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Super Post-Panamax Cranes Arrive in Mobile. ALABAMA SEAPORT EST. 1892 PUBLISHED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1927 • 2017 VOL. III GLOBAL LOGISTICS • PROJECT CARGO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ON THE COVER: 4 12 AEROSPACE • AUTOMOTIVE • CHEMICALS • ELECTRONICS • FOOD & BEVERAGE • FOREST PRODUCTS Two new super post-panamax cranes FURNITURE • GENERAL & BULK CARGO • MACHINERY • STEEL • TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED arrive in Mobile. See story on page 4 14 24

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 APM Super Post-Panamax Cranes ...... 4 Judith Adams, Vice President 251.441.7003 Sheri Collins, Manager, Public Affairs 251.441.7001 USCG Change of Command ...... 6 Kelly Sims, Manager, Real Estate 251.441.7113 ASPA Strives for Green Marine ...... 7 JACKSON ATLANTA John Goff, Manager, Theodore Operations 251.443.7982 BIRMINGHAM Austal: Extended LCS Contract ...... 8 DALLAS-FORT WORTH OPERATIONS Bradley N. Ojard, Sr. Vice President, Operations 251.441.8133 20th Annual Gumbo Cookoff ...... 10 Scott Wallace, Manager, MCDUFFIE 251.441.7316 Made In Alabama: Steiner Shipyard ...... 12 PENSACOLA FERNANDINA BEACH Cliff Melton, General Manager, TERMINAL RAILWAY 251.441.7301 PASCAGOULA Bill Inge, Manager, GENERAL CARGO/ Port Calls: Battles for the Armory and Arts and Crafts Fair ..14 GULFPORT INTERMODAL OPERATIONS 251.441.7236 JACKSONVILLE F: 251.441.7231 Currents ...... 16 * Parrish Lawler, Manager, CUSTOMER SERVICE 251.441.7146 Pages from the Past ...... 23 PANAMA CITY Anna Ward, Manager, TRAFFIC/SALES 251.441.7516 Chuck Camp, Manager, LOGISTICS 251.441.8179 Of Men and Ships: The Maersk Fleet Goes To War ...... 24 NEW ORLEANS Jimmie Flanagan, PORT POLICE CHIEF 251.441.7777 MOBILE F: 251.441.7172 Lester Davison, TRUCK CONTROL 251.441.7098 Capt. Terry Gilbreath, HARBOR MASTER 251.441.7074

TECHNICAL SERVICES Bob Harris, Vice President, Technical Services 251.441.7082 DEPARTMENTS TRADE & DEVELOPMENT Frank Fogarty, Vice President 251.441.7201 Arrivals/Sailings...... 28 Todd Jones, Director Trade & Development 251.441.7144 Port of Mobile Directory...... 31 Maria Mendez, Director, LATIN AMERICA SALES & Strengthened by Our Network of Agents Worldwide TRADE DEVELOPMENT 251.441.7535 Steamship Agencies & Lines...... 34

An Equal Opportunity Employer 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. III 3 CHB Lic. #2843 • FMC Lic. #1567 SUPER POST-PANAMAX CRANES ARRIVE IN MOBILE

PM Terminals Mobile is continuing its rapid ascent as the port of choice serving the Gulf of Mexico and the Southeastern AUnited States with the arrival of two new super post-Panamax STS cranes. The cranes departed Shanghai, China, on the ZEN HUA Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama 23 in late April and took the Cape of Good Hope route to the Port of Mobile, arriving two months later on June 24. “These cranes are a ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY valued addition to the port’s expansion and modernization program,” Horace Horn, Chairman, said James K. Lyons, director and chief executive officer for the Port Central Region Authority. “Our service markets are increasingly requiring container Term expires July 31, 2019 intermodal investment that will serve the larger container ships. These Joe McCarty, 1st Vice Chair, cranes can handle the bigger container ships transiting the globe Northern Region today.” Term expires July 31, 2020

The new cranes, which cost $13 million each, were built by ZPMC and Daryl Dewberry, At Large are among the largest cranes in the world today. They work alongside Term expires July 31, 2019 the post-Panamax cranes installed at APM Terminals in 2008, and Alvin K. Hope, III, Southern Region will move on tracks allowing the cranes to be positioned as needed. Term expires July 31, 2020 The new cranes each have a container reach of 22-rows wide and are able to accommodate vessels of up to 14,000 TEU capacity that can Tim Parker III, Central Region now transit the Panama Canal. Wendy Robertson, general manager Term expires July 31, 2018 of operations for APM Terminals notes, “the cranes allow us to work Algernon "Al" Stanley, Northern Region four cranes to a vessel or work two ships at one time, both of which Term expires July 31, 2020 provide much needed flexibility and increased productivity to support our carriers using the neo-Panamax vessels. With Walmart’s new Ben C. Stimpson, Southern Region distribution center coming online next year, increasing vessel turn Term expires July 31, 2019 time is a big deal.” At 14 feet site elevation and with the boom stowed at a 45 degree angle, the cranes tower approximately 364 feet above The Honorable Merceria Ludgood, ground level or 378 feet above mean sea level. When not in use, the President, Mobile County Commission Serving the boom stowage will meet Federal Aviation Administration requirement (Ex-Officio) Term expires July 31, 2018 for the nearby Brookley-Downtown airport. The new cranes are the SUPER POST-PANAMAX Gulf Coast fourth tallest structures in Mobile, behind the RSA Tower, RSA Bank Bestor Ward, At Large Term expires July 31, 2018 for Over 20 Years Trust and RSA Riverview buildings. SHIP TO SHORE GANTRY CRANES The installation of the new cranes compliments a $50-million Phase ALABAMA SEAPORT EDITORIAL STAFF II expansion that adds 20 acres to the existing 95-acre container Judith Adams, Editor-in-Chief terminal. “We experienced 19% growth in 2016 and anticipate we will Jennifer Jenkins, Managing Editor • Cost: $13 Million each Services include: repeat that performance in 2017,” said Brian Harold, Director of APM Sheri Collins, Editor-at-Large Dockside Services • Line Handling Services Terminals. “Shipper demand for cost efficient carriage and growth • Crane Height – Boom Fully is a fully insured and • Crew Transportation • USDA Regulated Waste Disposal are the drivers for our investment strategy. These cranes deliver the EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Stowed: 431.37 ft. bonded maritime service capability to service our growth needs well into the future.” Phase II • Local Deliveries Kelsey Davis company doing business • Agriculture Washing opened for operation on July 1, and will bring the APM Terminals Mobile Taylor Lewis • Crane Height – Boom Stowed in the Ports of Mobile, • Ship Spares Storage & Delivery annual throughput capacity to 500,000 TEU. A Phase III expansion Leigh Rendfrey at 45 degrees: Pascagoula, Gulfport, is anticipated to increase that capacity to 650,000 TEU. Auto parts 364 ft. or the equivalent and Pensacola. International Services include: are the terminal’s largest import at present, with more than 1.5 million Scott Rye • Customs Bonded Carrier of a 33 story building cars and trucks produced annually at factories within four hours of & Warehouse ART DIRECTION Our mission is to provide • AirCargo International® Agent the terminal. APM Terminals is served by the Intermodal Container • Single Lift Capacity Transfer Facility, which opened in 2016 providing easy access to Sarah Grube the most expedient and (Under Spreader)– 51 T economical services Logistics related services inland points. The new steel cranes are designed to transfer loads include: from ships to land, land to ship, and can also transfer loads to barges PHOTOGRAPHY while in port. • Twin Lift Capacity • 24-Hour, 7 Day for river shipping. Judith Adams “Hot Shot” Service Sheri Collins (Under Spreader) – 65 T • 5,000 square foot warehouse The expansion of the Panama Canal locks and the opening of a new Joy Lang • Roll Off Rental & Debris Removal • Boom Outreach: • Heat/Shrink Wrap Walmart international distribution center, along with the increase in John Adams, Adams Imaging 22 container rows across • Rail Car Cleaning manufacturing in the state of Alabama and the surrounding region, • Container Trucking Service will continue to be major drivers of Mobile’s growth in the years ahead. Editorial offices of ALABAMA SEAPORT magazine are located at the International Trade Center, 250 N. Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602. To be added to or deleted from www.dockside-services.com the mailing list, contact the Alabama State Port Authority 251.438.2362 • P.O. Box 122, Mobile, AL 36601 Marketing Office at 251.441.7001.

