MARITIME BULLETIN News and Information from the Port of Hampton Roads

Volume 69, No 1, January 2005 NEWSNNEW This months Maritime Bulletin is Sponsored by: Accurate Marine Environmental, Inc. ’s Monumental Ceremony On December 8th, the schedule will provide a Schooner Virginia was unique economic placed upon the waters of development and the Elizabeth River by marketing tool for Tidewater Skanska’s Commonwealth derrick barge SAMPSON. companies and In preparation of her organizations official christening, internationally. Virginia was escorted down Virginia will host an the Elizabeth River by the ongoing series of programs Virginia Pilot Association’s and events through a modern boat Virginia and partnership with towed to Norfolk’s Commonwealth schools to waterfront Otter Berth by provide maximum the Tug Mary Hope, owned Christening of Schooner Virginia opportunities for K-12 and operated by WF Capt. Glover and students to be active Magann Corp. Virginia’s First Lady participants in this tall The christening Lisa Collis ship project. ceremony took place at 11:30 a.m. on The Schooner Virginia project is December 10, 2004 at Norfolk’s Otter Berth. administered through the Virginia Maritime Virginia was solemnly dedicated and Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to the sea during this ceremony. established to promote the maritime heritage Governor Mark R. Warner was the Featured of the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Speaker while Lisa Collis, the First Lady of construction and successful operation of the Virginia, christened the vessel with a bottle vessel. of Cuvee D’or Brut sparkling wine from the Although the vessel has been christened, Oasis Winery in Virginia. As part of the she will return to her berth adjacent to Habor ceremony, Ms. Collis, joined by eight area Park where craftsmen will begin installing the school students, sprinkled Schooner Virginia masts in preparation for rigging of the sails. with water representing her heritage from the The U.S. Coast Guard sea trials are scheduled Chesapeake Bay. to begin in April 2005 and she will set sail to Schooner Virginia is a 122-foot-long replica Richmond to be officially commissioned. Once of the original Schooner Virginia that sailed commissioned she will embark on a full the Chesapeake Bay from 1917 to 1926 serving schedule, visiting ports in the Commonwealth as a training vessel and floating barrack for and throughout the Eastern Seaboard. This Virginia’s bay pilots. scheduled visitation is congruent with her Today the Virginia will be a catalyst for the mission of education and as a goodwill promotion of trade and tourism for the ambassador for the Commonwealth. Commonwealth. The worldwide sailing Published by the Hampton Roads Maritime Association, Norfolk, Virginia 1 email: [email protected] -- web site: www.portofhamptonroads.com SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

HAMPTON ROADS MARITIME ASSOCIATION Accurate Marine (AME) is an experienced, properly Officers Chairman of the Board licensed, and equipped mobile facility for bilge and tank Charles E. Brinley cleaning, gas freeing, and removal of hazardous and non- President hazardous materials for both marine and commercial Meade G. Stone, Jr. industry. Vice Presidents TERMINAL: offices and waterfront facility are located Robert P. Armbruster in Portsmouth, Virginia, with plenty of space for equipment Joseph A. Dorto Kip Hinkle storage, trucks, barge, trailers, boats, and oil . Our newly renovated pier is easily accessible for barges and Executive Vice President & Secretary other vessels to dock at our site for cleaning and gas freeing Arthur W. Moye, Jr. services. Treasurer EQUIPMENT: vacuum trucks/tankers, slop barges, clean Judy M. Barrett product barges/tankers, pneumatic & hydraulic pumping Assistant Treasurer equipment, and pollution abatement equipment including Stephen M. Carmel a fully equipped response van, oil boom and deployment Staff boats. Administrator TALENT: AME’s most important resource is their trained David C. White and experienced staff who have a commitment to quality Administrative Assistant and an excellent working relationship with selected quality to Executive Vice President Jodie M. Love out-source partnering companies.

