Published by the Virginia Maritime Association, Norfolk, Virginia email: [email protected]web site: www.VAMaritime.com ILA Leadership Elections Volume 75, No. 7 T he International Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation (ILA) and Atlantic Coast District International Longshoremen’s Association (ACDILA) held their quadrennial conventions between July 20-28 in Hollywood, Florida. Mr. Thomas Little from Hampton Roads Local 1248, who has been serving as Acting International Vice President since the passing of Edward L. Brown., Sr. in 2009, was formally elected International Vice President of the ILA. New to the slate of officers for the ACDILA from the Hampton Roads area is Mr. Larry Bachtell of Local 1624 with his election as Atlantic Coast District Vice President. This position was also held by the late Ed Brown, Sr. The President of the International Long- shoremen’s Association elected to split the position of ILA’s International Vice President and Atlantic Coast District Council Vice President, formerly held by Mr. Brown, Sr., into two positions as it is in other ports such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. “It is critical to the Port of Hampton Roads that these two individuals work together in harmony to ensure the Port of Hampton Roads flourishes and continues to maintain good labor relations,” stated Roger J. Giesinger, President and Chief Negotiator of the Hampton Roads Shipping Association. Mr. Little joined the ILA Local 1248 in April 1969. During his 42 years on the waterfront, Mr. Little was elected to various positions including being an Executive Board Member in 1979, a Delegate in 1985, a Business Agent in 1989, and President of the local since January 2000. Currently he serves as President of the Hampton Roads District Council, Vice President for the Eastern Virginia Labor Federations, is on the Virginia AFL-CIO Executive Council, Co- Chairman on the HRSA-ILA Board of Trustees and Co-Chairman on the HRSA-ILA Contract Board. In his role as the International Vice President for the Port of Hampton Roads, Mr. Little states,“In these very challenging times for the labor force, the maritime industry, and the Port of Hampton Roads, the ILA will continue to do its part in making the Port of Hampton Roads the number one Port on the East Coast. Building on the foundation of communication, cooperation, and partnerships with the employers and the entire maritime industry, which was put in place by my predecessor, Mr. Edward L. Brown, Sr., we will continue to grow and surpass the success we have already enjoyed.” Mr. Bachtell began his career as a longshoreman in 1988, joining ILA Local 1624. In December 2002, he was elected Vice President of that Local and has held the President position since being elected in 2005. He became an HRSA-ILA Fund Trustee in January 2006 and was elected Vice President of Hampton Roads District Council in January 2009. “My election as the Atlantic Coast District Vice President for Hampton Roads was the proudest day of my career,” Bachtell quipped. “I am very excited about our future and I am looking forward to working with Port leadership. Together, we can educate and engage every individual involved in the fabric of Port operations so we present a harmonious and unified front to current and potential customers. If longshoremen, port management, the port trucking community, railroads, and distribution centers work together, Hampton Roads will be even more commercially active and the sky’s the limit. I am looking forward to being part of its future and am grateful for the opportunity to represent the ILA on local issues with these goals in mind.” Harold J. Daggett, from New York-New Jersey, was elected President of the 50,000- member ILA, replacing Richard P. Hughes, Jr., becoming the ninth president of the labor union in its 120 year history. Thomas Little Local 1248 Larry Bachtell Local 1624
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ILA Leadership Elections
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The International Longshoremen’s Asso-ciation (ILA) and Atlantic Coast District International Longshoremen’s
Association (ACDILA) held their quadrennial conventions between July 20-28 in Hollywood, Florida. Mr. Thomas Little from Hampton Roads Local 1248, who has been serving as Acting International Vice President since the passing of Edward L. Brown., Sr. in 2009, was formally elected International Vice President of the ILA. New to the slate of offi cers for the ACDILA from the Hampton Roads area is Mr. Larry Bachtell of Local 1624 with his election as Atlantic Coast District Vice President. This position was also held by the late Ed Brown, Sr.
