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T T TIDEWATER RANSPORTATION AND ERMINALS

P P / S :RIMARY RODUCT ERVICE 6305 NW Old Lower River Road

Tidewater transports a wide range of com-

Vancouver, WA 98660 modities: grain, re? ned petroleum products,

Telephone: (360) 759-0310 ethanol, liquid and dry fertilizer, cargo con-

E-mail: [email protected] tainers, wood products, and project cargo.

Website: www.tidewater.com

Tidewater’s operating area spans 465 miles

CEO/President: Bob Curcio on the Columbia and Snake River systems.

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The company’s barge service is a critical part

Nearly 85 years ago, Tidewater pioneered commercial of the regional surface transportation system that helps off- transportation on the upper Columbia Snake River system set rail and highway congestion. and opened up one of the nation’s most isolated regions to global markets. Today, Tidewater Holdings is comprised of

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Tidewater Barge Lines, Tidewater Terminal Company, and

Tidewater’s services on the Columbia Snake River sys- since 2014, Tidewater Environmental Services, Incorpo- tem link shippers, ports, and communities to the global rated. Tidewater Terminal Company works in conjunction market, while providing quality family sustaining jobs. with its Barge Lines, using key intermodal connections to Tidewater is the largest and most experienced inland ma- railroads, highways and pipelines. Tidewater’s Environmen- rine barge transportation provider west of the Mississippi tal Services serves the marine and industrial business markets

River, handling 85% of the waterborne cargo along the by providing on and offshore cleaning and waste transpor-

CSR. In the fall of 2013, Tidewater awarded a contract to tation services. Almost 300 employees oversee Tidewater’s build three new towboats to Vigor Fab in Portland, Or- ? eet, which includes 16 towboats and 150 barges. The ? rm egon. The ? rst new tug, Crown Point, was delivered on has facilities in Vancouver, Pasco, and Wilma, Washington, April 20, 2015. as well as Boardman and Umatilla, Oregon.

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V PESCO LASTICS

Founded in 1958, self-lubricated polymer bearings 2 Watkins Street and bushings manufacturer VescoPlastics produces a pro-

Denver, Gauteng prietary range of bushings, bearings and wear plates that

South Africa 2093

Telephone: +1 866 635 7596 operate in dusty, dirty or wet conditions and last longer

E-mail: [email protected] than other products on the market. VescoPlastics has ware-

Website: www.vesconite.com houses in South Africa, the UK, the US, the Netherlands

CEO/President: Jean-Patrick Leger and New Zealand, with stocking distributors in Argentina,

Australia and Singapore. VescoPlastics is the oldest operat- dropower, agriculture, pumps, rail and mining sectors with ing manufacturer of engineering plastics materials in Af- a range of products made speci? cally for the requirements rica. The development of its product, Vesconite, was initi- of these industries.

ated by a need to ? nd a bearing material suitable for use in ultra-deep mines – mines that extract gold up to 3.5 km

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VescoPlastics supplies Vesconite and Vesconite Hilube conditions. The ? rm has 71 employees.

stern tubes and rudder bushings globally. It does this di- rectly and through resellers in large shipbuilding and repair

P P / S :RIMARY RODUCT ERVICE hubs in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South

VescoPlastics produces a range of thermoplastics that re- America, Asia and Africa. Its proprietary thermoplastics of- quire no lubrication, are wear resistant, environmentally fer performance superior to that of nylon and bronze, with friendly, have high dimensional stability and do not swell. lower life-cycle maintenance and operational costs. Resell-

While the company supplies the marine industry with ers report that 27 boats annually are ? tted with Vesconite rudder bushings and stern tubes, it also supplies the hy- and Vesconite Hilube rudder bushings and stern tubes.

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