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Houston,, TX, United States

The BSI name is your guarantee of world class service! Formed in 1901, BSI is the world's first, and now largest national standards body, employing over 5300 people in over 110 countries. BSI Inspectorate is working for better lives through better industry and better business. Headquarters offices are in the UK. Regional offices are located worldwide. BSI means global industry leadership in standards, business information, management systems and product testing. BSI means true independence from outside financial interests. BSI means being able to invest rapidly in the largest of projects. And above all -- BSI means a culture of innovative, intelligent thinking, and insightful commercial understanding.

Piraeus, Greece

VISION In the words of George P.Livanos, "Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ltd., believes that ecologically sound and safe, seaborne trade promotes world peace, supports a unique form of communication between nations and assists the development of peoples who strive to improve their standard of living." Ceres will always endeavor to provide superior client service by achieving Maximum Quality through zero casualty tolerance. We strive to be a leader in the ship management industry, by utilising new information technologies in shipping, consistent with our strategic goals and by realising maximum efficiency through superior management. We aim at exploiting new horizons and new markets worldwide by forging strategic alliances with new or existing customers. MISSION Our fundamental belief is that a safe vessel means inter alia safe and clean seas and environment. However, profitability is the overall target through planning, through Safety, Quality and Environmental awareness and provision of safe and cost effective management services that meet or exceed the requirements of our clients. We focus on safe and healthy work environments and practices, onboard and ashore, by minimising the risks, managing a well-maintained fleet and striving to meet new industry requirements, within budget, while complying with all applicable rules and regulations. We respect the dignity and rights of the individual and offer equal opportunity to all employees, based on merit, in order to develop and realise their career goals. We shall earn the confidence of the shipowners and our clients by achieving and maintaining certification, for complying with applicable requirements of the ISM Code, ISO 9002-1994, Quality and ISO 14001, Environmental Management Standards.

Houston, TX, United States

The Houston Pilots comprise 81 pilots, including two deputy pilots that are still in training. In selecting candidates to become deputy pilots, the Houston Pilots accept only experienced working mariners that have already been qualified and licensed by the Federal Government as First Class Pilots for Galveston Bar and the Houston Ship Channel and then trains them for three years before recommending them to the Pilot commissioners and the Governor for a full commission. The Houston Ship Channel is known as the most difficult pilotage in the world because of the very long and very narrow channel and the heavy load of traffic that it carries. The Houston Pilots, from the beginning, now, and in the future are totally committed to the safety on the Houston Ship Channel and service to the shipping industry. The Port of Houston Authority owns and operates the public facilities located along the Port of Houston, the 25-long complex of diversified public and private facilities designed for handling general cargo, containers, grain and other dry bulk materials, project and heavy lift cargo, and other types of cargo. Each year, more than 6,600 vessels call at the port, which ranks first in the U.S. in foreign waterborne tonnage, second in overall total tonnage, and sixth largest in the world. The Port Authority plays a vital role in ensuring navigational safety along the Houston Ship Channel, which has been instrumental in Houston's development as a center of international trade. The Barbours Cut Container Terminal and Central Maintenance Facility are the first of any U.S. port facilities to develop and implement an innovative Environmental Management System that meets the rigorous standards of ISO 14001. Additionally, the port is an approved delivery point for Coffee "C" futures contracts traded on the New York Board of Trade's Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange.

Portsmouth, NH, United States

P AND H Associates are certified in the ISM Code, ISO 9000 and ISO 14001. We are located on all US Coasts, which minimizes travel expenditures for our clients.

Mexico

To provide conditions that will encourage investment in industry, and to strengthen port-related services by creating business opportunities for the local, state, national, and international communities. To become Latin America's leading industrial port and a viable commercial port for the Mexican Pacific. To foster favourable conditions for the development of industrial clusters that will add value to their products and stimulate a high level of sustained growth in the regional and national economies. As part of its commitment to quality and continuous improvement, the Port Authority (API) has established the following QUALITY POLICY. Who we serve in the Port Administration, we compromise to satisfy the needs of our clients, through the continuous improvement of the processes and services, as well as to prevent and mitigate, in the environment of competence, the adverse impacts to the medium environment, to prompt the development national port performance, and to promote a culture of preservation of the environment, based on the Quality Management System and Environmental, complying with Objective, the regulations and the applicable legislation. OBJECTIVE OF QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 1. To achieve the integration of the System of Management of the Quality and Environmental, maintaining the certificate ISO 9001:2000 and obtaining the certificate ISO 14001:1996, during the 2003. 2. to establish and/or to improve the operational controls for mitigate the environmental impacts negatives that affect to the quality of the water of the bodies receptor. 3. to obtain and/or to maintain the certification of Clean Industry or Environmental Fulfillment of Each Port Administration to the 2005. 4. Sensitize to the cessionaries and services suppliers of the Port’s Administration , so that they implement a System of Management of the Quality and/or Environmental Administration. 5. To increase the efficiency of the processes of each Port Administration , regarding the of the previous year. 6. To increase the performance of the resources of each Port Administration .