL...... (251) 441-5279 WOODRUFF INDUSTRIES INC—4021 Shana Drive...... (251) 473-5327 H QUICK DELIVERY SERVICE , INC...... (251) 471-5369 DEPENDABLE SHEETMETAL...... (251) 473-3515 VESSEL ARRIVAL DESK...... (251) 441-5279 RACE LOGISTICS INC...... (251) 210-6614 GENERAL & MARINE SHEETMETAL—3016 Anton St...... (251) 452-9500 SR. INVESTIGATING OFFICER— MARITIME WASTE DISPOSAL RENZENBERGER INC...... (800) 968-8685 GULF COAST AIR & HYDRAULICS INC.— 3415 Halls Mill Rd...... (251) 666-6683 Bldg. 102 Brookley Complex, S. Broad St...... (251) 441-5207 AARON OIL CO., INC.—P. O. Box 2304...... (251) 666-8143 H RICHWAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES...... (251) 441-7499 HARRISON BROS. DRY DOCK AND REPAIR—P. O. Box 1843...... (251) 432-4606 VESSEL INSPECTION...... (251) 441-5203 BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES—P. O. Box 16504...... (251) 666-5724 ROADWAY EXPRESS...... (251) 457-9274 HENRY MARINE SERVICE INC.—887 Cochran Causeway...... (251) 438-9442 R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—1406 Telegraph Rd...... (251) 452-0154 ROSS NEELY SYSTEMS, INC...... (800) 366-3359 IDEAL MARINE SERVICE–401 St. Emanuel St...... (251) 432-8962 USDA PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE DOCKSIDE SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 122...... (251) 438-2362 SAIA MOTOR LINES...... (251) 452-5700 MARINE & MAINLAND HYDRAULIC SERVICES...... (251) 479-6081 RICHARD F. WALCK 3737 Government Blvd., Suite 517...... (251) 661-2742 FCC ENVIRONMENTAL...... (205) 482-1574 SCHNEIDER NATIONAL...... (800) 558-6767 MARINE SPECIALTY SERVICES (Plumbing & Piping)— FERGUSON HARBOUR, INC.—31153 Stagecoach Rd., Spanish Ft., AL...... (251) 626-3295 H SEABREEZE TRUCKING INC...... (251) 661-3186 111 Short Texas St...... (251) 432-0581 WAREHOUSES (H U.S. Customs Bonded Warehouse) (H H U.S. Customs Bonded Carrier) LIQUID ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS—1980 Ave. A...... (251) 694-7500 SHELTON TRUCKING...... (251) 690-9294 MARINE SYSTEMS INC.—840 Dumaine Rd...... (251) 456-4507 A&S KINARD...... (769) 572-7144 OIL RECOVERY CO., INC.—P. O. Box 1803...... (251) 690-9010 SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC...... (251) 443-1557, (866) 888-7335 MASTER MARINE, INC.—P. O. Box 665, Bayou La Batre...... (251) 824-4151 H ATLAS SHIP SERVICES...... (251) 432-4533 PSC.—4531 Hamilton Blvd., Theodore, AL 36582...... (251) 443-7701 SOUTHERN CARTAGE...... (334) 284-3033 MOBILE SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR CO.—P. O. Box 2964...... (251) 456-1880 AVERITT EXPRESS...... (251) 443-7703 TRASH DOCTORS, LLC...... (504) 222-2471 SOUTHERN HAULERS, INC. (Dump Trucks)...... (800) 537-4621 OFFSHORE-INLAND MARINE & OILFIELD SERVICES...... (251) 443-5550 AZALEA BOX COMPANY...... (251) 457-6940 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC.—17045 Highway 43, Mt. Vernon, AL...... (251) 829-4006 H SOUTHERN INTERMODAL XPRESS INC. (SIX)...... (251) 438-2749 SIGNAL SHIP REPAIR, LLC —601 S. Royal St., Mobile...... (251) 338-7400 H H ELITE LOGISTIX...... (251) 433-3391 H S/M TRANSPORTATION...... (251) 679-8200, (888) 546-2013 THREE MILE DRYDOCK & REPAIR...... (251) 380-7972 BR WILLIAMS TRUCKING WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS...... (800) 523-7963 MOTOR CARRIERS (HH CONTAINER SERVICES) SPECIALTY TRANSPORTATION CO. (Bulk)...... (888) 467-5737 UNIVERSAL MARINE SERVICES, INC.