Officers and directors of the Houston Port Bureau were installed at theannual meeting held recently in the World Trade Club. Jon Newton,Railroad Commissioner of Texas, spoke on energy problems. Seated arethe new officers: George W. Altvater, Executive Director of the Port ofHouston, First Vice President: Otto E. Goedecke, Vice President of theHouston National Bank, President, and Bob F. Stanley, Vice President ofCharter Oil Co., Second Vice President. Standing are the Directors: G.E.Strange, General Manager, Houston Port Bureau, Inc.: Roger A. McCar-thy, General Traffic Manager, Occidental Chemical Company: Don E.Murphy, Regional Distribution Supervisor, Phillips Petroleum Company:

James A. Whiff, Manager, Corporate Traffic & Purchasing, Anderson,Clayton & Company; Leonard S. Patillo, Executive Vice President &General Manager, Houston Chamber of Commerce; Joseph S. McDer-mott, Managing Director, Kerr Steamship Company; J.C. Wallin, Mgr.-Traffic-Intl., Texaco, Inc.: W.D. Haden, II, Chairman of the Board, Bay-Houston Towing Co.: Merrill D. Dieken, President, Oiltanking of Texas,inc.: Peter R. Schaff, General Manager, Brazos River Harbor NavigationDistrict: Edwin Eikel, President, Intracoastal Towing & TransportationCorp.; O.J. Kneisler, Jr., Executive Vice President, Gulf Stevedore Cor-poration.

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GENERAL CARGO SHIP SAILINGSFROM THE PORT OF HOUSTON

CONTINENTAL EUROPEPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Le Havre, Helsinki, Range--including Atlanticargo StrachanShippingCo.Dunkirk, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amster- Central Gulf Centra~ Gulf Linesdam, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Combi Line Biehl & Co.Copenhagen, Gdynia, Bordeaux Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. Steamship

Polish Ocean Dalton SteamshipSea-Land Service Sea-Land, Inc.Unigulf Line Hansen g TidemannWaterman Waterman Steamship

SOUTH AMERICA EAST COASTPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina including Argentine Lines Delta Steamship LinesFortaleza, Belem, Vitoria, Rio Grande, Delta Line Delta Steamship LinesPorto Alegre, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Frota Amazonica TTT ShipAgenciesSantos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Lloyd Brasileiro Roberts SteamshipBahia Blance, Paranaqua and Amazon Mexican Biehl & Co.River Ports. Also includes Iquitos, Peru. Nopal Line Oivind Lorentzen

Peruvian State Line Roberts SteamshipPeruvian Amazon Line Smith g Johnson

SCANDINAVIAPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

All major ports of Norway~ Sweden, AtJanticorgo StrachonShippingCo.Finland, Iceland and Denmark, including Baltic Shipping TTT Ship Agencie~Bergen, asia, Stronheim, Malmo, Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. SS Co.Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Orbis Liner Service Mercury ShippingGothenburg, Helsinborg, Reykjavik, etc. SeaLand Service SeaLand, 1no.

RUSSIAPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Leningrad Atlanticargo Strachan Shipping Co.Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. SS Co.Sea-Land Service Sea-Land, Inc.Combi Line BiehJ & Co.

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UNITED KINGDOMPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

London, Southampton, Felixstowe, AtJonticargo Strachan Shipping Co.Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Aberdeen~ Central Gulf Central Gulf LinesDundee, Glasgow, Grennock, Leith, Combi Line Biehl g Co.

Grangemouth, Manchester, Etc. Harrison Line Phillips Parr, Inc.Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. SS Co.Sea-Land Service Sea-Land, Inc.

PORT RANGEIberian Peninsula, including Bilboa,Oporto, Lisboa, Cadiz, Barcelona,Alicante, and others, as well as Mar-seilles, Genoa, Naples, Leghorn,Venice, Rijeka, Piroeus, Haifa, Istanbul,Aiexandria, Algiers, Benghasi, BlackSeaports and others.

PORT RANGEAll principal West Coast Ports fromDakar south including Abidjan, Lobito,Port Parcourt, Bouala, Tema, Luanda,Monrovia, Matadi, Lagos, Port Gentil,Point Noire, Freetown.

MEDITERRANEAN, ADRIATICAND AEGEAN

LINE

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WEST AFRICALINE

Black Star LineDeltaDafraNAWALNopol LineNordanaUSAFRICA LineWestwind AfricaCompagnie Zairoise

SOUTH AND EAST AFRICAPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Capetown to Port Sudan range in- Hellenic Hellenic Lines, Inc.cluding, Durbon, Lourenco Marques, Lykes African Lykes Bros. SteamshipDar-Es-Salaam, Djibouti, Aqaba, Morn- South African Marine Hansen g Tidemannbaso, Port Elizabeth and others.