4 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III 5 CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY PORT STRIVES FOR GREEN MARINE

labama State Port Authority recently became that can also contribute to one of the newest participants in Green Marine, releases. All this water Athe largest voluntary environmental certification requires full containment program for the maritime industry in North America. and treatment of all storm Among its participants are ship owners, ports, terminals, water runoff using a series of Seaway corporations and shipyards, together creating detention basins to capture more than 100 official participants. residue before release. The residues are then collected Participating ports receive their certification by and recycled. documenting their annual environmental performance through the program’s exhaustive self-evaluation guides Another area of excellence is and later have their results audited by accredited in the Authority’s recycling external verifiers. The inclusive program addresses programs across all administrative and operating areas. key environmental issues using twelve performance The Port Authority recycles used oil, rubber, dunnage, indicators that include reducing air emissions, minimizing lightbulbs, batteries of all forms and metals. The Authority community impacts, and demonstrating environmental dedicates recycling bins for aluminum, plastics, paper, leadership. “Becoming a Green Marine participant and cardboard, and this past year added ink and toner provides us the opportunity to evaluate our current cartridges to the list. All waste is collected and placed environmental status, but more importantly, provides in labeled recycling containers readied for transport to the port with a framework of criteria to improve our regional recycling centers. performance,” said Gretchen Barrera, environmental section manager for the Port Authority. The Authority’s railroad is also in the program by installing clean diesel upgrades on its locomotive fleet. The initiative’s program makes it possible for any marine Repowering locomotive engines with EPA certified off- company operating in Canada or the U.S. to reduce its road industrial diesel engines, using diesel particulate environmental footprint by undertaking concrete and filters and installing automatic shut-down/start-up apt. Malcolm R. McLellan relieved Capt. Joseph H. Alabama, and a master’s degree in Security Studies measurable actions. Green Marine requires participants systems to reduce emission during idling periods all Snowden as commanding officer of Coast Guard (Homeland Security) from the Naval Postgraduate to adopt practices and technologies that will have have reduced emissions. Couple this with the port’s CSector Mobile in an official change-of-command School in Monterey, California. McLellan is authorized a direct impact on the ground. The progress that use of electric cranes at its steel, container and bulk ceremony, in Mobile, Alabama, on June 16. to wear the Marine Safety Professional Insignia and has participants make in this respect is evaluated with the handling terminals and hybrid automobiles in its fleet, the received three Meritorious Service Medals, three Coast help of performance indicators, which are revised yearly Authority is continually seeking ways to reduce engine Snowden assumed command of Sector Mobile in May Guard Commendation Medals, one Army Commendation under the guidance of environmental stakeholders and emissions impacts. 2015, and directly managed and supervised 18 sub-units, Medal, one Coast Guard Achievement Medal and three governmental agencies. Being as the Green Marine including cutters, stations, aids to navigation teams and a Commandant’s Letters of Commendation. certification process is thorough and transparent, Ms. Barrera notes the Green Marine performance marine safety detachment. The sector spreads over four results are independently verified every two years. The indicator criteria is updated regularly to reflect current or states – Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia – with Sector Mobile is responsible for 533 active-duty, 210 spirit of continuous improvement is at the heart of the emerging issues associated with the maritime industry. more than 420 miles of coast and 1,900 miles of inland reserve, and 335 civilian personnel distributed between environmental program. With these updates, the Authority continually looks for waterway. Under his command, Sector Mobile saved over six departments: prevention, response, logistics, opportunities to further reduce its carbon footprint. 2,000 lives during search and rescue cases, and protected planning, intelligence and the command center. The To date, ASPA is exceeding Green Marine’s minimum Planned initiatives in 2018 will focus on expanding the millions of dollars in property each year. sector maintains more than 4,200 aids to navigation and requirements in four environmental indicators: Spill port’s energy efficient lighting and litter programs annually conducts more than 800 search and rescue cases Prevention; Dry Bulk Handling & Storage; Environmental and implementing a hotline focused on environmental McLellan reported from Coast Guard Sector Houston- each year. Additionally, the sector carries out operations Leadership; and Waste Management. reporting. Galveston where he served as deputy sector commander. in support of Homeland Security and law enforcement. McLellan has served in the United States Coast Guard In its bulk division, excellence is achieved through the Dedicated since 1928, Alabama State Port Authority owns for more than 25 years, with the majority of his service The change of command is a time-honored tradition use of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and monthly and/or operates the public deep-water port facilities at spent supporting the Coast Guard strategic missions of deeply rooted in Coast Guard and Naval history. It inspections. Near shoreline areas are inspected twice the Port of Mobile handling over 25 million tons of cargo marine safety, security and environmental protection. represents a total transfer of responsibility, authority and weekly where releases could have an immediate impact last year. Looking to create a more environmentally Capt. McLellan graduated from the United States Coast accountability from one individual to another. on waterways. At its McDuffie terminal, the Authority friendly atmosphere, the Authority looks forward to Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, in 1992 deploys automated dust control methods such as becoming an industry environmental leader. and holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, a water spray and misters above the cargo stockpiles. master’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health Other tools to contain ground dust releases within the from Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, terminal include paving roadways and water placement in roadways and work zones. The port also uses misters and control flow chutes to limit transition point dust

6 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III 7 AUSTAL AWARDED NEW LCS CONTRACT AND 14TH SHIP

n June, the U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a contract to open-ocean capable, but are designed to defeat increasing build another Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), making the littoral threat and provide access and dominance in the ILCS 28 the 14th independence-variant LCS constructed coastal water battlespace. at Austal’s shipbuilding facilities in Mobile. The U.S. Navy’s decision to task Austal with building yet The contract value comes in under the congressional cost another key component of its 355-ship fleet is seen as cap of $584 million per ship, according to Austal’s news a vote of confidence for the Australian-based company, release, and construction is scheduled to begin in 2018. Perciavalle said. To date, Austal’s LCS delivery schedule has remained “Austal USA’s ability to handle the rapid growth we’ve on track and under the congressional cost cap with two experienced and sustained in less than a decade is truly THE PERFECT HOME PORT ships delivered in 2016, and two more are scheduled to a national success story, one we should all be proud of.” deliver in 2017. The fifth LCS built by Austal joined the fleet IN DOWNTOWN MOBILE mid-June, when the USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) was commissioned. Seven additional LCS vessels are in various phases of construction.

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US255 z-drives. The 92-foot-long tugs produce 75 tons of bollard pull.

“You and your team have met and exceeded the challenge and gained the respect of all those who will be fortunate enough to serve on the tugs you built,” said Keith Kettenring, COO of Crescent Towing, in a letter to Steiner. “Beyond this are the hard-working dedicated men and women that are constructing our tugs with a level of craftsmanship and attention to detail that is envied.”

