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or steaming from . Nassau may have been the busiest of the way points for blockade-runners, but at least one of the men who sailed from several of the island jumping off points deemed Havana as the nicest. Thomas E. Taylor, British supercargo in a number of blockade- runners, reported that the Cuban city was then in its heyday and the most beautiful city in the West Indies. It was also costly, a result of the huge profits being made on illegal shipments. “… I should think that at the time [Havana] was one of the most if not the most expensive city in the world to live in,” Taylor wrote, adding, “Havana RUNNING THE BLOCKADE AT MOBILE appeared like Paradise; good hotels and casinos, a capital theatre, magnificent equipages, military bands, handsome women…” One of the favorite locales in Havana was the Louvre, a large café considered neutral territory where Yankees, Southerners, U.S. Navy personnel and blockade-runners could gather and talk over coffee.

While specially built, low-slung steamers were favored for East Coast runs, most Gulf Coast blockaders » Cotton on the wharves at Mobile, Ala. The South depended preferred shallow draft centerboard schooners that on exporting cotton in return not only for arms and could elude pursuing blockaders by slipping over sand ammunition but daily essentials and luxury items. bars and into bays and inlets where the warships could not follow. Situated at the head of Mobile Bay, the port’s Confederate schooners in the Gulf, as well as the Mexican upper anchorage was only dredged to a depth of 12 schooner BRILLIANT, laden with a cargo of flour. feet. The lower anchorage, where most commercial ships gathered, could accommodate ships with drafts of By the end of July, the Navy had organized three between 18 to 20 feet. This anchorage lay only five miles commands to blockade Southern ports: the North north of Mobile Point, main entrance to the bay. The ship Atlantic Blockading Squadron, the South Atlantic channel measured only a half mile wide at its narrowest Blockading Squadron and the Gulf Blockading Squadron point, with the northern end of the channel protected (which would be divided into the West Gulf and East Gulf by the guns of Ft. Morgan on the Eastern Shore and the squadrons in January 1862). more distant Ft. Gaines on Dauphin Island. Because the forts were some five miles from the mouth of the bay, a The potential impact of a blockade was readily apparent. smaller blockading force typically was assigned to guard If it were going to be placed on a successful war footing, the approach to the city. Early in the course of the war, a the Confederacy required arms and other and war single ship was assigned blockade duty off Mobile, which materiél—and its citizens still demanded luxury items— ship could be found patrolling some eight or 10 miles just as the industrialized depended on the South from the bar. » A long-established trade port with Mobile, Havana served as the primary way point for blockade-runners calling on ports on the for cotton and other raw materials. Few things motivate Gulf of Mexico. as strongly as profit, and the lure of large returns on As blockade-runners typically were not armed, they investment resulted in a blockade-running business had to rely on stealth, speed or shallow draft to escape almost immediately. Fortunes could be made almost capture. If blockaders could get within firing distance istorians argue over the implications of President So, despite the April announcement, it was a good six overnight by successful blockade-runners. Blockade of their guns, they often were able to take their prizes Abraham Lincoln’s announcement on April 19, weeks before any semblance of blockade came into running consortiums paid 500 to 1,000 percent without incident, as when the USS WATER WITCH H1861, of a blockade of Southern ports by U.S. Navy being, with one or two ships beginning to take up station dividends. Salt that sold for $7.50 per ton in Nassau captured the British blockade-runner CORNUCOPIA warships. A blockade, some historians insist, can only be off the major Southern ports from Virginia to . commanded $1,700 per ton in Richmond, while coffee off Mobile on Nov. 13. Two months later, the USS R.R. enforced against the ports of an enemy nation; while a Ships’ captains provided notices of varying formality that sold for $240 a ton in Nassau could fetch $5,500 CUYLER was not as fortunate. Patrolling the eastern nation itself merely closes its own ports during a time to the ports and began warning off neutral ships as a ton in the Confederate capital. Three way points for approaches to Mobile, the CUYLER sighted a blockade- of emergency, the implication being that President they approached. It was not until May 26 that Lt. David blockade-runners were quickly established: Nassau runner, the schooner J.W. WILDER, at anchor some 15 Lincoln, whether knowingly or unwittingly, recognized Dixon Porter, commanding officer of USS POWHATAN, and Bermuda for East Coast ports, and Havana for Gulf miles east of the bay. As the CUYLER approached, the the Confederacy as a separate nation by declaring a informed Mobile that a blockade of the so-called “Gem of ports (Matamoras, Mexico, gained importance later as a WILDER got underway and made for the shore, where blockade. Whatever the case, U.S. Navy historian James the Gulf” was then in effect, even though that same ship launching point for blockade-runners). Cotton that sold her crew beached and abandoned her. The CUYLER R. Soley points out that a blockade by notification is had stopped suspect vessels near Pensacola as early as for eight cents a pound in Wilmington sold for 50 cents a could not approach in the shallow water, but Lt. Francis not a blockade de facto. Fifty-three percent of the May 7 and blockading forces captured the Confederate p o un d in Live rp o ol . Th e p rofit s we re s tagg e ring . C o m m o n Winslow anchored and dispatched a boat to capture the ships listed in the Naval Register of 1861 were unfit for vessels DICK KEYES and LEWIS off Mobile on the same sailors in the blockade-runners earned as much as $250 grounded blockade-runner. The crew of the blockade- service or marked for decommissioning. Of the Navy’s 42 date. and Pensacola were the other Gulf per round trip (compared to the $18 per month paid to runner began firing on the boat from the dunes, and men operational ships, more than half were obsolete. Twenty- ports initially included in the blockade. Galveston was U.S. and Confederate sailors in government service). aboard the CUYLER fired back, eventually lobbing a few eight ships were abroad, and all five of the service’s added later. steam frigate were laid up “in ordinary.” With no ships Captains of blockade-runners could earn $5,000 in shells into the dunes to silence the attack. The boarding gold for a single round trip between a way point and a party managed to attach a hawser to the WILDER, but on station to enforce a blockade, Soley notes, a blockade On June 5, the blockader USS NIAGARA captured does not exist. Southern port. the line parted when the CUYLER attempted to pull the the schooner AID off Mobile, and on June 23, the schooner off. A second line also parted and managed USS MASSACHUSETTS captured no fewer than four As the only major Gulf port close to open water, Mobile to foul the CUYLER’s propeller. On the third attempt, served as the primary port of entry for blockaders sailing the sailors’ boat swamped, and they came under fire

