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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Houston’s Bulk Handling PlantA facility shippers can count on

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Norton Lilly InternationalLargest shipping agent in the United States

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New servicePOt adds Houston to U.S. Gulf Service

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Trade mission to ChinaPort of Houston Authority executives keep in touch

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DEPARTMENTS

l’ort Tidings

Port Side

Liner Services

Executive Offices111 East Loop NorthP.O. Box 2562|touston, TX 77252-2562Tel: (713) 670-2400TWX: 910-881-5787Telecopier: (713) 670-25~44

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Field Offices60 East 42nd StreetNew York, NY 10165Tel: (212) 867-2780Fax: (212) 983-2746

ON THE COVER

ltouston’s Bulk Materials I landlingl’lant offi:rs shippers a number of" ad-vantages, including well-maintainedequipment that can handle a widevariety of dry hulk commodities and ac-cess to Foreign Trade Zone status.

Torre KLM, Pent HouseAvda. Romulo GallegosSanta EduvigisCaracas 1071, VenezuelaCountry & City Number: 58-2Tel: 283-1489Fax: 283 2067Telex: 25541, 27244

PORT COMMISSIONERS

NED HOLMES HJ. MIDDLETON MILTON CARROLL ROBERT GILLETTE [,EROY BRUNER CC. SMITIIERMAN J MICHAEL SOLARChairman Commissioner (]ommissioncr Comnlissioncr Conmaissioner Co/mnissioncr Commissioner

PHA’S BULK PLANT

A FACILITY SHIPPER~n a market that has waxed andwaned, there is one thing drybulk shippers can always count

m on - the Port of Houston Au-thority’s Bulk Materials HandlingPlant. The Port Authority opened theplant in 1961 to offer bulk shippersa reliable and economical alterna-tive.

Tonnage is on the upswing for thethcility, which is now in its 30th yearin business. The bulk plant movedmore than 666,800 tons of dry bulkduring the first eight months of thisyear, up 79 percent from the sameperiod last year.

"We’ve had a good year," says,James Hare, manager of bulk facili-ties for the Port Authority. "Petro-leum coke movements have been abig contributor, and potashmovements continue to increase."

Potash accounts for about 60 per-cent of the plant’s volume. Othercommon movements are urea,petroleum coke, bentonite, bariteand talc.CONTINUED GROWTH Tonnage at theplant is expected to continue grow-ing, thanks in part to the success oftenants like Construction Ag-gregates. The company leases a10-acre site adjacent to the bulkplant for storing and shippingpetroleum coke. The operation ex-pects to move at least 225,000 tons ofpetroleum coke through the bulkplant this year and 300,000 tons nextyear.

"A conveyor belt is being builtfrom their lease site to our receivingpit, which should result in more ef-ficient movements," says Hare. Theconveyor belt is expected to be com-pleted early next year.BARITE OPERATION A barite grindingoperation developed by PetrolithInc. is expected to bring in addi-tional inbound cargo for the plant.

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l’etrolith has projected n]ovementsof’ 50,000 tons for this ),car and60,000 for 1992.

Aclditionally, the Port Authorityhas more than 650 acres of propertynear the plant available for lease.The property is ideal for companiesthat wish to develop dry bulk proc-essing, packaging or distributionoperations. Railroad connectionsand proximity to interstate high-ways provide easy access to the areaand help keet ) inland transportationcosts to a minimum.QUICK TURNAROUND Modern, well-maintained equipment and ex-perienced personnel allow the PHAbulk plant to offer shippers fast turn-around. The plant’s vessel loadingsystem has a rated capacity of’ 1,800tons per hour for commodities witha density of 67 pounds per cubic foot.The unloader is rated at 1,200 tonsper hour for com-modities weigh-ing 94 pounds percubic foot.

Plant personnelwash the plant’sequipment aftercw:rv commoditymovement, soshipments aren’tcontaminated byother products.

