Following is a list of companies and organizations with a brief description of their involvement in the crash or investigation. This list should be a good resource for those involved in the investigations.

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Regulatory and Government Organizations

• U.S. Coast Guard - involved in joint agency hearings
• NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board - involved in joint hearings
• Maritime Administration at Dept. of Transportation (Washington DC)
• New Orleans Board of Trade
• Harbor Police
• New Orleans Fire Dept.
• City of New Orleans
• Dock Board
• Orleans Levee Board
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Riverwalk Area Companies

• International Rivercenter Inc - built the riverfront project owns the leases on it, sub-leases buildings to Rouse Riverwalk
• Rouse Riverwalk - subsidiary of Maryland based Rouse Corporation
• Rouse Corporation - also built Baltimore Harbor Place and Miami Bayside, operates 72 malls
• New Orleans Riverwalk Hilton Hotel holder of the leases on most of the damaged mall stores
• Hilton Hotel Corporation - Based in Beverly Hills CA
• Park One Place - Condominium Tower

Owners of the Bright Field and its Cargo

• Clearsky Shipping Corporation of Liberia - part owner of Bright Field
• COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) HK Ltd. - part owner of Bright Field. It is a conglomerate owned by the Chinese Government. their website and their North American group website

• Cordiality Shipping Corp S.A. - was thought to have had some owner ship in the Bright Field
• Cargill Inc. - part owner of the corn on the Bright Field - their website
• Itochu Corp - Japanese Trading House, part owner of the corn on the Bright Field - their website
• undisclosed company - part owner of corn on the Bright Field

Companies Working on the Bright Field After the Crash

• Bisso Marine Co. - a New Orleans salvage company supplied divers for inspecting the crash debris - paper later said it was an error and Pac Brian Industrial Divers did the work - see bored article Dec 28.
• Pac Brian Industrial Divers - Baton Rouge company supplying divers to patch the ship
• Cooper/T Smith Corp stevedoring firm, tried to remove the corn from forward #1 hold after the crash
• Crescent Towing - Algiers based, owns 26 tugs, at one time had 6 on the scene.
• USFDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) - took grain samples to test for contamination
• Un-named New Orleans based repair firm - was caught removing damaged lube pump after crash
• Bolard Marine in Violet - Bright Field taken / towed there for repairs after crash
• U.S. Maritime Service of Meraux (ship cleaning company - Feb 7)

Organizations

• New Orleans Steamship Association, was in the Dec 22 flagging article
• Maritime Engineers Beneficial Association, 121 year old labor union represents officers and engineers who maintain the engines
• Marine Engineers Beneficial Association - Same organization as above ??? - see Dec 17 C.G. Inspection article
• Associated Branch Pilots in New Orleans
• State River Pilots Agency - their attorney discovered the "missing page" in the engine log
• Crescent Pilots Association - group of pilots that control traffic on the river from Aribi north to Baton Rouge
• NOBRA - New Orleans Baton Rouge Association - group of river pilots that control traffic on the river from Aribi south to the mouth of the river
• ITF - International Transportation Workers Federation - London based union coalition that holds collective bargaining agreements for many "Flag of Convenience" vessels including the Bright Field (union for crew of Bright Field)
• ABS - American Bureau of Shipping - U.S. Ship classification society
• Det Norske Veritas - Norwegian ship classification society that classified the Bright Field
• Committee for the Elimination of Sub-Standard Ships (an international organization) - See Dec 17 C.G. Inspection article
• Stella Maris Maritime Center (owned by Catholic Church, part of Apostolate of the Sea) - took games and National Geographic magazines to the stranded, bored crew - see bored article Dec 28

The Three Cruise Lines using the Riverwalk area

• Carnival Cruise Line
• Holland America Line
• New Commodore Cruise Line Ltd

Insurance Companies

• National Underwriters Property and Casual Company - involved in early estimates
• West of England P&I Club (Protection & Indemnity) - Liverpool based liability insurer of Bright Field
• Lloyds of London - was checking to see if they hold insurance on the Bright Field's hull
• Industrial Risk Insurers - Columbia MD, employed by Steven Sachs, risk mgr for Rouse to determine extent of damage and plan of action

Legal Firms

• Bruno & Bruno - represent plantifs in one of the business suits against Bright Field owners
• Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre - New Orleans law firm, a partner commented in the Dec 22 flagging article
• White - Price & Associates Court Reporters for the Joint Hearing

Others

• Aon Corp - Port of New Orleans broker

• Barwil Agencies Inc - New Orleans steamship agency that handled Friday night repairs of Bright Field at the Reserve Anchorage

• Cafe du Monde - Restaurant at middle of wharf where ship struck

• Dixie Machine Welding and Metal Works Inc. of New Orleans - repaired engine air cooler on Bright Field Friday night.

• General Electric - manufacturer of the engines in the 3 tugs

• Kerr Norton - (Kerr Steamship Company) - local Marine Agent representing Bright Field after the crash

• Liberian Maritime Office - registered the Bright Field, located Reston VA

• Morill & Associates - Marine transportation company that commented on tug costs per hour in an article

• Morphy Makofsky Inc. of New Orleans - Donald Makofsky was interviewed about the stability of the wreckage when the Bright Field was removed (Jan 7 newsclip)

• Specialty Restaurants - restoring the Algiers Landing Restaurant that also "hangs over the river"

• The Times-Picayune - New Orleans newspaper

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