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POR’I 1 OFIIOUSTON

Volume 9

Official PublicationOf the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District

December 1967 No. 12

Directory OfPort Commissioners

And StaffFOR THE

Navigation DistrictHOWARD TELLEPSEN, ChairmanR. H. PRUETT, CommissionerE. H. HENDERSON, CommissionerW. D. HAVEN, II, CommissionerW. C. WELLS, Commissioner

J. P. TURNER, Executive DirectorGEORGE W. ALTVATER, Deputy DirectorC. E. BULLOCK, Director of Port OperationsJ. L. LOCKETT, JR., CounselS. B. BRUCE, County AuditorVAUGHN M. BRYANT, Director o/ International

RelationsLLOYD GRECORY, Director of InJormationRICHARD P. LEACH, ChiM EngineerJ. R. CURTIS, Terminal ManagerK. P. RODEN,

Manager o/ Grain ElevatorW. J. STACNEn, Manager, Storage WarehousesJ. W. HATCHETT, Superintendent,

Bulk Materials Handling PlantJ. K. HENDERSON, ControllerJ. T. WALL, Purchasing ManagerA. B. LANDRV, Personnel Manager and

World Trade Building ManagerC. L. SHUPTRINE, Chie/ Security OfficerW. E. REDMON, Maintenance SuperintendentT. E. WHATLEY, Administrative AssistantV. D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Assistant

SALES OFFICESEDWARD P. MOORE, New York District

Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, Assistant

25 Broadway, New York, New YorkHUME A. HENDERSON, Chicago District

Sales Manager401 E. Prospect, Mount Prospect, Illinois

JOHN R. WEILER, Houston DistrictSales Manager

C. A. ROUSSER, JR.,District Sales Representative1519 Capitol Avenue, Houston, Texas

EXECUTIVE OFFICES1519 Capitol Avenue at Crawford Street

Telephone CApitol 5-0671P. O. Box 2562. Houston, Texas 77001

Hundreds Attracted By Houston’s Hospitality ............................. 8

Port Commission Inaugurates New Building .............................. 13

Scene At The World Trade Club ........................................ 14

S.S. Houston Christened by Mayor’s Wife ............................... 15

Hauston Port Bureau Reports .......................................... 16

Steuber Specializes In Chemicals ....................................... 17

Houston Steamship Agents ............................................. 30

Port of Houston Shipping Directory ...................................... 31

Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ................................ 32

THE COVER

The M.V. ALCHEMIST is every bit as interesting as the medieval alchemist,and certainly the modern version is more productive. To prove the point, turn toPage 17.

The Port oJ Houston Magazine

TED SUMERLIN, Editor

Published monthly by the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Naviga-tion District, the PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine is distributed free to maritime,industrial and transportation interests in the United States and foreign coun-tries. This publication is not copyrighted and permission is given for the re-production or use of any original material, provided credit is given to thePort of Houston. Additional information, extra copies of the magazine oradvertising rates may be obtained by writing the PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine,2332 W. Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77025.

DECEMBER, 1967 7

Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett, center, with Henry Olmeda of Continental/:msco Co. and Cliff Christie of Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Port Commission Chairman Howard Tellepsen, right, chats with G. R.Vaning, center, of Corn Products Company who is flanked by J. Von Roemerand Horst W. Bartholomaeus of Crystal International Corporation.

Hundreds Attracted ByHouston’s HospitalityAt World Trade Confab

The Navigation and Canal Commissioners of the Port ofHouston and members of the executive staff met and enl~er-rained hundreds of friends and customers during the NationalForeign Trade Conference in New York, October 30, 31 andNovember 1.

With headquarters in the Lexington Hotel, the Houstondelegation heht open house two evenings and also entertainedwith luncheons as they renewed contacts with old friends andmade ll(~W OliOS.

Heading the Houslon delegation was Port ComInissionChairman Howard Tellepsen, along with Commissioner 1:1. T.Pruett, Executive Director J. P. Turner, and Deputy DirectorG. W. Altvatcr. E. P. Moore. the Port of Houston’s New YorkDistrict Sales Manager, and Frank Ward. Assistant New YorkDistrict Sales Manager, were in charge of the hospitality ar-rangements and C. A. l{ousser, Jr., the Port’s District Sales]Representative from Houston, was also present.

On the following pages are scenes at the receptions andluncheons and, except where noted, all guests are from theNew York area.

J. H. Branard, Jr., center, Vice-President of Gulf Atlantic WarehouseCompany’s Long Reach Docks in Houston, with Ray Auwater of the MaddenCorporation and Lou White of the American International Oil Company.

Frank Ward, Assistant New York Sales Manager for the Port, center, isshown with Bob Raiser of the National Supply Division of Armco Steel Corp.in Houston, and J. A. Matos, of Sinclair Petroleum Co., Inc.