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Recipient of Presidential “E” and “E Star” Awards for Excellence in Export Service IN THIS ISSUE Recipient of ASAE Communication 1. Cover Page 5. News Briefs & Announcement Excellence & Honorable Mention Awards 2. Sponsor Spotlight 6. HRMA Highlights 3. Maritime News 7. Membership News 4. Port Statistics 8. Club Contacts/Upcoming Events 2 Maritime News

Hampton Roads Shipping Hampton Roads Foreign Association Commerce Club Awards Annual Election of “Commerce Builder Award” Officers Capt. George Watkins is the recipient of Officers for the Year 2005 this year’s Commerce Builder Award. This award is presented annually at Virginia’s Chairman M. Lynn Tarkenton Conference on World Trade, to the person, and/or organization that makes an of the Board Virginia Int’l Terminals outstanding contribution to the development of world trade through the various Ports of President Roger J. Giesinger Hampton Roads. HRSA This award is presented by the Hampton Roads Foreign Commerce Club. This award First Vice George H. Brown is made on the basis of a particular President CP&O LLC contribution to the port, or for services rendered over a period of years. Second Vice Joseph P. Ruddy Being selected for this honor, Capt. President Virginia Intermodal Mgt. Watkins automatically becomes a member of HRFCC’s honorary group “The Commerce Executive Vice Arthur W. Moye, Jr. Builders”. Congratulations Capt. Watkins! President HRSA

Secretary Raymond A. Newlon Army Corps Sees Benefit of Hapag-Lloyd America, Inc. Craney Island The Army Corps of Engineers’ Craney Island Treasurer Griffith V. P. Lynch Eastward Expansion Feasibility Study shows APM Terminals the project will boost Virginia’s economy by $5.3 billion a year. Virginia Port Authority’s Immediate Dennis J. Weaver (VPA) proposed 600-acre marine terminal Past Chairman Ceres Marine Terminals would significantly reduce transportation costs and would create more than 50,000 jobs. “Without the proposed Craney Island terminal, this port will not have sufficient capacity to handle projected cargo growth by the year 2017”, stated J. Robert Bray of the VPA. U.S. Container Seal Requirement May Start with C-TPAT (Excerpt from American Shipper) The Department of Homeland Security is working on a [Federal Register] regulation that would mandate importers use “tamper-evident, mechanical seals for all incoming ocean containers, but may decide that shippers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program do so sooner as a temporary safeguard until a formal rulemaking is completed.” “DHS officials said in September they intend to follow the recommendations of the industry-led Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations, which called on the government to demand the use of more secure seals at the point of stuffing to protect against terrorists and that ocean carriers certify that the seal has been properly placed on the container before loading on a vessel.” 3 Vessels by Dec-04 YTD 04 Dec-03 YTD 03 Type Arrive Sail Arrive Sail Arrive Sail Arrive Sail Distribution of Coal Dumpings at Hampton Roads BULK (in net tons of 2,000 lbs.) AMERICAN 00000000 Dec-2004 12 month 2004 Dec-2003 12 month 2003 FOREIGN 17 12 178 174 18 15 158 156 Total Hampton Roads 2,091,768 26,466,616 1,417,701 20,591,052 TOTAL 17 12 178 174 18 15 158 156 NS 1,013,403 13,221,261 703,084 11,364,056 Pier IX 447,722 6,693,022 390,705 4,051,665 COAL DTA 630,643 6,552,333 323,912 5,175,331 AMERICAN 1 1 24 24 2 2 26 26 FOREIGN 23 19 263 251 9 11 228 226 Export Cargo - H. Rds. 1,613,498 19,280,309 855,563 14,209,059 TOTAL 24 20 287 275 11 13 254 252 NS 912,792 12,342,562 599,600 10,627,894 Pier IX 246,527 3,652,349 244,892 2,745,779 COMBO DTA 454,179 3,285,398 11,071 835,386 AMERICAN 00000000 FOREIGN 4 4 65 64 6 6 77 76 Coastwise & Other - H.R 478,270 7,186,307 562,138 6,381,993 TOTAL 4 4 65 64 6 6 77 76 NS 100,611 878,699 103,484 736,162 Pier IX 201,195 3,040,673 145,813 1,305,886 CONTAINER DTA 176,464 3,266,935 312,841 4,339,945 AMERICAN 15 15 161 158 19 19 165 166 Source: Hampton Roads Coal Piers FOREIGN 135 144 1536 1565 113 110 1441 1436 TOTAL 150 159 1697 1723 132 129 1606 1602

