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Official Publicationof thePort of HoustonAuthority
Volume 20 MARCH, 1976 No. 3
PortCommissionersAnd Staff CONTENTS
FENTRESS BRACEWELL, ChairmanW. D. HADEN, II, CommissionerMRS. MARCELLA D. PERRY, CommissionerPAUL DROZAK, CommissionerJOHN H. GARRETT, CommissionerGEORGE W. ’ALTVATER, Executive DirectorC. E. BULLOCK, ’General Manager--
OperationsRICHARD P. LEACH, General Manager
AdministrationF. WILLIAM COLBURN, CounselMICHAEL SCORCIO, Executive Secretary
to the Port CommissionC. A. ROUSSER, JR., Director o~ Trade
Ro-Ro Service Links Houston with OPEC Nations ........................ 9
Ship Channel Dedication Is Historic Scene For Bicentennial ................ 10
Shipping Executives Are Entertained By Port ........................ 12
The Houston Port Bureau Reports .................................. 14
Development News and Views Around The Port of Houston.EDWARD P. MOORE, Eastern Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, Eastern District Sales ManagerARMANDO WATERLAND, Midwestern
Sales Manager Snap Out Directory For Port of Houston.B1Lr COOK, Western Sales ManagerBARCLAY TERHUNE, Sales RepresentativeVAN OEWITT, Sales RepresentativeTED SUMERLII~, Advertising ManagerMIDDY RANDERSON, Publicity ManagerJ. K. HENDERSOI% ControllerNORMAN E. HUENI, Chie] EngineerDAVID P. WALSH, Assistant Chie] EngineerALTON B. LANDRY, Personnel Manager and
World Trade Building ManagerJ. R. CURTIS, Director, Port OperationsW. D. DUNNAHOE, Manager, Port OperationsC. G. SEAMAN, Manager Operations,
Barbours Cut and BayportK. P. RODEN, Manager, Bulk Materials
Handling Plant and Grain ElevatorA. MONROE BEAN, Manager, Storage
WarehousesL. T. FRITSCH, Purchasing AgentA. J. M. VA~ DE VEN, Maintenance
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Houston Artist Judy Saks scored again with her interpretation of the dedicationof the Port of Houston Ship Channel in 1914. To verify your ability to read signalflags being flown on the Windom, see Page 10. This painting, and all others inthe series, are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Miss Saks.
The Port of Houston Magazine’rED SUMERLIN, Editor
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Rn-Ru Service Links Enerqy Eapil.l
Wilh HPEE Naliuns As Markel Expands
The Port of Houston, already a leaderin the Gulf in LASH and containerfacilities, is now welcoming another typeof intermodal carrier. Three shippinglines featuring roll on/roll off vesselsare either already offering service fromHouston or plan to begin service in thenear future.
One of the newest of these vesselsto call at the Port of Houston comesas a direct result of forecasts that by1985 the OPEC nations of the MiddleEast will be purchasing some $33 bil-lion worth of American goods each year.
The vessel is the LAURENTIANFOREST, a 682 foot long Ro/Ro ves-sel operated by Marine Transport Ser-vices Inc. The 20,544 dwt super shiphas already made one round trip to theMiddle East from Houston carryingtractors, trailers and mobile homes man-ufactured in the Southwest.
Self sustaining and a side loader, theLAURENTIAN FOREST was built in1973 in Ontario, Canada. MTS also op-erates two stern loading Ro/Ro shipswhich in addition have significant con-tainer capacity. The MTS vessels com-bined, represent the largest Ro/Ro ca-pacity in the U.S. to Middle East trade.
MTS is a young firm, but its topexecutives are seasoned Ro/Ro veterans.Paul Semack, MTS president, served asSenior Vice President for Marketing/Sales for Transamerican Trailer Trans-port, the company which successfullypioneered the use of large roll-on trailer-ships in the East Coast/Puerto Rico
trade. Jack Kavula, MTS Senior VicePresident and Dick Webster, the com-pany’s Southwest Regional Managerbased in Houston, also were associatedwith Semack during the period 1968-75when TTT proved that Ro/Ro was ahighly efficient shipping mode for fastdeveloping areas like Puerto Rico.
The stakes in the Middle East tradeare much higher. Semack, who believesin careful preparation, has visited theoil rich region several times since lastLabor Day. On one recent trip he fol-lowed the LA URENTIAN FOREST fromport to port to make certain operationsmoved smoothly. His reaction: "Themarket opportunity does appear to betruly extraordinary. But so are thedanger spots."