The President of the International Long-shoremen’s Association elected to split the position of ILA’s International Vice President and Atlantic Coast District Council Vice President, formerly held by Mr. Brown, Sr., into two positions as it is in other ports such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. “It is critical to the Port of Hampton Roads that these two individuals work together in harmony to ensure the Port of Hampton Roads fl ourishes and continues to maintain good labor relations,” stated Roger J. Giesinger, President and Chief Negotiator of the Hampton Roads Shipping Association.
Mr. Little joined the ILA Local 1248 in April 1969. During his 42 years on the waterfront, Mr. Little was elected to various positions including being an Executive Board Member in 1979, a Delegate in 1985, a Business Agent in 1989, and President of the local since January 2000. Currently he serves as President of the Hampton Roads District Council, Vice President for the Eastern Virginia Labor Federations, is on the Virginia AFL-CIO Executive Council, Co-Chairman on the HRSA-ILA Board of Trustees and Co-Chairman on the HRSA-ILA Contract Board. In his role as the International Vice President for the Port of Hampton Roads, Mr.
Little states, “In these very challenging times for the labor force, the maritime industry, and the Port of Hampton Roads, the ILA will continue to do its part in making the Port of Hampton Roads the number one Port on the East Coast. Building on the foundation of communication, cooperation, and partnerships with the employers and the entire maritime industry, which was put in place by my predecessor, Mr. Edward L. Brown, Sr., we will continue to grow and surpass the success we have already enjoyed.”
Mr. Bachtell began his career as a longshoreman in 1988, joining ILA Local 1624. In December 2002, he was elected Vice President of that Local and has held the President position since being elected in 2005. He became an HRSA-ILA Fund Trustee in January 2006 and was elected Vice President of Hampton Roads District Council in January 2009. “My election as the Atlantic Coast District Vice President for Hampton Roads was the proudest day of my career,” Bachtell quipped. “I am very excited about our future and I am looking forward to working with Port leadership. Together, we can educate and engage every individual involved in the fabric of Port operations so we present a harmonious and unifi ed front to current and potential customers. If longshoremen, port management, the port trucking community, railroads, and distribution centers work together, Hampton Roads will be even more commercially active and the sky’s the limit. I am looking forward to being part of its future and am grateful for the opportunity to represent the ILA on local issues with these goals in mind.”
Harold J. Daggett, from New York-New Jersey, was elected President of the 50,000-member ILA, replacing Richard P. Hughes, Jr., becoming the ninth president of the labor union in its 120 year history.
Thomas LittleLocal 1248
Larry BachtellLocal 1624
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11 Cover Story
22 More News
33 Maritime News
44 Port Statistics
55 News Briefs and Announcements
66 VMA Highlights
77 Membership News
88 Club Contact/Upcoming Events
1st in History:Father/Daughter Presidents
The Propeller Club, Port of Norfolk has again set another fi rst! The Norfolk Club is the fi rst in the United States to have had father and daughter presidents. Captain George E. Watkins, a retired Branch Pilot with the Virginia Pilots Association
served as president in 1994-1995. Jordan A. Watkins, International Trade Manager with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership will end her term as President this December.
The Port of Norfolk has several charitable missions. The most notable are the recently established annual scholarship awarded to a member of the Old Dominion University Student Propeller Club, another scholarship awarded to an ODU student whose parent served as a U.S. Merchant Mariner, and an annual donation awarded to the Seaman’s Mission of Norfolk.
The club’s many activities and philanthropic gifts to local maritime oriented groups helped them to be recognized by the National Propeller Club as the “Best Club” in 2006 and 2009 on a national and international basis.
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MARITIME NEWS
The Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center at Nauticus hosted the two-day Commercial
Marine Expo, the center’s fi rst trade show, which ran from June 22-23, 2011. Virtually all of the 80,000 square feet available on the two fl oors of the Half Moone terminal were fi lled with more than 250 vendors toting everything from tugboat engines to life rafts, satellite communications gear to propellers.
