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TRANSPORTATIONIndustry: Cargo TransportationNumber of U.S. Employees: 35 in Houston, TX; 50 inNew Orleans, LAMajor Products Sold to Singapore: Ocean Transport ServicesYears of Involvement in Singapore: 11INTERMARINE, INC.New Orleans, LouisianaRoger Kavanagh, Presidentwww.intermarineusa.comIntermarine is a leading world provider of oceantransport services specializing in the movement ofheavy, industrial components for construction projectsand those cargoes requiring transport on U.S. flagged vessels.Its vessels travel regularly between the United States andMexico, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Singapore has beenincluded in Intermarine’s network of services for more than adecade; currently the company provides monthly service fromthe United States to Singapore.Singapore has proven to be a viable market for Intermarine,representing nearly 10% of current gross sales in the Asianmarket. Because Singapore supports both upstream anddownstream oil field development, the country is an exporterand importer of the heavy equipment that Intermarinespecializes in transporting.As the principal shipping hub in Southeast Asia, Singaporeis the major gateway to a myriad of ports and countries in theregion. “Eliminating trade barriers with Singapore wouldfurther open the flow of goods not only to Singapore, butto countries such as India, Vietnam and Indonesia,” saysIntermarine president, Roger Kavanagh.One of Intermarine’s biggest accomplishments is reflectedin the picture: The transport of two oil platform housing unitsgoing from New Orleans to Singapore, each weighing 600 tons,passes through the Panama Canal. The operation required aspecial vessel chartered by Intermarine a year in advance.19