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The City of Houston and the Houston Port Authority have operated seven fireboats in Houston. [1] The Port authority currently manages three fireboats in Houston. [2] The Port Houston, completed in 1926, was the first fireboat in Houston. [1] She was retired, in 1950, when she was replaced by the Captain Crotty.
United Brands was taken over by Chiquita Brands International in the 1980s and owns the largest fleet of banana boats in the world, but none of them now sails under the US flag. [3] SS Pastores and SS Calamares were built in Ireland in 1912 and 1913 for the United Fruit Company as a combination cruise ship and refrigerated cargo ship.
Lifting towers at the port of Houston in the late 19th or early 20th century. The original Port of Houston was located at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou in downtown Houston by the University of Houston–Downtown. This area is called "Allen's Landing" and is now a park. [7] It is the birthplace of the City of Houston.
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The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. [1] The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico , and it serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic.
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Kirby Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas is the largest tank barge operator in the United States, transporting bulk liquid products throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, along all three U.S. Coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii.