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Marine Terminals Corporation (predecessor company to Ports America) presented a check for $25,000 to the International Trade Education Programs (ITEP), an organization dedicated to preparing students in high school and post-high school educational institutions for maritime international trade careers, specifically targeting economically disadvantaged areas. "Marine Terminals Corp. is pleased to continue its support of ITEP's business-related academies and freestanding programs that educate students about careers in international trade and the maritime community," said Pat Bixby, vice president - contracts and sales. "We look forward to these programs being offered to more students throughout the greater community." The donation will be used to support the expansion of ITEP's programs and academies to students at public and private high schools located in the footprint of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to help students meet business professionals, legislators, Coast Guard officers, DHS officials and maritime industry leaders from the ports. Eight hundred students at Banning High School are now focusing their education around the local maritime industries and have even named their part of the campus "The Port of Banning." Ports America, headquartered in Iselin, N.J., is the largest independent port terminal operator in North America, providing terminal management and a full suite of stevedoring services as well as portside automotive processing services. Ports America operates at 97 terminals in the U.S. and Mexico, handling containers, roll on/roll off cargo, general cargo and cruise ship passengers and luggage. As one of the largest employers of maritime labor in North America, Ports America employs more than 12,000 people each day at its operations, including full-time equivalent employees.
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