26 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. I ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. I 27 estimated total of between 32,000 and 35,000 bales of Outmanned and having no defenses, Maffitt made a bold cotton are believed to have been exported by blockade plan—to run the blockade in broad daylight, disguised runners between February 1862 and August 1864. as a British man-of-war. As they approached the coast, lookouts in the FLORIDA sighted the ONEIDA and the Two of the most audacious runs past the blockade at WINONA. To the west lay the CAYUGA and the Mobile were made by the CSS FLORIDA—the only blue USS RACHEL SEAMAN. water Confederate Navy ship to call at the seaport during the war. The FLORIDA (sailing under the name ORETO) The watch on board the ONEIDA tentatively identified had escaped being handed over to U.S. authorities in the FLORIDA as the SUSQUEHANNA. Maffitt now had the Bahamas only because it was argued truthfully that, the Union Jack run up and bore directly toward the though built as a warship, the vessel shipped no guns. ONEIDA at full speed. Commander George H. Preble, Her commanding officer, Confederate Navy Lieutenant commanding the ONEIDA, ordered his helmsman to steer John N. Maffitt, made haste to depart Nassau on Aug. 8, a course to intercept the newcomer that showed no signs 1862, desperate though he was for crewmen. Lt. Maffitt of slowing. Preble hesitated. He had no desire to collide rendezvoused with another ship carrying guns for the with a British warship and create an international incident. Confederate cruiser and transferred guns, powder shell Fatefully, he gave the orders to reverse engines. The U.S. and shot at Green Cay some 60 miles south of Nassau. ship now came around so that she would be headed in Unfortunately, necessary equipment to load and fire the same direction as the stranger. That hesitation was the ship’s cannon never made it on board. The ship was all that Maffitt needed, and his men poured on the coal. commissioned CSS FLORIDA on Aug. 17. Meanwhile, yellow fever had broken out on board and had claimed The ONEIDA fired three warning shots across the its first victim two days earlier. By the time the ship put of the British-rigged ship. Maffitt swept by at a brisk 14 » Two of the more spectacular runs past the blockade—in to and out of Mobile—were made by the CSS FLORIDA in in at Cardenas, Cuba, less than a handful of crewmen knots, only giving the U.S. warship the chance to fire a September 1862 and January 1863. remained untouched by the fever. Maffitt himself had single broadside from the starboard battery, smashing contracted the illness and lay unconscious for a week. boats and carrying away rigging. At that, Maffitt ordered once more from the crew of the blockade-runner. USS to deliver a cargo of rice and flour to the citizens of While the officer battled for his life, another six members the British ensign struck and the Stars and Bars run HUNTSVILLE now arrived on scene with two cutters Mobile. Two days later, the blockaders snared the sloop of the ship’s crew succumbed, including Maffitt’s 16-year- up, but the quartermaster who attempted to raise the from the USS POTOMAC in tow. A number of sailors L. REBECCA, bound for Mobile, and on June 29, the old stepson, Laurens Read. Before sailing on the night Confederate flag had his fingers shot away. By now, the were wounded in the engagement, including the officer USS SUSQUEHANNA and USS KANAWHA captured of Aug. 31, Maffitt was able to recruit a dozen men for WINONA and the RACHEL SEAMAN had closed to join in charge, to a degree that they were unable to utilize the British blockade-runner ANN as the steamer neared the crew but failed to take on any additional men the the fracas. An 11-inch shell from the ONEIDA slammed the howitzer in one of the cutters. Nevertheless, the Mobile with a cargo of arms and ammunition. next day in Havana, where the ship had put in at the into the FLORIDA, killing one of the crewmen. U.S. crew of the WILDER withdrew, and the sailors from the invitation of the Governor-General of Cuba. That evening, Marines in the tops of the ONEIDA poured withering rifle blockaders eventually were able to capture the schooner. Nevertheless, blockade-runners continued