THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE A L A B A M A OF THE ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY ALABAMA SEAPORT EST. 1892 PUBLISHED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1927 • 2016 VOL. III GLOBAL LOGISTICS • PROJECT CARGO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ON THE COVER: 4 18 AEROSPACE • AUTOMOTIVE • CHEMICALS • ELECTRONICS • FOOD & BEVERAGE • FOREST PRODUCTS The Port of Mobile remains in the nation’s FURNITURE • GENERAL & BULK CARGO • MACHINERY • STEEL • TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED top 10 largest seaports in the nation. See story on page 4 20 28

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 Port of Mobile Ranks Top 10 ...... 4 Judith Adams, Vice President 251.441.7003 Sheri Collins, Manager, Public Affairs 251.441.7001 Engage Cuba...... 5 Kelly Sims, Manager, Real Estate 251.441.7113 Colonel DeLapp ...... 6 JACKSON ATLANTA John Goff, Manager, Theodore Operations 251.443.7982 BIRMINGHAM In Memorium: Gary Drummond ...... 8 DALLAS-FORT WORTH OPERATIONS Bradley N. Ojard, Sr. Vice President, Operations 251.441.8133 Seabulk Towing Crawfish Boil ...... 9 Scott Wallace, Manager, MCDUFFIE 251.441.7316 Gumbo Cook-off ...... 10 PASCAGOULA PENSACOLA FERNANDINA BEACH Mike Russell, General Manager, TERMINAL RAILWAY 251.441.7301 Cliff Melton, Asst. General Manager 251.441.7305 Made in Alabama: Self-Made in Alabama ...... 17 GULFPORT Bill Inge, Manager, GENERAL CARGO/ JACKSONVILLE INTERMODAL OPERATIONS 251.441.7236 Port Calls: National Peanut Festival ...... 20 * F: 251.441.7231 Currents ...... 22 PANAMA CITY Parrish Lawler, Manager, CUSTOMER SERVICE 251.441.7146 Anna Ward, Manager, TRAFFIC/SALES 251.441.7516 Pages from the Past ...... 27 NEW ORLEANS Chuck Camp, Manager, LOGISTICS 251.441.8179 MOBILE Jimmie Flanagan, PORT POLICE CHIEF 251.441.7777 Of Men and Ships: Coast Guard Aviation Turns 100 ...... 28 F: 251.441.7172 Lester Davison, TRUCK CONTROL 251.441.7098 Capt. Terry Gilbreath, HARBOR MASTER 251.441.7074

ENGINEERING SERVICES Jerald Kichler, P.E., Vice President, Engineering Services 251.441.8975 DEPARTMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT Arrivals/Sailings...... 32 Bob Harris, Vice President, Environmental/Program Management 251.441.7085 Port of Mobile Directory...... 35 Strengthened by Our Network of Agents Worldwide TRADE & DEVELOPMENT Steamship Agencies & Lines...... 38 Frank Fogarty, Vice President 251.441.7201 Todd Jones, Director Trade & Development 251.441.7144 Maria Mendez, Director, LATIN AMERICA SALES & An Equal Opportunity Employer TRADE DEVELOPMENT 251.441.7535 ALABAMA SEAPORT (ISSN 1524-8259) is published quarterly by the marketing department, Alabama State Port Authority. The magazine is provided free of charge upon written request from customers and friends of the Alabama State Port Authority. Material contained herein, except when copyrighted, may be reproduced in whole or in part. A credit line “Reprinted from FREIGHT FORWARDERS • STEAMSHIP AGENTS • CUSTOM BROKERS • AIR CARGO • NVOCC ALABAMA SEAPORT,” will be appreciated, and it is requested that a copy of the publication, containing the material used, be sent to Editor, ALABAMA SEAPORT, Alabama State Port Authority, P.O. Box 1588, Mobile, Alabama 36633 U.S.A. Executive Office: 52 N. Jackson Street • Mobile, Alabama 36602 Phone: 251-287-8700 • FAX: 251-287-8705 • www.pagejones.com • [email protected] ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 3 CHB Lic. #2843 • FMC Lic. #1567 PORT OF MOBILE RANKS STATE LEADERS LAUNCH ENGAGE CUBA TOP 10 IN NATION’S ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL: LARGEST SEAPORTS ALABAMA IS THE 9TH STATE TO JOIN ENGAGE CUBA COALITION ngage Cuba, a leading advocacy organization, Alabama Legislature unanimously passed Senate Join Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama launched the Engage Cuba Alabama State Resolution 43, which calls for an end to the embargo,” he maritime industry can find valued information ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY ECouncil on June 28 to build statewide support for said Alabama Sen. J.T. Jabo Waggoner. “Cubans need a through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterborne congressional action to end the travel ban and trade whole array of goods and services and Alabama’s exports Commerce Statistics Center. The Center tracks and Angus Cooper III, Chairman, At Large embargo on Cuba. are second to none. We have recognized that restricting T Term expires July 31, 2018 compiles domestic import and export vessel and cargo data American freedom and business has not brought about for both the nation’s seaports and inland waterways. The Joe McCarty, 1st Vice Chair, The founding members of the State Council include the democratic change in Cuba we hoped it would.” Northern Region Alabama leaders from a broad range of sectors including Center’s statistics are a critical tool in assessing the feasibility Term expires July 31, 2020 agriculture, business, technology, manufacturing, Commissioner John McMillan of the Alabama Department of new navigation projects. The Center’s Public Domain Horace Horn, 2nd Vice Chair, education, energy and government leaders. The Council of Agriculture & Industries also emphasized the potential Database recently reported its 2015 tonnage values for the Central Region seeks to expand trade with Cuba in order to provide avenues for agricultural trade with Cuba. “Our focus is to principal U.S. ports and territories, and the Port of Mobile Term expires July 31, 2019 economic opportunities for Alabamians and empower the continue to build on our poultry exports with Cuba, which remained in the nation’s top 10 largest seaports, registering Daryl Dewberry, At Large Cuban people. are significant. We further hope that we can expand our nearly 58.6 million tons of cargo in 2015. Nearly 22.7 million Term expires July 31, 2019 trade relationship to include importing Cuban fruits and “We’re very pleased to work with all of our Engage Cuba vegetables,” he said. tons of that cargo held domestic product, while almost 36 Alvin K. Hope, III, Southern Region Alabama State Council members to lift the embargo million tons consisted of foreign imports and exports. In Term expires July 31, 2020 that is costing Alabama jobs and preventing economic Engage Cuba also launched their Mississippi State Council total, the Port of Mobile accounted for more than 78 percent of Tim Parker III, Central Region development for the Cuban people. It’s time to end 50 in June. In addition to Alabama and Mississippi, Engage Term expires July 31, 2018 the state’s total tonnage, which was just over 74 million tons. years of failed, isolationist policies toward Cuba,” said Cuba has launched state councils in Arkansas, Louisiana, Coal, petroleum and petroleum products, farm products, and Algernon "Al" Stanley, Northern Region president of Engage Cuba, James Williams. “Alabama Iowa, Minnesota, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. manufactured goods, principally steel and forest products, Term expires July 31, 2020 businesses are stuck on the sidelines as our foreign all contributed toward our Port’s total volume. Learn more at Ben C. Stimpson, Southern Region competitors continue to take advantage of Cuba’s growing “Lifting the economic embargo sanctioned against Cuba Term expires July 31, 2019 markets. Opening up trade with Cuba would provide would contribute to great economic success for Cuba, the http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/portname15.html. tremendous opportunities for Alabama ports, agriculture Port of Mobile and the entire state of Alabama on so many The Honorable Sandy Stimpson, Mayor, and manufacturing sectors.” levels,” said Alabama State Senator Vivian Figures. “It will City of Mobile (Ex-Officio) Term expires July 31, 2017 increase business for a number of Alabama’s industries As Cuba’s markets continue to grow given the rise of and potentially create new businesses as well as increase ALABAMA SEAPORT EDITORIAL STAFF tourism and the increasing purchasing power of 11 million employment for our citizens, all of which would push our Judith Adams, Editor-in-Chief Cubans, demand for high-quality U.S. exports will continue economy in a very positive direction.” Jennifer Jenkins, Managing Editor to rise. In May, Engage Cuba released a report with the Sheri Collins, Editor-at-Large U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC) highlighting the significant economic benefits that EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS increased agriculture trade between the Taylor Lewis U.S. and Cuba would bring to Alabama. Alison Mehrman Leigh Rendfrey Given Alabama’s Gulf ports and its Scott Rye standing as a top exporter of U.S. agriculture, the report states that ART DIRECTION Alabama exports have significant room Sarah Grube for growth if changes in U.S. policies open opportunities for agriculture trade PHOTOGRAPHY with Cuba and allow U.S. exporters to Judith Adams extend credit. Sheri Collins Joy Lang “We are interested in growing Alabama’s » Jeff DeBest, chief operating officer of APM Terminals, and Jimmy Lyons, chief export performance. Exports create executive officer of the Alabama State Port Authority hosted the June 28th press Editorial offices of ALABAMA SEAPORT magazine are conference to launch the Alabama Engage Cuba Council. Alabama State Senator located at the International Trade Center, 250 N. Water new agricultural and manufacturing Street, Mobile, AL 36602. To be added to or deleted from Jabo Waggoner and Vivian Davis Figures had co-authored Alabama Senate the mailing list, contact the Alabama State Port Authority jobs and that is why we support efforts Joint Resolution 43 calling for an end to the embargo with Cuba. The measure Marketing Office at 251.441.7001. to engage with Cuba. This year, the unanimously passed the Alabama Senate earlier this year.

4 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 5 COLONEL DELAPP TAKES COMMAND OF MOBILE DISTRICT

n June 23, Col. Jon J. Chytka transferred command standard. Finally, of the Mobile District to Col. James DeLapp during a our workforce is Ochange of command ceremony at the Renaissance the backbone of Mobile Riverview in downtown Mobile, Alabama. The this organization. ceremony honored Chytka for his service to the Mobile You [Mobile District and installed DeLapp as the 52nd commander and District employees] district engineer of the District. will be challenged and will work hard “ Having ser ved in three previous districts and divisions, I look but I know we will forward to leading the great team here in Mobile and across have fun doing the vast area of responsibility of the Southeastern United so. Taking care States, Central and South America while working with my of you and this fellow commanders and the South Atlantic Division,” said organization will DeLapp. always remain a top priority.” DeLapp was selected as commander of the Mobile District and installed through a military tradition that represents a As Chytka moved formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from into his new duties one commanding of flag officer to another. with the Corps, DeLapp assumed responsibility for the Mobile District and Previously, DeLapp attended the Army War College, where has received a warm welcome by Corps staff and district he earned a master’s degree in security studies. Prior to that stakeholders. assignment, he served as chief, plans branch, J4 Engineer Division, United States Central Command. He also served as the 62nd commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE] Nashville District. A native of Illinois, DeLapp Serving the received his commission in the USACE as a distinguished military graduate from Kansas Gulf Coast State University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He earned a Master for Over 20 Years of Science in constructions management from Texas A&M University in 2003. He is a graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Combined Arms Services Staff School, Command and General Staff Services include: Dockside Services • Line Handling Services College, and the U.S. Army War College. is a fully insured and • Crew Transportation bonded maritime service • USDA Regulated Waste Disposal Despite being new to the area, DeLapp stated • Local Deliveries company doing business he is familiar with the Corps, and the Mobile • Agriculture Washing District was one of his top choices. He showed in the Ports of Mobile, • Ship Spares Storage & Delivery his appreciation to the former commander Pascagoula, Gulfport, and Pensacola. International Services include: at the change of command ceremony and • Customs Bonded Carrier shared his top priorities for the Mobile District. & Warehouse Our mission is to provide • AirCargo International® Agent “Although there are numerous areas that will the most expedient and demand our attention, I intend to focus on economical services Logistics related services include: three priorities: readiness, delivering on our while in port. • 24-Hour, 7 Day commitments, and taking care of our people,” “Hot Shot” Service DeLapp stated. “Our fundamental task is to • 5,000 square foot warehouse ensure we are ready for whatever our nation • Roll Off Rental & Debris Removal asks of us, in particular ensuring we are • Heat/Shrink Wrap • Rail Car Cleaning prepared to respond to any future emergency. • Container Trucking Service We [Mobile District] will deliver the program assigned on time, on budget and to a quality www.dockside-services.com 251.438.2362 • P.O. Box 122, Mobile, AL 36601

6 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 7 SEABULK TOWING CRAWFISH BOIL IN MEMORIAM: APRIL 21, 2016 Seabulk Towing, Inc., held its annual Port of Mobile Crawfish Boil at the USS ALABAMA BATTLESHIP PARK PAVILION. GARRY NEIL DRUMMOND Seabulk is a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings, Inc. Seabulk Towing provides harbor towing services at the Port of Mobile.

rummond Company, Inc. announced the passing Drummond received an of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Garry Neil associate’s degree from DDrummond, Sr. on July 13, 2016 in Birmingham, Walker College in 1959 and Alabama. He was 78 years old. a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Drummond was chairman and chief executive officer of Alabama in 1961. After 1 2 3 4 Drummond Company for more than 50 years and was graduation, he joined considered an iconic leader and entrepreneur in the coal Drummond Company and and mining industry in the United States and in South became the first engineer America. hired by the company.