Keeping thebulk plant in top-notch condition isa top priority ofthe Port Authori-ty’s capital im-provement pro-gram. Currentlyunder way is aS1.6 million proj-ect to build awastewater collec-tion and containment system at theplant. Workers will pave the area ex-tending from the plant’s receivingpit westward along the wharf andunder the conveyors. A containmentarea will be built to direct materialrunoff -- resulting from rain or fromwashing the plant’s conveyors-into a basin. The first phase of" theproject is expected to be finished atyear’s end.

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Other projects include installationof a cover on the plant’s outboundconveyor to reduce emissions."We’ve also done some major struc-tural work on the inbound con-veyor," Hare says.fTZ OPTION An added benefit of thePHA bulk plant is the facility’s ac-cess to Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)status. An FTZ is an area locatedwithin the United States in which

foreign and domestic merchandiseor materials is considered to be in in-ternational commerce, outside U.S.customs territory. The Port ofHouston Authority, as operator ofHouston’s FTZ, can establish an FTZarea at the bulk plant when the needarises.

Using an FTZ can mean consider-able savings for shippers who import(Continued on Page 25)

Species

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best suited to a marine

Physeter Macrc, cephalusCbaronia

environmentAsterias

Odobcnus Roslllarus CMA (Compagnie Maritime d’Affr0tcment)Raja Clavata

There are three easily-identifiable species of sea freight companies:

-"Giant TURTLES": Sadly deaf to outside stimuli, they are particu-larly slow in their reactions.

-"SHARKS": Unpredictable carnivores, dangerous.

-"DOLPHINS": Sensitive and intelligent, they have the ability toadapt to all situations.

At CMA, imagination is second nature. The efficiency of all terminalsis assessed daily. And creating solutions for our clients changingneeds is a priority.

So for your freight, choose the species best adapted to your needs.

MEDITERRANEAN / RED SEA / ARABIAN GULFSUB CONTINENT / EAST-WEST AFRICA / MORROCCO

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CMA (GULF), INC. 2350 NORTH BELT EAST - SUITE 72 0 - HOUSTON, TEXAS 77032(713) 590-3100 - FAX (713) 590-1507 - 1-800-CMA-ONLY

MEETING CALENDARThe Port of Houston Magazine publishes the Meeting Calendar as a serv- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILWAY BUSINESS WOMEN: Meets the thirdice for local transportation-related organizations. Listings are provided Wednesday o~ each month. For informat on call Los Dippe 546-334 l

AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE VETERAHS: Meets the second Tue~aY of each Meadows 468-4724,

marion, call Jim Titus. 337-313 I.

information or reservations, call Lt. I.G. Fisher. 671-5106.

Tills A&M UNIVERSITY MARITIME ASSOCIATION: Meets the fourth Wednes-DELTA NU ALPHA-CHAPTI:R 282: Next meeting to be announced. For infor- day of the month, I 1:30 a.m. at Brady’s Landing. For information callmarion, call Nei]l Deshazo. 471-5886. Jim Moore. 928-5010.HOUSTON CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS & FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION: Next TEXAS INTEP, MODAI TRUCKERS ASSOCIATION: Meets the second Tuesday ofmeeting to be announced. For information, call 228-7447. each mo~th. 6:30 p,m. For information, contact Truman Griffin, 920-2179

HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION ~SIONALS ASSOCIATION: Meets the second TEXAS BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION: Meets the second Wednesday of each

INTIRNATIONALMAINTiNANCE INSTITUTE-SAM HOUSTON CHAPTER: Meets the II :30 a.m. at the Allen Park Inn. For information, call Tony Galindo.third Tuesday of each month. 6 p,m. at the Concord Hotel Iormerly 686-0050,Ramada Inn-Hobby Airport), For reservations, call loyceRhoden, 48 I-O869

U.$. MERCHANT MARIN| ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOGATION, HOUSTON CHAPTER:INTERNAIIOHAI. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Meets the sec- Meets the first ~hursday of each month. I 1:30 a.m at Brady’s Landing.ond Wednesday of every month. For information, call Theresa Garcia. For information, call Bill Bowes. 451-27] 1.

664-6850 or Linda Romet 821-9626.