The first in the series of Crescent’s tugs, the MARDI GRAS, was delivered in 2016, and assists ships calling at New Orleans, » The infamous BLACK PEARL was created along with the SOUTH CAROLINA, which was delivered in in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. November 2016. The ARKANSAS was delivered in February 2017, and is mostly used to escort, dock and undock ships in Savannah.

Marshall and her cousin, Andy Overstreet, who is the yard superintendent and has also worked at the shipyard for » The first of the Crescent tugs, the MARDI GRAS, working. decades, fully intend to keep their grandfather ’s legacy alive for future generations to come. She describes the family business as “a shipyard in the bayou with a world-wide reputation of building quality vessels.” With their resume and reputation, STEINER SHIPYARD long-term success seems imminent. In 1955, Clarence Steiner opened Steiner Shipyard as a small arise while building a boat. The key is to be upfront about it, repair yard for wooden vessels in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. work together peacefully and figure out how you solve the His son, Russell Steiner, later purchased the shipyard in 1969, issue.” and it has since evolved into a full-service shipyard specializing in new construction, repair and conversion of steel and This mentality has earned Steiner Shipyard the opportunity to aluminum vessels. Through all the growth and success, the build and repair a wide variety of vessels, ranging in size from company has maintained the small-business mentality that has 70 feet to 220 feet to include commercial fishing vessels of all built countless relationships and earned Steiner Shipyard the types, commercial vessels serving the oil industry, passenger respect of the maritime community. and vehicle ferries, and ocean-going/inland vessels and barges. “That’s what makes us different,” said Tara Steiner Marshall, vice president of Steiner Shipyard. “We’re small and family- In 2005, Steiner Shipyard was approached with a remarkable owned, but we still have the assets of a larger shipyard. People opportunity that continues to impress anyone who walks can park and come right in. We have a family-style lunch most through the door. A man in the film industry contacted the days. If you’re here, you end up being part of the family.” shipyard looking for a boat that had pirateship potential. Steiner drew upon his international resources to site a 120-foot utility Russell Steiner, who is Marshall’s father, relocated the shipyard boat in Honduras that fit the bill. The movie crew essentially to the south side of the bayou in the 1970s to accommodate relocated to Bayou La Batre for months while working with their booming business. After almost 50 years, Steiner still Steiner Shipyard to complete the construction of the infamous takes a leading role in the day-to-day business. His integrity BLACK PEARL, a fictional pirate ship that plays a major role and hard work have earned him the respect of his employees in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movie series. The ship is – some have worked there for more than 40 years – as well as captained by Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, in the his clients. second and third movies.

Sahlman Seafoods trusted Steiner Shipyard to build 179, 75- More recently, Crescent Towing entrusted Steiner Shipyard foot steel shrimp trawlers over the course of two decades. with building a series of high horsepower tugboats. The need Steiner, who maintains a friendship with Jack Sahlman to this for more powerful tugs came shortly after the completion of the day, attributes the successful long-term business relationship Panama Canal expansion in June 2016, when larger container to the shipyard’s quality work and philosophy of honesty. ships with twice the cargo as Panamax vessels began calling at Crescent’s ports in Savannah, New Orleans and Mobile. “Before you can sell a product, you have to sell yourself,” said Designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants, the powerful tugs Steiner. “We tell them from the beginning that problems may sport eight-cylinder, 2,748-hp Tier 3 GE mains and Rolls-Royce

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Opening up Veterans Day Weekend with a celebration featuring School Day, the Battles for the Armory and Talisi Arts and Crafts Fair is a four-day event open to the public every year. The family-oriented weekend is filled with battle re- enactments, historic attractions and shopping of handmade items. Located on the Historic Gibson’s View Plantation in Tallassee, Alabama, the Battles for the Armory and Arts and Crafts Fair delivers an educational weekend for students and fun for families and any fair-goers. The location features expansive open fields well suited to cavalry, camping areas with piped water and shower facilities and modern camping areas with water only. Every year, the event kicks off the Thursday before Veterans Day with the School Day Living History Encampment, where students experience the 1860s through its culture, crafts, MOBILE’S NEWEST DOWNTOWN HOTEL homemaking, dance, dress, weapons, battle, medicine and much more. This gives the students new insight into the day-to-day life during the 1860s as a Civil War soldier with hands-on examples of daily living in a time of war. This two- hour program is designed to be a learning experience for each student group as they move through several different exhibits. Day two consists of special events that will be determined closer to this year’s event, and leads up to the Battles for the Armory live Civil War Re-enactment and the new Talisi Arts and Crafts Fair. This day includes a live portrayal of a Civil War battle, hosted by Alabama Cavalry re-enactors. Ending the celebration with the new Talisi Arts and Crafts Fair, this event is complete with fun for the entire family. Take this opportunity to stroll through and shop handmade items such Featuring, Eugene’s Monkey Bar, your Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Mobile as woodworking, paintings, jewelry, soap, candles and many sidewalk café dining and drinking 15 North Conception Street other specialty items. spot for the season. Mobile, AL 36602 To attend this weekend affair November 9-12, purchase your admission of $5.00 by calling 800-923-4699.

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TRANSFORMERS HANDLED FOR AIRBUS NUCLEAR PLANT PROJECT CARGO MOVES THROUGH THE PORT

In early August, Nord-Sud Shipping and Premier Bulk Stevedoring In July, a project cargo movement of two, 220-ton handled a project cargo shipment of transformers for Airbus that was transformers was shipped through the Port of Mobile discharged from the MV ALINA to barge. arriving from Port Antwerp. Premier was the stevedore and Fracht handled the ocean transport. Edwards Moving and Ceres Barge Line were contracted to transport these two transformers to their final destination at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tennessee.

ALABAMA GOVERNOR VISITS THE PORT

In August, Alabama State Port Authority Director and CEO Jimmy Lyons briefed Gov. Kay Ivey on port investment and growth, as well as the ongoing study to deepen and widen the Mobile ship channel. Her visit to Mobile focused on infrastructure investments and job growth. Gov. Ivey met with officials from the University of South Alabama, the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Port.

POWERFUL NEW CRESCENT TUGS BUILT IN ALABAMA

Sporting 5,500 horsepower, the three newest Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tractor tugs in Crescent Towing’s fleet have kept builder Steiner Shipyard in Bayou La Batre very busy over the past year.

Designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants, the MV MARDI GRAS, MV SOUTH CAROLINA and MV ARKANSAS measure 92-by-38-by-19.5 feet and are powered by twin, GE eight-cylinder L250 Tier 3 engines. Utilizing Rolls- Royce US 255 FP z-drives for propulsion and John Deere generators for electricity, the tugs have a bollard pull of 75 metric tons. Electronics and navigation equipment are by Furuno and hydraulic capstan and escort winches by JonRie.

MV MARDI GRAS and MV SOUTH CAROLINA are currently operating in the Mississippi River and MV ARKANSAS joined the Crescent Towing fleet in Savannah, Georgia.

