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FOR Director Linda Wright and spouse Ken attended the Port Freeport Community Advisory Panel meeting. Port CEO Phyllis Saathoff gave an update on current expansion happening at the port to accommodate future demands. Two items planned is the deepening of the jetty channel entrance to 4 nautical miles further offshore to a 56ft depth and deepening the Container Terminal area depth from 46ft to 51ft.      
     Also speaking was Captain Ross Coviello, Brazos Pilots Association, who described navigating vessels, including the world’s largest LNG vessels, into Port Freeport 365 days a year, day or night, seven days a week, 24 hrs a day. Plus, the added excitement getting onboard an incoming vessel by jumping on to the pilot ladder attached to the other moving vessel. In other words, how does a pilot board a moving vessel - very carefully! 

 

Twenty brave friends fought the soggy elements and attended the regular FOR Saturday “Breakfast on the Bernard”. John Swanson, FOR President, gave an update on work opposing the CRL facility and reminded everyone of the upcoming “State of the River" meeting at Dido’s Restaurant, Sat Feb 24th, 1:00 pm. Speaker is Dr. John Stern, retired veterinarian and Danciger, Tx neighbor adjacent to the CRL property. He will speak about the hazards of the facility in our area. A question & answer session will follow his talk.

     Several special guests attended breakfast. Gloria Milsap, representative from Senator Joan Huffman's office, discussed recent meetings and communications within the Senator’s District 17 area. Ravi Singhania and Dan Croft, Port Freeport Commissioners, discussed actions regarding the CRL monkey facility and presented a copy of the “Port of Freeport Resolution” opposing the facility. Updates of Port activities included Volkswagens are scheduled to be delivered later in February and Dole Fruit is relocating to Freeport from Galveston.