“Drummond Company has lost an exemplary leader and Long active in leading state our industry a great visionary,” said Mike Tracy, president of and national professional Mining of Drummond Company, Inc. “Without his foresight organizations, Drummond and dedication, our company would not have grown to be was a founder of the 5 6 7 8 one of the world’s premiere producers of energy that is it American Coal Foundation today.” and in 1978 served as the first chairman of the Mining and Reclamation Council of America, which later merged with Drummond Company today includes large coal mines in the National Coal Association. He also served on the boards Alabama and Colombia, South America; a worldwide coal of the National Mining Association and the Alabama Coal sales organization; ABC Coke, the largest merchant foundry Association. coke producer in the United States; and a real estate division with major community developments in Lakeland, Florida; Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer Smitty Palm Springs, California and Birmingham, Alabama. Thorne said, “Mr. Drummond was a staunch supporter of 9 10 the Alabama State Port Authority. On the occasions I had “Garry Neil was one of the hardest working people I’ve ever dealings with him he was always interested in all sides of a encountered. A giant among giants – daring in foresight discussion and extremely fair in his decisions. It was clear and astute in business – his leadership and contributions to to all who knew him that he had a burning passion for the Alabama were unparalleled by few,” said James K. Lyons, coal business and excellence. He will be greatly missed.” director and chief executive officer for the Alabama State Port Authority. He was a long-time member of the University of Alabama board of trustees and served as president pro tem of Drummond is survived by his wife, Peggy Drummond, the board. He was the University of Alabama College of 11 12 13 four children, numerous grandchildren and great- Engineering Distinguished Alumni Lecturer in 1987-1988 grandchildren, one brother and a host of nephews and and was the University’s Outstanding Alumnus for 1987- 1 Emelia Pittman 6 Paul Jones, Oil Recovery Inc. 10 Russ Jones, Seabulk Towing Meg Pittman Sheila Gurganus, Alabama Cruise Terminal Rick Groen, Seabulk Towing nieces. He is preceded in death by one son, three brothers, 1988. Chris Pittman, Seabulk Towing Joe Gurganus Nikki Hocutt, Seabulk Towing Terry Gilbreath, ASPA Chris Pittman, Seabulk Towing and two sisters. Sheri Gordon, Radcliff /Economy Marine Chris Brice, Seabulk Towing 2 Steve Gordon, Radcliff /Economy Marine Kenny Hirsch, CSA Mike Thomas, Seabulk Towing Drummond was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Amy Love, Martin Energy Services 7 Jeannie Mynatt Michelle Brown, Seabulk Towing H.E. Drummond, Drummond’s father, began the Honor in 1989, the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in John McClelland, Martin Energy Services Ken Lewis, IP Tony Caggiano, Seabulk Towing Anna Ward, ASPA Heath Gray, Seabulk Towing Drummond Coal Company in Sipsey, Alabama in 1935 as a 1997, the Alabama Business Hall of Fame in 2003 and the 3 Sydney Dranka Kristie Defontaine, Seabulk Towing coal provider for farms and households. He secured a loan Birmingham Business Hall of Fame in 2010. Pete Dranka, ASPA 8 Nolen Mynatt Jerald Kichler, ASPA Lena Mynatt 11 Larry Henriksen, Federal Express for $300 from Walker County Bank in Jasper, Alabama to Mike Burgess Jeannie Mynatt Lisa Kavanagh, Junior League of Mobile Jeff Mynatt, Seacliff Agency Wirth Yarborough, Oil Recovery Inc. start his business using three mules as collateral on the Drummond was also a member of numerous civic and 4 Rob Constantine, Paul A Boulo Alicia Ard Kenny Hirsch, CSA 9 Chris Pittman, Seabulk Towing note. At 15, Garry Drummond began working in coal mines business organizations and served on the boards of the Big Corolene Anderson, TASD Nikki Hocutt, Seabulk Towing 12 Nubia Brining, John M. Brining Co. Mike Russell, TASD Mike Thomas, Seabulk Towing Lamar Finch, John M. Brining Co. in Walker County with his father and was named CEO of Oak Ranch, Inc., Boy Scouts of America Greater Alabama Danny Barnett, ASPA Michelle Brown, Seabulk Towing Johnice Brown, John M. Brining Co. Drummond Company in 1973. Council, the Business Council of Alabama, the Economic Rick Groen, Seabulk Towing 5 Rob Constantine, Paul A Boulo 13 David Barr, ASPA Development Partnership of Alabama, the Rotary Club of Tela Constantine Audrey Barr Mary Lou Mareno George Dembski, Merrill Lynch Birmingham and Glenwood, Inc. Wildon Mareno Tami Bell Dembski, Carlisle Medical

8 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 9 PROPELLER CLUB GUMBO COOK-OFF MAY 20, 2016 Unimpeded by rain, the Propeller Club of Mobile’s 19th Annual Rufus B. Lee Gumbo Cook-Off was held May 20th at Cooper Riverside Park. Proceeds from the event benefit GulfQuest and the Mobile Maritime Leadership Scholarship. This year’s winner’s circle included BAE Systems for Best Decorated Booth and Renaissance Mobile Riverview Hotel for the Best Gumbo. American Equity Underwriters, Inc., took 9 10 11 Second Best Gumbo and the Alabama State Port Authority took home 3rd Best Gumbo. Congratulations to all for another successful year!

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1 Sheila Gurganus, Alabama Cruise Terminal 5 Gail Markow, Page & Jones 8 Deacon Ed Connick, Mobile Fire & Rescue Dept. 11 Meg McGovern, Alabama Power Sheena-Marie Currie, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Lori Harold Bill Inge, ASPA Pam Thornton, Page & Jones Slade Hooks, Hooks Marine Terry Gilbreath, ASPA Nick Hinton, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Marcia White Glenda Chambers, Alabama Cruise Terminal Stephen Nelson, Page & Jones Steve Scarcliff, Alabama Cruise Terminal Sean Bockerstett, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Third row: Austin St. Clair, APM Terminals Erling Riis, Lyons Fry Cadden Insurance Jean Satter Deacon Joe Connick, Catholic Maritime Club Bill Inge, ASPA Sidney Norris, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Conrad Morales, APM Terminals Jeri Riis Bobby Satter, Page & Jones Capt. Hal Pierce, USN (Ret.) 12 Mike Russell, ASPA TASD Braden Harold Alec May, T. Parker Host Albert Laird Jimmie Flanagan, ASPA 15 Jackson Moore, T. Parker Host Brian Harold, APM Terminals Tom Geary, Page & Jones Nikki Hocutt, Seabulk Towing Tommy Sharp, Maynard Cooper & Gale PC Alec May, T. Parker Host Kevin Morales, APM Terminals Tony Zodrow, GulfQuest 9 Chris Pittman, Seabulk Towing 2 Mary Sharp Tami May Amber Hester, APM Terminals Mike Lee, Page & Jones 6 Jason Smith, Oil Recovery Michelle Brown, Seabulk Towing Willie Boulton, ASPA Paul Jones, Oil Recovery Tim Ard Matt Aucoin, Crescent Towing Gerardo Paz, APM Terminals John Fountain, Crescent Towing Daniel Saffer, APM Terminals 3 Tiffany Callier-Dawkins, Mobile Gas Perry Studstill, Oil Recovery Jay Miller, Mobile Bar Pilots Ted Rehwinkel, Mobile Gas Wirth Yarborough, Oil Recovery Ryan Pugh, Seabulk Towing 13 Susan Shirk, Merril Lynch Dan Hanbury, Crescent Towing Back Row: Joseph Morley Martha Loper, Mobile Gas Liny Miller, Oil Recovery Michael Shirk, Merril Lynch Kyle Tucker, Crescent Towing Dana Haymaker Patricia Alexander, Merril Lynch John Bonner, Mobile Gas 10 Karen Williams, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Derrick Carstarphen, Crescent Towing Alyssa Hester Joey Mabry, Mobile Gas 7 Front row: Rachel Allen, Norton Lilly International Randy Williams, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Ann Richardson, Merril Lynch Travis Stringfellow, Crescent Towing Denson White Bill Gardner, Mobile Gas Christi Smith, Norton Lilly International Pam Haisten, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Tiffany Alonzo Kerri Frye Emily Dellinger Angela Rowe, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Charisse Pierre, Merril Lynch Front row: Mal St. Clair 4 Bruce Mack Back row: Trish Averett Kaitlyn Watts, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Zoey Lykes 16 David Mann, Hand Arendall Amy Arellano Greg Bru, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Lena Estrada 17 Kennedy McLeod, McLeod ADR, LLC Nicole Weinacht, Hand Arendall James Nelson Valerie Johnson, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Nickole Haymaker David Barr, ASPA Alice McKeever, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Jackie Williams, Hand Arendall Dana Johnson Christopher Walding, Armbrecht Jackson LLP 14 Nina Haymaker Cathy Richards Alicia Steiner, Hand Arendall Morgan Barnett Haley Manry, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Mike Adams, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Second row: Wendy Robertson, APM Terminals Patrick Ward, Hand Arendall Tim Heisterhagen, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Rachel Walker, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Jamie Morales Royce Ray, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Jennifer Jones, APM Terminals Donna Browder, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Amanda Hester Nick Arnold, American Equity Underwriters, Inc. Allyson Harold

