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For Immediate Release PORT OF VANCOUVER, USA WELCOMES Photos StarJava2.jpg
- The M/V Star Java is the third vessel in a series of three delivered
from Tamano, Japan, in the period up to 2008. December 20, 2006 -- Port of Vancouver, USA welcomed the M/V Star Java, captained by Edilberto F. Cruz from the Philippines, on her maiden voyage to Vancouver, Washington. The M/V Star Java is owned by Grieg Shipping of Bergen, Norway; operated by Star Shipping, and represented locally by General Steamship Corporation of Portland, Oregon. Capt. Cruz and the 22-member crew were welcomed to Vancouver by
Lucky Hewavitharana, from Star Shipping; Bryan Smith, Operations
Vessel Manager for General Steamship; Paul DeBolt, Vessel Operations
Manager for Marine Terminals Corp.; Ron Gill, Operations Manager
for Jones Stevedoring, and Alastair Smith, Senior Director of Marketing
and Operations, and Mike Schiller, Operations Manager, both from
the Port of Vancouver. A general cargo vessel, the M/V Star Java is 198 meters in length and has a total 44,837 deadweight tons, with 11 holds/hatches and two Mitsui Paceco traveling 68 long-ton gantry cranes. The vessel is compliant with environmental IMO Requirements meeting low emissions engine compliance. The M/V Star Java discharged cargo from the Far East at Port of Vancouver’s Terminal 3, stevedored by Marine Terminals Corporation and Jones Stevedoring. After leaving the Port of Vancouver, the vessel will sail to Los Angeles and San Francisco before proceeding to its final destination, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. * * * * * * * * The Port of Vancouver, USA, created by Clark County taxpayers in 1912, is one of the major ports on the Pacific Coast. Its competitive strengths include available land, versatile cargo handling capabilities, vast transportation networks, a dependable labor force and an exceptional level of service to its customers and community.
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