ADVISORY, Feb. 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --
WHAT: Press conference and reception
WHEN: Friday, February 23 2007, beginning at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Port of Houston Authority Executive Office Building
Board Room
111 East Loop North
Houston, Texas 77029
WHO: Jim Edmonds, Chairman, Port of Houston Authority
Tom Kornegay, Executive Director, Port of Houston Authority
Dr. William Lindemann, Chancellor, San Jacinto College
Walt Niemand, President/CEO, West Gulf Maritime Association
(WGMA)
Clyde Fitzgerald, President, International Longshoremen's
Association
Jim Gilbert, Chairman, Economic Alliance -- Houston Port
Region
Jan Lawler, Executive Director, Economic Alliance -- Houston
Port Region
Ronald G. Congleton, Commissioner, Texas Workforce
Commission
WHY: A $987,620 educational training grant from the Texas
Workforce Commission for the period December 1, 2006 through
November 30, 2007 will enable these organizations to work
together to provide technical training necessary to add more
than 1,500 skilled workers to the local maritime industry,
including Longshoremen, Industrial Truck Operators,
Clerks/Checkers, Gang and Walking Foremen, Container
Handlers, and Yard Tractor Operators.
CONTACTS: Felicia Griffin, Communications Manager, Port of Houston
Authority
Office: 713-670-2644 / cell: 713-594-5620
email: fgriffin@poha.com
Teri Fowle, Director of Communications, San Jacinto College
Office: (281) 991-2633 / Mobile: (281) 455-1971
email: teri.fowle@sjcd.edu
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 6,000 vessels call at the port, which ranks first in the U.S. in foreign waterborne tonnage, second in overall total tonnage, and tenth 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
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