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18 Brad Bertrand, BAE Systems 20 Marquis Dupree, ASPA 23 John Baker, Willis of Alabama Inc. 27 Benjamin Bates, Silver Ships Inc. 31 Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel won first place Best Gumbo Kevin Minchew, BAE Systems Deanna Watkins, ASPA Heather Roberson, Willis of Alabama Inc. Chad Gray, Silver Ships Inc. Desi Anderson, Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel Tom Walker, BAE Systems David Barr, ASPA Claire Parnell, Willis of Alabama Inc. Kyle Currior, Silver Ships Inc. Diana VanDerwood, Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel JD Parker, BAE Systems Kelly Sims, ASPA Sara Polansky, Willis of Alabama Inc. Lydia Jones, Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel Marie Parker Jimmie Flanagan, ASPA Todd LaCour, Willis of Alabama Inc. George Dembski, Merril Lynch Ivo Arkulin, Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel Joe Shellenberger, BAE Systems Maria Mendez, ASPA Julie Dunn, Willis of Alabama Inc. 28 Jim Napolitano, Arcas Investigations Kelly McDonald, Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel Rhonda Minchew, BAE Systems Mike Russell, ASPA Wilson Russ, Willis of Alabama Inc. Chris Shellenberger Willie Boulton, ASPA Mike Gabbard 29 ASPA takes second place in Best Decorations The American Equity Underwriters Inc. won second place Best Gumbo Wendy Crocker, BAE Systems Charlotte Sykes, ASPA and third place in Best Gumbo 32 Royce Ray, The American Equity Underwriters Inc. Ricky Lawson, BAE Systems 24 Rachel Dehora, Phelps Dunbar LLP Marquis Dupree, ASPA Sean Bockerstett, The American Equity Underwriters Inc. Autumn Garmeson, BAE Systems 21 Doug French, AST Elizabeth Makler, Phelps Dunbar LLP Willie Boulton, ASPA Mike Adams, The American Equity Underwriters Inc. Bruce Pettway, BAE Systems Bradley Ezell Anne Crosby, Phelps Dunbar LLP Mike Russell, ASPA Alice McKeever, The American Equity Underwriters Inc. Preston LeGear Barron Partridge Barrett Hails, Phelps Dunbar LLP Deanna Watkins, ASPA Sage Wyatt, The American Equity Underwriters Inc. Erika Wilson David Hooks Kelly Hails, Phelps Dunbar LLP Bernard Scott, ASPA Donna Browder, The American Equity Underwriters Inc. Ray WIlson, BAE Systems Chris Smith, Richardson Stevedoring Jimmie Flanagan, ASPA Richard LeGear, BAE Systems Cody Crumley 25 Bill Kraus, Page & Jones Kelly Sims, ASPA 33 Armbrecht Jackson LLP won third place Best Decorations. Alfred Harris, BAE Systems Mike Richardson, Richardson Stevedoring Heather Kraus David Barr, ASPA Bill Kiszla, Armbrecht Jackson LLP Mike Lee, Page & Jones Charlotte Sykes, ASPA Tami Bell, Propeller Club of Mobile 19 Sean Kennedy, Evonik Corp. 22 Jason Comer, Mobile Bar Pilots Sheila Kennedy David Brasell, ABT 26 Diana Brewer, GulfQuest 30 BAE Systems takes first place in Best Decorations Margaret Pugh David Berault, Mobile Bar Pilots Mike Beasley, GulfQuest Ray Wilson, BAE Systems Paul Pugh, Nord-Sud Shipping, Inc. Jay Miller, Mobile Bar Pilots Ilka Porter, GulfQuest Brad Bertrand, BAE Systems Curtis Wilson, Mobile Bar Pilots Lina Porter Rhonda Minchew, BAE Systems Jake Pose, Mobile Bar Pilots Ricky Lawson, BAE Systems Kevin Minchew, BAE Systems Tom Walker, BAE Systems Autumn Garmeson, BAE Systems Wendy Crocker, BAE Systems

12 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 13 PUTTING THE “Y’all” IN GLOBAL Quality Plastics Solutions Begin Here. COMMERCE. AL-FLA Plastics provides distribution, fabrication and service work for engineering and commodity plastics, Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics (FRP)—grating, piping and structural materials. Located on the Alabama Gulf Coast, AL-FLA Plastics maintains a full inventory of engineering and commodity plastics in a variety of shapes and sizes including sheet, rod and tube.

SERVICES DISTRIBUTION: Offering a full inventory of semi-finished plastics including sheet, rod and tube and providing simple cut-to-size or complex fabrication of plastics.

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HOW CO-WORKING AND INCUBATION CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS (PART 1)

rom Montgomery to Mobile, Birmingham to The first co-working space in Mobile, Exchange 202, Huntsville, Dothan to Opelika— nonprofit, for- opened in October 2015 after Co-Founder and Chief Fprofit, creative or tech-focused and everything in Catalyst Todd Greer relocated from Virginia. Preferring between—co-working spaces and business incubators not to work from home, Greer was looking for a space are cropping up throughout the state. And while each where he could continue to conduct his nonprofit has its own niche market, all have the common goal of work and meet new people, but came up empty in his fostering economic development and entrepreneurial search. Greer approached the Mobile Area Chamber of success in Alabama. Commerce, which was also interested in establishing a co-working presence in Mobile after observing a Co-working, which provides communal office space successful model in their 2014 leadership trip to St. and networking opportunities for small businesses, Louis, Missouri. Acknowledging the need for such a freelancers and remote workers, is a growing global space in Mobile, Exchange 202 was born. trend. According to Forbes, the number of co-working spaces worldwide has reached almost 8,000, having risen 36 percent between 2014 and 2015 alone.

Why the sudden boom? In addition to shifting real estate trends and a rise in freelancers in the workforce, co-working offers people newfound flexibility, control over their work environment and a sense of community. In fact, The Harvard Business Review found that people who belong to co-working spaces thrive better in their work than their traditional ‘office job worker’ counterparts.

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Since its grand opening in October 2015, Exchange 202 “The new economy has people working on the move— has grown from two members to 49, accommodating [it’s] fast and high[ly] adaptive,” said Container Yard freelancers, nonprofits, accountants, lawyers, Co-Founder Stacy Wellborn. “Co-working is one photographers, writers, artists, consultants and solution to the new work environment that offers much everything in between. “We have members where this more than a home office or a commandeered table at is their only office, and then we have others where it’s the local coffee shop.” one of 23 locations,” said Greer. “We see a little bit of everything.” Aside from providing access to office space, co-working spaces aim to provide a collaborative environment With day passes and monthly memberships ranging where professional contacts often arise. from $50 to $950, Exchange 202 aims to accommodate these different needs through a variety of services and “You find a PR agency talking to in-house photographer, plans, including access to private offices and conference a lawyer giving advice to a nonprofit, or a consultant rooms, open co-working spaces, mailboxes, printers and mixing and working with other people,” said Greer. “It “endless coffee.” happens every day.”

“Running a business, you’re encumbered by so many Wellborn echoed Greer’s point, highlighting the things, like paying the water bill and keeping the lights collaboration that results from access to shared on. If you can free up the administrative side to focus on resources. what you do best, which is running your business, then you’re gold,” explains Greer. “Container Yard is a unique, innovative and ‘hip’ workspace that reflects those that use it,” said Wellborn. As the co-working phenomenon has taken hold in “Focused on the creative and commerce collaboration Mobile, other spaces have opened their doors or process, our visiting rotating speakers and skill-building expanded in the Port City. Container Yard, which programs are curated to create an authentic and opened in July 2016, aims to “foster the entrepreneurial inspirational experience that comes directly from the spirit through building a culture of commerce, creativity interests, passions and requests of the Container Yard and a make it happen attitude.” Members enjoy utilities, community.” Nonprofits are also recognizing the impact of this Meanwhile, freelance graphic designers and creatives free parking and exclusive events in addition to access type of collaborative environment. Fuse Project, a are working out of the first creative co-working space to work stations and conference rooms. nonprofit organization in Mobile dedicated to funding in Montgomery—Ampersand. In addition to the typical and implementing projects that benefit children along access to internet, workstations, printers and scanners, the Gulf Coast, is establishing a new co-working space Ampersand aims to keep creativity flowing with features exclusively for the nonprofit sector. Fuse Factory, like a Ping-Pong table and private phone booth. opened in fall 2016, aims to bolster the success of small nonprofits with five or fewer employees. With packages “The first goal is to provide a place for freelance talent ranging from $30 per month to $1,000 per year, these to work,” Managing Director David Allred told AL.com. nonprofits will have access to office space, conference “We’re trying to provide a space that’s creative in itself.” rooms, educational seminars and roundtable meetings. Despite differences in target market or packages, “Our goal is to foster a diverse group of nonprofits who each of these co-working spaces emphasizes the role will increase their net revenue through collaboration, of collaboration and community that arises from co- networking and weekly best practice seminars with working. other local nonprofits,” said Fuse Project Executive Director Adrienne Golden. “We aim to identify “Whether you’re from Baldwin County or Mobile County, nonprofits who are open to new suggestions, show a downtown or midtown, black or white, nonprofit or willingness to improve our community and share our for-profit, left brain or right brain, native or new to the overall goal of making a big impact in South Alabama.” area—we see all of that in our membership,” explained Greer. “What ends up happening is that this becomes a And Mobile isn’t the only city in Alabama where the place where everybody can connect. That’s one of the co-working trend has become popular. Co-working things that’s so important.” spaces catering to other niche markets have popped up in Dothan, Montgomery and Birmingham to name Stay tuned for part two of this story in the next edition a few. Run by the Dothan Downtown Redevelopment of the Seaport, which will examine business incubators Authority, The Hub on Troy in Dothan offers internet, and accelerators in Alabama. conference room space, private offices and capacity for 40 members in the technology industry.

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he 73rd Annual Peanut Festival returned to Dothan, The festival has varied locations throughout history, but over Alabama this past fall. Serving as the nation’s largest the past 17 years the National Peanut Festival has remained Tpeanut festival, this celebration has grown from a three- at the fairgrounds in Dothan. Dothan, known as the “Peanut day event to 10 days full of fun for all who attend. The National Capital of the World,” serves as the heart of peanut country by Peanut Festival Fairgrounds host entertainment for more than producing a large quantity of the peanuts grown in the United 150,000 fairgoers as they celebrate the harvest season and States, all within a 100-mile radius. honor local peanut farmers. From amusement rides to livestock shows, the National Peanut Festival offers attractions for the As peanut lovers gather from all over the United States to join entire family. the fun, the hardworking volunteers set aside numerous hours each year to make their contribution to the locals. “The biggest event in Southeast Alabama is all about fun,” stated Jason Rudd, president of The National Peanut Festival. “More than 400 volunteers work to put on this memorable “Lots of entertainment, food and of course peanuts. Everybody 10-day festival,” stated Rudd. “The last Saturday is always the loves this reunion where you see friends and neighbors.” biggest fair day as it follows the morning two-hour parade and a signature event; The Demolition Derby always packs This 10-day celebration included live music, vendors, pageants, the two-acre arena. The most popular fair food is the corndog parades, livestock shows, costume contests, cheerleading and the favorite ride is the ‘Himalaya’ that spins you around to competitions, along with a large supply of peanuts. With an some good music.” event this long, preparation is done throughout the year to attract even more fairgoers to visit Dothan’s fairgrounds. Rudd encourages everyone to make their way over to Dothan Although the festival was in early November, there are events and join him at the National Peanut Festival next year to honor all held prior to the fall celebration. peanut farmers and celebrate another great season of peanuts. For more information, visit www.nationalpeanutfestival.com. Earlier this year, two pageants were held for Miss National Peanut Festival and Little Miss National Peanut Festival. These young ladies competed against other contestants who won qualified preliminary pageants in peanut-producing areas of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Two contestants are selected to serve as the ambassadors of not only the festival, but of the peanut industry as Miss National Peanut Festival and Little Miss National Peanut Festival. The position is considered an honor to all who serve, commemorating the past and present peanut farmers.

Dating back to Nov. 10, 1938, the first National Peanut Festival took place as a three-day event consisting of a pageant, parade, historical play and grand ball. Dr. George Washington Carver served as the festival’s first guest speaker due to his development of more than 300 products from the peanut. As we fast forward to present day, the National Peanut Festival has received numerous sponsors and patrons throughout the years.

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AUSTAL CHRISTENS USS MANCHESTER; CONDUCTS SHOCK TRIALS ON MILLER TRANSFER AND RIGGING AUSTAL USS JACKSON Miller Transfer and Rigging, a flatbed trucking transfer company, recently announced the opening of a new terminal in Mobile following a contract In May, Austal officials joined ship sponsor U.S. Senator In addition, in July, Austal announced it had been awarded agreement with Airbus. The company handles industrial machinery, power Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and many distinguished guests an $11.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification generation, large fabrications and high value product cargo. in celebrating the christening of the nation’s 14th littoral from the U.S. Navy to provide emergent availability combat ship (LCS), the future USS MANCHESTER. planning and full ship shock trials (FSST) support for tests Established in 1968, Miller Transfer is a full-service specialized ISO to be conducted on Littoral Combat Ship USS JACKSON Certified carrier with more than 300 trained, qualified drivers. With the Manchester (LCS 14) is the fifth LCS in Austal’s 11-ship (LCS 6). addition of the new Mobile terminal, the company now has 19 employee- contract worth over $3.5 billion. With its shallow draft managed terminals covering the U.S., Mexico and Canada, and has a of 14 feet, the Austal-built Independence-variant LCS is Specifically, Austal USA will plan for and conduct any “in- presence at most international and domestic ports. an advanced high-speed and agile 419-foot aluminium between shot” repairs required during the FSST event(s), trimaran combat ship that combines superior seakeeping, repair any damage sustained during the FSST period and endurance and speed with the volume and payload coordinate the removal of FSST testing equipment and capacity needed to support emerging missions. instrumentation following completion of the trials. NEW JOBS ARE ON THE RISE FOR ALABAMA “On behalf of Austal USA’s shipbuilding team, one of the The FFST comprise a series of tests designed to Two companies recently publicized plans to bring more than 300 new jobs combined to Alabama. In May, UTC Aerospace most talented that I’ve ever worked with, we are proud demonstrate the ship’s ability to withstand the effects Systems announced that it is expanding its existing footprint in Foley, Ala. by adding a new manufacturing and nacelle to provide our sailors with an amazing warship that will of nearby underwater explosions and retain required assembly facility that is estimated to bring 260 new jobs to Baldwin County. Then in June, auto parts maker voestalpine honor the great city of Manchester as she defends our capability. USS JACKSON has successfully completed the announced that Birmingham will be the site for a new $11.1 million plant that will create 42 jobs. nation,” said Austal USA President Craig Perciavalle. first of three trials and is performing as expected. “We’re equally excited to share this celebration with an amazing patriot in Senator Shaheen who has served in Austal delivered USS JACKSON (LCS 6) to the U.S. Navy her role as both Governor and Senator, and now gives her on August 11, 2015 and in July delivered the future USS TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY NAMES NEW DIRECTOR spirit as the sponsor to this awesome ship.” MONTGOMERY (LCS 8).

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development benefits and improved Shaheen, the only woman in U.S. history to be elected Six additional Independent-variant LCS are currently Authority recently named Mitchell B. “Mitch” Mays of quality of life the Tenn- both a Governor and a United States Senator, has served under construction at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama as Russellville, Ala., as its new administrator. The authority is a Tom offers our region and in the Senate since 2009. She has been committed to part of an 11-ship contract worth over $3.5 billion from congressionally authorized interstate compact established its citizens.” serving the citizens of New Hampshire for decades and is the U.S. Navy. In September, the company is scheduled to promote the development of the Tennessee-Tombigbee known for her common-sense leadership, hard work and to launch USNS YUMA, while the future USS GABRIELLE Waterway. Members of the authority are the states of Mays received degrees Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The from Wesley College in dedication to improving the lives of the middle class. As GIFFORDS (LCS 10) will undergo builder’s sea trials. governors, along with five appointees from each of the four Delaware and William New Hampshire’s Governor, Shaheen helped create nearly states, constitute the governing board of the compact. Carey College in 67,000 new jobs while keeping New Hampshire’s tax Mississippi as well as burden the lowest in the country. She and her husband, As administrator of the waterway authority, Mays will also continuing professional Bill – a New Hampshire native - live in Madbury and have serve as president of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway education from the three daughters, Stefany, Stacey and Molly (Matron of Development Council, a not-for-profit trade association the Economic Development authority established in 1985 to represent the interests in Institute at the University Honor), and seven grandchildren. the waterway and its potential benefits. of Oklahoma and Georgia Tech. He is married to Traditionally, the christening of a ship is where the Mays has extensive experience in the economic development Melissa Mays, and they ship’s sponsor blesses the ship by breaking the bottle of field including his most recent position as executive director have two children. champagne on the bow of the ship and ceremonially gives of the Franklin County, Ala., Development Authority, which he had held since 2005. Prior to that, he was project manager Opened to commerce in 1985, the waterway is a vital link the ship its name. The roll of sponsorship represents a for the Talladega County, Alabama, Economic Development to the nation’s vast inland waterway system serving 38 lifelong relationship with the ship and her crew. Authority for five years. He is a retired veteran of the U.S. states. The waterway offers the most economical and Air Force and the Alabama Air National Guard where he environmentally friendly mode of transportation to ship The USS MANCHESTER (LCS 14) launched in mid-May received numerous citations and awards for his outstanding certain products and commodities long distances at lower and is scheduled for delivery in 2017. She has a maximum service to the nation. costs. These freight-shipping advantages have also helped speed of more than 40 knots, a voluminous 28,000 sf attract billions of dollars of new and expanded industrial “We are very pleased Mitch has accepted our offer of development within the waterway corridor. Its modern mission bay, and a flight deck capable of simultaneously employment with the Authority”, said Jason Rich, of recreational facilities, such as marinas, camp grounds holding two H-60 helicopters. Tennessee and vice-chairman of the authority who spoke and thousands of acres of wildlife habitat, attract nearly on behalf of the other members. “We have known Mitch for 2 million visitors each year that pumps additional dollars several years and have admired the outstanding work he into local economies. When built, the waterway was the » The USS JACKSON (LCS 6) sailed through has accomplished for Franklin County. Working closely with largest project ever constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of its initial shock trial with flying colors. the members of the authority and those of the council, his Engineers that now operates and maintains the project and talents and experience will help realize the many economic its facilities.

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UTC EXPANDS IN FOLEY UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies people and an adjacent 210,000-square-foot maintenance, Corp. (NYSE:UTX) and one of Alabama’s largest aerospace repair and overhaul (MRO) facility employing approximately manufacturers as measured by number of employees, 200 people. will construct a new 80,000-square-foot building for the assembly of nacelle components and propulsion system “This expansion is a great opportunity to expand our ability integration primarily to support the Airbus A320, initially the to apply our innovative nacelle technology to one of the current engine option (CEO) and eventually the NEO (new world’s most popular airplanes,” said Marc Duvall, president engine option). The nacelle system for the A320neo features of UTC Aerospace Systems’ Aerostructures business. “We a proprietary inlet acoustic treatment that reduces drag, chose Foley to expand because of its proven track record of which improves fuel efficiency. performance, our desire to be near a key customer, and the tremendous cooperation we’ve had from the state, county Construction of the new facility will take about a year, with and the city.” opening slated for the second quarter of 2017. Employment will ramp up as customer requirements grow. UTC Aerospace Systems has provided nacelle technology for the A320 family for more than three decades. “We have more Integrated A320 family propulsion systems will be delivered experience than anyone in integrating the nacelle system to from the new facility to the Airbus final assembly line in the engine and the airplane,” said Duvall. Mobile, about an hour away. In addition, the site will provide support for other airplane platforms equipped with the Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1000G Geared Turbofan engine: the Bombardier CSeries, the Embraer E2 and Mitsubishi Regional Jet.

The Foley facility is a leader in UTC Aerospace Systems’ drive to operate the most efficient factories in the industry through its relentless application of continuous improvement principles. UTC Aerospace Systems’ Aerostructures business currently operates two collocated facilities in Foley: a 220,000-square- foot original equipment plant employing approximately 600

VOESTALPLINE LOCATES IN BIRMINGHAM Austrian-based voestalpine Automotive Body Parts Inc. new vehicles combined last year, added approximately 6,500 jobs 52,000-square-foot facility will house operations to produce and made $3 billion in new investment last year. stamped and hot-formed automotive parts for German automakers in the Southeast. “The company is a welcome addition to our growing automotive sector,” said Birmingham Mayor William Bell The company plans to begin installing equipment first quarter noting the automotive division of voestalpine complements of 2017 and begin producing parts by September 2017. the railway division that has operated in the city’s Pinson Valley for several years. “The city of Birmingham continues “This investment is an important step in the growth strategy of to see additional foreign direct investment in the community our company in the U.S.,” said Philipp Schulz, local managing and this project will mark the second company within the director of voestalpine. “We are very excited about starting voestalpine group to locate within the city, the first being operations in Birmingham and being part of the automotive voestalpine Nortrak, a market leader in turnout technology supplier network in Alabama.” for the railway industry.”

Voestalpine will operate four assembly lines to produce high- quality automotive parts at the plant. It builds on the global company’s automotive presence, which accounted for 11 percent of its North American operations last year.

“Voestalpine is a leading partner to the auto industry in Europe and represents another strong addition to Alabama’s ever-expanding automotive supply chain,” said Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce. “Our economic development team will continue to work hard to build out that supply chain with new jobs and new investment.”

The fifth largest auto producing state in the country with » Voestalpine will produce stamped and hot-formed three major automakers, Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Hyundai, automotive parts at its $11.1 million plant in Birmingham. Alabama’s automakers produced more than one million (photo courtesy of voestalpine)