—958 S. Conception St...... (251) 432-7708 CUSTOM MARKETING SERVICES INC...... (205) 668-4042 1ST CRANE & LOGISTICS, INC—Alabama State Docks...... (251)-653-3333 SUMMA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES...... (251) 666-6287 WORLDWIDE MARINE SVCS., INC.—801 Cawthon St...... (251) 456-6947 H H DOCKSIDE SERVICES INC...... (251) 438-2362 AAA COOPER...... (251) 653-6183 H TCI TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS, INC...... (251) 643-9652 H DOTHAN WAREHOUSE...... (334) 793-6003 ACCELERATED FREIGHT GROUP ...... (800) 242-0952 H TRANS-STATE LINE...... (800) 643-2140 SHIPPING REGISTRY H EQUITY TECHNOLOGIES CORP...... (251) 415-3806 H ACME TRUCK LINE...... (251) 653-6028 TRISM SPECIALIZED CARRIERS...... (800) 292-3829 ABS AMERICAS—Regions Bank Bldg...... (251) 433-8416 J.A. LOGISTICS INC...... (334) 371-5506 ADMIRAL MERCHANTS MOTOR FREIGHT...... (877) 859-4577 VENTURE EXPRESS...... (251) 653-4947 BUREAU VERITAS— Richard D. Carmack—1609 B Rochelle Street...... (251) 662-5765 H H JOHN FAYARD MOVING & WAREHOUSING...... (251) 443-9125 A.I.M. LOGISTICS A T.G. MERCER COMPANY...... (225) 303-6012 WATKINS TRUCKING CO., INC...... (800) 633-8238 FINCH COMPANIES...... (251) 457-6671 ALABAMA CARRIERS, INC...... (800) 721-7107 WILLIS SHAW FROZEN EXPRESS...... (251) 661-9420 STEVEDORING COMPANIES H H GULF COAST INTERMODAL...... (251) 653-1880 ARGOSY TANSPORATION...... (713) 668-3388 H WILSON TRUCKING CORP...... (251) 452-0668, (866) 645-7405 APM TERMINALS HODGES WAREHOUSE & LOGISTICS ...... (334) 280-2033 ASF INTERMODAL LLC...... (251) 287-8152 WOERNER TRANSPORTATION...... (800) 547-6828 ARGOS CEMENT LCC…...... [email protected] • 251-895-5416 H KEYPORT WAREHOUSING...... (251) 964-4607 A&S KINARD...... (769) 572-7144 WONDERLAND EXPRESS (Heavy Haul)...... (251) 653-7348 CSA EQUIPMENT COMPANY...... [email protected] • 251-433-0203 H MEADOR WAREHOUSE...... (251) 457-4376 AVERITT EXPRESS...... (251) 443-7703 WRIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC...... (800) 342-4598 CORE INDUSTRIES, INC...... [email protected] • 251-602-1308 H MERCHANTS TRANSFER COMPANY...... (251) 457-8691 AVONDALE CONTAINERS...... (251) 438-2248 XPO LOGISTICS...... (800) 338-3372 SEAONUS STEVEDORING-MOBILE ...... [email protected] • 251-433-4198 MILS GULF COAST TRANSLOAD & DISTRIBUTION...... (601) 709-8003 H BALDWIN TRANSFER CO...... (251) 433-3391 YRC...... (800) 610-6500 GOLDEN STEVEDORING & H MOBILE MOVING & STORAGE CO...... (251) 438-3658 BARNHART CRANE & RIGGING...... (251) 654-0541 LOGISTICS, INC...... [email protected] • 251-432-0081 NORDEN WAREHOUSE MOBILE...... (251) 338-4026 BELLCOR LOGISTICS...... (251) 802-8558 PILOTAGE PREMIER BULK PORT CITY WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION, LLC...... (251) 824-2193 BENNETT MOTOR EXPRESS...... (251) 635-0048 MOBILE BAR PILOTS ASSOC.—P. O. Box 831...... (251) 432-2639 STEVEDORING, LLC...... [email protected] • 251-433-1196 H H QUICK DELIVERY SERVICE, INC...... (251) 471-5369 H BILLY BARNES ENTERPRISES...... (800) 788-9333 MOBILE INNER HARBOR PILOTS...... (251) 441-7251 RICHARDSON STEVEDORING RELOAD ALABAMA...... (251) 432-2568 BOYD BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION, INC...... (205) 716-2014 AND LOGISTICS SERVICES, INC...... [email protected] • 251-432-0081 H S/M WAREHOUSE...... (251) 679-3344 WIREGRASS WAREHOUSE—DOTHAN...... (334) 685-1862