CARIBBEAN AND EAST COASTCENTRAL AMERICA

PORT RANGENorth Coast South America, East CoastCentral America, Mexico and CaribbeanIslands including La Guaira, Santa Mar-Ia, Barranquil~a, Cristobal, PuertoLimon, Paramaribo, Barbados, PuertoCabezas~ Puerto Cortes, Kingston,Aruba, Willemstad, Port-au-Prince, VeraCruz, Tuxpan, Tampico, Coatzacoalcos,Progresso, Puertocabello, Maracaibo,Santo Tomas, Port of Spain.

AGENT

TTT Ship AgenciesHellenic Lines, Inc.Dalton SteamshipGulf Coast ShippingBiehl & Co.Lykes Bros. SS Co.Kerr Steamship Co.Barber-Biehl, Inc.Strachan Shipping Ca.Sea-Land, Inc.Strachan Shipping Co.Thuleship Inc. of TexasUiterwyk CorporationLone Star ShippingSeatrain Lines

AGENTStrachan Shipping Co.Delta Steamship LinesKerr Steamship Co.E.S. Binnings, Inc.Oivind LorentzenBarber BiehJ, Inc.Nordship AgenciesTTT Ship AgenciesRoberts Steamship

LINE AGENTAlcoa Line Dalton Steamship Co.Armagua Uiterwyk CorporationArmosal Uiterwyk CorporationArian Roberts Steamship Co.Delta Line Delta Steamship LinesFlomerca Line Lone Star ShippingFrota AmazonicO TTT Ship AgenciesGrancolombiana E.S. Binnings, Inc.Lykes Caribbean Lykes Bros. SS Co.Mexican Line Biehl g Co,Royal Nether{ands Strachan Shipping Co.Sea-Land Service Sea-Land, Inc.Venezuelan TTT Ship AgenciesTecomar Tecomar, S.A.Sentinel Ayers SteamshipHonduran Seatrain Agencies

WEST COAST CENTRAL ANDSOUTH AMERICA

PORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Ports from Central America to Chile in- Armagua Uiterwyk Corporationcluding AcajuHa, Corinto, Buenaven- Armasal UiterwykCorporationtura, Puntarenas, La Libertad, La Union, Chilean Line TTT Ship AgenciesBalboa, Manta, Paita, Callao~ An- Groncolombiana E.S. Binnings, Inc.tofagasta, Valparaiso, San Antonio, Lykes West Coast Lykes Bros. SS Co.Guayaquil, Talcahuano, IIo. Mamenic Line Biehl & Co.

Peruvian State Line Kerr SteamshipPeruvian State Line Roberts Steamship

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALANDPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Bank Line Strachan Shipping Co.Fremantle and other major Australian Shaw Savil Line E.S. Binnings, Inc.ports and Auckland, Wellington andother major New Zealand ports.

INDIAN OCEAN, PERSIAN GULF,ARABIAN SEA, RED SEA

PORT RANGERange from Aden to Calcutta includingDuwait, Korramshar, Bombay, Madras,Karachi, Bandar Abbas, Bangladesh,Bahrain, Basrah, Jeddah, etc.

LINEAmerican ExporlArya LineAspen SteamshipBarber LineCentral GulfConcordia LineDjakarta LloydHansa LineHellenic LineHoegh LinesIran Express LinesKuwait ShippingMaerskMarine TransportMega LineNatl. Shipping PakistanNedlloydP. & O. StrathSaudi National LineSCI LineScindia Line

Waterman LineSea-Land ServicePacific Far East

AGENTPhillips Parr, Inc.Norton LillyOlympic ShippingBarber-Biehl, Inc.Central Gulf LinesDalton Steamship Co.Roberts SteamshipE.S. Binnings, Inc.Hellenic Lines, Ltd.Strachan Shipping Co.Uiterwyk CorporationKerr Steamship Co.Maersk SteamshipMarine Transport ServicesHansen & TidemannTTT Ship AgenciesStrachan Shipping Co.Roberts SteamshipSmith g JohnsonNorton LillyBiehl g Co.& Oivind LorentzenWaterman SteamshipSea-Land, Inc.TTT Ship Agencies

FARPORT RANGE

All principa~ ports of Japan, Korea,Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia,Philippine Republic and Malay Penin-sula, including Hang Kong andSingapore.