Russell F. Thomas, Jr., Anthony V. Mareski, and Harry J. Prince, all ofEsso International, Inc. with Harry F. Washburn, right, of the Johns-ManvilleCorporation.

E. P. Moore, the Port of Houston’s District Sales Manager in New York,center, with A. G. Hubert of Texaco, Inc. and G. M. Middleton of AmericanInternational Oil Co.

The Port of Houston’s Frank Ward, right, with Jim McCabe and Pat Briodyof Cerro Sales Corporation.

Left to right in the Port of Houston Room are Gerald L. McGrath ofMitsui & Co., {U.S.A.), Inc., Frank Cabrera, Jr. of Stauffer Chemical Co.,Morris S. Abe of Diamond Alkali Inter-American Corporation and C. L. Ma-cumber of Stauffer Chemical Company.

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The Port of Houston’s Deputy Director, G. W. Altvater, right, is shownwith, from left Paul V. Kline of Freeport Sulphur Company, T. J. Cassidy ofAmetco Shipping Inc. and Laird Marshall of Pan American Industries, Inc.

Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett, left, with Doyle L. David of InternationalExport Packers in Houston, Charles Dorf of Dorf International and FelixPrieto of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.

Under the Port of Houston banner from left to right are Bob Mitchell ofthe Michelin Corporation, Leonard W. Hanson and Willard G. Reynolds ofthe Union Carbide Corporation and Jim Canosa of Babcock-Wilcox Company.

Richard Di Palo and Nell J. Carey of Anco, Inc., center, are flanked byRobert Cuddeback and Steven W. Miles, both of Chemical Chartering, Inc.

L. J. Souren and S. J. Contino, left, both of Kennecott Copper Corporation,with Robert A. Morris of Mobil Oil Corporation and H. H. Graebner of J. M.Huber Corporation.

Mrs. Eleanor Hendrlx and Mrs. Eloise Carroll, both of W. G. Carroll &Company, are shown with Dick Paddon, Svend Hansen, Jr., and B. W. White,all of Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. steamship agents, the latter from the Hous-ton Office.

The Port of Houston’s Executive Director J. P. Turner, second from left, withAuguste Bohler, left, of Amerlux Steel Products Corporation, Robert Cookof C. Tennant, Sons & Co., and Alex Greten, also of Amerlux Steel.

All from the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company are, from left, W. H.Rogers, Allen W. Keoting, James E. Mowen and John Chovan.

Mr. & Mrs. L. C. Watson and Mr. & Mrs. L. A. Kainer, all of Brand ExportPacking, Inc. in Houston.

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i i lMerle R. Crockard, Vice-President of the Bank of the Southwest, Houston,

with Mrs Crockard and Port of Houston Executive Director J. P. Turner.

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Dick Kraszewski of Esso International, Inc., left, and George Parker ofEsso Libya, right with J. H. Branard Jr., Houston, and J. E. Davies of StatesMarine-Isthmian Agency, Houston, and also President of the Houston WorldTrade Club.

The Port of Houston’s Executive Director J. P. Turner, second from right,with, from left, Richard W. Theobald of Kocks Pittsburgh Corp. and BillMilne and Joe DeStefano, both of Bunge Corporation.

Port Commission Chairman Howard Tellepsen chats with John Alusick andJ. Carrier, both of Rogers Terminal & Shipping Corporation.

New York Assistant District Sales Manager Frank Ward, second fromright, with William F. Burns and Hall Mulford, both of Cities Service Com-pany, and B. A. Hoeger of Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Byron Wilson of J. R. Michels, Inc., Houston, right, with, from left, F. A.Nflvo of Columbian Carbon International, Inc., Augustin G. Sharrow ofFearnley & Eger, Inc. and Basil Verlanaieri of Carbon Black Export.

Left to right in the Port of Houston Room, Stanley E. Newhoff of J. Aron& Co., Inc., Daniel E. Clayton and John H. Jacobs, Jr. both of Balfour,Macloine International, Ltd., and John C. Wallin of Texaco, Inc.

Edward L. McCabe of Barber Steamship Line is flanked by AdolphWhitestone of Woodhouse, Drake & Carey, Inc. and Harold Whitestoneof Industrial Raw Materials Corp.

Port Commissison Chairman Howard Tellepsen, second from right, withWarren G. Lippin and Gerard F. Egan, both of the Chemoleurn Corporation,and Anthony T. DeLuca of E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company.

Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett, center, with Robert S. Vonnahme of Na-tional Lead Company and Paul Jones of General Mills.

Joseph F. Ravener and Lou Rottman of Connell Rice & Sugar Co., Inc. withCharles Marczyk of American Manufacturing Company.

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S. Rubin of Great Lakes Carbon, J. Paoli of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.,Len Paolillo, Tenneco Corp. and D. Eufemia, also of Liggett & Myers To-bacco Co.

Port Chairman Howard l"ellepsen, right, with from left, Galen L.Braithwaite of Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Elmer H. Mann of InternationalMinerals and Metals Corp., and Amil Persichetty of The Calabrian Co., Inc.