32 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. II 33 STEAMSHIP GLOVIS AMERICA, INC. PAGE & JONES INC. 56 Saint Joseph St., Suite 601 52 N. Jackson St., Mobile, 36602 • 251-432-1646 Mobile, AL 36602 Michael B. Lee, President • [email protected] AGENCIES & LINES J.T. Smith, Manager Michael Lee, Jr., Port Operations Manager 251-441-7690; Fax: 251-441-7694 [email protected] ZIM Carnival Line • Central Gulf GRIEG STAR SHIPPING Crowley Lines Services 600 Galleria Parkway, Suite 925 • Forest Line AMERICAN SHIPPING AND CHARTERING Atlanta, GA 30339 Intersee 107 St. Francis Street, #2470, Mobile, AL 36602 770-226-5900 • Email: [email protected] Pelican Cargo Transport Bartley Wilkins • 251-436-0116 Rickmers Line Email: [email protected] Contact persons: SCM Lines  Far East Tata Steel AZTEC MARITIME SERVICE INC. Marie Eyton-Jones White, 770-226-5909 ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven P.O. Box 1505, Mobile, 36633 • 251-432-7273 Tronox Mark Fenton, President  Gulf Ultrabulk Email: [email protected] Emily Carra, 770-226-5941 • Waterman

BIEHL & COMPANY  North Europe ROSS MARITIME INC. 118 N. Royal St., Ste. 705, Mobile, AL 36602 Sara Beth Turner, 770-226-5945 Vessel Agency / Maritime Logistics P. O. Box 1246, Mobile, 36633 • 251-432-1605 Doug Barton, 770-226-5930 P.O. Box 1022 Joe Withers, Local Manager Mobile, Al 36633 Email: [email protected] INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (251)432-1611 Columbus Line - Aust/N.Z. 11 North Water St. [email protected] Columbus Line - South America Suite 9290 • Mobile, 36602 Carl Black - President Concorde Line Elaine Penton, Vice President Lindsey Rice - Sr. Vice President Gulf Africa Line Josie Mock, Manager Trevor Walters - Vice President Hinode Lline Phone: 251-461-2747 • Fax: 251-461-2748 www.rossmaritimeusa.com National Shipping Co., of Saudi Arabia Navinter Line KUEHNE & NAGEL, INC. SCHENKER, INC. Nordana 301 Government St., Ste. 207, Mobile, AL 36602 301 Government Street • Mobile, AL 36602 Nordana Worldwide Ph: 251-586-8006 David Ransom Pan Ocean Line Hans Mixdorf 832-914-3526 U. S. Africa Navigation Line Email: [email protected] SEACLIFF AGENCIES, LLC BLUE WATER SHIPPING COMPANY LBH USA (CISA) P. O. Box 1947, Mobile, 36633 • 251-433-1196 1901 Alabama State Docks Blvd., Bldg. 50, Ste. 224 Danny Guthrie, Local Manager Ritchie Macpherson, Manager Mobile, AL 36602 ASD Blvd., Ste. 107 [email protected] Ph: 251-441-0888 • Fax: 251-441-0877 P.O. Box 1083, Mobile, AL 36633 Clipper Americas Email:[email protected] Ph: 251-694-7001 • Email: [email protected] C. C.I. Drummond Coal BULK SHIPPING INC. LOTT SHIP AGENCY INC. OBC Forest Line 118 N. Royal St., Ste. 705, Mobile, AL 36602 259 N. Conception, Mobile, 36603 • 251-433-1621 P.O. Box 88, Mobile, AL 36601 • Ph: 251-433-1585 P. O. Box 1802, Mobile, 36601 SEAGULL MARINE INC. Thomas Murray • Email: [email protected] William B. Lott, President Mobile Middle Bay