SKAUGEN. .TH EW WAY YO SAY JAHRE.

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We even have a new Houston address andVnew telephone numbers

The only things we haven’t changed areour quality people and our safe,dependable service.

We are the world’s largest and mostrespected lightering company We arecontinuing to strengthen our presence in theCaribbean and Gulf voyage markets Andwe are expanding our other services,

including chemical parcel carriers, reverselighterlng, cargo transfers and fulfillingspecial needs

Skaugen is the new name of a trusted friend

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PHA representatives speak toWichita trade council

Two representatives of the TradeDevelopment Division of the Port ofHouston Authority recently pre-sented a program for members ofthe World Trade Council of Wichita,Kansas.

Andy Ott, PHA’s general salesmanager, and Angus Hanes,Midwest sales manager, conducteda program on "The Port ofHouston--Global Gateway." Theymade a video presentation, spokeon Houston’s trade relationship withthe U.S. Midwest and conducted aquestion and answer session.

The World Trade Council ofWichita is affiliated with the Wichita

New officers take chargeof Houston ITMA chapter

A new set of officers and boardmembers has been named todirect the Houston chapter of theInternational TransportationManagement Association.

Officers for the 1991-92 chapteryear are Theresa Garcia, Trade In-surance Services of Texas, presi-dent: Robert Pryor, Daniel F. Young,vice president: Christine Argueta,Sea-Land Services Inc., secretary:and Debbie Braunstein, ExxonChemical Co., treasurer.

The chapter’s board of directorsincludes Sally King, Palletized Truck-ing Inc.: John Wentz, GreaterHouston Port Bureau: Angus Hanes,Port of Houston Authority: andCheryl Fee, WTS of Houston Inc.

Also on the board are Linda Pena,OQCL (USA) Inc.: Ron Sralla, NortonLilly International Inc.: Schenkers In-ternational Forwarders: and DavidCash, CGM North America.

Chamber of Commerce and WichitaState University’s InternationalBusiness Program. Other sponsorsfor the program included the U.S.Department of Commerce, the SmallBusiness Association and the Portof Houston Authority.

Marine Insurance Seminargives money to library

An article in the September issueof the Port of Houston Magazinemisidentified the source of funds toestablish the Judge John R. BrownAdmiralty Collection at the Universi-ty of Houston Law Center.

A gift of $10,900 from theHouston Marine Insurance Seminarinitially endowed the collection. Thegift honors Judge John Brown,senior judge for the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Fifth Circuit, for hisachievements as a iudge and hisscholarship in the admiral-ty/maritime field.

Donations for the collection maybe sent to the University ofHouston Law Center, Office ofDevelopment and Alumni Affairs,Houston, Texas 77204-6371. For in-formation, please call (713)749-4518.

llolman Shipping Inc.moves Houston offices

Holman Shipping Inc. has an-nounced relocation of its Houstonoffices. The new address is 11821I-lO East, Suite 605, Houston, Texas77029.

The new telephone number is(713/ 451-2700. The new faxnumber is (713) 451-8521.

Fednav acquires interestin Texas American Shipping

Montreal-based Fednav Grouprecently acquired a substantial in-terest in Texas American ShippingCorp. (TASC) of Houston.

TASC is a worldwide operator ofcontract shipping services includingthe transportation of industrial proj-ect cargoes.

The company’s new associationwith Fednav will enable TASC to of-fer an improved service to itscustomers by means of expandedoperations to the Middle East,Southeast Asia and the SovietUnion.

TASC President John Miller andExecutive Vice President HaroldWolf, founders of Texas American,retain their positions and remain asdirectors of the company.

M/V SAM HOUSTON slatedfor inspection and repair

The M/V SAM HOUSTON, the PortAuthority’s inspection vessel, will betaken out of service for the monthof January to undergo dry dock in-spection and repair.

The Port Authority recently soughtbids for the work, which is expectedto cost approximately $70,000.

A contractor will be selected tohaul out and scrub the vessel:audio-gauge the bottom: renewdeteriorated hull plate: applycoating: install new sanitary pumps,commodes: and perform severalother maintenance and repair tasks.