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26 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 27 ISCO_40826_CGRail_AlabamaSeaport_7x4.875.indd 1 1/27/16 9:19 AM naval air station on that island. Some 500 aviators were qualified under his command, and anti-submarine patrols were flown routinely from NAS Key West. Promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, Charles Sugden, commanded Naval Air Station Île Tudy, France, and flew the HS-1 flying boat. The air station was credited with sinking three enemy submarines, and a grateful France awarded Sugden the Legion of Honor. The Coast Guard’s first aviator, Lt. Elmer “FLYING SINCE THE WORLD WAS FLAT;” Stone, served on board the USS HUNTINGTON (ACR 5) as part of a largely unsuccessful aviation detachment » The CHIQUIMULA, as she appeared for many years, berthed at the head of Mobile Bay. The schooner was burned in 1953. before being transferred to the Bureau of Construction COAST GUARD AVIATION TURNS 100 and Repair, where he became the Navy’s chief test pilot for seaplanes. After the war, Stone made aviation history ATC MOBILE – In many ways, this base can be considered The Coast Guard in May 1919 as co-pilot of the Curtiss NC-4, the first aircraft the home of Coast Guard aviation, which is celebrating didn’t always have the » Lt. Stone was one of two co-pilots of the NC-4, the first aircraft to complete a transatlantic flight. Lt. Stone was awarded its centennial this year. Originally an Air Force Reserve benefit of airplanes to cross the Atlantic Ocean. “Coast Guard Pilots First Plane to by the governments of Portugal and Great Britain, and, in base, Coast Guard Air Station Mobile was officially and helicopters, of Cross the Atlantic Bay, 1919” by George Delaney, courtesy U.S. America, received the Navy Cross for his feat. Coast Guard Headquarters commissioned December 17, 1966, accepting HU-16E course. The advent aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Biloxi, the air station of powered flight Second Lieutenant Charles E. Sugden. Both officers On August 28, 1920, the Coast Guard was transferred that had been responsible for all fixed-wing search and offered a new reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola on April 1, 1916, from the Navy back to the Treasury Department. The rescue operations in the Gulf of Mexico between Cape resource to the U.S. to begin pilot training. That same month, Capt. Charles A. Coast Guard officially petitioned the Navy to provide any San Blas, Fla., and Sabine Pass, Texas, and establishing Coast Guard, which M c A l l i s te r, U S C G , w a s a s s i g n e d a s C h i e f E n g i n e e r, Av i a t i o n surplus aircraft and naval air stations. The Navy gave the fixed- and rotary-wing pilot training units. From its historically relied on Section, and succeeded in getting legislation introduced Coast Guard the choice of assuming operations of one of inception, the air station had both search and rescue and surface vessels to into the U.S. Senate authorizing $1.5 million to establish two naval air facilities, either Naval Air Station Key West training divisions. Newly-winged Coast Guard aviators search for missing an Aerial Coastal Patrol. The Naval Deficiency Act of or Naval Air Station Morehead City, N.C. The prospective received instruction on how to fly either the fixed-wing or overdue ships. As August 1916 authorized the establishment of 10 Coast commanding officer of what would become the first HU-16E Albatross or the HH-52A Seaguard helicopter a result, numerous Guard air bases and provided for the training of Coast Coast Guard Air Station, Lt. Comdr. William R. Wishar and were designated as co-pilots before being sent to Coast Guard cutters Guard aviators at Pensacola. The bill also authorized an (Coast Guard Aviator No. 5), was asked which would their squadrons. Additionally, veteran helicopter pilots were employed additional 15 Coast Guardsmen to be trained in flight or be the better facility for the service, he responded that learned to fly fixed-wing aircraft at the training center, patrolling offshore aviation support roles at Pensacola. Morehead City was “best suited to prove the worth of and fixed-wing pilots learned to fly rotary-wing aircraft. looking for and Coast Guard aviation,” noting the location was closer to providing aid to Naval aviation was still in its infancy when the United the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” at Cape Hatteras, where In 1967, a two-week introductory course in aviation for vessels in distress. If States entered World War I and consisted of a single there would be more opportunities to locate vessels in Coast Guard Academy Cadets was established in Mobile, Coast Guardsmen » One of the Coast Guard’s earliest air station at Pensacola, 54 training aircraft unsuitable distress, derelict menaces to navigation, and vessels proponents of flight, Lt. Elmer F. and two years later, instructors began teaching student could fly, they could Stone reported to NAS Pensacola on for combat, 48 aviators and a few aviation candidates, grounded on Diamond Shoals, Lookout Shoals, and Frying pilots to fly the new HH-3F Pelican helicopter. In July search more territory April 1, 1916, to begin flight training. along with 239 enlisted personnel. On April 7, 1917, the Pan Shoals. Lt. Comdr. Stanley Parker served as officer in He was designated as Coast Guard 1969, Air Station Mobile was renamed the United States in a shorter amount U.S. Coast Guard was transferred to the Department of Aviator No. 1. Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center and designated of time. This was Coast Guard Historian’s Office the Navy for the duration of the war. Three days later, a headquarters unit under the direct control of the the argument put Third Lieutenant Elmer Stone earned his Wings of Gold Commandant of the Coast Guard. forward in the spring of 1916 by Second Lieutenant as Coast Guard Aviator No. 1, closely followed by Second (equivalent to the Navy rank of lieutenant junior grade) Lieutenant Charles Sugden. Both men immediately Today, ATC Mobile provides core training for pilots flying Norman B. Hall, USCG, and Third Lieutenant (the Coast became instructor pilots as the Navy rapidly expanded the MH-60 Jayhawk, MH-65 Dolphin, HC-130 Hercules, Guard’s equivalent to the Navy rank of ensign) Elmer its efforts to train new aviators. Most of the aviation and the HC-144 Ocean Sentry. The base also trains rescue F. Stone, both assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter students recruited as part of the war effort were assigned swimmers and aircrews for air stations service-wide ONONDAGA. Their commanding officer, Capt. Benjamin to the Naval Reserve Flying Corps, and most were non- and serves as the Coast Guard’s aviation capabilities Chiswell, agreed, and in March 1916, the three men met prior service personnel—college students or civilian development center. All pilots initially trained at ATC with Glenn H. Curtiss, owner of the Curtiss Aeroplane and pilots, meaning that Coast Guard aviators, all of whom return once a year for a one-week proficiency course in Motor Company, to discuss the practicality of a Coast were coming from a background of serving in cutters, their designated aircraft. Additionally, the Operations Guard aviation program. were senior to most of their Navy counterparts. Department at ATC Mobile conducts traditional Coast Guard air station missions including search and rescue, Curtiss made arrangements to assist with a series of test Upon completing seaplane and lighter-than-air training, » During World War II, the Coast Guard flew aircraft such as this homeland security, law enforcement, logistics and flights and provided both a pilot and a flying boat to the Coast Guard First Lieutenant Stanley V. Parker was PBY Catalina, conducting anti-submarine patrols and search and environmental protection from the Louisiana/Texas service. Lt. Stone became the first Coast Guard officer rescue missions. “PBY Catalina of the 1940s” by John Needre, ordered to Key West, Fla., to establish and command a courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters border to the eastern edge of the Florida Panhandle. assigned to aviation duty and was followed quickly by

28 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 29 By the outbreak of World War II, the Coast Guard had for every squadron, and service found itself providing port security in the Middle grown to include 51 aircraft operated from nine air developing standardization East, flying drug-interdiction missions in the Caribbean stations. With entry into the war imminent, the service flight manuals. A Basic and managing huge numbers of people fleeing Cuba and was once more transferred to the Department of the Operating Training Unit was Haiti. Following the establishment of the Department Navy on November 1, 1941. Beginning in January, 1942, established at Air Station of Homeland Security in the wake of the September 11, Coast Guard aircraft were utilized in anti-submarine Savannah, but with new 2001 attacks, the Coast Guard was transferred to the new patrols and were vital in locating and rescuing survivors aircraft coming on line the department in 2003. Subsequently, the service has taken of torpedoed vessels. In some instances, the seaplanes mission outgrew the facility, on additional homeland security and law enforcement took on so many survivors that they were unable to take and what would become missions. off due to the additional weight and were forced to taxi Aviation Training Center back to shore or rendezvous with cutters or other small Mobile was established The Coast Guard’s response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 boats to transfer their passengers. in December 1966. ATC served as testament to the service’s aviation capabilities » Comdr. Bruce E. Melnick was Mobile embraced new and its heroic rescue swimmers. The Coast Guard’s HH- selected as the Coast Guard’s Early in the war, the Coast Guard realized the potential first astronaut in 1987, making concepts and technology 65B Dolphin helicopters worked at maximum capacity of the helicopter, primarily as an anti-submarine platform two shuttle flights. and acquired highly for days on end, with rescue swimmers dealing with » More rescues were made in the venerable HH-52A Seaguard than have been made flying any other helicopter prior to Hurricane but also for search and rescue operations, and Chief of sophisticated simulators submerged obstacles and contaminated water to save Katrina. During its 25-year history with the Coast Guard, the HH- Naval Operations Admiral Ernest J. King directed the to enhance the training provided to all Coast Guard those in peril. Coast Guard helicopter crews are credited 52A was utilized in saving more than 15,000 people. Coast Guard to take on development of rotary winged aviators. Simulator training for helicopter pilots became with rescuing more than 33,500 people from rooftops aircraft. At the end of the war, however, funding for the the norm, and in 1973, the Coast Guard became the first and flooded dwellings. In a nod to the service’s experience charge of the station while it was being refitted for Coast program was cut. service to authorize instrument ratings based strictly on and expertise, the Navy and Army ceded tactical control Guard use, and Lt. Comdr. Wishar assumed command of simulator training. Until this period, enlisted Coast Guard of their participating rotary-wing aircraft to the Coast the Coast Guard’s first air station in January 1921. The The Coast Guard remained under the control of the personnel with aviation ratings were trained primarily Guard during the rescue effort. service’s fleet of aircraft consisted of six reconditioned Treasury Department during the Korean War but at Navy aviation schools. The need for Coast Guard- HS-2L flying boats on loan from the Navy. The air station answered the Navy’s call to assume responsibility for specific aviation technical training led to the August 1978 Today, the U.S. Coast Guard operates approximately remained operational for two years, after which time port security and to provide additional search and rescue establishment of the Coast Guard Aviation Technical 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard air stations located the six aircraft were returned to the Navy. It would be capability in the Pacific. Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C. throughout the United States. The service is celebrating another four years before permanent Coast Guard air its centennial with events throughout the year. stations were established, one in Gloucester, Mass., and Ensuing decades saw Coast Guard aviation accept In 1984, the service established its helicopter-based the other at Cape May, N.J. more and better aircraft as the helicopter took on an rescue swimmer program to expand the Coast Guard’s The Coast Guard Aviation Association celebrated 100 increasingly dominant role in the service. The Sikorsky ability to assist people in distress in practically every years of Coast Guard aviation in Mobile, Oct. 27-31, 2016. During the 1920s, the Coast Guard utilized aircraft to HH-52A Seaguard helicopter entered service in 1963 and environment in which the Coast Guard operates; today, patrol for, identify and assist in stopping rum runners would go on to hold the record as the most successful the program serves as a model smuggling alcohol. The service was authorized to rescue helicopter for decades. The helicopter is credited for lifesaving services around purchase five aircraft designed specifically for the Coast with saving more than 15,000 people during its 25-year the globe. Guard’s needs. Three were Loening OL-5 seaplanes, and history, more than any other helicopter in the world (prior two were modified Vought UO-1 seaplanes. While the to Hurricane Katrina), making a huge impact on Coast Coast Guard aviation reached primary mission was stopping smuggling, more than Guard aviation. another milestone in 1987 with 200 instances of aid to vessels in distress were logged the selection of Comdr. Bruce by Coast Guard aircraft during the first four years of The Vietnam War saw an innovative pilot exchange E. Melnick as the service’s operation. program between the Coast Guard and the Air Force, first astronaut. Melnick made resulting in Coast Guard aviators, primarily helicopter two spaceflights as a mission The 1930s saw significant advances in aeronautical pilots, serving with Combat Rescue Units in Vietnam. specialist in 1990 and 1992. engineering and design, and the Coast Guard was the beneficiary of improved seaplanes and “flying lifeboats.” The Coast Guard’s primary focus remained on search and The service saw its mission With these came an increased emphasis by the service rescue operations, but the service accepted additional set continue to expand, often on search and rescue operations. As an example, in roles, including ice breaking and anti-drug patrols. The without additional assets 1938, a total of 1,931 persons were warned of impending service also began to place a greater emphasis on or only minimal increases in danger; 335 vessels were warned of impending danger; standardization and professionalism, establishing a Flight funding. In 1967, the service 266 persons in peril were assisted; 125 medical cases Safety Officer at Coast Guard Headquarters, enrolling was transferred from the were handled; 87 disabled vessels were located; and 21 experienced aviators in a flight safety course taught at the Treasury Department to the » Coast Guard aviation was credited with rescuing more than 33,500 people in the navigation obstructions were located. University of Southern California to train a safety officer Department of Transportation. wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Here, Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Beaty, a member of an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew, looks for survivors in Coast Guard leaders fought off New Orleans in the aftermath of the hurricane. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty efforts to privatize the Coast Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi Guard in the 1980s, and the