EASTLINE

Barber Blue SeaChina MerchantsChina UnionDaiichi Chuo LinesDjakarta LloydEddie Shipping AgencyHoegh LinesK LineKorea ShippingLykes OrientMaritime Co. ofPhilippinesMitsui-OSKNYK LineOrient OverseasPhoenix Container LineRelta Steamship Co.Scindia LineSea Express ServiceSCI LineShinwa Koiun LinesTa PengTerukuni KaiunLinesToko Kaiun KabushikiWatermanYS LineFesta LineYong Ming

AGENT

Barber-BiehJ, Inc.Gulf Coast ShippingGulf MotorshipsFritz MaritimeRoberts Steamship Co.Gulf Coast ShippingStrachan Shipping Co.Kerr Steamship Co.Ayers SteamshipLykes Bros. SS Co.

Ayers Steamship Co.Strachan Shipping Co.Dalton SteamshipLone Star ShippingKerr Steamship Co.Gulf Coast ShippingDalton SteamshipE.S. Binnings, Inc.Norton LillyFritz MaritimeOivind Lorentzen

Fritz MaritimeFritz MaritimeWaterman SteamshipTTT Ship AgenciesSmith & JohnsonMaxi-Marine

ICS Opens NewOffice Here

International Customs Service, Inc.,opened an office in Houston on July 6at 5711 Jetero Blvd.

The company also has full serviceoffices in Los Angeles (corporate of-rices), San Francisco, Chicago, NewYork and Boston. Sales and service of-fices are located in Fresno and Hartford.

Rober L. (Bob) Waggoner,president, has named Lee Dompke as

Waggoner Dompke

District Manager in the Houston of-rice. A native of Chicago, Mr. Dom-pke was graduated from De Vry In-stitute of Technology and he majoredin business administration at HarperCollege.

In addition to operating as aCustoms broker and ocean freightforwarder, ICS also acts as insuranceagent, IATA air cargo agent and airfreight consolidator.

For the last eight years Mr. Dompkehas been in the Chicago office of ICS,where he has been District Manager.He is a licensed customs house broker.

Mr. Waggoner, a native of Texas,served in the Air Force from 1943-46.He went into the customs housebrokerage and freight forwardingbusiness in 1947. He founded ICS in1959 and he has traveled around theworld setting up foreign agencyrepresentation. He is Vice President ofExport for the National Association ofCustoms Brokers and Freight Forwar-ders and he has served in variouscapacities in other trade associations.

New AgencyOpened Here

John E. Rice, in association withM.I.D. -Ship Marine, Inc., New Yorkand M.I.D. -Ocean Tankers, Inc., NewYork announces the opening inHouston of M.I.D. -Ship MarineAgencies, Inc., independent steamshipagents, dry cargo, chemical & gas char-ters and brokers and ship managers.

Mr. Rice, who began his career inGalveston, has 15 years experience inall facets of the Maritime Industry inthe West Gulf area.

The M.I.D. -Ship group have, in ad-dition to New York and Houston, of-rices in Coral Gables, Florida andCaracas, Venezuela.

IOAtlanticargo... the flexible cargo service to North Europe ports with container and breakbulkcapabilities on all vessels. Our frequent sailings ( from Houston, New Orleans, Mobile andTampa every 10 days) give you the opportunity to plan your cargo shipments to meet theconsignees’ needs and your production schedules.

Rotation of overseas ports can be adjusted to meet requirements of special shipments to helpyou get your cargo delivered when and where needed. When you want a shipping service to NorthEurope that will flex to your needs, call Atlanticargo.

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32

The Transportation Club of Houston recently elected its new officers for 1977, they are from left:(seated) Secretary, Bennett Guynes, Burlington Northern Railroad; Second Vice President, JimHaygood, L&N Railroad; Past President and Senior Director, Lloyd Philips, Riviana Foods;President, Merle Kelly, District Sales Manager, Southern Pacific Transporation Co.; First VicePresident, Joe Payne, Occidental Chemical Co., and Treasurer, Bob McFalI, Gulf Oil Co., USA.Back row: Executive Secretary, Jim Willett; Directors, Paul Broussard, Houston Belt & TerminalRailroad; Jim Whitt, Anderson Clayton g Co., Tom Kiser, Frisco Lines, Aubrey Elliott, SouthlandPaper Co., Chaplain, Rev. R.H. Lawrenz; Directors, Leon Kerr, Petro-Tex Chemical Corp.; JimHayes, TPgW Railroad; Larry Anderson, Santa Fe Lines, and not shown, Russell Lapetina, Dresserindustries.

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The Baltic Shipping Co.’s Ro/Ro vessel KOMSOMOLSK was in the Port of Houston recently andMoram of Houston, agents for the vessel, held a luncheon aboard to honor the captain. Shownfrom left at the luncheon are Bill Morgan, A.J. Fritz and Co.; Capt. V. Evseev, Master of the ship;Bob Houston, Moram Marketing Representative; W.F. Clark, Vice President of Corporate Projectsfor Moram in New York; and Ralph Benzaquen, Vice President of M.G. Maher and Co.