Moreover, Semack said, Ro/Ro doesnot require costly port equipment suchas gantry cranes needed by containervessels and which are in most casesnon-existent at this point in the MiddleEast.
"All Ro/Ro needs is ramp bridges anda pier and our wheeled cargo im-mediately begins rolling off," Semacksaid.
Ro/Ro also is tailor-made for theMiddle East because wheeled cargo inmany instances is driven off the vesseland heads into the interior with noneed for cargo transfer, Semack said.
In addition, since Ro/Ro does notusually require warehousing at the dock,the consignee avoids paying the ex-tremely high warehouse surcharges now
prevailing in Middle East ports, the.MTS executive said.
He added that this advantage appliesto LTL shipments as well as they arepermitted to move directly to regionalcustom houses rather than be delayed atthe overcrowded facilities at the port ofentry.
"Our speed and high quotient of in-termodalism benefits the receiver be-cause he can then count on reducing hisinventory and letter of credit require-ments, something to take into accountin the current era where business costskeep rising," Semack said.
While Ro/Ro excels in handling over-size cargo, it is versatile enough tohan.dle any cargo that can fit into anysize trailer riding the U.S. highway orrailroad piggy back today as well,Semack said.
"In 1975, U.S. companies shippedsome $10.5 billion in goods to the OPECcountries and Washington predicts thisvolume should be increasing by 10 per-cent a year," Semack said, adding:
"A lot of things can change thisbri.ght market picture but what will re-mare consistent throughout is thatRo/Ro will continue to be a most effi-cient way to move American goods ofany size to this rich market--in factto any rapidly developing area of theworld--and we suspect that the South-west will get more than its share of thepie."
MTS will be offering monthly Ro/Roservice from Houston. The local officeis in the 609 Fannin Building.
MARCH, 1976 9
A DAY TO REMEMBER
This photograph taken November 10, 1914, shows Miss Sue Campbell onthe deck of the WINDOM as she acknowledges the parade of festive boatspassing in review in the Turning Basin of the newly-dedicated Port ofHouston. She is flanked by Captain Grant of the U.S.S. TEXAS and TexasGovernor Oscar B. Colqultt.
Ship Channel Dedication Is HistoricScene In Bicentennial Painting
By MIDDY RANDERSON
THOUSANDS OF Houstonians lined the
barren banks of the Port of Houston’sTurning Basin one November day in1914 to watch a young woman in whitethrow rose petals in the water, thusdedicating the newest port in the UnitedStates.
This is the scene depicted on the coverof this month’s Port of Houston Maga-zine-the third in Houston artist JudySaks’ Bicentennial Series of paintings ofhistoric events at the Port.
As well as being a visually attractivepainting, the scene is also completelyaccurate in detail, reflecting Judy’s ex-pertise as a researcher. As she had donefor previous paintings in the series, Judyspent hours in libraries, in file rooms ofthe Houston newspapers and in personaldiscussions with those involved in thededication before she once put brushto canvas.
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One of her prime sources of informa-tion was Mrs. George E. Woods Sr.,the vibrant lady who actually dedicatedthe Port in 1914. Mrs. Woods, then SueCampbell, is the daughter of Ben Camp-bell who was mayor of Houston at thetime of the dedication.
The dedication was scheduled to takeplace at the end of the week-long DeepWater Festival of Notsuoh (Houstonbackwards) that was a tradition inHouston during the first part of thecentury. The water-theme festival wassimilar to Mardi Gras, complete withfloats and bands and parties and thecrowning of King Retaw.
The U.S. Revenue Cutter WINDOMserved as the platform for the digni-taries and it was from her top deck thatMiss Campbell threw the rose petals andspoke the words that opened the Port.Pleasure boats of all sizes passed in re-
view in front of the WINDOM as MissCampbell bowed and acknowledgedthose aboard. At 11 a.m., Houston time,President Woodrow Wilson pressed apearl-topped button in the White Housesending an electrical current to set offa cannon on the banks of the TurningBasin.
A reporter for the Houston Postgave this eye-witness account of theproceedings :
"I christen thee Port Hous-ton and hitherto the boats o]all nations may come and re-ceive hearty welcome."
Thus in the delicacy o] a]eminine voice were the wordsspoken that [ormally openedthe harbor o] Houston to thecommerce o] the world.
