PORT OF VANCOUVER USA WELCOMES SAGA FRONTIER ON MAIDEN VOYAGE (5/31/07)

For Immediate Release

VANCOUVER, Wash.-Port of Vancouver USA welcomed the Saga Frontier, commanded by Capt. R. G. Kulur of India, on her first visit to Vancouver, May 27, 2007. The Saga Frontier is owned by NST Enterprise S.A. and operated by Saga Forest Carriers. Saga Forest Carriers is represented locally by Merit Steamship Agency, Inc.

Kulur and the 22-member crew were welcomed to Vancouver by Lance Thain, Marine Operations Manager for Merit Steamship Agency, Inc.; Mark Climenhaga, Operations Superintendent for Saga Forest Carriers; Nick Haindl, Superintendent of Marine Terminals Corporation, Mike Schiller, Operations Manager, Nelson Holmberg, Communications Manager, Katie Odem and Andrew Ness from the Port of Vancouver USA.

The Saga Frontier was built in Japan and launched in April 2007. It is nearly 654 feet in length, has a deadweight of 46,550 tons, has 10 holds and hatches and two 42-ton gantry cranes. The crew for the vessel's first visit to the Port of Vancouver USA, was from India.

The vessel discharged approximately 3,400 metric tons of steel from Korea and China at Port of Vancouver's Terminal 3, stevedored by Marine Terminals Corporation.

After leaving the Port of Vancouver USA, the vessel sailed to Vancouver, British Columbia where she will load cargo for Europe.

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The Port of Vancouver, USA, created by Clark County taxpayers in 1912, is one of the major ports on the Pacific Coast. Its competitive strengths include available land, versatile cargo handling capabilities, vast transportation networks, a dependable labor force and an exceptional level of service to its customers and community.

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