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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE A L A B A M A OF The ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY SSEEAAPPOOJANURRarY 2008TT Jaxport Ad Final 4/26/07 9:40 AM Page 1 ICS Logistics keeps your cargo moving. With facilities strategically located in the Southeast, a state of the art information system and a service commitment that you can rely on, we are the strongest link in your supply chain. Give us a call today to learn how we can keep you as flexible as the marketplace demands. Transportation ICS Logistics Transportation / Global Logistics Dry & Perishable Storage ICS Logistics Industrial Cold Storage / JaxPort Refrigerated Services / Mobile Refrigerated www.icslogistics.com Services / Global Stevedoring / Pacorini Global Services Marine Services Global Stevedoring / Pacorini Global Services Jacksonville / 904.786.8038 Mobile / 251.433.4198 Port Manatee / 941.729.4906 New Orleans / 904.355.6669 A L A B A M A DEPARTMENTS SEAPORT Sailings............................. 32 Published continuously From The PageS of alabaMa Seaport . 35 since 1927 • JaNUaRy 2008 Port of MObILE Directory ............ 36 Steamship Agencies & Lines........... 38 Alabama State PORT AUTHORITY P. O. Box 1588, Mobile, Alabama 36633, USA Phone: 251-441-7200 • Fax: 251-441-7216 8 12 www.asdd.com James K. LYONS Director, CEO LarrY R. DOWNS Secretary-Treasurer/CFO EXECUTIVE CONTENTS Personnel - Charles F. Sleeman, Manager 251-441-7209 JaNUaRy 2008 • alabaMa Seaport Fax 251-441-7216 FINANCIAL SERVICES Larry R. Downs, Secretary/Treasurer 251-441-7050 Comptroller - Pete Dranka 251-441-7057 Information Technology - Stan Hurston, Manager 251-441-7017 Human Resources - Danny Barnett, Manager 251-441-7004 24 Risk Management - Faye Carter, Manager 251-441-7118 Internal Auditor - Avito DeAndrade 251-441-7210 OPERATIONS Year in Review ............................................................ 4 H.S. “Smitty” Thorne, Executive Vice President/COO 251-441-7238 Bradley N. Ojard, Vice President 251-441-8133 Glenn Reibe, Training & Quality Control Manager 251-441-7156 Port of Coatzacoalcos Terminals Dedicated ...... 8 Ron Adler, Asst. General Manager, Operations 251-441-7316 Bulk Operations - Raymond Dearmon, Manager 251-441-7676 Melvin Barnett, Operations Superintendent 251-441-7675 National Waterways Conference: Mike Burgess, Superintendent, Bulk Plant 251-441-7312 Fax 251-441-7674 Opening Reception Photos .................................9-10 Terminal Railway - Lynn Driskell, Superintendent 251-441-7301 General Cargo/Intermodal - Operations - Mike Parker, Manager 251-441-7232 National Waterways Conference: Customer Service - Marx Nicholson, Manager 251-441-7047 Fax 251-441-7231 Closing Reception Photos .......................................11 Traffic/Sales - Anna Ward, Manager 251-441-7516 Chuck Camp, Logistics Manager 251-441-8179 Port Police Chief - Herbert McCants 251-441-7777 Still the Same – but Better. Fax 251-441-7072 Degussa becomes Evonik .........................................12 Truck Control - Lester Davidson 251-441-7098 PLANNING & SECURITY Hal Hudgins, Vice President 251-441-7237 TECHNICAL SERVICES Mobile Container Terminal Joseph L. Threadcraft, Vice President 251-441-7220 Adds to Leadership Team .......................................14 Engineering Manager - Jerald Kichler 251-441-7253 Environmental, Health & Safety - Robert C. Harris Jr., Manager 251-441-7082 ASPA Mobile Customer Appreciation Harbor Master - Capt. David Carey 251-441-7250 TRADE & DEVELOPMENT Reception Photos .............................................16-18 Mark I. Sheppard, Vice President 251-441-7201 Media Relations & Economic Development - Judith Adams, Manager 251-441-7003 Bridgeport Train Museum Brings Railroad Trade Development - Todd Jones, Director 251-441-7144 Latin America Sales & Trade Development - History Into Today ....................................................24 Maria Mendez, Director 251-441-7535 Real Estate/Inland Docks - Pete O’Neal 251-441-7123 Fax 251-441-7110 Of Men & Ships: Dole Hawaii’s First and Only President ...............27 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ALABAMA SEAPORT (ISSN 1524-8259) is published monthly by the Trade & Development Department, Alabama State Docks. The magazine is provided free of charge upon written request from On the Cover customers and friends of the Alabama State Port Authority. Material contained herein, except when copyrighted, may be Evonik Degussa reproduced in whole or in part. A credit–line “Reprinted from 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. Year BOB RILEY Governor of Alabama 2007 was a record year for the Alabama State Port Authority, which saw near- ly 27 million cumulative tons move through the