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SEABULK FIRST IN U.S. TO USE NEW ROTORTUGS Seabulk Towing recently deployed two new Advanced Rotortugs, which feature triangular propulsion to deliver optimum maneuverability. According to Seabulk officials, this is the first time the Rotortug has been used in the U.S. Built by Master Boat Builders of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, the two new Robert Allan-designed Advanced Rotortugs (ART 80-98US) measure 98 feet 6 inches by 43 feet 6 inches by 15 feet 7 inches. » The first of two new 95’6” Rotortugs for Seabulk Towing was Rick Groen, Seabulk’s chief operating officer, said delivered earlier this year. The boat was built by Master Boat when the company announced the newly built tugs, Builders of Bayou La Batre, AL. Photo courtesy: Seabulk Towing “We have made a conscious decision to introduce the Advanced Rotortug in the United States because we believe they represent the next generation of highly Advanced Rotortugs furnish the latest technology maneuverable tugs that provide an ideal solution for LNG for safe, dependable operations even under the most export terminals and other applications that demand safe challenging of circumstances, Groen explained. “As the moorings.” U.S. LNG market continues to grow, we definitely see increasing demand for such versatile ARTs.” With a draft of 18 feet 6 inches, the ART 80-98US tugs, TRIDENT and TRITON, were delivered in early 2017 and Groen added that Seabulk’s Advanced Rotortugs aim to work out of existing Seabulk Towing locations at U.S. Gulf bring to the U.S. market maximum maneuverability and and Florida East Coast ports. enhanced safety in escorting LNG tankers and other high- demand applications. Capacities include 52,000 gallons The main propulsion of the tugs comes from three of fuel; 5,000 gallons of water; 865 gallons of main engine Caterpillar 3512C, Tier 3 diesel engines, producing oil; and 865 gallons gear oil. 1,910 horsepower at 1,600 rpm each. The Cats connect to three Schottel SRP 1210 Z-drives. The propulsion On deck will be two Jonrie Intertech towing winches. The package gives the tugs a running speed of 12.5 knots. forward hawser escort winch is a Series 230 outfitted Whereas a typical stern-drive tug provides power from with 450Ð of Samson 12 2-5/8Ðx8Ð HMPE rope. The aft just two drive units Seabulk explained the ART has three combination towing and hawser winch is a series 500 strategically positioned azimuth propulsion units, offering outfitted with 2,100 feet of 2.25 inch wire rope and 450 full redundancy and maximum maneuverability while feet of Saturn 12 2-5/8 inches. The new tugs will be ABS dividing the installed power among a trio of smaller units classed Maltese Cross A1, AMS, UWILD, Unrestricted that combine for a guaranteed bollard pull of 80 tons. Navigation. Alphatron controls are in the pilothouse. Ship’s service power comes from twin Cat engines sparking 150 kW of Seabulk Towing, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a unit electricity each. of Seacor Holdings Inc.

PROUDLY SERVING THE PORT OF MOBILE STATE PILOTAGE COMMISSION “OPEN PERIOD” The State Pilotage Commission has established an “Open Applications must be on the official form, and may be Period” during which it will receive applications for the submitted from the date of publication of this “Notice” position of “applicant” to be placed on our “Register until Friday, December 8, 2017. All applications must be Seabulk Towing is a leading tugboat operator with operations along the Gulf of Applicants.” This is the beginning of the process of postmarked no later than Friday, December 8, 2017 in becoming a branched Mobile Bar Pilot. order to be accepted. The official application form may be Coast and Southeastern seaboard port system from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to obtained by writing a letter to: Pursuant to applicable statute and duly-adopted rules, if The Secretary the number of applications exceed the available positions, Port Arthur, Texas. With over 50 years of professional service to the maritime State Pilotage Commission the Commission shall exercise its statutory power to be PO Box 273 “the sole judge of the seniority and statutory qualifications industry, Seabulk Towing is a proud and reliable ship docking partner. Mobile, AL 36601 of applicants to be apprenticed and branched,” and to [email protected] select those it considers to be the best qualified to fill the available positions on the Register of Applicants. The State Pilotage Commission does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or gender. THE STATE PILOTAGE COMMISSION

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One 2,750-ton mechanical transfer press arrived from Brazil on the BBC DELAWARE at the Port of Mobile in July, and was then transported by barge to Burns Harbor, Indiana. From there it was transported by truck to Battle Creek, Michigan, for one of Schuler’s automotive customers. Nord Sud was the agent.

FOGARTY PRESENTS AT CONFERENCE WITH GULF PORT CONTAINER LEADERS Frank Fogarty, vice president trade and development for the Alabama State Port Authority, participated on a panel along with other U.S. Gulf port leaders, at the recent Gulf Shipping Conference, hosted by the Journal of Commerce. Panelists discussed the rapidly changing market for container trade through the Gulf, how ports will meet expected challenges and what shippers should expect. Mobile is one of the region’s three largest container ports and recently expanded container facilities while continuing to serve breakbulk and project markets. New distribution centers will cement Mobile’s position as a regular port call for all-water services from Asia.

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22 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III 23 ISCO_40826_CGRail_AlabamaSeaport_7x4.875.indd 1 1/27/16 9:19 AM in particular, a standing order not to obey any further orders whatsoever thereafter from the company or from Denmark.”

The instructions comprised “Permanent Special Instruction One,” warning ships’ masters that, in the event of Denmark’s entering the war, ownership was passing to Møller’s cousin in New York, Hans Isbrandtsen, who was to be apprised of every ship’s position and cargo. No new cargoes were to be taken on or new voyages begun without orders from New York. Any orders coming from THE MAERSK FLEET GOES TO WAR Denmark were to be ignored unless confirmed by the New York office. Captains were instructed to use their best judgment in proceeding to or calling at neutral ports.

The following morning, April 9, 1940, Germany invaded Denmark, who surrendered that same day.

