Participating Members
(1) Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans
(2) Board of Commissioners of Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District
(3) Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission
(4) Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange, Texas
(5) Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport
(6) Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas
(7) Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas
(8) Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
(9) Alabama State Docks Department, Port of Mobile
(10) South Louisiana Port Commission, LaPlace, Louisiana
(11) Board of Navigation and Canal Commissioners of the Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County, Texas
(12) Board of Commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas
(13) Board of Commissioners of the Tampa Port Authority of Hillsborough County, Florida
(14) Port of Pensacola, Pensacola, FL
(15) Panama City Port Authority
(16) Brazos River Harbor Navigation District of Brazoria County, Texas
(17) Port of Corpus Christi Authority
(18) Board of Commissioners of the Jackson County Port Authority (Port of Pascagoula)
(19) Manatee Port Authority, Palmetto, Florida
(20) St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, Chalmette, LA
(21) Port of West St. Mary, Franklin, LA

NOTICE: The Gulf Seaports Marine Terminal Conference agreement permits the participating members to discuss and agree upon port terminal rates, charges, rules, and regulations. Any such rates, charges, rules, and regulations adopted pursuant to said agreement, shall be published in the respective tariffs of said members and so identified by proper symbol and explanation.

SHIPPERS' REQUESTS AND COMPLAINTS: Shippers, or other users of the facilities and services of the members of said Conference, desiring to present requests or complaints with respect to any such rates, charges, rules, and regulations adopted pursuant to said Conference agreement, should submit the same, in writing to the Chairman of the Conference, at the address below, giving full particulars, including all relevant facts, conditions, and circumstances pertaining to the request or complaint. Should further information be required by the Conference for full consideration of the request or complaint, the Conference Chairman will so advise by mail. The said Chairman will notify such shipper or complainant of the docketing of the matter and of the date and time of the proposed meeting and if said shipper and complainant desires to be heard, he shall make request upon the Chairman in advance of the meeting.

John P. LaRue, Conference Chairman
c/o Port of Corpus Christi,
P.O. Box 1541, Corpus Christi, TX 78403

The water area at the edge of a wharf, including mooring facilities, used by a vessel when docked.

Storage accomplished under bond payable to the United States Treasury Department until cleared for entry by the United States Customs.

The service of counting and checking cargo against appropriate documents for the account of the cargo, or the vessel, or other person requesting same.

A standard (I.S.O.) seagoing 115 container 20 feet in length or over.

DAY:

A consecutive 24-hour period or fraction 120 thereof.

The charge assessed against a vessel for berthing at a wharf, pier, or bulkhead structure, or bank or for mooring to a vessel so berthed.

FREE-TIME:

The specified period during which cargo may occupy space assigned to it on terminal property free of wharf demurrage or terminal storage charges immediately prior to the loading or subsequent to the discharge of such cargo on or off the vessel.

The service of physically moving cargo between point of rest and any place on the terminal facility, other than the end of ship's tackle.

The service of providing heavy lift cranes and equipment for lifting cargo.

All Saturdays and Sundays of the year; New Year's Day,
Martin L. King's Birthday, Presidents Day, Texas Independence Day/March 2, Good Friday, Memorial Day, June 19th, July 4th, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

Holidays falling on Sunday will be observed the following Monday.