facility’s terminals in 2007, up Alabama State Port AUthoritY from 24.6 million tons in 2006. tim parker jr., CHAIR, Tuscaloosa Cargo volumes included 21,037,352 tons of coal; 755,782 tons of iron Term expires July 31, 2008 and steel products; 1,645,997 tons of forest products; 1,266,361 tons of WILLIAM B. BRU, Mobile agriproducts; and 1,259,113 tons of liquid bulk. Container volumes also Term expires July 31, 2009 topped 108,572 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up nearly 50 percent H.L. "SONNY" CALLAHAN, MOBILE over the previous fiscal year. Term expires July 31, 2009 David J. Cooper. Mobile “Volumes continue to grow, and industry expansion in our region is stoking Term expires July 31, 2008 that growth,” according to James K. Lyons, director and chief executive officer MAJ. GEN. J. GARY COOPER, USMC (RET) for the Authority. “We’re preparing the port for the future needs of our custom- Term expires July 31, 2010 ers through expansion and process improvements.” MIKe FIelDS, TUSCalOOSa Term expires July 31, 2009 Among the Port Authority’s many ongoing projects in 2007 was the $35 mil- BARRY MORTON, BIRMINGHAM lion Berth 1 conversion project at McDuffie, which finished up early in the fiscal Term expires July 31, 2010 year. This new import berth added much needed capability to efficiently handle STEVE THORNTON, Huntsville growing import volumes. The Berth 1 project also added another barge loader Term expires July 31, 2010 at the dock and conveyance equipment in the yards. hON. STePheN NODINe, eX OFFICIO, MObILE Term expires July 31, 2008 The McDuffie Enhancement project was also launched in 2007. Valued at $50 million, the enhancement project looks to add additional cargo handling capa- Alabama Seaport Editorial Staff bility and improve efficiencies within the terminal. New stacker reclaimers and Judith Adams, Editor-in-Chief conveyance equipment along with computer software upgrades and new elec- Scott RYE, Editor tronics are expected to provide operational flexibility and move more tonnage JeNNIFeR Jenkins, Managing Editor through the terminal. Another improvement at McDuffie includes a new rail Sheri Reid, Editorial Assistant loop track to accommodate growing rail volumes in and out of the terminal. EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS “McDuffie serves much of the region’s steam coal needs, and demand in the RENÉ Eiland power generation market is definitely growing. Our opportunities in the coal Niki LIM market, along with our strategic location and inland transportation infrastruc- Vanessa MCGEE ture, keep us extremely busy in Mobile,” said Lyons. Greta SHARP David Delie, president and CEO of Berg Steel PhotographY Pipe Corp., and James K. Sheri Reid Lyons, Director and CEO of the Alabama State Editorial offices of ALABAMA SEAPORT magazine Port Authority, sign the are located at the International Trade Center, purchase agreement 250 N. Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602. To be added to that is expected to bring or deleted from the mailing list, the $75 million steel contact the Alabama State Port Authority Trade & pipe plant to Alabama. Development Office at (251) 441-7001. 4 In May, ThyssenKrupp AG named north Mobile County as the home for its proposed $3.7 billion, 2,700-worker steelmaking complex, bringing to an end the intense competition between Alabama and Louisiana for one of the largest U.S. economic development projects in a decade. The terminal’s Berth 1 and enhancement projects collectively are the largest and most far reaching expansion since McDuffie was built. McDuffie clients now have three ship berths with 45-foot draft and expanded rail and barge facilities. The Port Authority expects the conversion project, along with the enhancement project, will add nearly 200 new vessel calls a year by 2009 to serve an anticipated throughput capacity of 30 million tons. The enhancement project will be complete in late 2008. Mobile Container Terminal LLC awarded two contracts in 2007. In July, Vance McCown Construction Co. started build- In other 2007 highlights, CG Railway dedicated its Mobile ing an administration building and a maintenance and repair and Mexican terminals. In Mobile, the $27 million terminal was facility, scheduled for completion in June 2008. R.B. Baker dedicated in July. The facility was built by the Port Authority Construction Inc. of Pensacola received the contract to handle and the State of Alabama for International Shipbuilding in a civil works, including storm water management, electrical work move which brought CG Railway back to Mobile from New and paving, as well as the gate facility and additional build- Orleans following the loss of their facility in Hurricane Katrina. ings. Work started in November with Stage 1 scheduled for The Mexican