to get into the FLORIDA set sail for Mobile, where Maffitt hoped fire into the Confederate ship, but Maffitt successfully and out of Mobile. The steamer CUBA successfully ran the to recruit sailors to fill out his crew and to replace the crossed the bar and reached the protective guns of Ft. Blockade-runners continued to slip in and out of Mobile, blockade into Mobile on July 25, and there were others missing rammers and sponges without which his guns Morgan. a city of approximately 30,000 where life remained that passed by the prowling blockaders, either unseen or were useless. much as it had been prior to the war, at least superficially. leading blockaders on a merry chase, including two other The ship continued to suffer the ravages of yellow fever, Churches, public schools and the courts continued to locally-owned blockade-runners that were well known Several blockaders patrolled off the coast of Alabama, and her executive officer, Lt. John Stribling died and operate in a normal fashion; newspapers were published; along the Mobile waterfront: the steamers ALABAMA including the sloop-of-war USS ONEIDA and the was buried in Montrose. The FLORIDA remained under citizens gathered at coffee houses or their favorite oyster and FANNY. Together, the CUBA, ALABAMA and FANNY WINONA and CAYUGA. The frigate SUSQUEHANNA quarantine until the end of September. Now began bars; and roustabouts stacked bales of cotton on the transported some 4,000 bales of cotton valued at more had put into Pensacola for repairs, and three other the long process of refitting the ship, repairing the wharves for transport through the blockade, although than $3 million from Mobile to Havana between May 1862 gunboats normally blockading the entrance to Mobile damage caused by the blockaders, and recruiting a full there was far less activity along the city’s wharves than and September 1863. A fleet of smaller schooners proved Bay had departed to take on coal or for needed repairs. complement of men—20 officers and 116 enlisted men. before the war. While soldiers were garrisoned at the even more successful, exporting more than 15,000 bales forts below the city and other defensive positions and of cotton past warships lurking off the bar. One of several work was carried out on gunboats, submarines and foreign-owned blockade-runners regularly making the “torpedoes,” there were relatively few outward signs of run between Mobile and Havana was the British-built the war, other than trainloads of soldiers passing through, DENBIGH, which exported cotton and imported sundry local contingents of uniformed Confederate soldiers items as mundane as shoe strings and hair pins, as well and, from August 1862, naval officers who frequented as alcohol, cigars and tea. The DENBIGH and two other Confederate Admiral Franklin Buchanan’s headquarters foreign-owned steamers, the ALICE and the DONEGAL, at the corner of St. Anthony and North Conception were responsible for the successful export of 9,000 bales streets. The citizenry, however, felt the effects of the of cotton from Mobile during their careers. blockade as increasingly fewer imports made it past the U.S. warships prowling off the bar. Fewer bolts of cloth U.S. Navy Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, in command of meant that clothes had to last longer, repaired, patched the West Gulf Blockading Squadron wrote, “Blockading or dyed to look new. The absence of oil for Mobile’s street is hard service, and difficult to carry on with perfect lamps resulted in pitch and pine knots to provide light. success… I don’t know how many [blockade-runners] The cost of some foodstuffs had skyrocketed by as much escape, but we certainly make a good many prizes.” as 750 percent by the spring of 1862. During the final two years of the war, only one in four blockade-runners successfully slipped past the Navy The blockaders continued to snap up prizes. On June 19, ships off the mouth of Mobile Bay, but the numbers are 1862, the USS MORNING LIGHT captured the blockade- deceptive: in 1864, there were 22 attempts to run the runner VENTURA off Grant’s Pass as she attempted blockade into Mobile; of those, 19 were successful. An »The USS R.R. CUYLER was a fast steamer assigned to blockade duty in the Gulf.

