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            The Port of Baltimore
          
        
        
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          January/February 2014
        
        
        
          Soundings
        
        
          
            OUTREACH
          
        
        
          Port Community
        
        
          Supports Typhoon
        
        
          Yolanda Victims
        
        
          I
        
        
          n support of Typhoon Yolanda relief
        
        
          efforts, Evergreen Line provided
        
        
          discounted rates for three 40-foot
        
        
          containers. One was paid for by
        
        
          Thunderbolt Global Logistics (owned by
        
        
          Jim Shapiro
        
        
          and
        
        
          Stu Tobin
        
        
          ) and two by
        
        
          Rosedale Baptist Church, through the
        
        
          assistance of the
        
        
          Rev. Scott Tewell
        
        
          .
        
        
          Scott Damasiewicz
        
        
          from Rukert
        
        
          Terminals Corporation arranged for free
        
        
          transportation of the three containers
        
        
          to and from the Port of Baltimore and
        
        
          the church, where they were filled with
        
        
          donated clothes and canned goods earlier
        
        
          this winter.
        
        
          
            Josie Frias
          
        
        
          , Export Coordinator for
        
        
          Thunderbolt, gave special thanks to
        
        
          
            Mary Jane Norris
          
        
        
          of the Maryland Port
        
        
          Administration (MPA) for emails
        
        
          promoting their efforts and for other
        
        
          volunteer assistance. “I am truly blessed
        
        
          with all the help from everyone,” Frias said.
        
        
          The three containers arrived at the Cebu
        
        
          Port of the Philippines in mid-January.
        
        
          
            ASSOCIATION
          
        
        
          of
        
        
          
            MARYLAND PILOTS
          
        
        
          PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAPTAIN  WILLIAM BAND AMP
        
        
          Phone: (410) 342-6013
        
        
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          Fax: (410) 276-1364
        
        
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          3720 Dillon Street
        
        
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          Baltimore, MD 21224
        
        
          COURTESY OF THUNDERBOLT GLOBAL LOGISTICS
        
        
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