SSA Marine purchased the remaining 50 percent of Western Stevedoring Company, Ltd., serving the metroploitan Vancouver, Canada area, from General Steamship International, Ltd.  

Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, approved the establishment of a joint venture between Saigon Port and SSA Marine to develop and operate SP-SSA International Container Terminal (SSIT) at Cai Mep, in the Bga Ria-Vung Tau Province.  SSIT will support container traffic in the greater Ho Chi Minh City area were container traffic is currently 3 million TEU's per year and growing at an average rate of 20% per year.  

Vinalines, Quang Ninh Port and SSA Marine signed a Joint Venture Agreement to establish a company to develop and operate container terminals at Cai Lan Port in Quang Ninh Province.   

SSA Marine and Vinalines also signed an Agreement in Principle to develop and operate logistics throughout Vietnam.  The common goal is to provide world class container handling services throughout Vietnam.  

The Port of Sacramento awards terminal operations to SSA Marine to operate the port terminal in West Sacramento through 2016.  

SSA Marine was awarded the Toyota Logistics Service award for 'Distinction in Quality Service and Performance.'

SSA Marine expands operations into the Port of Eureka in Northern California to handle 16,000 tons of export pulp per month.  

SSA Terminals purchases 4 new super post-panamax cranes for use at Terminal 18 in Seattle.       

SSA Marine purchased 50 percent of Western Stevedoring Company Ltd., the premier conventional cargo stevedore and terminal operator on Canada's Vancouver Island and in the metropolitan Vancouver area.

Terminal 25 in Seattle, WA was re-opened after a substantial improvement project.  Matson Navigation Co. will be the sole tenant at the the 30 acre facility.  

Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama celebrated its 10 year anniversary and announced its plan to double its capacity.  The paved container yard will be expanded to 370 acres, 400 meters of RoRo and Breakbulk berths and six new Post-Panamax cranes will be added.  

SSA Marine negotiated a joint venture agreement  with Saigon Port to design, construct and operate a 1.35 million TEU container terminal at Cai Mep in Vietnam.  

Port Service Distribution, LLC, a joint venture with Baldwin Transfer Co., was formed to provide warehousing, trucking and other logistical support services in Mobile, AL.  

SecureTrans Partnership will provide security services to various terminals and facilities in California.  The joint venture with Alan Jefferies, LLC was created in July.

SSA Marine completes USAID contract in Umm Qsar, Iraq.  The operations team was onsite at the port from April 2003 to June 2004.

Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) in Panama was named 'Best Container Terminal in the Caribbean'  by the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA).  

SSA Marine is named the number one Marine Terminal Operator by Marine Digest's Readers Poll, as voted on by Shipping Lines.

Howard Terminal in Oakland, CA is re-opened to accommodate growing container volumes.  SSA Terminals signed a 25 year lease with the Port of Oakland.  Matson Navigation Co. will be the sole customer on the 50 acre facility. 

SSA Marine and COSCO mark a 25-year business relationship.  Since entering into US trade, SSA Marine has handled every COSCO container in every port on the West Coast totalling 7.7 million.  

A five year contract with the Port of Stockton to handle the stevedoring and terminal operations for the port was awarded to SSA Marine.

SSA was awarded a US$4.8 million contract by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assess the rebuilding of Iraq's terminals at the Port of Umm Qasr and to assist in the movement of humanitarian cargo by providing the operational management of the port for one year. An additional two years of management services may be added by USAID exercising an option.

DRS purchased the fixed assets from Christina Service Company, expanding its operating base in Wilmington, Delaware.

SSA Mexico Holdings, S.A. de C.V., a newly formed subsidiary of FSC, acquired the interest in TMM Puertos y Terminals ("TMMPyT") from Transportacion Maritima Mexicana ("TMM"). TMMPyT is now a 100% owned subsidiary of FSC. TMMPyT includes port operations in Manzanillo, Veracruz, Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico.

In further development of appropriate corporate brand recognition, FSC was renamed Carrix, Inc.; Stevedoring Services of America, Inc. was renamed SSA Marine, Inc.; SSA Pacific Terminals, Inc. was renamed SSA Containers, Inc.; SSA Atlantic Terminals, Inc. was renamed SSA Atlantic, Inc.; SSA Gulf Terminals, Inc. was renamed SSA Gulf, Inc.; SSA/Cooper LLC was renamed SSA Cooper, LLC.

SSA combined the majority of its Atlantic operations with Cooper T. Smith's operations into a newly formed entity, SSA/Cooper, LLC.

SSAT substantially completed the expansion of Terminal 18 located in Seattle. The expanded facility encompasses approximately 200 acres and is now the largest port facility in the Pacific Northwest. The lease term covers 30 years along with a 10-year renewal option.

PMS signed a new 20-year lease with the Port of Long Beach for its existing facility, which will be expanded from the previously existing 110 acres to 217 acres. The expansion is scheduled to be completed in 2003.

SSA Terminals (Long Beach), LLC was formed as a Limited Liability Company jointly owned by SSAT and Terminals Investment Limited, an affiliate of the Mediterranean Shipping Company, to operate the 170-acre Long Beach container terminal facility at Pier A. Operations commenced in December 2002.

SSA formed the joint venture Pacific Maritime Services, LLC ("PMS") with China Ocean Shipping Company, to operate a major container facility in the Port of Long Beach. SSA manages the facility day to day, and operations commenced July 1, 2001.

SSA reorganizes its domestic operations into SSA Atlantic Terminals, SSA Gulf Terminals and SSA Pacific Terminals to gain operating and administrative efficiencies.

SSA, with two partners, formed Cruise Terminals of America to manage and operate cruise line terminals in Seattle, Washington.

Rail Management Services (RMS) is awarded the BNSF ramp contract at Corwith, the largest rail facility owned by the BNSF.

TMMPyT is awarded a 20-year concession to develop, market and operate a cruise terminal in Progresso, Mexico.

SSA signs a 99-year lease with Jasper County to develop and operate a 1,776-acre, 12,000-foot river front site in South Carolina.

SSA signs a 90-year lease with Texas City to develop and operate a port in Southeast Texas.

SSAT signs a lease with the Port of Oakland for a new container facility. When completed, the new 150-acre terminal will be the largest in the Port of Oakland.

TMM Puertos & Terminales, the partnership between SSA and TMM, acquire port operations in Veracruz, Acalpulco and Cozumel, Mexico. The partnership is also awarded a concession to develop, market and operate a cruise terminal in Progreso, Mexico.

SSA and SSAT enter into a 30-year operating lease with the Port of Seattle that will result in the expansion of T-18's acreage from 100 to 200 acres, making it the largest terminal in the Pacific Northwest. Expansion is to be completed in the 2nd quarter of 2002.

SSA forms a joint venture, International Seaports Pty, to pursue the development of port and port based infrastructure in India and other Asian countries.

SSA Vietnam acquires a 31% interest in Lotus Joint Venture Company, Ltd., a Vietnamese company organized to develop & operate a container terminal and warehousing operation in Saigon.

SSA forms a joint venture with Transportación Maritíma Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. to market and operate a container terminal in Manzanillo, Mexico.

SSA and Greystones Cargo Systems (Propriety) Limited form a joint venture to handle cargo throughout Southern Africa.

SSA begins operations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey through partnership with International Terminal Operating Company, Inc.

A five-year contract is awarded by the State Railway of Thailand to construct, operate and manage a rail ramp facility in Bangkok.

SSA joined with Westshore to develop a site at Cherry Point located north of Bellingham, Washington to become Gateway Terminals, a facility to support bulk cargoes for the region.