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32 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 33 DESTINATION LINE FREQUENCY AGENT PORT OF MOBILE DIRECTORY MARTINIQUE FORT-DE-FRANCE OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies AIR CARGO INTERNATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION, INC.—5462 Able Court ...... (800) 554-9695 FEDEX EXPRESS BFMR/AGFS ...... (251) 432-6705 R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—P.O. Box 902 ...... (251) 452-0154 MEXICO SAFETY SOURCE INC.—6161 Rangeline Road ...... (251) 443-7445 ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER UNITOR SHIP SERVICES—500 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-0762 COATZACOALCOS CG Railway Every 4 Days CG Railway ALABAMA WORLD BUSINESS CTR.— WORLD SHIP SUPPLY (MOBILE), INC.— TAMPICO Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. 1500 Resource Dr., Birmingham, AL 35242 ...... (205) 250-4747 4600-B Cypress Business Park Drive...... (251) 662-7474 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA—Tuscaloosa—P. O. Box 870396 ...... (205) 348-7621 ( H CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS) MOROCCO FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS H AUXILIARY SERVICES H AIR/SEA FORWARDING—3812 Springhill Ave...... (251) 460-0551 CASABLANCA Spliethoff Monthly Page & Jones Inc. CATHOLIC MARITIME CLUB—400 Government St., Mobile, AL ...... (251) 432-7339 C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE ...... (251) 441-7012 Joe Connick, Director; Father Lito, Chaplain H N.D. CUNNUNGHAM—205 St. Louis St ...... (251) 432-4633 NETHERLANDS FISHERS OF MEN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL ...... (251) 233-6621 EMO TRANS...... (251) 342-3313 INTERNATIONAL SEAMAN'S CENTER—605 Texas Street ...... (251) 433-7953 H EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL ...... (251) 431-4992 ROTTERDAM Grieg Star Shipping Every 14 Days Nord-Sud Shipping FEDEX TRADE NETWORKS ...... (404) 831-8237 VELSEN Grieg Star Shipping Monthly Nord-Sud Shipping BANKS WITH INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES, INC.—11 N. Water St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 461-2700 BBVA COMPASS BANK, RYAN NEW ...... (251) 470-7408 JENSEN SHIPPING CO.—244 W. Valley Ave., Birmingham, AL ...... (205) 328-2343 PERU FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK–BIRMINGHAM ...... (205) 868-6171 H JOHN M BRINING CO., INC.—202 Congress St., Mobile, AL ...... (251) 432-9741 HANCOCK/WHITNEY BANK—MOBILE ...... (251) 662-1025 KUEHNE + NAGEL—2101 Clinton Ave. W., Ste. 403, Huntsville, AL ...... (205) 516-1402 CALLAO TBS Shipping Monthly Seacliff Agencies REGIONS BANK—MOBILE ...... (251) 690-1187 H CAROLE C. LELAND—244 W. Valley Ave., Birmingham, AL ...... (205) 328-2343 Grieg Star Shipping Monthly Grieg Star H CTB USA OF FLORIDA ...... (866) 621-0091 ext. 224 CHIMBOTE TBS Shipping Monthly Seacliff Agencies BARGE FLEETING SERVICE H RICHARD MURRAY & CO.—109 No. Conception St...... (251) 432-5549 DELTA MARINE SERVICE ...... (251) 937-4060 OEC MOBILE—52 North Jackson St., Mobile, AL 36602...... (251) 287-8767 HIGMAN MARINE SERVICES, INC...... (251) 433-1732 H PAGE & JONES, INC.—52 N. Jackson St...... (251) 432-1646 POLAND Birmingham, P. 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(251)-653-6028 CASTRIES OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies DOCKSIDE SERVICES ...... (251) 438-2362 AMERICAN MARINE SERVICES ...... (251) 406-9930 VIEUX FORT OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies JOHN FAYARD MOVING & WAREHOUSING ...... (866) 862-0867 ARGOSY TRANSPORTATION GROUP—www.argosyship.com ...... (713) 668-3388 EXSIF WORLDWIDE, INC...... (800) 231-7781 ATLANTIC SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT ...... (251) 433-4545 H MILLER TRANSPORTERS...... (251) 457-0471 BARNHART CRANE & RIGGING—P.O. Box 2809, Daphne, AL 36526 ...... (251) 654-0541 ST. MARTIN TANK SOLUTIONS, INC...... (888) 551-8265 BLUE DIVING & SALVAGE—4032 Dauphin Island Pkwy., Mobile, AL...... (800) 882-5043 OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies BOSARGE DIVING—Pascagoula, MS ...... (888) 762-6364 U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION BURKHALTER SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT ...... (228) 762-0888 PORT DIRECTOR—150 N. Royal St., Suite 3004 ...... (251) 441-5111 CRANE RENTAL CORP.—30105 Hwy 59, Loxley, AL 36551 ...... (800) 368-8956 ST. VINCENT HORIZON FREIGHT ...... (800) 242-9212 KINGSTOWN OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies DUNNAGE — PLYWOOD HYDRAULIC CRANE SPECIALISTS ...... (251) 675-000X ALL*STAR FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.—7096 Stone Dr., Daphne 36526. ..(251) 626-8777 LEA DIVING & SALVAGE—Alabama State Docks ...... (251) 432-4480 BIG RIVER CYPRESS & HARDWOOD ...... (850) 674-5991 MAMMOET ...... (404) 696-4982 BUCHANAN LUMBER—104 Industrial Canal Rd. East ...... (251) 433-9567 H MILLER TRANSPORTERS...... (251) 457-0471 TOBAGO CASSIDEY LUMBER—P. O. Box 391, Mobile 36601 ...... (251) 456-0099 WONDERLAND EXPRESS ...... (251) 653-7348 OCC Monthly Seacliff Agencies McGINNIS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.—P.O. Box 2049 Meridian, MS 39302 (601) 483-3991 MIDWAY FOREST PRODUCTS—P. O. Box 7667, Spanish Ft., 36527 ...... (251) 626-8010 INDUSTRIAL DIVING SMITH COMPANIES—100 Pardue Rd. Pelham 35124 ...... (800) 322-0540 BLUE DIVING & SALVAGE—4032 Dauphin Island Pkwy., Mobile, AL...... (800) 882-5043 TRINIDAD BOSARGE DIVING—Pascagoula, MS ...... (228) 762-0888 PT. LISAS Dan-Gulf Shipping Bi-Weekly Lott Ship Agency EXPORT BAGGING, PACKING AND DRUMMING COMMERCIAL DIVING SERVICES INC.— CUSTOM MARKETING SERVICES INC...... (205) 668-4042 P. O. Box 850637, Mobile, AL 36685 ...... (251) 665-0017 HORIZON FREIGHT ...... (800) 242-9212 FATHOM INDUSTRIES—5385 Battleship Parkway, Spanish Fort, AL ...... (251) 626-7800 TURKEY MEADOR WAREHOUSING & DIST., INC.—1750 N. Craft Hwy...... (251) 457-4376 LEA DIVING & SALVAGE—Alabama State Docks ...... (251) 432-4480 ISTANBUL Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company MITCHELL CONTAINER SERVICES.—226 Saraland Blvd. S ...... (251) 675-3786 Mosley Maritime Services, LLC ...... (251) 610-7882 IZMIR Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company MMS PACKAGING COMPANY—P. O. Box 2066 ...... (251) 438-3658 MERSIN Nordana Inducement Biehl & Company PORT CITY MOVERS & DELIVERY— LIGHTERING, GAS FREEING AND SPILL CLEANUP 5235 Kooiman Rd., Bldg. 4, Theodore, AL ...... (251) 342-7079 AARON OIL CO., INC.—P. O. Box 2304 ...... (251) 666-8143 STEM PRODUCTS—P. O. Box 66531 ...... (251) 457-5557 R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—507 Diaz St., Prichard, AL...... (251) 452-0154 VENEZUELA L. H. STUART CO., INC.—2064 Ave. C, Brookley ...... (251) 441-0770 ES&H—5400-A Willis Rd., Mobile, Ala...... (251) 382-0199 GUANTA Dan-Gulf Shipping Bi-Weekly Lott Ship Agency TEAGUE BROS. TRANSFER & STG. CO.—519 Bayshore Ave...... (251) 476-6122 FERGUSON HARBOUR, INC.—31153 Stagecoach Rd., Spanish Ft., AL ...... (251) 626-3295 WONDERLAND EXPRESS ...... (251) 653-7348 INDUSTRIAL WASTE SERVICES, INC.—1980 Ave. A ...... (251) 694-7500 MARACAIBO Dan-Gulf Shipping Bi-Weekly Lott Ship Agency INDUSTRIAL WATER SVCS., INC.—P. O. Box 50236 ...... (800) 447-3592 FIRE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE LIQUID ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS MARINE FIELD SERVICES— FIRETROL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, INC...... (251) 661-1699 1890 3rd St., Mobile ...... (251) 243-4128 HILLER SYSTEMS, INC.—3751 Joy Springs Drive ...... (251) 661-1275 OIL RECOVERY CO., INC.—P. O. Box 1803 ...... (251) 690-9010