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34 Port of Houston Magazine

Two representatives of Volkswagen de Mexico were in Houston last month to inspect the newfacilitiles at Barbours Cut and discuss the volume of container traffic Volkswagen sends throughthe Port.Shown left to right are Marian Foitzik, Export Manager of Volkswagen de Mexico; Ar-mando S. Waterland, Port International Sales Manager; and Richardo J. Violante, Traffic Managerof Volkswagen de Mexico. Another purpose of the trip was to introduce Violante who has recentlytaken over the traffic manager’s position.

McGee Is NamedDon McGee has been appointed

Manger of Marketing Development forAustin Marine, announced C.E. Stin-nett Jr., President.

Mr. McGee is a registeredprofessional engineer. He graduatedfrom Texas Christian University in1949 with a BBA degree in marketing

and engineering minor. He has ad-ditional engineering study from TexasUniversity, University of Indiana andRice University. Mr. McGee has beenactive in the marine/offshore industryin sales, engineering and technicalcapacities for the past 19 years.

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July, 1977 35

The Channel Industries Mutual Aid group (CIMA) held its generalmembership meeting aboard the SAM HOUSTON recently and mixedbusiness with pleasure as they enjoyed barbecue on the trip down theHouston Ship Channel. Some of the members of the safety orientedgroup are shown in these photos. On the left are Morris Covin, Private

Tank Storage Being ExpandedPlans for construction of a 5,000

ton straight-sided atmospheric tank forbutadiene storage valued at $1.25

million is being constructed by Inter-continental Terminals for ICI UnitedStates Inc. Completion is expected in

Investigator: Jesse Burns, Shell Chemical; Archie Slaughter, Lubrizol;Dave Aken, Lubrizol, and Danny Davis, Arco Refinery. On the right areR.P. Leach, Port General Manager-Administration; Cmdr. Del Smith,Coast Guard Captain of the Port: J.J. Pruitt, Harris County Fire Marshal,and Don Jenkins, Arco Chemical, Vice Chairman of CIMA.

late 1977. Butadiene is a chemical usedin manufacturing of synthetic rubber.

The tank will be located at Intercon-tinental Terminals’ Deer Park facilityon the Houston Ship Channel, and willbring the total butadiene capacity atthat site to 15,000 metric tons.

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36 Port of Houston Magazine

Kaare B. Isaksen

First ComboShip Arrives

A new combo ship, the M.S. TSU,was scheduled to sail from the Port ofHouston the first of July after takingon containers, Ro/Ro vehicles andbreak bulk cargo.

Kaare B. Isaksen, Senior VicePresident of Barber Blue Sea, said thenew ship is the first of ten combo classvessels being built for the company toreplace some of the present fleet. All ofthe new ships will be in service by theend of 1977.

The ships can accommodate unitizedcargo, containers, heavy lifts, rollingstock, refrigerated cargoes and bulkliquids in deep tanks.

The areas covered by Barber BlueSea are Singapore, Malyasia, In-donesia, Thailand, Philippines,Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan,East and West Canada, all three coastsof the United States, The Middle East,Panama and Venezuela. Barber-Biehl,Inc., is the Houston Agent.

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John Springer, veteran in the ship-ping industry, has been namedPresident of Biehl & Company, CarlBiehl, Chairman of the Board, an-nounced.

T.E. Dugey, Executive VicePresident, has announced he willretire, but he will remain with the firmas a consultant. Mr. Dugey joined thecompany in 1946 and he has been oneof the key members .....of the managementteam.

Mr. Springer hasbeen with Biehl &Company since1966. He has beenVice President.

"Mr. Springercomes from afamily with a ship-ping background,"Mr. Biehl said. "In Springerhis new position he will have under hisdirection a number of majoroperations and services involvingseveral hundred personnel."

Don Waheed, Vice President, hasbeen promoted to General Manager ofBiehl, Houston. He joined the com-pany in 1960 and he will continue toserve in his present capacity over salesactivities in all Biehl & Company of-rices.

F. Val Thompson, Manager ofseveral liner services in the Houston of-rice, has been promoted to VicePresident. After graduating from theCalifornia Maritime Academy in 1937.Mr. Thompson went to sea for severalyears, including three years in the Navyduring World War II.

Gene Murphee has been promoted toGeneral Sales Manager, West Gulf.Noral Schmidt and Charles Reagorhave both been named District SalesManager.

