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Pier IX Terminal CompanyNewport News, VirginiaPier IX Terminal Company in Newport News, Va., and Shipyard River Terminal in Charleston, S.C., offer services both to importers and exporters of coal and other products along the East Coast. Pier IX Terminal: Pier IX, located at the Port of Hampton Roads, is a leader in handling export coal and cement shipments. Pier IX offers an additional means to benefit from the strong rebound U.S. coal exports are enjoying. With shipments totaling 6.4 million tons, 1995 was a banner year for the transloading facility, nearly doubling its 3.3-million-ton throughput in 1994. Americoal's strategy for sustaining Pier IX's success is to diversify its handling capabilities. Specifically, the company is exploring transporting new products and establishing strategic alliances to maximize the terminal's 12-million-ton throughput capacity. A major Virginia award proves that Pier IX hasn't missed the boat on environmental awareness. Pier IX was honored in 1991 as a recipient of the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award. Pier IX "made exceptional contributions to the stewardship of our resources," in the words of Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder. Pier IX developed an innovative storm-water collection system that the governor said "should serve as a model for businesses whose operations are potentially damaging to the environment." The system, unique among coal export facilities in North America, prevents untreated, coal-contaminated storm water from entering the coastal water from the pier. The system, consisting of containment curbs, ditches and pumping stations, was installed and became operational in August 1991. The effort was part of an overall emphasis on environmental concern at Pier IX that also includes air quality, water quality, recycling and Adopt-A-Street programs programs that also have received recognition for Pier IX from the Newport News Clean Community Commission. Pier IX Terminal Company is located in Newport News, Va. It occupies 66 acres on the James River at the Port of Hampton Roads, and is a leader in the handling of export coal shipments and coastwise movements. Developed by A.T. Massey Coal Company and opened in 1983, Pier IX's throughput capacity is 12 million tons of coal per year. Pier IX is capable of unloading coal from railcars at a rate of 5,000 tons per hour, and loading coal on ships and barges at a peak rate of 8,000 tons per hour. CSX Railroad services the terminal, where U.S. coal is then shipped to far-flung ports from Argentina to Yugoslavia. The terminal's computer system provides inventory information on the total weight of coal in customers' stockpiles. Accounting is done by rail weight for inbound coal and draft survey for outbound coal. Total stockpile capacity is more than 1.36 million tons in the 30-acre storage area. The system has a direct bypass mode, allowing coal transfer directly from railcars to ships or barges. Both inbound and outbound coal are sampled with three-stage ASTM samplers. Pier IX also has the ability to blend coal from multiple stockpiles into the vessel within 1 percent accuracy. Reclaimed coal is conveyed to an 8,000-ton-per-hour shiploader, which services vessels on either side of the 1,200-foot pier. Depth alongside the pier is 50 feet at mean low water, and the shiploader can handle vessels up to 1,000 feet in length and 150 feet in width. In 1990, Pier IX implemented plans to diversify its product base, building an import facility to unload or transload cement. The system can be expanded to transship fly ash, pumice, salt, urea, potash, gypsum and other dry bulk products. Shipyard River Terminal CompanyCharleston, South CarolinaShipyard River Terminal Company is located in Charleston, S.C. It offers deepwater facilities that provide global export capability for U.S. coal and other products. SRT's beginning can be traced back to 1868, when the founding company Combahee Fertilizer Company was formed. Through the years the facility changed ownership numerous times and operated only as an import terminal. The terminal was developed by A.T. Massey Coal Company beginning in 1981, and on April 3, 1983, it received the Japanese Sanko Line's WORLD FINANCE as Shipyard's maiden ship. In 1987, Shell Mining Company completed acquisition of the facility. Today, Shipyard, a 52-acre import-export dry and liquid bulk product handling facility, can accommodate coal, fertilizers, aggregates, asphalt and other industrial minerals. An environmental, services division also has been established, which currently, focuses on processing and treating waste water. The coal yard, located at the confluence of the Cooper River and the Shipyard River near downtown Charleston, has an annual throughput capacity of 2.5 million tons per year and a ground storage capacity of 250,000 tons. Served directly by Norfolk-Southern and CSX, the terminal can handle up to 300 rail cars, using an 80-car rail loop served by two yard locomotives. The terminal can accommodate single vessels up to 850 feet long and 130 feet wide. Shipyard River handles met, steam and stoker coal, offering the only soft-load system on the East Coast. Shipyard River handles approximately 20 product lines, of which coal is a relatively minor component. Shipyard's management believes the key to optimizing this terminal's 2.5-million-ton capacity will be to consolidate product lines by increasing the mix of higher-margin segments. Americoal also is exploring several higher-margin businesses for Shipyard's portfolio, which it expects to develop in 1996. A strong safety mind-set at Shipyard has led to an impressive safety accomplishment. In June 1996, Shipyard completed its second consecutive year nearly 100,000 man hours without a lost-time accident. Shipyard's basic safety philosophy is a combination of sincere commitment to safety and involvement in the safety process by every employee. A collective decision-making process helps keep employees aware of their responsibility for their safety as well as the safety of everyone who works at the facility. Employee recognition for safety milestones, safety and environmental team participation, training, and open communication lines enable Shipyard River to continue to develop a safety culture that involves all employees for continued success. |
Phoenix Land CompanyThe Zeigler family of companies owns or leases 2.9 billion tons of coal and owns 100,000 acres of surface land in nine states. Phoenix Land Company provides a broad range of services using these assets.Phoenix seeks to fuel future growth by acquiring and maintaining strategic reserves required for long-term mining needs. In addition, Phoenix serves as a profit center through the use and application of value-added alternatives for properties not strategic for coal mining. Alternatives undertaken or explored include timber harvesting, farming, use of land for cattle ranching, drilling for oil and gas, and generation of royalty income through third-party development of non-strategic coal reserves. Phoenix seeks to divest non-strategic properties if alternate uses cannot demonstrate sustainable 20% returns on capital investment. A sampling of opportunities that Phoenix has completed or is exploring includes:
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