Ted Hugger of Highliner Events, LLC, the Marine-based sponsor and expo organizer, summarized it as “Essentially, it’s anything that has to do with the working waterfront”. Larry Lusk, Vice President and General Manager of J. Henry Holland, a Virginia Beach-based fi rm making wire rope, slings rigging and hardware and anything to do with lift materials,
participated as a vendor. He said, “This trade show at the Half Moone is the fi rst of its kind–targeting the commercial marine market–in Hampton Roads area in the 30 years I’ve been in business. It’s
a great application for this building and allows several companies to have ‘in-water’ exhibits.”
Stephen Kirkland, Executive Direc-tor at Nauticus, said, “as the fi rst real trade show that’s ever been produced at the Half Moone, this is a huge deal for us.” Norfolk opened the $36 million
cruise complex in 2007, in the hopes of attract-ing additional cruise business, but cruise ships calling the terminal have declined over the past few years. Although the city is still aggressively pursuing the cruise business, Kirkland recognizes there are other opportunities and will push the boundaries of this multipurpose facility.
About a year ago, Hugger began meeting with VMA, Nauticus, and other potential supporters to explore Norfolk as a mid-Atlantic option for the Commercial Marine Expo. He now plans to hold the expo in New Bedford, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia, in alternating years.
Half Moone Hosts Commercial Marine Expo
VPA Broadens Relationships at Food-Aid Conference
Virginia Port Authority Executive Director Jerry A. Bridges led the VPA delegation at the 2011 Food
Aid and International Development Conference held in Kansas City June 27-29, an event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
“We’re here because of the overall importance of this event and the amount of food-aid that is moved over our terminals,” stated Bridges. In 2010, the VPA handled nearly 160 million pounds of food-aid cargo (known as PL 480). “This is important cargo because it is
used to feed people all over the world and historically, a lot of government-sponsored food-aid cargo has moved through Virginia. From an economic
perspective, I see that being here will broaden the VPA’s exposure to building this business.”
Over its 13 years of operations, this conference has become the largest food-aid and agricultural development conference in the United States. In 2010, more that 550 participants from over 20 countries with representation from the food and agricultural industries, maritime and rail transportation, ports, private voluntary and non-governmental organization, and U.S. and foreign governments were in attendance at the conference.
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PORT STATISTICS
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NEWS BRIEFS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
In a multi-agency strike force operation (MASFO) at the Hampton Roads port facilities on July 30 and 31, the U.S. Coast Guard focused on promoting awareness and verifying
compliance with federal and state intermodal container, truck, air, rail and hazardous materials safety regulations at Norfolk International and APM Terminals.
Petty Offi cer 1st Class Bryan Anderson, Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, stated, “This year we are doing something a little different. We conducted a DHS joint initiative known as Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response operation, in conjunction with MASFO.” Inspections on containers and trucks leaving the Port of Hampton Roads are frequently conducted by individual agencies focusing on a specifi c part of the inspection, but MASFO was one in a series of similar initiatives conducted in ports nationwide since September 1998 that brings the agencies together to reduce the inspection time delay for cargo shipments.
VMA Attracts A Younger Audience Through Internships
This summer the Virginia Maritime Association provided two young interns an inside glimpse to the maritime community. VMA’s intern program gave the Association
the chance to educate a younger audience about the wide range of activities and opportunities offered in the maritime industry.
Sarah Allen, completing her studies at Longwood University, was with the Association for two weeks in June, working
to improve the information the VMA provides for distribution centers and warehouses listed in the Port Annual. Sarah also spent time doing marketing and updating information related to VMA’s Drive the Port program. Mason Leon, a third year at the University of Virginia, was with VMA for several weeks in July and August. Mason worked on improving VMA’s catalog of
information about the numerous marine cargo terminals in the port and updating some of VMA’s records on the history of the Port and the Association. These young adults were provided opportunities to participate in meetings and interact with VMA members. Following his internship, Mason wrote, “The projects you assigned to me truly gave me tremendous insight into the scope and depth of the maritime fi eld. Attending the various meetings was very informative and interesting. Allowing visits with various representatives from the different sectors of the maritime fi eld further enhanced my understanding of the shipping industry. I feel that I have learned quite a bit and now fi nd myself seriously thinking about a career in the business.”