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NORTON LILLY INTERNATIONAL

LARGEST U.S 0

SHIPPING AGENTEDITOR’S NOTE: The following articleis extracted from the book Norton Lil-ly -- 150 Years of Shipping, which issoon to be published in conjunctionwith Norton Lilly International’s 150thanniversary. The book was written byWilliam Miller, who is the author of 30books on maritime history.

H aving reached its sesquicen-tennial in 1991, Norton Lil-ly has had an illustrioushistory. At present the

largest independent shipping agen-cy in the United States, the companywas in decades past often called "thebest training ground" in the ship-ping business. It was founded by JohnNorton, who had come from theCamden area along the Maine coast.Adventurous in spirit and progres-sive in thought, he left in the earlyyears of the 19th century to find hisfortune in the rapidly expandingPort of New York.

John Norton and his family suc-cessors became increasingly wellknown ship agents and operators,not only in American circles butabroad as well. The family would re-main at the helm of the company for120 years, spanning four genera-tions. Norton & Co. was later re-styled as John Norton & Sons whenJohn’s two sons, Edward and JohnJr. (who was born in 1841, the yearthe company was founded)joinedthe firm. Around the turn of the cen-tury, John Sr.’s grandson, Skeff-ington Norton, joined the company.In 1907 Skeffington Norton became

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a partner, Joseph T. Lilly was givenhis first full partnership, and thecompany was renamed Norton Lil-ly & Co. Skeffington Norton Sr. waslater succeeded by his son, Skeff-ington Jr., or "Skeff Jr." SkeffingtonJr. and Joseph F. Lilly, the son ofJoseph T., became senior partners in1939. Both men remained partnersuntil the company was purchased byJohn J. McMullen in 1971.ALL THE TRADES "I’ve always loved thehistory that belongs to Norton Lilly,"recalled Dr. McMullen. "They repre-sented all the great sea trades-Australia, India, Africa, the Far Eastand South America- the historicroutes. They also had a tremendousreputation and had been a greattraining ground within the shippingindustry. People such as JohnMercer, the founder of States MarineLines, and John Franklin, an earlierpresident at United States Lines,were among those who started atNorton Lilly.

"Over the years," McMullen noted,"Norton Lilly has probably handledmore cargo than any other companyin the business. Even today, and ifwe were a steamship company, wewould be the fifth-largest containercarrier in the United States foreigntrades. And in some ways, we areeven bigger now. In the LatinAmerican trades, for example, werepresent five different lines, whichtogether are far larger than the oldNorton Line."NEW ERA With the change in owner-ship in mid-1971, John H. Griffith, a21-year veteran and vice president ofUnited States Lines, joined the firm

as chairman and chief executive of._ricer. Headquartered in Tokyo, hehad supervised the establishment ofU.S. Lines’ pioneering containerservice to the Far East.

In 1972, a Dutch ship owner,Vinke & Company, gave Norton Lil-ly the first of its "new era" accounts-- the IndependentGulf Line, whichran betweenEurope andthe U.S. Gulf,and the New

York-based Bermuda Express Service.A second national ship owner (sec-

ond to The Shipping Corp. of India,whom Norton Lilly has representedfor more than 25 years), Iran’s AryaNational Shipping Lines, became aNorton Lilly account in 1972. Itbegan with a ship a month out of’U.S. ports but grew rather quickly toas many as six ships each month,most enjoying heavy loadings atHouston.NEW FRONTIERS Norton Lilly’s nextlarge account was the Showa Line.This Showa account also led to a ma-jor Norton Lilly expansion to theWest Coast. In 1974, a year or so afterobtaining the initial Showa account,the Cold War was thawing and Nor-ton Lilly took on its next large ac-count, the Soviet Baltic Shipping Co.