Bamberger BuildsBigger Plont

Bamberger Polymers, Inc., hasopened new offices, warehouse andbulk handling facilities for polyolefinresins at 7171 Clinton Drive adjacentto the Port of Houston.

Bamberger is engaged in the world-wide marketing and distribution of lowand high-density polyethylene,polyproplene and polystyrene. TheHouston facility will handle custompackaging and bulk transfer.

38 Port of Houston Magazine

Two executives with ACT Maritime Co., Ltd. of Tokyo were in Houstonrecently to visit with officials of Strachan Shipping Co., local agent forthe company, and tour port facilities. Shown during a conference in thePort’s Executive Offices are, from left, H. Nakamura. Tokyo: C.A.Rousser, Port Director of Trade Development: James Leibrock, MitsuiOSK Division Manager for Strachan: and I. Uchida from Tokyo.

PETERSON N/kME$ LAWRENCEPeterson Maritime Services, Inc. has appointed Tom

Lawrence manager of its newly opened Houston office. JoeRafferty has been named as his assistant.

Lawrence is a graduate of Chapman College and prior tocoming with Peterson, was a United States Coast Guard of-ricer attached to pollution control in Houston. Rafferty is agraduate of Trinity College where he received a degree inenvironmental sciences.

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A bayou, a dock, a boat nearbyA channel, a wharf, a ship to tieAn office, a guard, a worker aboutA whistle, a too4 a clang, a shout.

An m&*_s~al giant and growing stillIn the noonday heat or the midnight

chill,A city’s pride, the masses’ breadThe foreign arm, the domestic bed.

The past, the future, our historybold

For millions and millions the storytoM,

TheNavigation District we oncedid see

Is the Port of Houston Authority.

By Jerry Martinez of Biehl & Co.

Independent Marine Surveyorsand Consultants

RELIABLE AND EXPERIENCED24-HOUR SEflVICE 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, PresidentHouston - Galveston Sabine Ports

’4 SOCIATEI

324 World Trade Bldg.Phone: (713) 223-3306-Nite: 455-5148

Houston, Texas 77002Telex 774229

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Norton, Lilly IsNamed Agents

Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc., has beennamed general agents in the Gulf andAtlantic ports for C.N. LloydBrasileiro and in the Gulf ports forCompanhia Maritima Nacional, JohnH. Griffith, Chairman of the Board,announced.

Lloyd Brasileiro has a fortnightlycontainer and breakbulk service to theEast Coast of South America.

Companhia Maritima Nacional alsohas a fortnightly service to the EastCoast of South America. The firstvessel, REGINA CELl, was due to sailfrom Houston July 10.

New Trucks AreBeing Shown

Hyster Company, the firm thatpioneered the pneumatic lift truck, isintroducting its newest line of trucks inTexas through the Material HandlingDivision of C. Jim Stewart & Steven-son, the exclusive distributor in southand southeast Texas.

Hyster’s new line includes two newseries with ten different models, theChallenger 150-275H and the Pioneer150-200B.

European Office Opened

Nauticus Shipping Corporation,steamship agents and brokers with of-rices in Houston, have opened arepresentative office in Europe. Thisoffice will be located in Manchester,England, and will service as a base tokeep in contact with European shipowners and develop further respresen-tation for Nauticus offices m theU.S.A.

This is part of the lunch bunch that turned out recently for a Sea-Land party in the transit shed atWharf 14. The noon-to-dark party was for freight forwarders and Customs brokers and featured anopen bar with Texas barbecue. Object of the party was to introduce Sea-Land’s new Caribbeanservice. Many of the Party-goers were taken for a cruise on the Port’s Inspection Boat, the SAMHOUSTON.i _ ill|lmll[ [’ II ’11 IIII

LINEI

Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc.NEW ORLEANS 414 Intern’l Trade MartNew Orleans, La 70130 504-581-6215HOUSTON 1121 Walker Street, Suite 510Houston, Texas 77002 713-222-9601

Independent FortnightlyContainer & BreakbulkService. Gulf Ports to:

NAPLES " LEGHORNGENOA ¯ PIREAUSLISBON / LEIXOESISTANBULo ODESSA

July, 1977 41

Transport Classes Start In AugustHouston Community College

System and representatives of the tran-sportation, distribution, storage andport industries have developed in acooperative effort a Commercial Tran-sportation and Distribution

Technology program leading to a cer-tificate or Associate in Applied Science(AAS) degree. Fall semester courseswill be held at the following startingAugust 29.