As early as April 10, the BBC began broadcasting appeals » A.P. Møller, founder of the Maersk Line, informed his staff for Danish ships to steam for Allied ports (where they on April 8, 1940, that he was turning over control of the would be seized for the war effort). While a handful of fleet to the New York office in a bid to preserve the ships. Maersk ships did just that, eight Maersk liners continued Germany invaded Denmark the following day. their normal voyages to U.S. or Philippine ports, along with two tankers and two tramp steamers. In New York, After graduating in 1930, Maersk McKinney Møller, as he the Danish Shipping Committee, formed on April 13, was called, had spent two years as a trainee with ship maintained that Danish merchant vessels should be broker C.K. Hansen, six months at Maersk Line’s office in allowed to continue their normal activities outside of war Copenhagen and a year working for a German shipping zones. company in Hamburg before completing his compulsory military service in 1934. Afterward, he returned for another Møller now turned to his son, Maersk McKinney Møller, 26, year at Maersk’s head office and next spent two and a making him a partner in the company on May 24. Two half additional years learning the business in English and days later, Maersk McKinney Møller and his new bride and » Foreshadowing the devastation that was to come, the MS CHASTINE MAERSK, named French shipping and banking offices before returning to high school sweetheart, Emma Neergaard Rasmussen, for A.P. Møller’s wife, was torpedoed and sunk by the U-25 on Feb. 13, 1940. Denmark in 1938. Møller subsequently was appointed a departed for New York to head up the Maersk Line’s U.S. signatory in his father’s shipping businesses and, in 1939, office. Just as A.P. Møller had attempted to preserve the joined the board of the steamship company Svendborg. majority of his fleet from German control through the Permanent Special Instruction One, Maersk McKinney he massive blue Maersk containerships are a to heart, the younger Møller A.P. Møller had supported Finland in its resistance to Møller now worked to keep the Maersk fleet free and in frequent sight on Mobile Bay as they stand up the worked abroad in England, the Soviets. His companies had put up money for the business. Tship channel to call at APM Terminals’ containerport Germany and Russia before transport of much-needed vehicles and parts to Finland, to off-load cargo bound for the Midwest and other points co-founding the Steamship and Møller himself had paid the remainder from his own From his offices at 80 Broad St. in Manhattan, Møller inland or to take on containers headed for distant corners Company Svendborg with his pocket. Møller pressed more of his own fleet into service overcame resistance of the globe. Today, Maersk is the world’s largest container f a t h e r i n 1 9 0 4 . H e w a s 2 8 ye a r s to bring additional cargoes such as coal, oil and gasoline by his older cousin shipping line, with a fleet of 630 vessels calling at more old at the time. Eight years to Denmark ahead of anticipated hostilities. The Maersk to establish control than 340 ports around the world. If it weren’t for the later, A.P. Møller founded the Line’s first victim in the war came in the form of a U-boat of Maersk vessels foresight of one Danish businessman and the pluck and Steamship Company of 1912. » In 1904, Capt. Peter attack on the MS CHASTINE MAERSK on Feb. 13, 1940, globally. Nevertheless, vision of his 20-something son, the line’s history might He traveled to the United Maersk Møller (pictured sunk off the Shetland Islands while transporting a cargo it was only a matter of here) and son A.P. Møller easily have ended 77 years ago—or might have turned out States in 1919 and expanded of phosphate bound for Denmark. Fortunately, the crew time before assets of very different. his business into the United founded a company that eventually would become was rescued by the Norwegian merchant vessel ANNFIN. the Maersk Line were Kingdom and the Far East. In shipping and logistics seized by the Allies, As the New Year dawned in 1940, Germany had set its 1928, the industrious Møller conglomerate A.P. Møller On April 8, 1940, A.P. Møller called a meeting of his senior beginning immediately sights on Scandinavia, having already annexed Austria, launched his first liner service, – Maersk. staff and instructed them to look at every ship in the fleet, with the British, who taken Czechoslovakia and invaded Poland the previous the Maersk Line, with six ships. every voyage, every cargo, charter and bill of lading and transferred some of the year. The Soviet Union had invaded Finland at the end determine individual instructions for each vessel. Maersk requisitioned ships to of November 1939, and the Nazis were looking to claim By the late 1930s, Møller’s various business interests were was Denmark’s largest shipping line, and consisted of 36 the French government. some of the Nordic countries for themselves. Finland thriving. He had married an American, Chastine Estelle ships at sea or in foreign ports and 10 ships in the “home The spring of 1940 signed a peace treaty with the Soviets on March 12, further Roberta McKinney of Kentucky, and together they had fleet,” currently hemmed in by the German Navy. saw no fewer than 20 whetting Germany’s appetite. several children, including Arnold Maersk McKinney Maersk ships under Møller, born July 13, 1913. After some lean years, Maersk Møller told his team that he had “a feeling” that Norway Allied control. The Shipping ran in Arnold Peter (A.P.) Møller’s blood. The son Line vessels had seen their average gross freight rise from would be occupied that very evening and that Denmark remaining 16 Maersk » Maersk McKinney Møller and of Capt. Peter Maersk Møller and Anna Hans Jeppesen, about $65,000 on the outbound voyage from the United similarly would be occupied by the Germans. He later ships all lay in neutral Emma Neergaard Rasmussen on scion of a prominent shipping family, Møller was born in States and $60,000 on the homeward voyage in the early recalled, “We then gave every single master telegraphic ports, including ports their wedding day in 1940. He was Dragør, Denmark, in 1876. His father, who had purchased 1930s to $100,000 and $150,000, respectively, by 1940. or wireless instructions on procedure, on calling at in the United States, 26 years old and would soon head to his own first ship, the SS LAURA, in 1886, told him emergency ports and other important matters, and where they lay in limbo. New York to manage the company simply, “You shall be a ship owner.” Taking the direction for the duration of the war.

24 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III 25 The Germans had ordered On July 6, 1942, the 1,890-g.r.t. HERTA MAERSK, re- A.P. Møller to instruct christened the SS MONTROSE, grounded in the North the masters of the Atlantic near Kvanefjeld, Greenland. The ship, built in LAURA MAERSK and the 1939, was declared a total loss. On Nov. 12, the three-year- GERTRUDE MAERSK to old MV BUCHANAN (ex-LEXA MAERSK) was torpedoed remain in Japan, but he by the U-224 in the North Atlantic while transporting a refused, even after being cargo from New York to Liverpool that included 5,000 hauled before the German bags of U.S. mail, a deck load of aircraft and landing craft, ambassador to Denmark. and 5,000 barrels of aviation fuel, which exploded soon The ships managed to slip after the crew abandoned ship. One lifeboat of survivors away and headed to the was picked up five days after the BUCHANAN sank; two United States, as per their more were located four days later. The fourth and final instructions. Nevertheless, lifeboat, carrying the ship’s captain, spent 13 days and a number of Maersk ships nights at sea before being located. Fortunately, all hands came under German were rescued. control for the remainder of the war. The MARCHEN MAERSK had been under the command of Capt. Christian Nielsen when she was pressed into service » Capt. Christian Nielsen was Under the Ship Requisition by the United States. The commodore of the Maersk Line, commodore of the Maersk Line Act, the U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Nielsen had first gone to sea at age 15, serving when the U.S. seized his ship, the MARCHEN MAERSK. Like seized 84 foreign-flagged in Danish, British and German sailing vessels before most of his fellow Danes, Capt. vessels in U.S. ports on returning to Denmark and sitting for his nautical exams. Nielsen elected to continue to June 1, 1941. Danish ships He had worked for the Møllers since 1916. Capt. Nielsen serve aboard his ship. Nearly 100 made up nearly half that had assumed command of the MARCHEN MAERSK in Danish merchant sailors lost their number and represented 1937 when she was a new ship, and Nielsen sailed her in lives during the war. the largest single the liner service between the United States and the Far nationality of ships seized East. When she was seized by the United States, Capt. that day. Among those seized were the ANNA MAERSK, Nielsen chose to remain with the ship as her captain. CAROLYN MAERSK, EMMA MAERSK, GERTRUDE The vessel was re-christened the U.S. Army Transport MAERSK, GRETA MAERSK, HERTA MAERSK, HULDA Ship (USAT) PERIDA and was employed ferrying troops MAERSK, LAURA MAERSK, LEXA MAERSK, MARCHEN in the Pacific. While preparing to land an Army combat MAERSK, NIEL MAERSK and the RITA MAERSK. team, the PERIDA struck a pinnacle rock off Attu Island, Additional ships were seized or transferred to the United suffering catastrophic damage to two holds on May 12, States once it officially entered the war in December 1941. 1943. Only the heroic efforts of her crew prevented her Møller returned to Denmark in 1947. The company » The tanker AASE MAERSK, built in 1930, was seized by the loss, as they stuffed her ruptured hull with mattresses expanded quickly, and the Møllers were among the first British government in 1940 and served the navies of Great Britain, Møller worked with the U.S. War Shipping Administration and concrete to keep her afloat. The U.S. Navy fleet tug to recognize the potential of Malcom McLean’s idea of Australia and the United States before being returned to Maersk Line after the war. to set up the Danish Ship Operating Corporation UTE (AT 76) arrived on scene, passed a line to the PERIDA utilizing standardized intermodal shipping containers (DANSHIP), coordinating among the various Danish and towed her near enough to the beach to offload her to transport cargo. Upon the death of his father in 1965, shipping companies in America and employing Danish cargo. The UTE transferred pumps and salvage gear to Maersk McKinney Møller became chairman and CEO sailors. More than 6,000 Danish seamen elected to remain the PERIDA and conducted salvage operations for the of the company, guiding its phenomenal growth and with their ships and serve during the war. Maersk’s ships next 16 days, enduring numerous enemy air raids in the diversification. Under his direction, the company became seized in the U.S. would go on to sail under the colors of process. Finally, on May 29th, the UTE took the PERIDA in the largest in Denmark and is today the world’s largest Panama and, once America entered the war, the United tow and transported the stricken ship to Adak for repairs. container shipping company, thanks in no small part to States. The ships carried vital cargoes of food, armament, the decisiveness of A.P. Møller in 1940 and to the vision ammunition, fuel and even troops. Though they were By war’s end, half of Maersk’s pre-war fleet had been lost; of Maersk McKinney Møller during and after the war years. unarmed merchant vessels, these cargo ships were not 14 ships remained under the control of the U.S. Shipping immune to the perils of war. Board until 1946. Along with the 24 Maersk ships that In 1991, Maersk vessels went to war once more, this time were lost during the war, nearly 100 Danish sailors were provided by Møller—who always considered himself half- A British-flagged Maersk ship, the LIESE MAERSK, had killed. American—at no charge to transport troops and war been torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in matériel for the United States during the first Persian November 1940 with loss of 16 crewmen, the first Maersk Meanwhile, Maersk McKinney Møller had been working Gulf War. Møller was an active philanthropist in Denmark vessel lost after the occupation of Denmark. Nearly 30 with an eye toward post-war activities. In March 1942, and abroad, served on the board of IBM, and received percent of Maersk ships sailing under the British flag he had founded the Møller Trading Corporation and in numerous accolades during his long life. Even though he would be lost by the end of 1941, and the losses of foreign- February 1943 established the Interseas Shipping Co., “retired” as chairman in 2013 at age 90, Maersk McKinney flagged Maersk ships continued throughout the war. Of later changing the name to Møller Shipping Co., Inc., with Møller continued to come into his office daily, bringing the 12 Maersk vessels seized by the United States on June the intent that the company would serve as Maersk Line’s his home-made lunch and walking up six flights of stairs. 1, 1941, seven were sunk or damaged during the war, some agent in the United States following the war. lost to enemy attack, others wrecked. » Maersk McKinney Møller, pictured in his office, proved to be a visionary businessman who ably led his company into the container era.