Port of Hampton Roads TEU's GENERAL (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units) AMERICAN 3 3 11 11 0055 Nov-2004 11 month 2004 Nov-2003 11 month 2003 FOREIGN 14 12 147 130 7 5 134 137 Hampton Roads 152,357 1,648,463 139,657 1,507,678 TOTAL 17 15 158 141 7 5 139 142

Source: Virginia Port Authority OTHER AMERICAN 2 2 10 10 3 3 12 12

FOREIGN 5 4 66 66 3 3 45 43 Customs Receipts - Virginia Customs District TOTAL 7 6 76 76 6 6 57 55 Nov-2004 11 month 2004 Nov-2003 11 month 2003 Hampton Roads $47,703,313 $462,262,893 $28,915,743 323,491,433 RORO Other VA $5,041,856 $49,939,742 $201,633 20,355,311 AMERICAN 22660000 FOREIGN 7 5 108 104 6 6 88 90 Total $52,745,169 $512,202,635 $29,117,377 343,846,744 TOTAL 9 7 114 110 6 6 88 90 Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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AMERICAN 00990033 Passenger Cruises FOREIGN 14 13 162 163 14 16 124 121 Dec-2004 12 month 2004 Dec-2003 12 month 2003 TOTAL 14 13 171 172 14 16 127 124

Number of Vessels 2 62 0 24 Number of Passengers 4,665 102,667 0 37,219 AMERICAN 23 23 221 218 24 24 211 212 Source: Nauticus FOREIGN 219 213 2525 2517 176 172 2295 2285

TOTAL 242 236 2746 2735 200 196 2506 2497 News Briefs & Announcements

Vocational Tug Program Opens in Mathews County On September 5, To date, the 2004, 11 Mathews students have High School seniors participated in stepped onboard the four 3 hour tug “Fells Point” at training trips Williams Wharf to aboard the “Fells start a two semester Point”. Future senior dual- training trips will enrollment elective, include two runs MAR 150. MAR 150 down to Norfolk in is a maritime March and May. vocational training These trips will be program coordinated with administered by HRMA so that the Rappahannock students have an Community College. opportunity to see Graduates of the some of the port program will have a and visit a few of Merchant Mariners Fells Point Tug Class with students from Mathews High School the local tug Document (MMD) operators. The endorsed as Ordinary Seaman, and complete all 4 first semester ends January 18th and there are still elements of STCW Basic Safety Training and STCW 11 interested and energetic students. Proficiency in Survival Craft. They will be fully A number of different individuals and groups prepared to start work as a tug deckhand or as an contributed their time and services to ensure the Ordinary Seaman onboard a ship. Tug “Fells Point” Foundation program is a success. Capt. Guy Sorensen, President of Chesapeake Moran Towing Corporation donated the “Fells Point” Marine Training Institute, Inc. (CMTI), first tug, Accurate Environmental Services assisted with approached Gloucester Schools to offer a maritime the removal of bilge wastes, Parker Systems, Inc. vocational program in 1997. Early in 2001, he worked donated 200 feet of containment boom, CMTI donated with the Hampton Roads Maritime Association the curriculum, and Mathews Land Conservancy (HRMA) to create an Entry Level Deckhand Program. provided the dock at Williams Wharf for the training HRMA hosted 4 classes over an 18 month period. tug. Several graduates of those classes still work in the Unfortunately there is a real concern that the local tug industry. program may end this June. The first year of Capt. Chip Kinsey was the instructor for CMTI’s operation was to be funded by private donations. Tug classes at HRMA. Chip studied the curriculum of “Fells Point” Foundation had hoped that grant money the program and how it met the needs of the local would be available to fund the course in the future. companies. Capt. Kinsey and Paul Horsboll, So far funds fell far short of their goals. The Tug Chesapeake Port Authority, developed a new “Fells Point” Foundation, a 501(c) 3 corporation, is program. $7,000 short of covering its’ first year expenses. They The program was designed to attract motivated have not found any source of funds on the federal or young people into the local maritime industry. The state level. They will continue to work with the class is conducted onboard a tug as a high school Federal Maritime Administration and local elective. By combining dockside classroom time with foundations, but their future is at risk. To obtain underway assessments, the students would more information about the program or to make a accumulate over 300 hours onboard a tug by the end donation contact: of the class. When the course is completed the Capt. Chip Kinsey students will be comfortable working on a vessel. Tug “Fells Point” Foundation Although the students will have plenty more to learn, PO Box 274 they will have a good grasp on the basics of safe work Port Haywood, Va. 23138 practices and underway routine operations. Phone 804-725-0505 or @ CMTI 804-642-0123 5 HRMA Highlights HRMA Committee Activity DECEMBER Inland Transportation Committee December 1st the Inland Transporation Committee received an update on the efforts of the Driver Work Force Development Subcommittee that was established to develop a long-term unified approach to bring more drivers into the workforce. The subcommittee is working with Old Dominion University to conduct and analyze a survey of approximately 150 motor carriers that do business in the Port. The survey should identify and quantify the issues associated with recruitment and retention of truck drivers and increasing the driver pool. The goal is to obtain objective data that can be used to target opportunities to increase the driver pool and gain support for this program.

