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Moran-Gulf Shipping Agencies Inc - Freeport (ID: 7053)
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For over 65 years, Moran Shipping Agencies has provided unparalleled agency and maritime consulting services to many of the world's most prominent ship owners, operators, charterers, and brokers. We provide full-vessel agency attendance in all U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports from Maine to Texas and service all types of vessels ranging from the ULCC to the smallest fishing boat. Our mission is to ensure a safe, efficient and cost-effective port call for our client's vessels. We accomplish our mission by providing superior quality agency services both through our highly-trained personnel and our documented attendance and vessel accounting policies, emphasizing the use of the most state-of-the-art telecommunication and management of information systems. Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc. was founded by James F. Moran in 1937 as a Rhode Island based Corporation operating in Providence, Rhode Island and Fall River, Massachusetts. When James F. Moran died in 1959, he had established successful ship agency offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine, as well as Providence, Rhode Island. Edward Moran succeeded his brother in the ownership of the business and benefited from the existence of a knowledgeable and experienced staff. During his tenure, F. Robert Black joined Moran and worked in all aspects of the business until he assumed ownership in 1974. In 1975, Moran began in earnest to build a national shipping agency by opening a full-service office that is now incorporated as Moran Shipping Agency of Texas, Inc. Within a short time, Moran expanded to Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1976, Kurz-Moran of New Jersey was opened with the principals of the Chas. Kurz Co. Since 1981, Moran has expanded to New Orleans, Louisiana and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. F. Robert Black's brothers joined the Organization over a ten-year period beginning in 1974 when his brother, James, began his career in the industry upon completion of University studies. James was instrumental in opening the Houston office in 1975 and is now the President and Chief Operating Officer for all Moran offices throughout the U. S. Gulf. Michael T. Black joined the Organization in 1981 concentrating his efforts with the administrative and sales function of Moran Shipping Agencies from its headquarters in Rhode Island. Upon his retirement in 1985, F. Robert Black offered the control and purchase of Moran to his brothers, James A. and Michael T. Black, who, over the last decade, have continued efforts of expanding the Organization. Nineteen ninety-five, in particular, marked a year of organizational significance for the Company, as it acquired the ownership of Patterson, Wylde & Company steamship agency in Boston, and appointed its former President and shareholder to the position of vice-president of Moran Shipping Agencies. During this year, Moran Shipping Agencies also acquired full ownership of Kurz-Moran Shipping Agencies in Hopelawn, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and subsequently changed the name to Moran Shipping Agencies of NJ, Inc. With this latest acquisition, Moran Shipping Agencies is now a totally independent business, operating as agents and answering only to our valued clients. Providing complete shipping agency services at over 70 ports from Maine to Texas. Providing complete shipping agency services at over 70 ports from Maine to Texas. Moran-Gulf Shipping Agencies Inc - Freeport