Soon after taking on the BalticShipping Co. account, Norton Lillyacquired two more Soviet accounts,both divisions of the Black Sea Ship-

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Norton Lilly has maintainedHouston office for 25 yearsNorton Lilly International has

maintained an office inmagi Houston for a quarter of acentury. Houston is the head-quarters for the agency’s West GulfDivision, which covers Texas,Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Atthe helm of the West Gulf office isVice President Arthur Bredehoft.

Bredehoft first went to work forNorton Lilly in 1978 after receivinghis master’s degree in business ad-ministration. He started his careerby enrolling in the agency’s man-agement training program. Brede-hoft says he’s seen considerablechanges over his 13 years with thecompany.

’Tve seen Norton Lilly changefrom an agency with additional serv-ices- such as chassis leasing,operating a container yard, andstevedoring- and move back to-ward our core business of being anagent," Bredehoft says. "By return-ing to our core business, we cantailor our services to the needs ofthe customer of the 1990s."SUCCESS SECRETS How has Norton Lil-ly managed to stay in business for150 years and become so suc-cessful? Bredehoft has his owntheory.

"1 think it’s a couple of things, oneof which is vision. Norton Lilly’smanagement has had long-term vision.

"The other factor is our people,"he says. "1 don’t think I can sayenough about the important role

of our people. They’ve beenflexible in growing with thetrade and responding to our

customers. We have a very stablework force, and we feel ouremployees contribute to the quail-ty of service we can provide ourcustomers."QUAB!3’ RR~ The West Gulf office isstaffed by 31 people, a number ofwhom have worked for the agencyfor a decade or more. Employees atall levels of the company undergotraining as part of the agency’squality program. Some employeeshave taken Dale Carnegie courseson customer service and publicspeaking.

"We’re implementing a qualityprogram in a more formalized way,but quality has always been here,"Bredehoft says. "Quality has beenpart of Norton Lilly’s tradition for150 years."HOUSTON’S ROLE Bredehoft is aNortherner by birth, but says he con-siders Houston his home town. AndHouston is as important to NortonLilly as it is to Bredehoft.

"Houston is very important to ourbusiness because of the materialsthat are produced in the area, suchas resins, chemicals, oil well equip-ment and other base commodities,"says Bredehoft. "All those com-modities fit in with our currentcustomer base. Houston and its portare very important to us, and werepresent some major lines that arevery important to the port."DIVERSITY Currently, Norton Lillyrepresents six lines that provideservice to the Port of Houston:British Continental Shipping Line,China Ocean Shipping Co., NationalShipping Corp. of the Philippines,Pan American Independent Line,Shipping Corp. of India andWestwood Shipping Lines. To-

gether, Norton Lilly’s client linesaccount for some 40,000 TEUs

that move through the Port ofHouston annually.

"We represent both govern-ment-owned lines and private-ly owned lines, both conference

and independents," Bredehoftsays. "This gives us worldwidecoverage for our customer base.I think that diversity allows us to

grow with the market conditions."

JHeading the ranks a~ NortonLilly are (from left): GeorgeL. Sprague Jr., vice presi-dent-finance; W. Grove Con-rad, president; and $ohn H.Grifflth, chairman.

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VOTAINER BEGINS CENTRAL AMERICAN SERVICESchmidt, president. "Our researchindicates to us that this region has agreat deal of potential for growth,particularly with regard to the move-ment of’ LCL (less than containerload) cargo. That’s our specialty, andwe plan to serve this market with thesame high quality we offer through-out the rest of the world."VIA HOUSTON The new CentralAmerica Service will accept LCL and

Votainer Consolidation ServicesUSA has announced a new LCL serv-ice between the United States andCentral America. The announce-ment was made ,just a few monthsafter the non-vessel operating (NVO)carrier launched its first SouthAmerican service into Chile.

"Votainer has made a commit-ment to Central and SouthAmerica," according to Wayne

project cargo at all of Votainer’s con-solidation terminals in the UnitedStates and move it to Miami orHouston, where it will be loadedaboard regularly scheduled linersteamship vessels for the voyage toCentral America. The service will of-fer through bills of lading toGuatemala City, San Salvador, Puer-to Cortes and San Pedro Sula.