34 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 35 OIL RECOVERY MARINE TERMINAL Blakely Island...... (800) 350-0443 BURKHALTER SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT...... (877) 815-8334 CANADIAN NATIONAL/ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD...... (800) 342-5424 PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL— H CALIFORNIA CARTAGE EXPRESS...... (251) 287-2412 CG RAILWAY...... (877) 606-2477 TESTING, SAMPLING, WEIGHING, CARGO 3537 Desirrah Drive S., Mobile, AL 36618...... (251) 470-0955 C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE...... (251) 441-7012 CSX RAIL TRANSPORT...... (251) 434-1300 CERTIFICATION AND CRANE INSPECTION THOMPSON ENGINEERING—P. O. Box 9637...... (251) 653-4525 H CHICKASAW CONTAINER SERVICES, INC...... (251) 457-7300 KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN...... (601) 933-4701 AL DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & INDUSTRIES—P. O. Box 244...... (251) 415-2531 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC— CHOCTAW TRANSPORT COMPANY...... (251) 457-9231 NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP...... (205) 951-4761 AMERICAN AERO CRANES­—9500 Bellingrath Road, Theodore...... (251) 973-0450 4230 Halls Mill Road, Mobile, AL 36693...... (251) 662-3500 CONSOLIDATED FREIGHT WAYS...... (251) 443-9100 TERMINAL RAILWAY ALABAMA STATE DOCKS...... (251) 441-7301 C. BAXTER, JR. & ASSOCIATES INT'L, INC...... (251) 476-1998 USI OIL —1900-A Broad St...... (251) 432-0775 COVAN WORLD-WIDE MOVING INC...... (251) 653-3008 SAFETY SPECIALISTS AND CONSULTANTS RICHARD BESSELARR—P. O. Box 16542...... (251) 476-9909 COYOTE LOGISTICS, LLC...... (888) 805-2883 BESSELAAR & ASSOCIATES—P. O. Box 16542...... (251) 476-9909 CALEB BRETT USA, INC.—505 N. Craft Hwy., Chickasaw, AL...... (251) 457-8751 LINE HANDLING CUSTOM MARKETING SERVICES INC...... (205) 668-4042 JOINER MARINE SERVICES—9305 Johnson Rd. S...... (251) 633-6118 BSI INSPECTORATE...... (504) 392-7660 ALABAMA LINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 9308...... (251) 661-2105 DAVIS TRANSPORTATION...... (251) 214-1377 MARITIME SAFETY & SECURITY COUNSEL, LLC ...... (251) 767-9430 CHALLENGE ENGINEERING & TESTING INC — BERT'S LINE HANDLING—P. O. Box 2213...... (251) 432-1611 DEEP SOUTH FREIGHT...... (800) 824-3515 4234 Halls Mill Rd., Mobile, AL 36691...... (251) 666-1435 DOCKSIDE SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 122...... (251) 438-2362 H DIXIE DRAYAGE...... (800) 321-0801 SHIP CHANDLERS/SERVICES CRANE INSPECTION SVC., INC.—P. O. Box 461, Fairhope...... (251) 928-6262 MO-BAY SHIPPING SVCS., INC.—P. O. Box 1842...... (251) 433-1621 DOCKSIDE SERVICES INC...... (251) 438-2362 AIR GAS GULF STATES—5480 Hamilton Blvd, Theodore, 36582...... (251) 653-8743 DEVAN INSPECTION CO. — PEDERSEN MARINE SERVICE & SUPPLY—662 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-6045 DOLPHIN LINE INC...... (251) 666-2057 ALABAMA LINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 9308...... (251) 661-2105 63 South Royal Street, Suite 1001, Mobile, AL 36602...... (251) 709-8119 TRI-STATE MARITIME SVCS.—P. O. Box 2725...... (251) 432-1054 E & F TRANSPORTATION, INC...... (251) 621-0121 ATLAS MARITIME SERVICES CO.—P. O. Box 2901...... (251) 432-4533 DIXIE LABORATORIES, INC.—1011 S. Beltline Hwy...... (251) 602-5502 H EASTMAN LOGISTICS...... (800) 228-9595 AUTRY GREER & SONS—2850 W. Main St...... (251) 457-8655 GUARDIAN SYSTEMS—P. O. Box 190, Leeds, AL...... (251) 879-1850 MARINE FUMIGATION SERVICES H ESTES-EXPRESS...... (251) 964-4801 AZALEA GLASS & MIRROR—251 St. Louis St...... (251) 434-0000 INDUSTRIAL N.D.T. CO.—1901 Brookdale Dr. W...... (251) 479-7560 ALLIANCE PEST SOLUTIONS (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... CRAIG JAKOB (817) 648-6201 FEDEX...... (800) 762-3787 CTW LAUNDRY/LINEN SVC.—2750 Mauvilla Dr...... (251) 476-2229 INSPECTORATE AMERICA, INC.—P. O. Box 190755...... (251) 666-4000 CENTRAL STATES FUMIGATION (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... PAT MACK (800) 527-8215 FIKES TRUCK LINE, INC...... (800) 643-6611 CHINA SHIPPER SUPPLY—456 Dauphin Island Pky...... (251) 479-7443 INTERNATIONAL CARGO GEAR BUREAU INC.— DA MARINE FUMIGATION (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... JERRY MATHERNE (504) 888-4941 FINCH DISTRIBUTION...... (800) 844-5381 CORTNEY COMPANY, INC...... (888) 267-8639 500 Spanish Fort Blvd...... (251) 626-4452 RESEARCH FUMIGATION (IMPORT/EXPORT)...... (985) 536-4932 FRIESE HAULING INC...... (800) 654-4811 DIVERSIFIED LIFTING SYSTEMS—Elgg Bertens...... (800) 752-1214 JOINER MARINE SERVICES—9305 Johnson Rd. S...... (251) 633-6118 GENERATIONS UNITED LLC...... (251) 404-6054 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFE MARINE & IND. COATINGS— MOSLEY MARITIME SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 610-7882 MARINE RADIO AND ELECTRONICS GLOBAL MARITIME LOGISTICS LLC...... (251) 432-2000 Corrosion Control...... (251) 341-9189 ROYAL ST. JUNK CO.—P. O. Box 2185...... (251) 432-6392 (H ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND AUTOMATION) H GULF COAST INTERMODAL...... (251) 653-1880 GENERAL MACHINERY, INC.—P. O. Box 5174...... (251) 473-1588 SAYBOLT, LP—P. O. Box 432, Saraland, AL...... (251) 679-1113 ICS—578 Azalea Rd., Mobile, AL...... (251) 661-6061 HANNA TRUCK LINES...... (205) 783-8200 GLASCOW-MOORES—808 Executive Park Dr...... (900) 659-7000 SGS CONTROL SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 617...... (251) 679-1500 GULF COAST AIR & HYDRAULICS INC.—3415 Halls Mill Rd...... (251) 666-6683 HARBOUR RESOURCES LLC...... (251) 338-9151 GLOBAL SUPPLY CO.—5570 Rangeline Rd., Suite B...... (251) 443-6456 SGS MINERALS—P.O. BOX 1962...... (251) 432-2781 MOBILE MARINE RADIO—7700 Rinla Ave...... (251) 666-5110 HI-GEAR EXPRESS, INC...... (251) 259-5362 GULF COAST AIR & HYDRAULICS INC.—3415 Halls Mill Rd...... (251) 666-6683 THOMPSON ENGINEERING—3707 Cottage Hill Rd...... (251) 666-2443 Marine Operator...... (251) 666-3487 HISPEED TRANSPORT INC.—2017 4th St. SW., Cullman AL 35057...... (256) 739-9194 GULF COAST MARINE SUPPLY CO.—P. O. Box 2088...... (251) 452-8066 A. W. WILLIAMS INSPECTION CO.—P. O. Box 2107...... (251) 438-3691 Radioteletype...... (251) 666-9042 HODGES LOGISTICS...... (334) 280-2033 HILLER SYSTEMS, INC. (Marine Decking / Repair)— Radio Telegram...... (251) 666-9041 H HORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEMS...... (800) 242-9212 3751 Joy Springs Drive...... (251) 661-1275 TOWING COMPANIES RADIO-HOLLAND USA, INC.—701 S. Conception St...... (251) 432-3109 HORNADY TRANSPORTATION LLC ...... (800) 633-1313 CHINA SHIPPER SUPPLIES—456 Dauphin Island Parkway...... (251) 479-5746 AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE...... (251) 408-7655 H PRISM—200 Virginia St...... (251) 341-1140 HTP LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT...... (251) 666-4766 KAMIL SHIP SUPPLY—500-504 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-0762 COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS—P. O. Box 1484...... (251) 434-5000 SPERRY MARINE SYSTEMS—2756 Dauphin Island Pkwy...... (251) 471-5008 ICE LINE LOGISTICS, LLC— KENNEDY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC.—P. O. Box 9939...... (251) 666-8615 CRESCENT TOWING & SALVAGE—118 N. Royal St., 12th Floor...... (251) 433-2580