Waltrip High School: CTD-131-

12 OFFICES SERVING THE GULFAND SOUTH ATLANTIC

NEW YORK ̄ WILMINGTON ̄ CHARLESTON ̄ SAVANNAH ̄ JACKSONVILLEPORT EVERGLADES ¯ MIAMI ° TAMPA ̄ MOBILE ° NEW ORLEANS ̄ HOUSTON ̄ ATLANTA

r,1 "- ,d.__,, ,arr.n~, .,n. co........c.SHIP AGENTS ~ CONTRACTING STEVEDORES / TERMINAL OPERATORS t CARGO CONSULTANTS

HOUSTON: 310 Melrose Bld q., 1121 Walker, P.O.Box 52488, Houston 77052Phone: (713)224-4012 ¯ TWX: 910-881-2649 ̄ Cable: HARICO, Houston

From HOUSTON& NEW ORLEANSto theUNITED KINGDOM

MANCHESTER - LIVERPOOL -ABERDEEN - GLASGOW - LEITHBelfast, Cork and Dublin on Inducement

PHILLIPS-PARR, Inc. u.s.General Agents[713] 224-’1893 - 5t7 Cotton Exchange - HoustonNew Orleans - Galveston - Dallas - Memphis

Sea.Land and Texas...teamed in transport

¯ . . together we make a great team!

Sea-Land, Committed to Texas,IN HOUSTON CALL686-7741

IN

Sea-Land and Texas pioneered containerization withthe world’s first containerized service between Houstonand New Jersey in 1956. Over the years, we’ve continuedto work together to build and maintain a transport sys-tem linking Texas to the North East a system that isfast, dependable and economical. Sea-Land and Texas

Introduction to Transportation, an in-troduction to basic transportation;CTD 1303-Economics of Transpor-tation, A study of transportation as aneconomic activity; CTD 1322 OceanTransportation l, An overviewcovering the role of water carriers, etc.

Bellaire High School: CTD 1323-International Trade, The major entitiesof international trade; CTD 2301-Regulation of Transportation 1, (ICCLaw) A study of the Interstate Com-merce Commission; CTD 2311-Management of Traffic, Developmentof ttransportation management skills;CTD 2315-Freight Loss and DamageClaims, Information on liability ofcarriers for loss and damage.

Sam Houston High School: CTD1324-Air Transportation, Types ofcommercial air carriers etc.; CTD2317-Export Procedures, Necessaryprocedures and documentation.

Lee High School: CTD 2326-Transportation Logistics, Introductionto variety of electronic data processing;CTD 2336-Transportation and TrafficManagement 111, A continuation ofthe college advanced traffic course.

Houston Community College, 2800Main: CTD 1311-ClassificationProcedures and Rate Computation-Motor, Classes of regulated motorcarriers, etc.; CTD 1334-Transportation.

Independent service

From: HoustonNew Orleans

Direct To: AlgiersTunisAlexandriaTartusIskenderun

Vessels will call other EastMediterranean ports

subject to inducement.Gulf General Agents:

S T RAC IiANSill PPlNG COM PAa’~Y

1400Cotton Exchange BuildingHouston. Texas 77002

713 / 228-1431 Telex: 910-881-3607 -

Port of Houston Magazine

Two representatives of the Pacific Far EastLine from San Francisco were in Houston recen-tly to inspect the intermodal facilities at Bar-bours Cut Terminal. Shown looking over theartist’s concept of the facility are, from left,C.A. Rousser, Port Director of Trade Develop-ment: Joe Skitarelic, PFEL; John Coghlan, PFEL;and W.R. Cook, Port Western Sales Manager.

(THENORTHERN PAN AMERICAN LINE A/S aLSO, NORWAY)

FROM U. S. AND MEXICAN PORTSFORTNIGHTLY TO

LA GUAIRA, PTO. CABELLO, RIO, SANTOS, MONTEVIDEO,BUENOS AIRES

(WHI Call Other Brazilian and River Plate Ports if Sufficient Cargo Offers)

,

SOUTH AMERICA

2Jerrell E. Rasch has been appointed Assistant i

Safety Director for the Safety and HealthiDepartment of the West Gulf Maritime

IAssociation. Mr. Rasch has worked as a safetyprofessional for seven years, and is a graduateindustrial engineer from the University ofHouston. He will be responsible for providingaccident and loss prevention assistance to theWest Gulf Maritime Association membership.

NOPAL WEST AFRICA LINI~ jLONGHORN FROM U. S. GULF PORTSTRANSFER SERVICE, INC.

SPECIALIZINC~.--IMPORT/EXPORT TRUCKING7112 Avenue C Houston, Texas

926-2661"Perfection in Performance is Achieved Only

by Experience"

GULF PORTS CRATING CO.Export PackingCommercial--MilitaryBoxing~Crating-’Processing

HOUSTON: t22S McCar~ 675-9101NEW 01tLEAH~: 1717 Tchoupitouios 525-9936

MONTHLY TO:

DAKAR, MONROVIA, LAGOS/APAPA, PT. HARCOURT, WARRI,PORT GENTIL. DOUALA. LUANDA

NOPAL ATLANTIC LINESIN CARE OF OIVIND LORENTZEN, INC.