Houston will be the port of em-barkation for cargo from the WestCoast and Gulf. This service will beoffered fortnightly. The first vesselwas scheduled to sail from Houstonin late September.QUALITY ASSURANCE "We spent a lot oftime identi~ing the best possiblewarehousing and trucking firms inthe region," Schmidt said. "We wantto ensure shippers and consigneesthat our partners in Central Americamaintain the same high perform-ance standards as we do throughoutthe Votainer network. It’s a networkthat works around the world, andnow it works in Central America."

Votainer Consolidation ServicesUSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofVan Ommeren Ceteco. Votaineroperates a worldwide NVOCC servicemoving LCL cargo between theUnited States and 80 ports aroundthe globe.

There’s WorldwideWhen your LCL HAPAG-LLOYD ANNOUNCES

Support with Every yourShipment ,eaveShands, you JOHN $olr APPOINTMENT

t - men" want to ~now whereand when it will John Solt has been named vice¯ arrive. That’s where Votainer can do a lot president for the Gulf/South Atlantic

more for you. We have combined intermodal headquarters of

transportation with state-of-the-art communications so we know Hapag-Lloyd inwhere your LCL shipment is any time, anywhere. Atlanta, Georgia.

As a member of the Netherlands-based Van Ommeren Ceteco Eight local of-Group, we are an integral part of a global network serving 74 ports, rices throughout

with full-time offices in 45 countries. Yet, as an independent group the South willand one of the largest NVOCC operators, Votainer offers complete- report to him.

ly personalized service. Joining theVotainer’s reputation as the leader in the NVOCC industry has H a p a g - L 1 o y d

been earned by meeting the special needs of LCL shippers, organization in SOLTBecause LCL is not just a

@ VOTAINI=R1985 as manager of the Savannah,

part of our business, it’s Georgia, office, Solt has more than 15our only business! years’ experience in the steamship

A member of the industry, including previous serviceVan Ommeren Ceteco Group with United States Lines.(713) 674-8888 In his new position, Solt will be

responsible for sales and operations.

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NEW SERVICE

POL ADDS HOUSTON TOITS U.S. GULF SERVICEp olish Ocean Lines (POL) will

begin calling at the Port ofHouston in mid-November aspart of a program to enhance

its service from the U.S. Gulf andSouth Atlantic to Northern Europe.

POL’s U.S. Gulf and South AtlanticService was introduced in September1990 with two 1,060-TEU capacitycontainerships, the POL BALTIC andthe POL GULF.

"When we introduced the serviceless than one year ago, we indicatedimprovements would be forthcom-ing once the trade began to supportour fortnightly service," saidKrzysztof Tyc, president of GdyniaAmerica Line,

Kingdom. Containerized, breakbulkand refrigerated cargo destined for

the United Kingdom will betransshipped over Le Havre to Til-bury. Bremerhaven is the relay portfor Gdynia and Gothenburg.HOUSTON SUPPORT "Since we began theservice last year, we have enjoyed a

lot of support from the Houstonarea," Tyc explained. "Obviously,this support and the volume of cargomoving from Houston on an inter-modal through bill of lading was amajor factor in our decision to ex-pand our service to the port."

Stockard Shipping & TerminalCorp. is coordinating agent for theservice, and Biehl & Co. is POL’s Gulfagent. "This combination of GdyniaAmerica Line, Stockard and Biehlhas proved effective," Tyc said.BARBOURS CUT POL will use the Fen-tress Bracewell Barbours Cut Con-tainer Terminal in Houston. This(Continued on Page 16)

North Americangeneral agent forPOL. "We had thatsupport from thebeginning, allow-ing us to accelerateour enhancementprogram."IMPROVED SERVICE"With initiation ofservice between thePort of Houstonand Northern Eur-ope, we are able toexpand the port /~range of this serv-ice," he continued.