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28 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III 29 PORT OF CALL LINE FREQUENCY AGENT PORT OF MOBILE DIRECTORY KOREA AIR CARGO R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—P.O. Box 902 ...... (251) 452-0154 BUSAN CMA CGM (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY FEDEX EXPRESS BFMR/AGFS ...... (251) 432-6705 SAFETY SOURCE INC.—6161 Rangeline Road ...... (251) 443-7445 COSCO (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY UNITOR SHIP SERVICES—500 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-0762 EVERGREEN (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER WORLD SHIP SUPPLY (MOBILE), INC.— OOCL (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY ALABAMA WORLD BUSINESS CTR.— 4600-B Cypress Business Park Drive...... (251) 662-7474 MAERSK (TP18 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY 1500 Resource Dr., Birmingham, AL 35242 ...... (205) 250-4747 MSC (LONE STAR Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA—Tuscaloosa—P. O. Box 870396 ...... (205) 348-7621 FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS (HH CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS) INCHON SAGA WELCO INDUCEMENT INCHCAPE H AIR/SEA FORWARDING—3812 Springhill Ave...... (251) 460-0551 G2 OCEAN INDUCEMENT NORTON LILLY AUXILIARY SERVICES C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE ...... (251) 441-7012 KUNSAN G2 OCEAN INDUCEMENT NORTON LILLY CATHOLIC MARITIME CLUB—400 Government St., Mobile, AL ...... (251) 432-7339 H N.D. CUNNUNGHAM—205 St. Louis St ...... (251) 432-4633 MASAN HOEGH MONTHLY NORTON LILLY Joe Connick, Director; Father Lito, Chaplain EMO TRANS...... (251) 342-3313 FISHERS OF MEN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL ...... (251) 233-6621 H EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL ...... (251) 431-4992 G2 OCEAN INDUCEMENT NORTON LILLY INTERNATIONAL SEAMAN'S CENTER—605 Texas Street ...... (251) 433-7953 FEDEX TRADE NETWORKS ...... (404) 831-8237 ONSAN G2 OCEAN INDUCEMENT NORTON LILLY INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES, INC.—11 N. Water St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 461-2700 BANKS WITH INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS JENSEN SHIPPING CO.—244 W. Valley Ave., Birmingham, AL ...... (205) 328-2343 MARTINIQUE BBVA COMPASS BANK, RYAN NEW ...... (251) 470-7408 H JOHN M BRINING CO., INC.—202 Congress St., Mobile, AL ...... (251) 432-9741 FORT-DE-FRANCE OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER INDUCEMENT SEACLIFF 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 MEXICO REGIONS BANK—MOBILE ...... (251) 690-1187 H CTB USA OF FLORIDA ...... (866) 621-0091 ext. 224 ALTIMIRA CLIPPER STEEL SERVICES INDUCEMENT AMERICAN SHIPPING & H RICHARD MURRAY & CO.—109 No. Conception St...... (251) 432-5549 CHARTERING BARGE FLEETING SERVICE OEC MOBILE—52 North Jackson St., Mobile, AL 36602...... (251) 287-8767 HAPAG-LLOYD (AL4 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY DELTA MARINE SERVICE ...... (251) 937-4060 H PAGE & JONES, INC.—52 N. Jackson St...... (251) 432-1646 K LINE (AL4 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY HIGMAN MARINE SERVICES, INC...... (251) 433-1732 Birmingham, P. O. Box 320126 ...... (205) 595-8429 MOL (AL4 Service) WEEKLY Huntsville, P. O. Box 6025 ...... (256) 772-0231 BLAST FREEZE/COLD STORAGE PAUL A. BOULO, INC.—255 N. Joachim St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 433-5445 NYK GROUP (AL4 Service) WEEKLY SEANOUS ...... (251) 433-7399 T. A. PROVENCE & CO.—P. O. Box 942 ...... (251) 433-5424 YANG MING LINE (AL4 Service) WEEKLY H GEO. RUEFF, INC.—P. O. Box 2962 ...... (251) 433-8851 COATZACOALCOS CG RAILWAY EVERY 4 DAYS CG RAILWAY BULK LIQUIDS STIEGLER SHIPPING CO., INC.—1151 Hillcrest Rd., Suite F ...... (251) 639-7300 TAMPICO CLIPPER STEEL SERVICES WEEKLY AMERICAN SHIPPING & ALABAMA BULK TERMINALS ...... (251) 438-9891 TEAM WORLDWIDE—799 James Record Rd., Ste. A-12, Huntsville, AL (251) 461-7770 CHARTERING ARC TERMINALS ...... (251) 421-1651 TRADELANES—61 St. Joseph St., Suite 1000 ...... (251) 343-8031 VERACRUZ HAPAG-LLOYD (AL4 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY GULF COAST ASPHALT ...... (251) 432-7666 TRANSGROUP MOB ...... (251) 433-7668 K LINE (AL4 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY NUSTAR ...... (251) 456-8491 TRANSGROUP WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS – 162 State St. 36602 ...... (251) 433-7668 MOL (AL4 Service) WEEKLY PLAINS MARKETING ...... (251) 456-4688; (251) 377-8864 H W.R. ZANES & CO. OF LA, INC.—P. O. Box 1006 ...... (251) 438-1597 NYK GROUP (AL4 Service) WEEKLY RADCLIFF/ECONOMY MARINE SERVICES ...... (251) 433-0066 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES YANG MING LINE (AL4 Service) WEEKLY BUNKERING SERVICE (HFTZ PUBLIC WAREHOUSES) ATLANTIC GULF BUNKERING...... (251) 431-5900 BALDWIN TRANSFER CO., INC...... (251) 433-3391 MONTSERRAT BUFFALO MARINE ...... (713) 923-5571 MOBILE, AL—Brookley Complex & Airport ...... (251) 438-7338 MIDSTREAM FUEL SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 2826 ...... (251) 433-4972 AZALEA BOX COMPANY—1401 St. Stephens Road, Prichard ...... (251) 452-3451 PLYMOUTH OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER INDUCEMENT SEACLIFF RADCLIFF/ECONOMY MARINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 3064 ...... (251) 433-0066 EQUITY TECHNOLOGIES CORP...... (251) 432-7784 NETHERLANDS 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 ROTTERDAM G2 OCEAN BI-MONTHLY NORTON LILLY UNITY BUNKERING INC...... (251) 929-5153 H MERCHANTS