1103 World Trade Building, Houston, Tx 77002 Telephone: 229-8671

General Agents

O~ LORENTZE~, I2fC.. 522 ]Fifth Avenue; 19th Floor, New York, 24. Y. 10@311I"~NX 910-881-5029 CABLE ADDRESS: NOPAL

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..~cs,DALTO NTEAMSHIPORPORATION/p Agents & Term~ha~ Operators

WEST GULF7th Floor World Trade CenterHouston, Texas 77002Tel: 713--228-8661TWX 910-881-4573Telex 762508

EAST GULF736 Union StreetNew Orleans, Louisiana 70130

Tel: 504--524-0701Cable "DALSHIP" "I~X 504-822-5024

Telex 584141

OFFICES IN: Beaumont ¯ Dallas ° Galveston ° Memphis ¯ Mobile ̄ New YorkPort Arthur ̄ In Mexico City--Agencia Transoceanica de Vapores, S.A~

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PHONE 672-8095

Complete Commercial Warehouse Service

No Congestion

¯ Custom Bonded

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Myers Warehouse Co., Inc.550 Aleen St. ¯ Phone (713) 672-8095

Roberto A. Sandall from Rio de Janeiro, representing Companhia In-dustrial Santa Matilde, visited port offices last month while on a fact-finding trip to the United States. He is considering exporting combines tothe U.S. Sandall is shown at center, with C.A. Rousser, left, Port Directorof Trade Development and Edward J. Fay, right, of Edward J. Fay andAssociates, Inc. who would be Sandalrs U.S. importing representative.

T. SMITH & SON (TEXAS)INC.CONTRACTING STEVEDORESSERVING THE TEXAS COASTHouston ̄ Galveston ¯ Freeport ¯ Texas City

Beaumont ° Port Arthur ¯ Orange

609 Fannin, Suite 529, Houston, Texas 77002(713) 222-6223 TWX 910-881-6260

OFFICES: HOUSTON * NEW ORLEANS

Ship Via Port of Houston

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Sea-Land’sCaribbean¢ommitm~ :nt.More ships. More space.More service.

More of everything linkingJamaica, Trinidad, DominicanRepublic, Haiti, Guyana,Curacao and the Leeward andU.S. Virgin Islands with theU.S. East, West and GulfCoasts, Canada, NorthernEurope, the Mediterranean,and the Far East. See yourCaribbean container specialistfor all the facts.No one can match theSea-Land commitmentbetween the Caribbean and53 countries and 137 portterminals throughout theworld.

Dale Whiteis, right, with Ozark-Mahoning of Tulsa, was in Houston recently to inspect the Port’sbulk materials handling plant and discuss the possibility of shipping bulk cargoes through the Port.He is shown with W.R. Cook, Port Western Sales Manager.

U.S. GULF:JAPANand FAR EAST with

MitsuiO.SK.LinesFast, dependable, direct service between the U. S.Gulf and Japan/Far East is provided by MitsuiO.S.K. Lines. Both breakbulk and container viamini-land bridge, plus trampers with heavy liftcapacity.

CO~PAN~U. S. GULF AGENT

P.O. Box 52490 - Houston, Tex. 77052 - Tel: 713/228-1431 - Tx: 910-881-5079

Fast Cargo ServiceFROM HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS

FORTNIGHTL Y

to Maracaibo*, Aruba*, Curacao*

Guanta, Barbados, Trinidad,Georgetown and Paramaribo

*On Inducement from MobileAgents:

Houston, Mobile, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Memphis,Atlanta ........................................ STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh ................................... LAVINO SHIPPING CO.Baltimore, Norfolk ..................................... RAMSAY, SCARLETT & CO.Detroit, Cleveland .................... INTERNATIONAL GREAT LAKES SHIPPING CO.