Houston will bethe first U.S. porton the rotation,which also includesNew Orleans andSavannah. In Eur-ope, the service willcall at Le Havre,Rotterdam andBremerhaven. On-carriage service will be offered toPoland, Scandinavia and the United JThe M/V POL BALTIC is one of the two Polish Ocean Lines vessels that

will begin calling a~ the Fe.tress Bracewe|| Barbours Cut ContainerTermlna| in November°

KEEPING IN TOUCH

PHA TRADE MISSION TO

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epresentatives of the Port ofHouston Authority recentlyreturned from a 10-day trademission to the People’s Re-

mblic of China. Trade missions aret Port Authority’s way of main-

contact with shippers’ re-and port operators while

:nhancing global trade develop-In 1990, the Port of Hou-

ston handled more than 651,000tons of exports (valued at morethan $457 million) bound forChina. Top exports includedwheat, cotton, polyethyleneand polymers. Imports toHouston from China totaledmore than 1.3 million tonsvalued at $270 million. Top

imports were quartz, mica,feldspar and fluorspar, and crude oil.BEIJING The first stop for Port Com-missioner C.C. Smitherman and DonAllee, Pt tA director of trade develop-ment, was Beijing. There Allee andSmitherman met with represen-tatives of the China National CottonImport and Export Corp., a state-owned entity. The Houston delegatesalso visited with the deputy ministerof’ communications, whose ministryis responsible for the country’stransportation network, and metwith officials at the corporate head-quarters of China Ocean ShippingCo. (cosco).

DALIAN The second stop on theChinese tour was Dalian, located inChina’s Liaoning Province. Dalianbecame the Port of ttouston’s firstsister port in September 1985. Underthe sister port program, officials withboth ports meet regularly to expandtrade between the two cities and to

exchange information on portdevelopments and technology.

While in Dalian, Smitherman andAllee toured the city and its portfacilities. "There is quite a lot of con-struction under way in Dalian,"Allee said. "We visited the port’scrude oil terminal and the new con-tainer facility that is under construc-tion. The container terminal will bestate of the art when completed."

Dalian is one of several specialeconomic zones the Chinese govern-ment established in 1984 to attractforeign investment and technologyto the nation’s coastal cities.SHANGHAI AND HONG KONG Next onAllee’s and Smitherman’s itinerary

was Shanghai. There they visitedCOSCO’s operating headquarters,which controls the vessels that callat U.S. Gulf ports. They toured thePort of Shanghai, which is one ofChina’s largest, and officials with theChinese port hosted a banquet fortheir Houston guests.

Houston Port Commission Chair-man Ned Holmes joined Smither-man and Allee in Hong Kong, wherethe three visited the Ivaran LinesAsian headquarters.

SflENZHEN The final stop for the threeHouston delegates was Shenzhen,located in Guangdong Province insouthern China. The city of Houstonentered into a sister city agreementwith Shenzhen in 1986.

Holmes, Smitherman and Alleemet with representatives of the Shen-zhen municipal government and theShenzhen Sister City Association.They toured the city, where thepopulation has grown from 20,000 to2 million over the past 10 years.During the past decade, Shenzhen,designated as one of China’s specialeconomic zones last year, hasundergone rapid growth. Construc-tion projects include eight large in-dustrial districts, residential areas,

Shown (from left) are Smither-man, Allee, Holmes and Li HaiTao (seated), director and gen-eral manager of Shenzhen DongPong industry Company Ltd.Holmes and Li signed a mutualassistance agreement in whichthe Port of Houston Authoritypledged to provide developersof the Yantian port projectassistance with their buildingprogram.

and water and power, transportationand communications facilities.PORT OF YANTIAN "Shenzhen isbuilding a port at Yantian that willhelp alleviate the growing conges-tion at Hong Kong," Allee says."Representatives of the Yantian proj-ect visited the Port of Houston in Ju-ly and invited us to tour their city."

The Port of Yantian is under con-struction on the northwest edge ofDapong Bay in the South China Sea.Port planners expect Yantian to han-dle 42.7 million tons of cargo by theyear 2000 and 76 million tons by2020. []

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Eileen Denne has joined theAmerican Association of PortAuthorities (AAPA) as its first direc-tor of public relations.

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