,4 cannon’s roar was alreadymelting into so]t echoes in the
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distant hills, and as thesewords jell ]rom the lips o]Miss Sue Campbell, so ~ell]rom her hands white rosepetals on the newborn deepwaters, marking their dedica-tion . . .
This description not only points outhow journalistic style has changed overthe years, but makes one wonder howlong the reporter had been in flat-as-a-pancake Houston since he talks of the"distant hills !"
Judy had many conferences withMrs. Woods, who remembers the dedi-cation day well. Mrs. Woods was wear-ing a white silk crepe dress with blackjet buttons, and felt very stylish in herblack velvet hat with a bird of paradisefeather. She recalls that all the men weredressed in their finest, either morningcoats or dress uniforms were pre-dominant.
DIGNITARIES sharing the deck withMiss Campbell included her father,Mayor Campbell; Texas Governor OscarB. Colquitt; Governor-elect James E.Ferguson; Lieutenant Governor-electWilliam P. Hobby, father of Texas’present Lieutenant Governor; CaptainA. W. Grant of the Battleship TEXAS(which was too large to navigate thenarrow channel to the Turning Basinarea); Captain B. H. Camden, masterof the WINDOM, and many other localand state officials.
All of these are shown in Judy’s paint-ing, and she has included the cannonin the lower left-hand corner of thescene. The gaily-decorated boats in thewater are all authentic pleasure craftof the period, taken from photographslent to Mrs. Woods.
Mrs. Woods helped Judy decide ondress styles of the day, but she also re-searched clothing advertisements in thenewspaper files.
The WINDOM itself has an interest-ing history as it was one of the last ves-sels to bear the title of U.S. RevenueCutter. The cutter class was designedto thwart piracy on the seas and suchships had many of the duties of present-day Coast Guard cutters. The visit toHouston for the dedication took placeabout a year before the U.S. CoastGuard was formed as it is known todayand the WINDOM’s name was changedto the COMANCHE. Judy enlisted thehelp of the Coast Guard in trackingdown a history of the ship, and itssailing record indicates it was primarilyused for festivals and good-will visitsin those years.
She also obtained a photograph ofthe ship and was amazed at how ac-curate Mrs. Woods’ description-from-memory had been.
Painting © 1976, Judith Ann Saks
Judy Saks displays the latest in the Port’s Bi-centennial Series of paintings depicting the dedica-tion of the Port of Houston in 1914.
The muhi-colored flags on the WIN-DOM spell out "1914 Houston, Texas."Judy seems to specialize in flag researchand thus the flag atop the mast is theauthentic Coast Guard flag of the period.
In all, Judy says this painting wasone of the most difficult in the seriesbecause of the mass of detail she had toresearch, but also says she found it oneof the most interesting to paint.
One bit of historical continuity thatmay become a tradition is the fact thatin 1964 on the 50th anniversary of thededication, Mrs. Woods’ granddaughterre-enacted the flower-throwing scene andrepeated the dedication words. Then in1974, at the dedication of the Port’snew Bayport Division one day after thePort’s 60th anniversary, Port of Hous-ton Commissioner Marcella D. Perry,also spoke those words and threw abouquet of yellow roses into the newly-opened channel.
Among those who helped Judy in herresearch for the painting, beginning, ofcourse, with Mrs. Woods, were JamesThompson; Commander Sanford H.Pierpont, U.S. Coast Guard; Mrs. RosaTodd Hamner; Mrs. Jo H. Luckie; Mrs.Carrie Neal Foy; Alvin S. Romansky,nephew of Tom Flaxman who was vicepresident and general manager of thedeep-water jubilee and dedication in1914; The United States Coast Guardin Washington, D.C.; Special Collec-tions Division of the University of Hous-ton’s M. D. Anderson Library; theTexas Room of the Houston CentralLibrary; the Houston Chronicle, andthe Houston Post.
All paintings in the Port’s Bicen-tennial Series are copyrighted and maynot be reproduced in any form withoutpermission from Miss Saks.
The U.S. Coast Guard supplied this photo of the Revenue Cutter W|NDOM. It was from her deckthat Miss Campbell threw the flowers and spoke the words officially dedicating the Port of Houston.
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Shippinq Exer.ulives Are
Enlerlained By The Purl
The largest group to attend one of the Port’s local industryluncheons gathered at the World Trade Club recently as Portstaff members greeted shipping company and agency execu-tives. This latest in a series of local luncheons was for thepurpose of saying thank you to the officials for their con-tinuing support of the nation’s third largest seaport. Thefollowing pictures are of some of the guests in attendance.Identifications are from left to right.