Through internships it is possible to recruit young individuals into our industry to ensure the advantages and challenges faced by our Port are met. We need to build leaders today to ensure the Port’s future remains bright for tomorrow.
There is a higher chance of identifying undeclared hazmat, improper shipments and containers not-fi t-for-sea during MASFO than normal inspections.
The Coast Guard employed container inspectors, vessel boarding security teams, maritime security response teams and Coast Guard intelligence. Other agencies that took part in the operation included CBP, National Cargo Bureau, Transportation Security Administration, Virginia Port Authority Port Police, Chesapeake and Newport News Police Departments and the Department of Homeland Security canine unit.
The team discovered container structural defi ciencies that resulted in placing the containers on hold until the defi ciencies were rectifi ed.
“This year we are doing something a little different. We conducted a DHS joint initiative known as Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response operation, in conjunction with MASFO.”
“We need to build leaders today to ensure the Port’s future remains bright for tomorrow.”
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VMA HIGHLIGHTS
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One of the vital roles the VMA plays to promote and protect the interests of our members is to
regularly educate and update legislators and policy makers on the importance and needs of Virginia’s maritime industry. Throughout July the VMA did so in discussions with several members of the General Assembly and by conducting port tours for Mayor Kenneth Wright of the City of Portsmouth and several city council members from Hampton Roads cities.
■ ■ ■
In July Virginia International Termi–nals’ (VIT) entire international and domestic sales team was in Norfolk for planning meetings and to get fi rst-hand knowledge of some of the changes in the Port and VIT’s operations. During their visit VMA’s Board members had the opportunity to meet with them to learn what they are hearing in their respective regions of the world and to give this important sales team broader exposure to what is going on in the Port.
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The Association was involved in the July 25 meeting of the Freight Transportation Advisory Committee (FTAC). The FTAC helps defi ne the transportation priorities for Hampton Roads from a freight movement perspective. Key agenda items included a discussion of how the FTAC interacts with other freight interest groups, application for funding to conduct an economic analysis of the impacts to the regional economy of tolling, and production of an outreach video.
■ ■ ■
On July 26 the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads and VMA conducted a stakeholder meeting for the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study (ACPARS). The ACPARS may result in the alteration of shipping routes in and out of the Port of Hampton Roads and other ports on the U.S. East Coast. Over 60 representatives from businesses and organizations that rely on the safe and
effi cient movement of ships and tugs to and from the Port were in attendance to learn about the ACPARS and how they should provide the Coast Guard with information needed to make the best decisions for the future of shipping and the Port of Hampton Roads.
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Throughout July the VMA continued to consult with industry partners in preparing a response to the draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Area which would establish areas off the Virginia Capes where offshore wind projects could be constructed. VMA also participated in the July 26 meeting of the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority (VOWDA) during which VOWDA also prepared a response the draft Environmental Assessment and began preparing its annual report to the General Assembly of Virginia.
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ASSOCIATION IN ACTION
TOWING & BARGE OPERATORS COMMITTEEOn July 20 the Industry Day Subcommittee of the
Towing & Barge Operators Committee met to continue the planning for the next annual Towing Vessel Safety Seminar. The subcommittee is preparing a day-long event focused on training tug crews to respond to onboard fi res and hull breaches.
INLAND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEEThe agenda of the July 21 meeting of the Inland
Transportation Committee touched on several items important to the Port’s motor carriers. The committee received an update on current operations and the future of the chassis pool, decided to conduct a survey
to obtain data related to billings motor carriers receive for damages to containers, DOT roadside inspections and FMCSA regulations. The members also addressed the future goals and objectives of the committee.
OUTINGS COMMITTEEOn July 26 the Outings Committee met to continue
the planning of the 2011 Chesapeake Bay Feast and the Maritime Issues Council Golf Outing. The committee reviewed the results of a survey of the VMA membership regarding adding some new networking events to the calendar. With the survey results indicating strong support the committee began discussing the next steps for planning new networking events.
Committee Update
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