HOUSTON, Aug. 30, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- More than 30 guests attended the luncheon and ceremony honoring U.S. Representative Chet Edwards as the 2006 Port Person of the Year. The event at the Downtown Club at Shell Plaza was hosted by the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) and the Texas Ports Association (TPA).
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Edwards, the only Texan among the members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, was saluted for his committed advocacy on behalf of seaports throughout of Texas. The subcommittee oversees key homeland defense programs, and Edwards has been instrumental in garnering substantial levels of federal funding aimed at maintaining the viability and security of Texas' ports.
Joining in the ceremony saluting Edwards were PHA Chairman Jim Edmonds along with Matt Woodruff, treasurer and incoming president of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association; former congressman Jim Chapman; and TPA President Chris Fisher, who serves as the executive director of the Port of Beaumont.
CAPTIONS (all persons listed as pictured left to right):
Photo 01: U.S. Representative Chet Edwards, TPA's 2006 Port Person of the Year.
Photo 02: TPA President Chris Fisher and U.S. Representative Edwards.
Photo 03: U.S. Representative Edwards, PHA Chairman Jim Edmonds, U.S. Representative Gene Green.
Photo 04: TPA President Chris Fisher and U.S. Representative Edwards.
Photo 05: PHA Executive Director Tom Kornegay, TPA President Chris Fisher, U.S. Representative Edwards, Port of Freeport Executive Director Pete Reixach, and Port of Corpus Christi Executive Director John LaRue.
Photos courtesy the Port of Houston Authority (photos by David Bray).
About the Port of Houston 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, 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, second in overall total tonnage, and 10th largest in the world. The Port Authority plays a vital role in ensuring navigational safety along the Houston Ship Channel, which has been instrumental in Houston's development as a center of international trade. The Barbours Cut Container Terminal 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 14001. Additionally, the port is an approved delivery point for Coffee "C" futures contracts traded on the New York Board of Trade's Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange. For more information, please visit www.portofhouston.com. To access the port's website photo gallery, please visit http://www.portofhouston.com/publicrelations/publicrelations.html and click the link for PHA Photo Gallery.
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About the Texas Ports Association
The mission of the Texas Ports Association is to advance the development of Texas ports, enabling them to compete with ports outside Texas and thereby strengthen the economy of Texas.