The large number of steamship and agency executives nearly filled theclub, showing the importance of shipping to the booming economy ofHouston.
Klas Roos, AGS; Fields Jackson, Gulf Motorships; Van DeWltt, Port SalesReoresentative; and Mickey Lane, Atlantic Gulf Service.
Barclay Terhune, Port Sales Representative; James Murphy, Long, Qulnnand McAleer; Lewis Homburg, Strachan Shipping Co.; and Ken Davenport,TTT Ship Agencies Inc.
George Altvater, Port Executive Director; John Nydegger and JohnSavarse, both with Aspen Steamship Co.; and Richard Fernandez, OlympicShipping Agency inc.
Jitendra Shah and Larry Shehan, both with Thuleship Inc. of Texas; and John Templet, TMT Shipping and Chartering; C. A. Rousser, Port DirectorLarry Renaud, Ayers Steamship Co. of Trade Development; and Hans Wulfers, Maritime Transport Overseas.
Jack O’Dea, Barber-Biehl Inc.; Ted Dugey, Biehl and Co.; and Joe Mc-Dermott, Kerr Steamship Co. Inc.
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Wayne Christensen, Academy Tankers; Ed Sepulveda, Biehl and Co.; andStephen Carr, Oivend Lorentzen Inc.
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J. D. Kearns, Lykes Brothers Steamship Co.; Terry Jordan, E. S. BinningsInc.; Ed Potapa Jr., Mercantile Marine; and B. J. Bartlett, E. S. Binnings inc.
Tim Young, Cliff Blakemore, Joe Schrelber and Bill Prin, all with Water-man Steamship Corp.
Phll Kuntz, TTT Ship Agencies Inc.; Ted Thorjussen, Jan C. Uiterwyk Co.;AI Pulg, Strachan Shipping Co.; Paul Turlock and Jess Bailey, both withMar-Tex Shipping Co.
Bill Cook, Port Western Sales Manager; Jim Bletsch, Bletsch SteamshipCo.; and Dick LeGrand, Retla Steamshlp Co.
Ray Gill, Kerr Steamship Co. Inc.; George Strange, Houston Port Bureau;A. R. Snyder and Henning Theobald, both with Kerr Steamship Co.; andL. R. Westerman, Delta Steamship Lines Inc.
Bob Blair, Dalton Steamship Corp.; Earnie Breaux, Lykes Brothers Steam-ship Co.; J. A. Bertel, Gulf Motorshlps; Tom Keogh, White Weld and Co.;and Dave Bangard, Gulf Motorships.
Bob Reid, Hansen and Tidemann Inc.; Svend Hansen, Hansen and Tide-mann Inc.; Bob Larsen, Gulf Motorships; and James Fonteno, Harris CountyCommissioner and former Port Commissioner.
Fred Thompson, TMT Shipping and Chartering; Dick LeGrand, RetlaSteamship Co.; James C. Webb and James Black, both with Moran-Thlbadeaux.
John Allen, Strachan Shipping Co.; James Jaynes, Jaynes Shipping Co.;Armando S. Waterland, Port Midwestern Sales Manager; and James Brieger,Sea-Land Services.
Pete Reixach, Hellenic Lines; Gales Wise, Kerr Steamship Co.; Capt.James Baker, Lykes Brothers Steamship Co.; and Ben Hanson, StrachanShipping Co.
MARCH, 1976 13
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION DECISIONin "I & S Docket No. 8863, switching andminimum carload charges, Houston, Texas,"again brought before additional courtaction: A court action, was instituted onJanuary 16, 1976, involving the aboveentitled proceeding before the UnitedStates District Court for the SouthernDistrict of Texas, Houston Division, and isentitled as: Civil Action No. 76-H-89,Port Terminal Railroad Association, HoustonBelt & Terminal Railway Co., The Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co., Chicago,Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co., FortWorth & Denver Railway Co., Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co., Missouri PacificRailroad Co., and Southern PacificTransportation Co., versus the UnitedStates of America and Interstate CommerceCommissio n. The Bureau, et al., willintervene in support of the Commission’sposition and assist in defending its order.This action is in addition to the FifthCircuit Court proceedings.