TRANSFER COMPANY...... (251) 457-8691 MAERSK (TA3 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY H MOBILE MOVING & STORAGE ...... (251) 438-3658 CAB SERVICE H HUNTSVILLE, AL—P. O. Box 6241 ...... (256) 772-3105 MSC (TA3 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY A-1 Taxi & Transportation...... (251) 214-4889 H BIRMINGHAM, AL—Shaw Warehouses...... (205) 251-7188 PERU UBER...... www.uber.com S/M WAREHOUSE ...... (251) 679-3344 CALLAO G2 OCEAN INDUCEMENT NORTON LILLY HODGES WAREHOUSE–MONTGOMERY ...... (251) 280-2033 CONSULATES POLAND CONSULAR CORPS OF MOBILE—6204 Brandy Run North 36608 ...... (251) 455-8182 GRAIN MERCHANTS GDYNIA G2 OCEAN MONTHLY NORTON LILLY BOLIVIA—Thomas J. Purvis—3413 Canacee Dr...... (251) 666-6969 FGDI, LLC ...... (419) 373-6311 DENMARK—Martin H. Cunningham—205 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-4633 SINGAPORE, SG CMA CGM (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—Luis Frias—951 Government St., Suite 520 ...... (251) 432-2332 LICENSED GUARD SERVICE COSCO (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY NORTON LILLY FRANCE—Maxanna Nichols—18 Houston St...... (251) 366-0051 ALABAMA LINE SERVICES ...... (251)-661-1205 EVERGREEN (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY NORWAY—L. H. Stuart, Jr.—6204 Brandy Run Road N...... (251) 342-2151 ADMIRAL SECURITY SERVICES OF ALABAMA, INC...... (251) 725-6018 OOCL (PEX 3 Service) WEEKLY U.S. MARITIME SECURITY, LLC...... (251) 459-1578 CONTAINER REPAIR & LEASING SPAIN AFFORDABLE CONEX...... (251) 947-1944 HEAVY LIFT/SALVAGE/TRANSPORTATION MOTRIL G2 OCEAN MONTHLY NORTON LILLY CHICKASAW CONTAINER SERVICES, INC...... (251) 457-7300 1ST CRANE & LOGISTICS, INC—Alabama State Docks ...... (251)-653-3333 DOCKSIDE SERVICES ...... (251) 438-2362 ACME TRUCK LINE ...... (251)-653-6028 ST. KITTS JOHN FAYARD MOVING & WAREHOUSING...... (866) 862-0867 AMERICAN MARINE SERVICES ...... (251) 406-9930 BASSETERRE OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER INDUCEMENT SEACLIFF 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 ST. LUCIA TANK SOLUTIONS, INC...... (888) 551-8265 BARNHART CRANE & RIGGING—P.O. Box 2809, Daphne, AL 36526...(251) 654-0541 CASTRIES OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER MONTHLY SEACLIFF BLUE DIVING & SALVAGE—4032 Dauphin Island Pkwy., Mobile, AL .(800) 882-5043 VIEUX FORT OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER MONTHLY SEACLIFF 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 ST. MARTIN CRANE RENTAL CORP.—30105 Hwy 59, Loxley, AL 36551 ...... (800) 368-8956 PHILIPSBURG OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER INDUCEMENT SEACLIFF DUNNAGE — PLYWOOD HORIZON FREIGHT ...... (800) 242-9212 ALL*STAR FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.—7096 Stone Dr., Daphne 36526. ..(251) 626-8777 HYDRAULIC CRANE SPECIALISTS ...... (251) 675-000X ST. THOMAS BIG RIVER CYPRESS & HARDWOOD ...... (850) 674-5991 LEA DIVING & SALVAGE—Alabama State Docks ...... (251) 432-4480 CHARLOTTE AMALIE OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER INDUCEMENT SEACLIFF 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 ST. VINCENT McGINNIS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.—P.O. Box 2049 Meridian, MS 39302 (601) 483-3991 WONDERLAND EXPRESS...... (251) 653-7348 KINGSTOWN OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER MONTHLY SEACLIFF MIDWAY FOREST PRODUCTS—P. O. Box 7667, Spanish Ft., 36527 ...... (251) 626-8010 SURINAME SMITH COMPANIES—100 Pardue Rd. Pelham 35124 ...... (800) 322-0540 INDUSTRIAL DIVING PARAMARIBO DAN GULF SHIPPPING INDUCEMENT LOTT SHIP BLUE DIVING & SALVAGE—4032 Dauphin Island Pkwy., Mobile, AL...... (800) 882-5043 EXPORT BAGGING, PACKING AND DRUMMING BOSARGE DIVING—Pascagoula, MS ...... (228) 762-0888 TOBAGO CUSTOM MARKETING SERVICES INC...... (205) 668-4042 COMMERCIAL DIVING SERVICES INC.— SCARBOROUGH OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER MONTHLY SEACLIFF 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 TRINIDAD MITCHELL CONTAINER SERVICES.—226 Saraland Blvd. S ...... (251) 675-3786 LEA DIVING & SALVAGE—Alabama State Docks ...... (251) 432-4480 PT LISAS OSLO CARIBBEAN CARRIER MONTHLY SEACLIFF MMS PACKAGING COMPANY—P. O. Box 2066 ...... (251) 438-3658 Mosley Maritime Services, LLC ...... (251) 610-7882 PT LISAS DAN GULF MONTHLY LOTT SHIP PORT CITY MOVERS & DELIVERY— 5235 Kooiman Rd., Bldg. 4, Theodore, AL ...... (251) 342-7079 LIGHTERING, GAS FREEING AND SPILL CLEANUP TURKEY STEM PRODUCTS—P. O. Box 66531 ...... (251) 457-5557 AARON OIL CO., INC.—P. O. Box 2304 ...... (251) 666-8143 LIMAS G2 OCEAN BI-MONTHLY NORTON LILLY L. H. STUART CO., INC.—2064 Ave. C, Brookley ...... (251) 441-0770 R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—507 Diaz St., Prichard, AL...... (251) 452-0154 TEAGUE BROS. TRANSFER & STG. CO.—519 Bayshore Ave...... (251) 476-6122 ES&H—5400-A Willis Rd., Mobile, Ala...... (251) 382-0199 VENEZUELA WONDERLAND EXPRESS ...... (251) 653-7348 FERGUSON HARBOUR, INC.—31153 Stagecoach Rd., Spanish Ft., AL ...... (251) 626-3295 GUANTA DAN GULF SHIPPING MONTHLY LOTT SHIP INDUSTRIAL WASTE SERVICES, INC.—1980 Ave. A ...... (251) 694-7500 MARACAIBO DAN GULF SHIPPING INDUCEMENT LOTT SHIP 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. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III 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. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. III 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] J.T. Smith, Manager Michael Lee, Jr., Port Operations Manager AGENCIES & LINES 251-441-7690; Fax: 251-441-7694 [email protected] ZIM Carnival Line • Central Gulf G2 OCEAN Crowley Lines Services 600 Galleria Parkway, Suite 925 Intersee *AMERICAN SHIPPING AND CHARTERING Atlanta, GA 30339 Pelican Cargo Transport 107 St. Francis Street, #2470, Mobile, AL 36602 770-226-5900 • Email: [email protected] Rickmers Line Bartley Wilkins • 251-436-0116 SCM Lines Email: [email protected] *INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES Tata Steel 11 North Water St. ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven *AZTEC MARITIME SERVICE INC. Suite 9290 • Mobile, 36602 Tronox P.O. Box 1505, Mobile, 36633 • 251-432-7273 Josie Mock, Manager Ultrabulk Mark Fenton, President Phone: 251-461-2747 • Fax: 251-461-2748 • Waterman Email: [email protected] *KUEHNE & NAGEL, INC. *ROSS MARITIME INC. *BIEHL & COMPANY 301 Government St., Ste. 207, Mobile, AL 36602 Vessel Agency / Maritime Logistics 118 N. Royal St., Ste. 707A, Mobile, AL 36602 Ph: 251-586-8006 P.O. Box 1022 P. O. Box 1246, Mobile, 36633 • 251-432-1605 Hans Mixdorf Mobile, Al 36633 Joe Withers, Local Manager Email: [email protected] (251)432-1611 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Columbus Line - Aust/N.Z. *LBH USA (CISA) Carl Black - President Columbus Line - South America Danny Guthrie, Local Manager Lindsey Rice - Sr. Vice President Concorde Line ASD Blvd., Ste. 107 Trevor Walters - Vice President Gulf Africa Line P.O. Box 1083, Mobile, AL 36633 www.rossmaritimeusa.com Hinode Lline Ph: 251-694-7001 • Email: [email protected] National Shipping Co., of Saudi Arabia *SCHENKER, INC. Navinter Line *LOTT SHIP AGENCY INC. 301 Government Street • Mobile, AL 36602 Pan Ocean Line 259 N. Conception, Mobile, 36603 • 251-433-1621 David Ransom U. S. Africa Navigation Line P. O. Box 1802, Mobile, 36601 832-914-3526 William B. Lott, President *BLUE WATER SHIPPING COMPANY Stephen G. Havranek, Vice President *SEACLIFF AGENCIES, LLC 1901 Alabama State Docks Blvd., Bldg. 50, Ste. 224 [email protected] P. O. Box 1947, Mobile, 36633 • 251-433-1196 Mobile, AL 36602 Ritchie Macpherson, Manager Ph: 251-441-0888 • Fax: 251-441-0877 *MARITIME ENDEAVORS [email protected] Email:[email protected] SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD. Drummond Coal 1901 Alabama State Docks Blvd, Building 50, Oslo Carribbean Carrier *BULK SHIPPING INC. Suite 109, Mobile, AL 36602 162 South Lawrence St. 118 N. Royal St., Ste. 705, Mobile, AL 36602 P.O. Box 1064, Mobile, AL 36633 Mobile, AL 36602 P.O. Box 88, Mobile, AL 36601 • Ph: 251-433-1585 Jason Kernion, operations Manager [email protected] Thomas Murray • Email: [email protected] Ph: 251-434-9600 • Fax: 251-441-7171 MCW Shipping Email: [email protected] *SEAGULL MARINE INC. Mobile Middle Bay Port, Bldg. 303 • 251-443-6789 *CG RAILWAY *MARINE TRANSPORT COMPANY Tim Dardar, Vessell Agent 11 North Water St., Ste. 18290, Mobile, AL 36602 One St. Louis Centre, Ste. 1002, Mobile, AL 36602 [email protected] Ph: 251-243-9228 • Fax: 251-706-6937 Ph: 251-591-2320 • Fax: 251-433-9408 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] *T. PARKER HOST, INC. 200 South Royal Street • Mobile, AL 36602 CMA CGM MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING Office: 251-433-1536 CMA-CGM (America) LLC COMPANY (USA) INC. Mobile: 251-287-5722 300 Colonial Parkway, Ste. 325, Roswell, GA 30076 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10018 USA Email: [email protected] Scot Stinson Ph: 212-764-4800 • Fax: 212-827-1644 Web: www.tparkerhost.com Ph: 770-729-6733 Ext. 6733 www.msc.com Email: [email protected] MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., *WILHELMSEN SHIPS SERVICE Rebecca Dyson Geneva 9786 Timber Circle, Suite A4 Ph: 757-961-2394 Ext. 2394 Amanda Coates, Sales Account Representative Daphne, Alabama 36527 Email: [email protected] Ph: 504-837-9396-ext 73034 Ph: 251-471-2661 • Fax: 251-471-2662 Cell: 504-615-5753 Web: www.wilhelmsen.com/shipsservice *CRIMSON SHIPPING CO., INC. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ken Wear, Terminal Operations Manager Jacob Seale, Ships Agency Manager 150 Viaduct Road • Chickasaw, AL 36611 *MENTZ MARITIME AGENCY, INC. Cell: 251-610-3804 Ph: 251-457-9551 • Fax: 251-457-9597 11465 Mockingbird Lane, Fairhope, AL 36532 Mobile, AL 36606 Email: [email protected] Ph: 251-610-8800 Email: [email protected] • WWL *FILLETTE, GREEN SHIPPING SVC. (USA) CORP. 261 N. Conception Street, Mobile, AL 36603 *MID-GULF SHIPPING COMPANY, INC. P.O. Box 1842, Mobile, AL 36633 5128 Mobile South Street, Theodore, AL 36582 Office: 251-375-2224 • Fax 251-423-6813 Ph: 504-835-1212 • Fax: 504-617-6584 Cell: 251-379-6597 • Email: [email protected] Web: fillettegreen.com *NORD-SUD SHIPPING, INC. 605 St. Francis Street, Mobile, AL 36602 *GAC SHIPPING (USA) INC. Robert Harrison 2727 Allen Parkway, Ste. 740, Houston, TX 77019 Ph: 251-431-7274 • Fax: 404-348-4380 Ph: 713-533-3200 • Fax: 713-533-3220 Cell: 251-895-1506 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tom Nasman, President & CEO G2 OCEAN 5821 Rangeline Rd., Unit 104 • Theodore, AL 36582 Ph: 251-443-7504 • Fax: 251-443-7507 *NORTON LILLY INTERNATIONAL AGENCY Adron Allen, Port Manager One St. Louis Centre, Ste. 5000, Mobile, AL 36602 Email: [email protected] Ph: 251-219-3270 • Fax: 251-431-6795 Email: [email protected] *GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORP. Maersk 30941 Mill Ln. Suite 6-311 • Spanish Fort, AL 36527 CMA CGM Office: 251-438-5017 (24 hr) • Cell: 251-648-3483 MSC Email: [email protected] COSCO John Kirkpatrick Jr, District Manager Hapag-Lloyd Hoegh Intermarine Spliethoff Big Lift SK Shipping *Licensed Steamship Agencies K-Line

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