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Chairman's Report Dear MenL~rs, This is my ]~t C/mirma/I ~ Repo~ยข to you, and it is a hiRer~veet time. Bitter because it marks our close as an organization. Sweet because CCC has achieved the objecth~ it set fa 1986. The year 2002 will see the Council gi~ way to the "CCC Senrice Corp.," a new corpovatinn which is a for-proth subsidiat), of the United StaleS Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (USL L',:), and it ushers in a period of opporttmity for growgl under new leadership. So there's sorrow in seeing the Council end its time, and joy in ~.ntclling its successor, US~LX, shoulder ~e task of leading its consthuencie~a triers, terminal operators and port associations in co[lecti~ bargaining with the ILA In taking on that task, [ISMX will be all die stronger because it comprises nil dse moalagoment secto~ which operate along tile Atlantic and GuIf coasB. CCC h~ lived up to its mtssio, the [LA has indeed beconie more competitb,e, the indush3, has enjoyed a co~t wide labor peace unkeoken [or 25 years, and Iabor and managenlent h~e togother created a coIlecti~ ba~gaiinng process enbonced by tnutua] mid growing trust, ziot undermined ~ strikes and slowdowJ]s. Tire truth is in the numbers. Co~bwide, indststrg cost savings amount to over $280 mglinn for the fi~ year per[od of the Master Contract negotiated in 1996. Container l~oyagy CAP refunds to carriers negotialed in co)lecti~ bargaining amount to over $100 milbon. The national health cape plan, MiiA, negotiated with the ILA has sa~xd $61 million in the two )'ears il h~ been fogy in place. AS for labor, the ILA has clearly grown to be a nlofe productive work force, more able to bottle agoinsl encro~hJng nonurtiol) ~nd IlOJI-[LA opemlo~ cgast-wtde. Furthermore, the unton h.'LS entered wholehear tedly into our training, retraining and s,q fety programs to a degree unaddevabIe 15 ~,'u~ ago. I ca~l look back and ask, "COLdd we have (lone betler?"