PROTEST CONTINUED AGAINST FMC’S PROPOSALrequiring ocean carriers cost data bereported: The Council of European andJapanese National Shipowners Associations(CENSA) has challenged the FMC’s proposalnow being considered under FMC DocketNo. 7G-28. The briefs have been filed inreply to hearing counsel’s position whichsupported the FMC’s proposal.
, . ."DIVISION 2 OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION turns down appeal of thebureau: January 30, 1976, Division 2,acting as an Appellate Division, voted notto suspend protested schedules namingreduced rail rates on Corn, Grain Sorghumsand Soybeans from stations on the UP, AT&SFRailway to Pacific Coast Ports which wereunit-train rates rolled back to Ex Parte305 level, which is a reduction of about13%. The Gulf port rates remain lower,however, this narrows the margin.
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THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION hasmade decision in Ex Parte No. 270 (Sub.No. l-A), investigation of railroad freightrate structure--export-import rates andcharges Pacific Coast: After investigationthe ICC found: (1) that there is uniformity in port terminal charges atdifferent port ranges; (2) that there is existing established, recognized orprescribed relationship of rates on export-import transcontinental traffic betweenthe North Pacific Coast ports, on the onehand and, on the other, the Atlantic andGulf Coast ports; (3) that the ratesapplicable to export-import trafficbetween North Pacific Coast ports andOverland Common Point (0CP) territory havenot been shown to be in violation ofSection l, 2, or 3 of the InterstateCommerce Act; (4) that the existing exportrates on Wheat from origins in North Dakotato the North Pacific Coast ports have notbeen shown to be excessively andunreasonably high, in violation ofSection l(G) of the Act; (5) that existing and various rate structure onexport wheat from origins in WesternMinnesota, Eastern Montana, North Dakota,Northern South Dakota to the North PacificCoast ports are unjust and unreasonableto the extent that these rates exceed arate of 92~¢ per 100 pounds at the Ex Parte267-B level, plus subsequent authorizedgeneral increases, unless respondents showcause to the contrary within 30 days fromthe date of the service of this report;(6) that the proposed prescribed maximumrate will be compensatory and with theaddition of subsequently authorized generalincreases will be assessed and reasonableand should take effect for a period ofone year.
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PROTESTS WERE FILED AGAINST RAIL FREIGHTRATE INCREASE: The Bureau submitted aprotest against railroad 7% increase inimport/export rates where the increasewould destroy port relationship.
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News and Views Around The Port of Houston
Eight waterwell drilling rigs, manufactured byGeorge E. Failing Co. of Tulsa, were recentlyshipped from the Port of Houston to the contract-ing company of George Stow and San of Felix-stowe, England. The rigs, which were loadedaboard the M/V VASAHOLM, had a final destina-tion of Nigeria. Strachan Shipping Ca. is agentfor the vessel.
Claude Chuat, Commercial Director for Navaleet Commerciale Havralse Peninsulaire, the Frenchpartner of MEGA Lines, visited Houston recentlyto see port facilities and meet with local shippers.He is shown third from left above at a luncheongiven in his honor with, from left, George Foster,Davy Powergas; Larry Burke, Continental Oil;John Powers, Dresser Industries; Bill Clark, Con-tinental Oil; Bob Schmidt, Davy Powergas; andDrew Lehne, Sales Manager for Hansen andTidemann Inc., agents for MEGA Lines.
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This rotary drilling machine, manufactured byPortadrill of Denver, a division of Smith Inter-national, was recently loaded aboard theHELLENIC GRACE at Houston for shipment toAddis Ababa, Ethiopia. Common Market For-warding was agent far the shipment which in-cluded two of the rotary drills, drill collars, pipe,spare parts and drilling mud.
The M/V VILLE DE GENES, one of the newMEGA Lines carriers belonging to the FrenchCompany Navale et Commercial Havraise Penin-sulalre, made her maiden voyage to Houstonrecently on the Mid-East run. Her captain waspresented with a color photograph of the Portof Houston to commemorate the event. Shownabove during a reception aboard the vessel are,from left, Robert Reid, Vice President of Hansenand Tidemann Inc., agents for the vessel; J. R.Curtis, Director of Port Operations for the Portof Houston; Capt. Pierre Laseleiz, the vessel’smaster; and Wayne White, Hansen and Tide-mann Sales Vice President.
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New Service SetBy Lykes Bros.
Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., hasextended its regularly established servicebetween U. S. Gulf and South Atlanticports and the Mediterranean and BlackSea to provide for continuous cargo
routing on a through bill of lading fromand to the U. S. West Coast, Eugene F.McCormick, Jr., Assistant Vice Presidentof Lykes’ Pricing Division, announced.
The tariffs, filed with the FederalMaritime Commission and the Inter-state Commerce Commission, establishregularly scheduled container servicemoving by rail from and to Los Angeles,Oakland, Richmond and Stockton and
connecting with Lykes ships at Houston,New Orleans or Galveston. All ships ofthe Lykes fleet have container capability.
Rail lines participating in the newGulf-Mediterranean-Black Sea Lykes ex-tension are the Santa Fe, SouthernPacific, Missouri Pacific and the Texasand Pacific. Frequency of service ispresently averaging five sailingsmonthly.
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Robert P. Clark has been named AssistantGeneral Manager of Houston Port Bureau, inc.Mr. Clark, formerly with Republic Steel Corp., hasapproximately eight years background experiencein both industrial and carrier transportation fields.Professional memberships include the Transporta-tion Club of Houston, Delta Nu Alpha Transporta-tion Fraternity, and he is a Registered hC.C.Practitioner. He is also a graduate of the HoustonCommunity College with an Applied Science De-gree in Physical Distribution Technology andTransportation, and is nearing completion of aBusiness Administration Degree program at theUniversity of Houston.
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Michael R. Chaddick has been ap-pointed sales representative for U. S.Steel’s Houston District Sales, it was
announced by F. W. Voss, manager ofSales Houston District. Mr. Chaddickcomes to Houston from Dallas, wherehe has been a service representative forU. S. Steel’s Dallas District.
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U. S. GULF AGENTP.O. Box 52490 - Houston, Te×. 77052 - Tel: 713/228-1431 - Tx: 910-881-507g
OUR LIHES 61VEYOU WORLD COHHECTIONS.
Barber Steamship Lines, inc. are theinternational shipping agents who’llconnect you with some of the most impor-tant ports in the world. We’re agents for:
BARBER BLUE SEA--
East Canada & U.S. Atlantic to Far EastU.S. Gulf to Far EastU.S. Pacific to Far EastWest Canada and U.S. Pacific to Panama
and VenezuelaFar East to West Canada and U.S. PacificFar East to U.S. South and North Atlantic,
Gulf and East CanadaFar East to Panama, Venezuela and Jamaica
BARBER LINES--U.S. GulflAtlantic and East Canada to Middle EastU.S. Atlantic & East Canada to West AfricaWest Africa to U.S. Atlantic
BOOTH STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.--LINEA AMAZONICA, S.A.--
U.S. Atlantic & Gulf to West Indies andAmazon River Ports
NORDANA LINE--U.S. Gulf to Mediterranean GULF AGENTS: Barber-Biehl, Inc., Houston and New Orleans
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Our Service Is Free To You!
NEW CENTURY TRAVEL SERVICE
24 Hour Service
SEAMEN’S FARE - AIR TICKETS - RENTAL CARSTOURS - BUSINESS TRIPS - GROUP TRAVEL
1026 Cotton Exchange Bldg. Phone: (713) 237-8080
NORDANA LINEMEDITERRANEAN SERVICE
CHRISTIANE BOLTEN sails New Orleans March 22 andHouston March 19 for Algiers, Alexandria and Benghazi.
A Vessel sails New Orleans March 26 and Houston March31 for Algiers, Benghazi, Alexandria and Naples.
MANITOBA sails New Orleans March 30 and Houston April6 for Marseilles, Leghorn, Benghazi, Alexandria and Genoa.
BARBER-BIEHL, INC.Petroleum Bldg., Houston, (713) 222-8461
International Trade Mart, New Orleans, (504) 529-5581
BOSCOSERVICES
Houston Division of lO-year-old TulsaCrating firm expands in Houston to 146,000
square foot warehouse under roof
EXPORT CRATINGPhone: (713) 676-1921
9009 Glesby 3351 Rauch
Officials of Intercontinental Terminals Company and Exxon Chemical Com-pany U.S.A. broke ground recently for four 2,500 ton capacity butadlenestorage spheres on a 17-acre tract on the Houston Ship Channel. The petro-chemical is a basic component in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.Breaking ground for the facility are, from the left, John A. Sarris, CityAdministrator of Deer Park; Stephen W. Miles, president of Intercontinental,and Daniel S. Sanders, Vice President of Exxon Chemical.
sencoAutomaticFastening ToolsFor TheCrating andPallet Industry
AIR DRIVEN NAILERSSTAPLERS & TACKERS
Phone(713) 869-7191
p" sen¢o HOUSTON528 W. 28th Street, HOUSTON, 77008
ALCOASHIPFrom PORT OF HOUSTON
mican Republic.Suriname
Houston Agent:Dalton Steamship Corporation7th Floor World Trade Building
Houston, Texas 77002.Phone: 228-8661
Teletype: 910-881-4573
COMPANY, INC.
