Port of Miami Crane Management, Inc., (PMCM, the “Company” AKA Crane Management), was created as a result of Miami-Dade County Seaport Department’s (Port of Miami-Dade, the “Port”) need for a crane maintenance organization to efficiently manage and maintain the Port’s container handling equipment and gantry cranes. As a result, the Port with the County’s professional assistance and that of KPMG, formulated a business plan and presented it to Miami-Dade County’s Board of County Commissioner (“BCC”) at which time after review, the BCC approved the plan on June 8, 1999. Soon thereafter on August 3, 1999 the company was incorporated in the State of Florida of the United States of America as a not-for-profit corporation.

Immediately after incorporation, the Board of Directors (“Board“) was appointed as authorized in the business plan and it immediately commenced to organize the corporate structure and confirm the organization was able to function within the confines of it’s bylaws. Upon corporate organization, the Board initiated a national search for it’s chief executive and on December 4, 2001, Aguedo E. (Ed) Bello commenced work as PMCM’s Chief Executive Officer.

Following Mr. Bello’s commencement, he began the tasks of organizing the Company and hiring the employees. Simultaneously, he began preparing to take-on the responsibility of managing and maintaining the Port’s gantry cranes and as such, PMCM took on this responsibility on August 5, 2002. Since this milestone, PMCM is aggressively managing and maintaining the cranes and at the same time it continued to establish new company policies, procedures and maintenance programs. PMCM simultaneously serves as Project Manager of the Port’s crane related projects which some are outlined in the Projects Section of this website.

 

Board of Directors

The Board consists of seven (7) members, five (5) voting members and two (2) ex-officio non-voting members. Of the five (5) voting members two (2) members are appointed by the BCC, one (1) member is appointed by the County Manager, one (1) by the Port Director, and one (1) is appointed by the Port’s Gantry Crane Committee (Port of Miami users). Of the two (2) ex-officio non-voting members, one (1) is appointed by the County Manager and one (1) is appointed by the Board itself.

 

Directors appointed by the BCC serve two (2) years terms and may be re-appointed as approved by the BCC. All other directors with the exception of the Port Director or his/here designee shall serve until the earlier of : (i) the expiration of a four (4) year term from their appointment; (ii) their removal by a majority vote of the Board; or (iii) their resignation from the Board.

 

Mr. Juan Kuryla
Chairperson
(Voting)

Mrs. Barbara Pimentel (Vice-Chair)(Voting) Mr. Bruce Brecheisen (Voting)  Mr. Jack Osterholt  (Non-Voting)

Mr. Chris Arocha (Treasurer)(Voting) Mr. Mark Baker (Secretary)(Voting) Mr. Clarence Pittman Jr. (Non-Voting)

Company Structure

The Company’s structure has changed thru the years as it aggressively moved to restoring the gantry cranes to efficient operational status. However, in the last few years it has downsized and turned over its administrative functions to the Port.