ADVISORY/Port Authority & Buffalo Bayou Partnership Celebrate Launch of Art Project Trash Skimmer.Business Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday (June 12) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: PORT AUTHORITY & BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATE LAUNCH
OF ART PROJECT TRASH SKIMMER
Press Conference and Launch Celebration for trash skimmer at
Port of Houston
WHEN: Thursday, June 12, 2003
10:30AM
WHERE: Port of Houston Authority's Sam Houston Pavilion
7300 Clinton Drive, Gate 8
Houston, Texas
Directions: Leave East Loop 610 at Exit 28 (Clinton Drive).
Turn right and proceed west on Clinton, past McCarty to Gate 8.
Enter Gate 8 and stay to the right. Security guard and signs
will direct you to the pavilion.
WHO: Sylvia Garcia, Commissioner, Precinct Two, Harris County
James T. Edmonds, Chairman, Port of Houston Authority
Aaron Tuley, Director of Planning, Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Michael Talbott, Director, Harris County Flood Control District
Steve Hupp, Director, Harris County Environmental Supplemental
Program
Michael Galbreth & Jack Massing, Artists, The Art Guys
More than 300 invited guests including elected officials and
community leaders
WHY: The specially designed boat will skim refuse along the banks of
Buffalo Bayou five days a week from Shepherd Drive to the East
Loop 610. The boat's name -- chosen from among many contest
entries -- will be revealed at the Launch Celebration. In
addition to capturing debris washed into the bayou from storm
drains and street runoff, the boat will be equipped with
special attachments to remove trash located in trees and on the
bayou banks.
The Port of Houston The Port of Houston is the port of Houston, Texas, the fourth-largest city in the United States. The Port is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities located a few hours' sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico. Authority The Port of Houston Authority owns and operates the public facilities located along the Port of Houston, the 25-mile long complex of diversified public and private facilities designed for handling general cargo Cargo that is susceptible for loading in general, nonspecialized stowage areas or standard shipping containers; e.g., boxes, barrels, bales, crates, packages, bundles, and pallets. , containers, grain and other dry bulk materials, project and heavy lift cargo, and other types of cargo. Each year, more than 6,600 vessels call at the port, which ranks first in the U.S. in foreign waterborne tonnage TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel. 2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. , second in overall total tonnage, and sixth largest in the world. The Port Authority plays a vital role in ensuring navigational safety along the Houston Ship Channel The Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas is part of the Port of Houston—one of the United States's busiest sea ports. The channel is a conduit between the continental interior and the Gulf of Mexico for both petrochemical products and Midwestern grain. , which has been instrumental in Houston's development as a center of international trade. The Barbours Cut Container Terminal A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transhipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transhipment may be between ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks, in which case the terminal is described as a and Central Maintenance Facility are the first of any U.S. port facilities to develop and implement an innovative Environmental Management System that meets the rigorous standards of ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001. Additionally, the port is an approved delivery point for Coffee "C" futures contracts Futures Contract An exchange traded agreement to buy or sell a particular type and grade of commodity for delivery at an agreed upon place and time in the future. Futures contracts are transferable between parties. traded on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Board of Trade's Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange. For more information, please visit www.portofhouston.com |
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