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Port of Houston Commissioner John H. Garreff Sr., right, is shown at arecent ceremony accepting the award as Deer Park, Texas’ "OutstandingCitizen of 1975." He received the award at the Annual Banquet of the DeerPark Chamber of Commerce. Presenting the award is Wayne Slovacek, VicePresident Houston Operations for Union Equity Cooperative Exchange, oneof the many industries along the Houston Ship Channel. Slovacek was therecipient of the award in 1974.
N.Y.K. LINEEXPRESS SERVICE
GULF PORTSTO
JAPANGULF AGENTS
DALTON STEAMSHIP CORPORATIONHOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON ¯ BEAUMONT ¯ DALLAS
PORT ARTHUR * NE~6’ ORLEANS ¯ MEMPHIS ¯ MOBILE
CUSTOMS BROKERS AIR CARGO CONSOLIDATORSINTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS
Petroleum Bldg., Houston, Texas 77002, Phone (713) 224-9855U.S. National Bank Bldg., Galveston, Texas, Phone (713) 762-5557Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago New York Houston
Miami Atlanta Bogota Medellin
UMI~.SORB(MOISTURE ADSORBENT)
DESICCANT, ACTIVATED, BAGGED,FOR PACKAGING USE ANDSTATIC DEHUMIDIFICATION
Locally stocked by the DesiccantCompany in 1 thru 80 unit bags.Available with tie strings, heatsealed bags or in bulk containers asrequired.
Distributed By:
IH[ DESICCANi COMPANYA Division of Allied Tape & Strapp~ng Co., Inc,
520 SAMPSON(713) 224-4106 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77003
MANUFACTURED BY
CALL 224-4106
Independent Marine Surveyorsand Consultants
RELIABLE AND EXPERIENCED24-HOUR SERVICE FOR THE WEST GULF
Our competent staff specializes in cargo inspections, includingchemical, hull and cargo surveys, port captain assignments, andgeneral marine surveying including grain stability calculations,deadweights, container inspections, on/off hire surveys. Consultantsfor design, economic studies, acquisitions.
Capt. Bill Case, PresidentJohn Ebany--(Lt. Cdm. USN Retired) Capt. Richard Jacques
Capt. Nickolas Tsounis J.W. (Bill) CorriganHouston - Galveston Sabine Ports
SOCIATES, "
212 World Trade Bldg.Phone: (713) 223-3306-Nite: 455-5148
Houston, Texas 77002Telex 774229
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BONDED WAREHOUSING¯ Overhead Cranes¯ U.S. Customs Bonded¯ Machinery Handling
¯ Storuge---Inside & Outside
¯ Truck Facilities-
¯ Public Bonded Warehouse¯ Steel Specialists
¯ Complete Facilities
¯ R,R. Sidings in Dido,
¯ Pool Car Oistribution
ONSOLIDATEDONDEDAREHOUSES, INC.
2510 Magnet StreetPhone: (713) 747.5910
IT’S NEW/Ship Reporting Service
Faster Service&
Lower Rates
Direct Radio Service To and From Ships in75-Mile Radius
Radar & Visual Contact in Channel
A & W Communications323 Bay Ridge Road
LaPorte, Texas 77571Phone: (713) 471-5857
Capt. M. N. Marls, left, Chairman of Morland Navigation, London, visitedthe Port of Houston last month to study Port facilities and discuss futureplanning with Port omclals. Marls is an owner, charterer and builder ofvarious kinds of ships. He is shown in the Board Room of the Port Execu-tive O~ces with, from left, J. R. Curtis, Director of Port Operations; TomKornegay, Port Chief Planning Engineer; and R. P. Leach, Port GeneralManager-Administration.
In Houstonand the wodd~busiest portsSea-Landserves you better,saves youmoney!
SEA-LAND EDELIVERS THE GOODS!
SHIP VIA PORT OF HOUSTON
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