TEAM ONE COMMUNICATIONS—3360 Key St., Mobile, AL...... (888) 343-TEAM 1321 Foster Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210...... (615) 782-7200 KLOMAR SHIP SUPPLY—P. O. Box 1118...... (251) 471-1153 DANA MARINE SERVICE—210 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-2775 H INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION...... (800) 626-5682 L & M WELDING SUPPLY INC.—51 S. Hallet St...... (251) 432-3615 GRAESTONE LOGISTICS...... (251) 380-7972 MARINE SURVEYORS INTEGRATED TRANSPORT LLC...... (334) 354-3339 MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO.—150 Virginia St...... (251) 438-4617 HENRY MARINE SERVICE...... (251) 438-9442 ALPHA MARINE SURVEYORS—180 Country Club Dr., Daphne...... (251) 626-7299 INTERSTATE FREIGHT USA...... (205) 338-9595 MARINE SPECIALTY CO.—111 Short Texas St...... (251) 432-0581 MARQUETTE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY– BULK MARINE RESOURCES...... (251) 295-4838 JAMES CARTAGE CO...... (251) 457-1534 MIDSTREAM FUEL—P. O. Box 2826...... (251) 433-4972 5228 A Halls Mill Rd., Mobile, AL 36619...... (251) 661-0531 W. T. AMES & ASSOCIATES—149 Fairway Dr., Daphne...... (251) 626-1172 H JOHN FAYARD MOVING & WAREHOUSING...... (866) 862-0867 MOBILE SHIP CHANDLERY CO.—210 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-3501 NATURES WAY MARINE...... (251) 599-1815 GEORGE BROOKFIELD—186 Ridgewood Dr., Daphne...... (251) 626-1758 KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION...... (678) 596-8678 PEDERSEN MARINE SERVICE & SUPPLY—662 St. Louis St...... (251) 432-6045 NELSON MARINE SERVICE INC.—Yeend St...... (251) 433-2079 M. H. BARRIE—P.O. Box 1164, Mobile, AL 36693...... (251) 433-8122 LANDSTAR RANGER...... (251) 690-9050 PERFORMANCE PERSONNEL SERVICES, LLC— PARKER TOWING CO.—P. O. Box 20908, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402...... (205) 349-1677 C. BAXTER, JR. & ASSOCIATES INT'L, INC...... (251) 476-1998 H LARSEN INTERMODAL SERVICES, INC...... (800) 949-8501 881-C Deakle Dr., Mobile, Ala. 36602...... (251) 405-0067 RADCLIFF/ECONOMY MARINE SERVICES—P. O. Box 3064...... (251) 433-0066 RICHARD BESSELAAR—2809 Cottage Hill Rd...... (251) 476-9909 MACROTRANSPORT SERVICES—Ormond Beach, FL...... (203) 926-8911 PORT CITY CLEANERS/K&K ENTERPRISES (Laundry/Repairs)...... (251) 452-0813 SEABULK TOWING—P. O. Box 1644...... (251) 432-2611 C. E. COLLIER & ASSOCIATES, INC.—5050 Lossing Rd., Coden, AL...... (251) 873-4382 MARITIME & COMMODITY SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 432-0511 SEPARATOR SPARES & EQUIPMENT— WARRIOR & GULF NAVIGATION CO.—P. O. Box 11397, Chickasaw...... (251) 452-6000 CAPT. JOHN D. SMITH—P. O. Box 2585, Daphne...... (251) 626-8394 McCARRON SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 406-2335 8610 Highway 188, Irvington, AL...... (866) 218-0013 WATERWAYS TOWING & OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.— CARMACK MARINE IND. SVC. INC.—1609 B Rochelle Street...... (251) 662-5765 MEADOR WAREHOUSING DIST., INC...... (251) 457-4376 SHANGHAI TRADING CO.—2000 Airport Blvd...... (251) 473-6446 P. O. Box 1821...... (251) 438-5240 COOK CLAIMS SERVICE—P. O. Box 160461...... (251) 470-0774 MILAN EXPRESS CO., INC...... (251) 456-8571 SMITH SERVICES OF ALABAMA—701 Bill Myers Dr...... (251) 675-0855 GENERAL MARINE SERVICE—P. O. Box 2533...... (251) 928-6728 MILLER TRANSER AND RIGGING—1891 Ninth St., Mobile, AL...... (251) 418-4090 SOUTHERN MARINE SUPPLY CO.—1920 Avenue A...... (251) 432-5657 TRANSLATORS/INTERPRETERS C. L. HAMILTON—P.O. Box 302...... (251) 433-9997 H MILLER TRANSPORTERS...... (251) 457-0471 STANDARD EQUIPMENT CO.—75 Beauregard St...... (251) 432-1705 NATHALIE S. GARRIZ—[email protected]...... (251) 634-3280 DC MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES INC.— MILS GULFCOAST TRANSLOAD & DISTRIBUTION...... (601) 709-8003 WESCO GAS & WELDING SUPPLY— JOSIANE LANDMAN—Cultural Connections...... (251) 767-2747 2210 Main St., Daphne, AL 36526...... (251) 625-0503 MMS TRANSPORTATION CO...... (251) 438-3658 940 Martin Luther King Dr., Prichard...... (251) 457-8681 DR. SOPHIA LASZLO...... (251) 342-6707 JOINER MARINE SERVICES—9305 Johnson Rd. S...... (251) 633-6118 MOBILE BAY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY— WILSON DISMUKES (pumps/room AC/generators)— MARIA PAPP...... (251) 929-1889 MARINE INSPECTION, LLC— D/B/A YELLOW CAB...... (251) 476-7711 2646 Government Blvd...... (251) 476-9871 LUIS SEBASTIANI...... (251) 344-5207 63 South Royal Street, Suite 1001, Mobile, AL 36602...... (251) 375-2020 ED MORRIS MOVING & HAULING...... (251) 457-7734 WORLD SHIP SUPPLY (MOBILE), INC.— MOSLEY MARITIME SERVICES, LLC...... (251) 610-7882 JIM NEWSON TRUCKING (Salvage Buyer)...... (800) 748-8931 5880 I-10 Industrial Pkwy, Theodore...... (251) 662-7474 TRUCK TANK LINES NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU, INC.— H OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINES, INC...... (877) 666-7485 INTRANSIT—Hwy. 43, Malcolm, AL ...... (888) 299-0069 Commerce Building, Ste. 605, 118 N. Royal St...... (251) 432-0781 H OVERNITE TRANSPORTATION CO...... (251) 456-6545 SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING MCKENZIE TANK LINES, INC...... (251) 457-2331 NAUTECH MARINE CONSULTANTS, INC.— P&S TRANSPORTATION...... (205) 788-4000 ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL MACHINE WORKS, INC...... (251) 433-1974 MILLER TRANSPORT...... (251) 457-0471 7226 Bridgewood Lane, Spanish Fort, AL 36527...... (251)-447-0422 PRECISION TRANSPORTATION...... (866) 877-5623, FAX: (601) 898-0553 AUSTAL USA—P. O. Box 1049...... (251) 434-8000 PAGE MARINE—4153 Tamworth Dr...... (251) 661-1520 PGT TRUCKING, INC...... (888) 372-5710 BAE SYSTEMS—P. O. Box 3202...... (251) 690-7100 U.S. COAST GUARD PORT CITY MARINE SURVEYORS—D. J. Smith...... (251) 661-5426 H POINT LOGISTICS...... (251) 452-2128 COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS—P. O. Box 280, Mt. Vernon...... (251) 829-5063 COMMAND CENTER – 24 HRS...... (251) 441-5976 SABINE SURVEYORS—851 East I-65 Service Rd. South...... (251)-433-9997 H QUICK DELIVERY SERVICE , INC...... (251) 471-5369 DEPENDABLE SHEETMETAL...... (251) 473-3515 WATERWAYS...... (251) 441-5940 SGS MINERALS—P. O. Box 1962...... (251) 432-2781 RACE LOGISTICS INC...... (251) 210-6614 GENERAL & MARINE SHEETMETAL—3016 Anton St...... (251) 452-9500 PORT STATE CONTROL...... (251) 441-5279 SHIP ARCHITECTS, INC...... (251) 621-1813 RENZENBERGER INC...... (800) 968-8685 GULF COAST AIR & HYDRAULICS INC.— 3415 Halls Mill Rd...... (251) 666-6683 VESSEL ARRIVAL DESK...... (251) 441-5279 WOODRUFF INDUSTRIES INC—4021 Shana Drive...... (251) 473-5327 H RICHWAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES...... (251) 441-7499 HARRISON BROS. DRY DOCK AND REPAIR—P. O. Box 1843...... (251) 432-4606 SR. INVESTIGATING OFFICER— ROADWAY EXPRESS...... (251) 457-9274 HENRY MARINE SERVICE INC.—887 Cochran Causeway...... (251) 438-9442 Bldg. 102 Brookley Complex, S. Broad St...... (251) 441-5207 MARITIME WASTE DISPOSAL ROSS NEELY SYSTEMS, INC...... (800) 366-3359 IDEAL MARINE SERVICE–401 St. Emanuel St...... (251) 432-8962 VESSEL INSPECTION...... (251) 441-5203 AARON OIL CO., INC.—P. O. Box 2304...... (251) 666-8143 SAIA MOTOR LINES...... (251) 452-5700 MARINE & MAINLAND HYDRAULIC SERVICES...... (251) 479-6081 BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES—P. O. Box 16504...... (251) 666-5724 SCHNEIDER NATIONAL...... (800) 558-6767 MARINE SPECIALTY SERVICES (Plumbing & Piping)— USDA PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE R. CARTER & ASSOC., INC.—1406 Telegraph Rd...... (251) 452-0154 H SEABREEZE TRUCKING INC...... (251) 661-3186 111 Short Texas St...... (251) 432-0581 RICHARD F. WALCK 3737 Government Blvd., Suite 517...... (251) 661-2742 DOCKSIDE SERVICES, INC.—P. O. Box 122...... (251) 438-2362 SHELTON TRUCKING...... (251) 690-9294 MARINE SYSTEMS INC.—840 Dumaine Rd...... (251) 456-4507 FCC ENVIRONMENTAL...... (205) 482-1574 SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC...... (251) 443-1557, (866) 888-7335 MASTER MARINE, INC.—P. O. Box 665, Bayou La Batre...... (251) 824-4151 WAREHOUSES (H U.S. Customs Bonded Warehouse) (H H U.S. Customs Bonded Carrier) FERGUSON HARBOUR, INC.—31153 Stagecoach Rd., Spanish Ft., AL...... (251) 626-3295 SOUTHERN CARTAGE...... (334) 284-3033 MOBILE SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR CO.—P. O. Box 2964...... (251) 456-1880 A&S KINARD...... (769) 572-7144 LIQUID ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS—1980 Ave. A...... (251) 694-7500 SOUTHERN HAULERS, INC. (Dump Trucks)...... (800) 537-4621 OFFSHORE-INLAND MARINE & OILFIELD SERVICES...... (251) 443-5550 H ATLAS SHIP SERVICES...... (251) 432-4533 OIL RECOVERY CO., INC.—P. O. Box 1803...... (251) 690-9010 H SOUTHERN INTERMODAL XPRESS INC. (SIX)...... (251) 438-2749 SIGNAL SHIP REPAIR, LLC —601 S. Royal St., Mobile...... (251) 338-7400 AVERITT EXPRESS...... (251) 443-7703 PSC.—4531 Hamilton Blvd., Theodore, AL 36582...... (251) 443-7701 H S/M TRANSPORTATION...... (251) 679-8200, (888) 546-2013 THREE MILE DRYDOCK & REPAIR...... (251) 380-7972 AZALEA BOX COMPANY...... (251) 457-6940 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC.—17045 Highway 43, Mt. Vernon, AL...... (251) 829-4006 SPECIALTY TRANSPORTATION CO. (Bulk)...... (888) 467-5737 UNIVERSAL MARINE SERVICES, INC.—958 S. Conception St...... (251) 432-7708 H H ELITE LOGISTIX...... (251) 433-3391 SUMMA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES...... (251) 666-6287 WORLDWIDE MARINE SVCS., INC.—801 Cawthon St...... (251) 456-6947 BR WILLIAMS TRUCKING WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS...... (800) 523-7963 MOTOR CARRIERS (HH CONTAINER SERVICES) H TCI TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS, INC...... (251) 643-9652 CUSTOM MARKETING SERVICES INC...... (205) 668-4042 1ST CRANE & LOGISTICS, INC—Alabama State Docks...... (251)-653-3333 H TRANS-STATE LINE...... (800) 643-2140 SHIPPING REGISTRY H H DOCKSIDE SERVICES INC...... (251) 438-2362 AAA COOPER...... (251) 653-6183 TRISM SPECIALIZED CARRIERS...... (800) 292-3829 ABS AMERICAS—Regions Bank Bldg...... (251) 433-8416 H DOTHAN WAREHOUSE...... (334) 793-6003 ACCELERATED FREIGHT GROUP ...... (800) 242-0952 VENTURE EXPRESS...... (251) 653-4947 BUREAU VERITAS— Richard D. Carmack—1609 B Rochelle Street...... (251) 662-5765 H EQUITY TECHNOLOGIES CORP...... (251) 415-3806 H ACME TRUCK LINE...... (251) 653-6028 WATKINS TRUCKING CO., INC...... (800) 633-8238 H H JOHN FAYARD MOVING & WAREHOUSING...... (251) 443-9125 ADMIRAL MERCHANTS MOTOR FREIGHT...... (877) 859-4577 WILLIS SHAW FROZEN EXPRESS...... (251) 661-9420 STEVEDORING COMPANIES FINCH COMPANIES...... (251) 457-6671 A.I.M. LOGISTICS A T.G. MERCER COMPANY...... (225) 303-6012 H WILSON TRUCKING CORP...... (251) 452-0668, (866) 645-7405 APM TERMINALS H H GULF COAST INTERMODAL...... (251) 653-1880 ALABAMA CARRIERS, INC...... (800) 721-7107 WOERNER TRANSPORTATION...... (800) 547-6828 ARGOS CEMENT LCC…...... [email protected] • 251-895-5416 HODGES WAREHOUSE & LOGISTICS ...... (334) 280-2033 ARGOSY TANSPORATION...... (713) 668-3388 WONDERLAND EXPRESS (Heavy Haul)...... (251) 653-7348 CSA EQUIPMENT COMPANY...... [email protected] • 251-433-0203 H KEYPORT WAREHOUSING...... (251) 964-4607 ASF INTERMODAL LLC...... (251) 287-8152 WRIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC...... (800) 342-4598 CORE INDUSTRIES, INC...... [email protected] • 251-602-1308 H MEADOR WAREHOUSE...... (251) 457-4376 A&S KINARD...... (769) 572-7144 XPO LOGISTICS...... (800) 338-3372 SEAONUS STEVEDORING-MOBILE ...... [email protected] • 251-433-4198 H MERCHANTS TRANSFER COMPANY...... (251) 457-8691 AVERITT EXPRESS...... (251) 443-7703 YRC...... (800) 610-6500 GOLDEN STEVEDORING & MILS GULF COAST TRANSLOAD & DISTRIBUTION...... (601) 709-8003 AVONDALE CONTAINERS...... (251) 438-2248 LOGISTICS, INC...... [email protected] • 251-432-0081 H MOBILE MOVING & STORAGE CO...... (251) 438-3658 H BALDWIN TRANSFER CO...... (251) 433-3391 PILOTAGE PREMIER BULK NORDEN WAREHOUSE MOBILE...... (251) 338-4026 BARNHART CRANE & RIGGING...... (251) 654-0541 MOBILE BAR PILOTS ASSOC.—P. O. Box 831...... (251) 432-2639 STEVEDORING, LLC...... [email protected] • 251-433-1196 PORT CITY WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION, LLC...... (251) 824-2193 BELLCOR LOGISTICS...... (251) 802-8558 MOBILE INNER HARBOR PILOTS...... (251) 441-7251 RICHARDSON STEVEDORING H H QUICK DELIVERY SERVICE, INC...... (251) 471-5369 BENNETT MOTOR EXPRESS...... (251) 635-0048 AND LOGISTICS SERVICES, INC...... [email protected] • 251-432-0081 RELOAD ALABAMA...... (251) 432-2568 H BILLY BARNES ENTERPRISES...... (800) 788-9333 RAIL TRANSPORT TRI-STATE MARITIME H S/M WAREHOUSE...... (251) 679-3344 BOYD BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION, INC...... (205) 716-2014 ALABAMA & GULF COAST RR...... (251) 694-2883 SERVICES, INC...... [email protected] • [email protected] • 251-432-1054 WIREGRASS WAREHOUSE—DOTHAN...... (334) 685-1862 BR WILLIAMS TRUCKING WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS...... (800) 523-7963 BURLINGTON NORTHERN/SANTA FE...... (205) 320-3637 BUFFALO WOOD, INC...... (601) 645-5965

36 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2016 VOL. III 37 STEAMSHIP GLOVIS AMERICA, INC. PAGE & JONES INC. 56 Saint Joseph St., Suite 601 52 N. Jackson St., Mobile, 36602 • 251-432-1646 Mobile, AL 36602 Michael B. Lee, President • [email protected] AGENCIES & LINES J.T. Smith, Manager Michael Lee, Jr., Port Operations Manager 251-441-7690; Fax: 251-441-7694 [email protected] ZIM Carnival Line • Central Gulf GRIEG STAR SHIPPING Crowley Lines Services 600 Galleria Parkway, Suite 925 • Forest Line AMERICAN SHIPPING AND CHARTERING Atlanta, GA 30339 Intersee 107 St. Francis Street, #2470, Mobile, AL 36602 770-226-5900 • Email: [email protected] Pelican Cargo Transport Bartley Wilkins • 251-436-0116 Rickmers Line Email: [email protected] Contact persons: SCM Lines Far East Tata Steel AZTEC MARITIME SERVICE INC. Marie Eyton-Jones White, 770-226-5909 ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven P.O. Box 1505, Mobile, 36633 • 251-432-7273 Tronox Mark Fenton, President Gulf Ultrabulk Email: [email protected] Emily Carra, 770-226-5941 • Waterman

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

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