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Tile Board of Directors of the Unked fitat~ Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (US~,LX) held its fiord anmed meeting on ffovember g~ 2000, in flew York Ci~ Tbe b~ elected the [ollo~l~ng officers to oneself lenns: David J, Tolan, chsirm~; J~es A, Capo, presideng John Mfib~, tre~ttreg mid B.E. De [.nrg see rela i~,. Tbe hoard also elected Ihe [ogn~.g ~ce presidents for ffie same term: Joke Co~eg Roger Gie~i[ifier, "fie lion, Christ~ Krifikos, YX. Lin, Paul Luedbe~g, M. Sfi~ Mabeg J,*~ es Mornson, Anffiony ~ltizzo, Rudolph Ramm and Stephen Zadach Management and labor I~ders honored Chairman Tolan and M. Brian ~laller, eb,sir m~m mtd chief executive officer o[ Maher Tenltinals Inc., in ~ew York on No~mher 3 ~th the p~stigthus Affiniral of the PO~n Sea (AOTOS) ~rd for tile )'ear 2000. The US~L~ Mffimce of contsiner c~de~, dffecI emp[o~rs and port ~soclations h~ steadily incr~sed fis membership ~d guilt a nationwide presence since its [ounthng in 1997, In ffie year 2000, 67.9 mfilin. Ions of ~L contsinerized cargo moved in ~ld out of U fi~th~: ports, an 8.7 percent incre~e o~er the prior ye~n The Affiance ar lieu]sirs indus{~ positions on re~datoJT and sa[o~ issues; n~rsees coastwide ILA t~ininfi, retaining, certification alof recertigcalion pr offi.'m~]s, ~ld mo~go~ hi,or [obor i~sttes. A USMX membeg M~ Charles Raymond, president of C.~X Lines, ~ appointed ch~nnan of file Board of Directors of the Marine Transpor~alinn NatioJlal Ad~sov~ Council ~ tile U.S. Secreta~ of T~spn~t~on. USMX i~m~Jns dedicated in its core mission: To ¢ontin~te to pl'~e~e and prnteel Ihe interests of its constituent management groups in bigot feffilion s issne~ offeetinfi lon~bnre arid rela~ed maritime aethi~ wtih th]e conside~llon [or the interests, saferl' and well being of workers and ffieir repr~entatives As the cohesive voice of file ocean ~edcr eonlmnni~ Ihe Carriers Conlsiner Council, inc. (CCC) is a key, integral part of the AI0ance. I[ M~stet'Cm~h'act E×(ended Its annuai meettilfi in Nol enther capped a I~ar of solid aceompfishmem for U~MX. In June, [oe Afiiance worked in concert edth the Carriers Contsi,er Council, lne (CCC) and Ihe II& led by John Sowers, In craft a Ihre~t'ear extensio~l to the 1996 M~er Contracl filat limits bffior cost increases to less titan eiglll percent through September 2004. Mr. Tolan and Mc Pollers ~nouneed ffie new labor agreement in mid~nne ~ler meettilg for sever,at da)s in Miami Beach, florida. It appfies to ~dl cont,~,erized ~md Rog-oel~olboff (Ro-Ro) cargo on the Afi~ltic and Gnff co~ L~, and includes $1 ~n hour nfses for longshore lEA members in 2001 ;rod 2002 thai ~fi bring con(afiler base paI, to $27 ao hour ILA [oJlgSkorenten from M,~ille to Texas ntfified gle Ifiree-l'~tr contracl exle~lsion in the L~t week of June by a 3 to I margin, rke IIA rank-and-[fie vole c;une more ffian a year before the 1996 conlract ~ts due to expire. Tile extended co]ltt ae[ contffines in ensure labor stability at Afiatlfic and Gulf ports. This was the third thRe in ~¢enl years thai managemenl atrd file ILA agreed to extend a Master ConleaCt ~dfitout fog=scale, protracted negotiations. the extension gives caniers mid terminal openRors the abifity to forec~t [olnre costs, provides an effective medlod to resolve jurisdictional disputes and nleets the needs of the [ongskore workers coveted blr ihe afireement. "1he agreement requires dial prnthtcti~ly pro~sions negotiated writ (lie ILA in the 1996 agreement be in place by Septenther 30, 2001, ~md includes a masimn[n 16 hnnr workday which edU in er e,l~e labor force sofety and in time create new ILA job opport~mifies CC(: [h'o:nteHs O~'¢t'siffhl CCC prepared file groundwork for file early bargaining talks last year and served as the ocean carriet~' voice in fire Florida negotiapons. Tfie year ~dso saw CCC expand its oversifiht of tile financing and admMistra finn of the Management IIA (MID.) heahb care plan, tile Container Royally Cap m 111is was the third th~te in recent yeaps that management and the II,A agreed to extead a Master Contpact v,,himut full-scale, protracfed n egotiatimfs. N Operations Review t W ~ @ ~ - E S

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