28 ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. I ALABAMA SEAPORT • 2017 VOL. I 29 the CUYLER. The latter delayed pursuit until her captain had been called on , giving the FLORIDA precious minutes to get a head start. The SUSQUEHANNA fired signal rockets, and the ONEIDA beat to quarters, but all was in vain. Though the CUYLER gave chase, she was no match for the clean-bottomed FLORIDA, and the latter made her escape and began taking prizes almost immediately. The two runs by the FLORIDA into and out of Mobile deeply embarrassed the U.S. Navy, and Preble lost his commission for a period. Nevertheless, after the war, U.S. Admiral David Dixon Porter praised Maffitt, »The blockade-runner DENBIGH ran so often between Havana writing, “We do not suppose there was ever a case where and Mobile that she was referred to as “the mail packet.” a man, under all the attending circumstances, displayed more energy or more bravery.”

Ready at last to put to sea, the FLORIDA dropped anchor Blockade-runners continued to sail in and out of Mobile off Ft. Morgan on Jan. 11, 1863. Lt. Maffitt went ashore and during ensuing months, but rising prices and shortages climbed to the top of the fort’s parapets. From there, he of daily goods caused the women of Mobile to stage a counted 13 blockaders at sea. Blockaders or no, Maffitt “bread riot” in September 1863. Women marched down meant to take his ship out. Two attempts were aborted Dauphin Street, carrying signs that read, “Bread or but on the night of Jan. 15, the weather was dirty enough Blood” and “Bread and Peace,” and smashing storefront to give the Confederate officer the chance he needed. windows and looting goods. The commanding general As a northerly gale screamed in the ship’s rigging and charged with the defense of Mobile ordered troops to heavy rainfall rendered visibility all but nil, Maffitt began stop the women, but the men demurred. Finally, the steaming down the channel at 2:20 on the morning of Jan. Mayor of Mobile addressed the crowd and promised 16. Just as Maffitt had seen the ships of the blockading to take action, creating the Special Relief Committee, squadron, so, too, had his vessel been sighted, and funded by wealthy citizens, and which would sell goods the blockaders lay in wait. The fast steamer USS R.R. at cost. CUYLER had specifically been dispatched to apprehend the FLORIDA when she came out. Nevertheless, the The Battle of Mobile Bay on Aug. 5, 1864, effectively FLORIDA picked her way between the blockaders closed the Port of Mobile, leaving Wilmington as the only unnoticed until she was spotted by a crewman on board Southern port still open.

» While low-profile steamers were favored as blockade-runners for East Coast ports, Gulf blockaders preferred centerboard schooners that could escape into shallow bays and inlets.

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

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