Royal ilelherlands Steamship i~ompang(~3ntille~

FIVE WORLD TRADE CENTER, NEV~ YORK, NEW YORK 10048

At Sea-Landwe’re committed

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All Types of Coverage

Waterfront InsuranceMarine

Casualty

.k Fire

BEN H. MOOREINSURANCE AGENCY

Bill Moore John Goodyear915 World Trade Bldg. Houston, Tx. 77002

Phone: (713) 228-5227

Cable: MOORDEEN

U.S. Atlantic/Gulf to

Arabian /Iranian Gulf

your trading partner,

TILSTON ROBERTS CORPORATION17 Battery PI, NY, NY 10004 212/747-3200

Philadelphia: 215/569-2886 Baltimore: 301/685-1356

ROBERTS STEAMSHIP AGENCY, INC.500 ITM Building New Orleans, La. 70130 504/587-5500

Houston: 713/222-0251 Chicago: 312/565-0276

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Over 3,500 tons of coke was recently freighted "clean" to Venuzuela inDisposable Containers by the B.A.G. Corporation of Dallas. The cokewas shipped in 3500 woven polypropylene "bag" containers with an in-ner liner of polyethelene film to seal out moisture. The bags, eachholding 55 cubic feet, were stocked in triple tiers in the ship’s hold.

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Claude L. Allee, Iongtime employee of the Port of Houston’s outsidemaintenance division as pipefitter, plumber and Asst. Labor Foreman,with 30 years of service at the Port, recently retired at the age of 65. Heis shown here receiving best wishes from A.J.M. van de Ven, Main-tenance Superintendent, Port of Houston. With a number of outside in-terests such as bee keeping and gardening, Claude will have plenty tokeep himself busy.

].ttO DUPLICATORSEquipment ¯ Supplies ̄ Service

PRINTED FORMS FORSHIPPERS & BROKERS

D P Systems, Inc.(713) 683-8224

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CUSTOMS BROKERS AIR CARGO CONSOLIDATORSINTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS

Petroleum Bldg., Houston, Texas 77002, Phone (713) 224-9855Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago New York Heuston

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Theo Sobotik, at the head of the table, was honored recently for 35 years’ of service in the Coun-ty Auditor’s office, where she is Supervisor of the Port of Houston section. Joining in thecelebration at a luncheon in the World Trade Club are, from the left, Bob Sinclair, Jane Pakebush,S. Grady Fullerton, County Auditor: Ms Sobotik, Alvin Hollas, First Assistant Auditor; Agnes Hyatt,Linda Williams and McDan Fraser.

E.S. BINNINGS, INC.

j~Ship Agents, Stevedores, Terminal Operators

SUITE 1110, MELROSE BLDG.1121 Walker St.Houston, Texas 77002Telephone: 225-0531

Hansa Line- Arab/an GulfGrancolombiana - colombia, ecuador,

panamaShaw Savlll - Australia, New ZealandNawal - WestAfrica

OFFICESNEW ORLEANSHOUSTONGALVESTONST. LOUISDALLAS

GREENOCK/HOUSTON.Weekly.

Direct Containerships._ lO.day Crossing.Only by Combi Line.

July, 1977

Serving the whisky trade.

INDEPENDENT MIDDLE EASTCONTAINER SERVICEVIA "EUROBRIDG E"

TO¯ TEH ERAN

¯ BAGHDAD* J EDDAH

¯ DAMMAM¯ LATTAKIA

¯ BENGHAZI¯ ALEXANDRIA

¯ TUNIS andOther Mid Eastand East AfricanPorts

every 10 days¯.. direct from Houstonand New Orleans toTeheran via Leningrador Istanbul

every 14 days¯.. from Houston andNew Orleans toother destinations

GENERAL AGENTS

Container-Llogd90 Broad St. ~usA),,cNew York, N.Y. 10004Phone (212) 344-3940TOLL FREE (800) 621-6639

GULF COAST AGENTS

Container-Llogd912 Cotton Exchange Bldg.Houston, Texas 77002Phone (713) 224-9171

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REPRESENTING:

Argentine Line,Atlantic Cargo Services,Bank Line, Black Star,

Hoegh Lines,Italia/Costa Line

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,Nedlloyd, Royal Netherlands,

Costa Line.

STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYCotton Exchange Building

Houston, Texas

713/228-1431Cable: "STRACHAN"

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Norwegian America Line has named Nordship Agencies, Inc., as U.S. Gulf agents for their newgeneral cargo liner service between the U.S. Gulf and Scandinavia/North Sea area. The new in-dependent service will have sailings every three weeks, handling both breakbulk and containers.To highlight the appointment a reception was held at the World Trade Club. At that time JohnGraham, Vice President of Norwegian America Line in New York and J. Sissener, Port Represen-tative from Norway, received plaques from the Port of Houston Authority and Keys to the City.From the left are: Armando Waterland, Port of Houston; Fant Hulsey, Nordship; John Graham,Norwegian America Line; Eric Hallen, Nordship; Jean & Elizabeth Sissener, Norwegian AmericaLine; Richard Fernandez, Nordship; Bill Cook, Port of Houston; Robert Workman, Nordship, andRobert Tujague, Nordship.

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