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Caption: Quintin Reynolds<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n It takes a lot of hands to move cargo across Port Houston\u2019s docks, including the maintenance staff, who support Port Houston\u2019s equipment and assets. One of the essential Port employees working on the front lines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is Quintin Reynolds, a maintenance foreman at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal, who recently received recognition for 45 years of service at Port Houston.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reynolds and his department is responsible for maintaining daily equipment readiness for 15 ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at the facility. These cranes are some of the Port\u2019s critical operational assets and are the primary maritime industry equipment for loading and unloading containers. The job can be challenging – the number one goal of the maintenance department is to keep downtime at the terminal to a minimum. In this high tempo work environment, Port Houston strives to maintain a 15-minute repair rate and 99 percent crane uptime.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a job Reynolds takes seriously. \u201cBeing an essential employee during these unprecedented times is an honor. Maintenance plays a vital role in operations at Port Houston to keep our supply chains moving,\u201d said Reynolds.<\/p>\n In his 45 years of experience working for Port Houston, he\u2019s never experienced a world-wide situation like COVID-19, he noted. \u201cIt\u2019s a severe concern, and Port Houston has quickly mitigated the potential issues and allowed for business to continue under these circumstances,\u201d said Reynolds. \u201cI\u2019m proud to be a part of this team and contribute to the greater community that relies on us.\u201d<\/p>\n Reynolds joined the Port in 1975 as a laborer assigned to the Public Grain Elevator and advanced up the ladder quickly in the maintenance department to become a millwright. After 17 years at the Turning Basin terminal, he moved to the Barbours Cut Container Terminal and has been there ever since. During his career at Port Houston, Reynolds has participated in 13 container crane inspection trips to Asia, where the equipment is built. He has had the opportunity to see the cranes constructed, from the time they were pieces of steel plate to when they became finished products and were loaded for transport to Houston.<\/p>\n His son Bodie is also a foreman in the maintenance department at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal. \u201cIt is a father\u2019s dream to watch my son evolve into a position that most aspire and do not obtain until several years of service,\u201d said Reynolds. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see my son follow in my footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n Reynolds was recognized at the January Port Commission meeting by Executive Director Roger Guenther and the Port Commission for his years of dedicated service. \u201cI enjoy my work because it is not a routine job and no two days are the same,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing a Port Houston employee means a lot to me. My job at the Port has given me a good income to provide for my family. Serving the Port for 45 years is by far one of my greatest achievements in my lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It takes a lot of hands to move cargo across Port Houston\u2019s docks, including the maintenance staff, who support Port Houston\u2019s equipment and assets. One of the essential Port employees working on the front lines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is Quintin Reynolds, a maintenance foreman at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal, who recently received recognition for 45 years of service at Port Houston. […]<\/p>\n