Towing and Barge Operators Committee The Towing and Barge Operators Committee met on December 15th to cover a full agenda. Topics included Vessel and Facility Security Plans, the implementation of Automated Identification Systems (AIS) onboard tugs, Ballast Water Reporting Requirements, and an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding towing vessel inspections. Additionally, representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard were on hand to speak about bridge issues. Recently the Coast Guard enacted a 90-day test of new regulations for the opening of the Dominion Steel Bridge. This change in bridge opening procedures was done in response to pressures to address concerns about the disruption to the flow of vehicular traffic. The Coast Guard told the committee they would closely monitor during this test period the impact to waterborne traffic and commerce. The committee members expressed concern about the physical condition of several bridges in Hampton Roads, most specifically in Chesapeake. Those present were encouraged to continue to communicate to city officials the need for plans to replace the bridges.

Joint Committee Meeting A joint meeting of the Harbor Anchorage Dredging Committee, Navigation Rules Committee, Steamship Trade Committee and the Towing and Barge Operators Committee was held December 15th to receive a presentation from U.S. Navy representatives regarding a proposed sea barrier the Navy is planning to install and to discuss if it would impact the maritime industry. Concerns were raised about encroachment on the channel and whether or not the Navy had given consideration to the congressionally authorized 55-foot channel. Additional concerns were expressed about visibility, drifting, and the impact on dredging. The sea barrier requires permitting from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Corps would publish a public notice to obtain additional information. Those present were reminded that this is the beginning of the permitting process for this project and the industry would have opportunities to submit comments. Appreciation was extended to U.S. Navy representatives as well as representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard for their valuable input and for working with the industry in the early stages to address concerns related to this project. 6 Membership News

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Club Contacts Upcoming Club Events Jan 18 Foreign Commerce Club Hampton Roads Coal Association Joseph A. Dorto, State of the Port Contact: Will Browning, 622-3321 12:00 Norfolk Waterside Marriott (Note: FCC has changed the venue for Hampton Roads Foreign Commerce Club all future meetings) website: www.hrfcc.org Jan 21 Traffic Club Contact: Susan Long, 857-3351 Port Night 5:30 Holiday Inn - Greenbrier Hampton Roads Traffic Club Jan 26 Motor Truck Association Contact: Peter Simmons, 466-8899 6:00 p.m Holiday Inn Express, Norfolk Feb 2 Propeller Club Board Meeting Propeller Club - Port of Norfolk 12:00 Town Point Club Contact: Don Norman, 291-4101 Feb 5-6 SOMI 29th Annual Sweetheart Meeting Society of Maritime Industries 6:15 Old Cavalier on the Hill Contact: Robert Armbruster, 457-9108 Feb 9 Coal Association Business Meeting Tidewater Motor Truck Association 6:15 James River Country Club Contact: Sharen Brann, 399-0070 Feb 16 Foreign Commerce Club Capt. Robert Glover, Virginia Maritime The Women’s Transportation Heritage Foundation 11:30 Norfolk Waterside Marriott Club of Hampton Roads Feb 16 Traffic Club Contact: Anita Bonet, 440-7215 5:30 Holiday Inn - Greenbrier Feb 23 Motor Truck Association 6:00 p.m Holiday Inn Express, Norfolk HappyHappy NewNew Year!Year! WelcomeWelcome 20052005