b'may 25 - june 21, 2020breakbUlk qUarTerly 11Expanding to meet business needs and growing New Jerseys economyAndy Saporito took the helm ofDuffyisthenewChiefOperating theSouthJerseyPortCorporationOfficerresponsibleforoverallman-(SJPC) and brought with him nearlyagement of the operations of the termi-40 years of experience.Hes jumpednals, warehouse, vessels and security. right into ensuring the Port can serveKevinhas34yearsofexperiencein business needs with top-notch facili- marineterminaloperations,having tiesandcreatingateamthatcanmost recently worked at APM in Eliza-execute the Ports mission of job cre- beth, New Jersey.ation and economic development. HisBrendan Dugan - the new Director visionistodevelopagrowthstrat- Business Developmentis a 40-year egy that leverages relationships withveteran of the maritime industry who stakeholders, the Ports team, and cur- hasheldseniorlevelpositionswith rent and recently expanded facilities.Port America and Port of Tacoma, will an excavator unloads Vulcan materials Companys first rail shipment of bulk aggregateAll SJPC employees play a criti- head up efforts to add to the 4 million to Port Freeports Parcel 14. calroleintheeverydayoperationstons of cargo the Port handles.Port Freeport receives first rail shipmentand success of the Port by driving cus- Jonathan Atwood joined the team from Vulcan Materials tomer satisfaction said Saporito. Itsas Chief of Staff and External Affairs, the team on the docks, in the ware- responsibleforfacilitatingdecisions houses, in the offices, and in transitoftheexecutiveteam,implementing Port Freeport has announced theshared a mutually beneficial relation- shedswhodeliver24/7,365daysaa centralized human resource function arrival of the first rail shipment fromship since 2002 when the Port Com- year in all sorts of weather with aand developing a more formal system VulcanMaterialsCompanytoPortmissionapprovedtheassignmentofcommitmenttoourcustomers,ten- of processes and procedures. He was FreeportsParcel14multi-modala Lease Agreement with Transit Mixants, and partners. the Chief of Staff for New Jerseys First industrial park, a 250-acre site adja- Concrete and Materials Company toThe Port recently announced keyLegislativeDistrict,whereheman-centtoStateHighway36.UnionVulcan Materials Company. additions to its executive team.Kevinaged three offices across two counties. Pacific,along-termpartnerofPort Freeport,delivered95gondolarail-cars loaded with aggregate limestone rock from Medina County, Texas.Port Freeport is excited to wel-come the first shipments of aggregate fromVulcanMaterialsCompanys Medina Quarry to the new rail-served industrialpark,saidJasonMiura, DirectorofBusinessandEconomic Development for Port Freeport. The Port continues to advance its service offerings that support our customers and economic growth in the region.InpartnershipwithPortFree-port, Vulcan Materials Company will developanaggregatedistribution facility on Parcel 14, adjacent to the futureFreeportIndustrialPark.The facility will allow Vulcan to offer a widervarietyofconstructionmate-rialstotheircustomersinBrazoria County and the region.Weareveryexcitedaboutthis new chapter in our partnership with Port Freeport. Having rail access, in combinationwithourexistingship-yard, allows us to better supply our customers and diversify our product lineintheCoastalTexasMarket, saidShelleyWright,VicePresident andGeneralManagerforVulcan MaterialsCompany.ThePorthas always been a creative, solutions-ori-ented partner and we look forward to working with them to grow our ship andrailpresenceinFreeportinthe years to come.VulcanMaterialsCompanyisthe nations largest producer of construction aggregatesprimarilycrushedstone, sand and graveland a major producer of aggregate-based construction materi-als, including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. Port Freeport and Vulcan have (DEPENDENCEcontinued from page 9)sent prices spiking around the world.The U.S. was once a major producer of rare earth elementswhich are rela-tively abundant but difficult to extractuntilChinabecameamajorlow-cost producer in the mid-1980s, according to the CRS. Cruz and others in Congress have argued that Chinese state subsidies allowed that industry to flourish, killing off American competition.The bill is called the Onshoring Rare Earths Act.'