ADVISORY/Port Authority Launches Homeland Cruising from Houston; Norwegian Cruise Line Offers Exotic Western Caribbean Itineraries.News Editors/Travel Writers ADVISORY...for Friday (Nov. 7) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHEN: Friday, November 7, 2003
11:30 a.m. - VIP Luncheon
4 p.m. - VIP Plaque & Key Ceremony
6 p.m. - Overnight "Cruise to Nowhere"
WHERE: Port of Houston Authority Cruise Terminal
820 North L Street in LaPorte, Texas
Directions: Take the East Loop 610, merge onto Texas
Highway 225 eastbound via exit 30B toward Pasadena/LaPorte.
Go about 14.5 miles. Merge onto Texas Highway 146 southbound
toward LaPorte/Seabrook. Continue for about one mile. Take
the exit toward Barbours Cut Blvd. Turn left onto Barbours
Cut Blvd. Go about 3/4-mile and turn left onto North
Broadway Street. Go about 1/2-mile and turn right onto
North L Street.
WHO: NCL officials, PHA commissioners and executives, political
dignitaries, community leaders
WHY: NCL will provide leisure passenger cruises from Houston.
Under terms of the three-year agreement, NCL's Norwegian Sea
vessel will make a minimum of 48 calls per year at the PHA,
offering seven-day exotic Western Caribbean itineraries that
include calls at the ports of Roatan, Honduras; Belize City,
Belize; and Cancun and Cozumel, Mexico. NCL previously
offered a series of cruises from Houston in 2001.
AUDIO/
VISUALS: -- Festive decorations
-- Live entertainment
-- Interviews with NCL and PHA executives
-- TV live shot arrangements available -- minimum 24 hours
advance notice preferred
DUE TO HEIGHTENED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, MEDIA ACCESS WILL BE STRICTLY
LIMITED TO ONLY DESIGNATED PHA LOCATIONS. ALL MEDIA PERSONNEL ON
ASSIGNMENT MUST CONTACT PHA IN ADVANCE AND PRESENT CURRENT PHOTO
IDENTIFICATION UPON ENTRANCE.
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 Cocoa, city, United States Cocoa, city (1990 pop. 17,722), Brevard co., E Fla., on the Indian River (a lagoon), a segment of the Intracoastal Waterway; inc. 1895. It is a tourist and arts center in a region where citrus fruits are grown. An 8-mi (12. Exchange. For more information, please visit www.portofhouston.com |
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