Port, Bldg. 303 • 251-443-6789 MCW Shipping Stephen G. Havranek, Vice President Tim Dardar, Vessell Agent [email protected] [email protected] CG RAILWAY 11 North Water St., Ste. 18290, Mobile, AL 36602 MARITIME ENDEAVORS T. PARKER HOST, INC. Ph: 251-243-9228 • Fax: 251-706-6937 SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD. 200 South Royal Street • Mobile, AL 36602 Email: [email protected] 1901 Alabama State Docks Blvd, Building 50, Office: 251-433-1536 Suite 109, Mobile, AL 36602 Mobile: 251-287-5722 CMA CGM P.O. Box 1064, Mobile, AL 36633 Email: [email protected] CMA-CGM (America) LLC Jason Kernion, operations Manager Web: www.tparkerhost.com 300 Colonial Parkway, Ste. 325, Roswell, GA 30076 Ph: 251-434-9600 • Fax: 251-441-7171 Scot Stinson Email: [email protected] WESTFAL-LARSEN SHIPPING Ph: 770-729-6733 Ext. 6733 163 St. Emanuel Street • Mobile, AL 36602 Email: [email protected] MARINE TRANSPORT COMPANY Office: (251) 694-6928 Rebecca Dyson One St. Louis Centre, Ste. 1002, Mobile, AL 36602 T orbjorn Skaar, Ops. Mgr. – Ph: 757-961-2394 Ext. 2394 Ph: 251-591-2320 • Fax: 251-433-9408 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Brookside Parkway, Suite 165 • Alpharetta, GA 30022 Ph: 770-569-5821 • Fax: 770-569-5823 CRIMSON SHIPPING CO., INC. MENTZ MARITIME AGENCY, INC. Mike Hawe – [email protected] Ken Wear, Terminal Operations Manager 11465 Mockingbird Lane, Fairhope, AL 36532 Becky Jenny – [email protected] 150 Viaduct Road • Chickasaw, AL 36611 Ph: 251-610-8800 Local Vessel Agent – Inchcape Shipping Services Ph: 251-457-9551 • Fax: 251-457-9597 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] WILHELMSEN SHIPS SERVICE MID-GULF SHIPPING COMPANY, INC. Regions Tower • 851 East I-65 Service Road FILLETTE, GREEN SHIPPING SVC. (USA) CORP. 5128 Mobile South Street, Theodore, AL 36582 Suite 1050 • Mobile, Alabama 36606 261 N. Conception Street, Mobile, AL 36603 Ph: 504-835-1212 • Fax: 504-617-6584 Ph: 251-471-2661 • Fax: 251-471-2662 P.O. Box 1842, Mobile, AL 36633 Web: www.wilhelmsen.com/shipsservice Office: 251-375-2224 • Fax 251-423-6813 NORD-SUD SHIPPING, INC. Email: [email protected] Cell: 251-379-6597 • Email: [email protected] 605 St. Francis Street, Mobile, AL 36602 Robert L. Harrison, Vessel Manager Mobile Web: fillettegreen.com Paul Pugh Cell: 251-599-0024 Ph: 251-431-7274 • Fax: 404-348-4380 Halls Mill Road, Mobile, AL 36606 GAC SHIPPING (USA) INC. Cell: 251-895-1507 2727 Allen Parkway, Ste. 740, Houston, TX 77019 Email: [email protected] • AMERICAN FLAG LINE Ph: 713-533-3200 • Fax: 713-533-3220 Email: [email protected] NORTON LILLY INTERNATIONAL AGENCY Tom Nasman, President & CEO One St. Louis Centre, Ste. 5000, Mobile, AL 36602 5821 Rangeline Rd., Unit 104 • Theodore, AL 36582 Ph: 251-219-3270 • Fax: 251-431-6795 Ph: 251-443-7504 • Fax: 251-443-7507 Email: [email protected] Adron Allen, Port Manager Maersk Email: [email protected] CMA CGM MSC GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORP. SCO CO 30941 Mill Ln. Suite 6-311 • Spanish Fort, AL 36527 Hoegh Office: 251-438-5017 (24 hr) • Cell: 251-648-3483 Intermarine Email: [email protected] Spliethoff John Kirkpatrick Jr, District Manager Big Lift SK Shipping

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