Robert J. Porter of Eastman Kodak Co. and Dino S. Villa of the U. S.Dept. of Commerce are flanked by George F. Begnal, Jr. and Harry Sweedboth of General Electric Company.

Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett, second from right, with Charles J. Ulrichof Kurt Orban Company, Inc., left, and F. A. Vollmuth and C. W. Mac-Donald, both of United States Steel International /N.Y.~, Inc.

Under the Lone Star banner, from left to right, are Peter A. Schmidt ofJames Fyfe & Co., Frank A. Taddeo of National Lead Company and Ib F.AIbertsen of The East Asiatic Co., Inc.

Deputy Director G. W. Altvater of the Port of Houston, right, with ChuckHornboestal, AI Bakar, and Peter Arabia all of Continental Grain Company.

Adam Hunter and Frank L. Merwln, left, of American Smelting and Re-fining Co. with kl. Shoemaker and H. Nickelsberg, both of Razel PackingCorp.

Left to right are Charles W. Strauss of St. Regis; R. J. King of ConnaughtShlpping in London, England, Hector de Peralta of Torm Lines and Miss LejaVan Meek of Sutton Steel Company.

New York District Sales Manager E. P. Moore of the Port of Houston,second from right, with Karl P. Wendt of Barber Steamship Lines, Inc., Ed-ward J. McCauley of Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., and Carl G. Maberg ofWestinghouse Electric International Co.

Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett’, second from right, with Louis A. Crlsalliof The Titan Industrial Corp., and William Morris and William Squlcclarini,both of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company.

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Left to right in the Port of Houston Room, Edward W. Isakson of NationalDistillers & Chemical Corp., Morris Abe of Diamond Alkali Inter-AmerlcanCorp. and Wayne E. Hollowell of Avon Products, Inc.

Alfred l,andron and Martin J. Kelly, center, of F. W. Myers& Co., Inc.with Dan Soiomlta and George Keeler both of Bunge Corporation.

Left to right are I’. V. Kaltenecker of Chemical Construction Corp., HarryWard of Inter-Maritime Forwarding Co., Inc., Charles E. Kessler of AmericanChain of Warehouses, Inc., and James J. McDermott of Distribution Service,Inc.

John McHugh of Anaconda Company talks with Henry Voegtle of ChileExploration Co. and Jim Cleary of Anaconda.

Clarence Dupre, Jr., center, Vice President of the Houston National Bank, Fred Earrah, Samlncorp, talks to M. J. Mallahan, Carbon Black Export Ca.;and Mrs. Dupre with Donald R. Birkenhead of Hub National Corp. A. Gerken, Kennecott Copper Co. and E. Bruehert, Chemoleum Corp.

George C. Rube, right, of H. I.. Ziegler, Inc. of Houston with DanielO’Halloran of Champion Paper Corp., S. A.; J. L. Godwin of Godwin Ship-ping Co., Inc., and G. E. Zambrano of Hooker Chemlcal Corp.

Jim Brennan of Bessemer Steel Corp., left, and Michael A. Garcla ofTSAI Management and Research Corp., right, talk to Mr. and Mrs. T. M.Collins of Houston Chemical Corp.

Robert E. Connell, second from left of J. B. Williams International, Inc.with, Luls R. Santlni, Rudolph Barraza and Jose L. lama, all of Kuehne &Nagel, Inc.

Enjoying the fellowship are, from the left, George Jorge and VinceViscarvi, both of Petrobras; and Philip Devine of Daniel F. Young, Inc.

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Looking over the Honeywell 120 computer with Commission Chairman Tellepsen, center, are, from left to right, Commissioners Haden, Pruett, Hendersonand Wells.

Purl Eummissiun Inauqurale,s New Buildinq

Partial view of Port Commission members and executive staff at last month’sBoard Meeting with Commission Chairman Howard Tellepsen at the head oftable. From left to right, after Chairman Tellepsen, are Port CommissionersR. H. Pruett and E. H. Henderson, Port Deputy Director George W. AItvater,Director of Port Operations C. E. Bullock, and Chief Engineer Richard P.Leach. In left foreground is Mrs. Nancy Maywold, executive secretary. Be-hind her but not visible in photo are J. L. Lockett, Jr., Counsel; Com-missioners W. D. Haden, II, and W. C. Wells, and Executive DirectorJ. P. Turner.

Basic girder work has been completed on wharves 27 and 28 and wasviewed by Executive Director Turner, center, along with Chairman Tellepsen,right, and Chief Engineer Leach.

THE NAVIGATION and Canal Commissioners of the Port of

Houston inaugurated the Conference Room of the new, $300,-000 Port Terminal office huihting by holding their monthlymeeting there on November 9.

Following the meeting, the Commissioners toured the newbuilding which houses the general accounting and controller’soffice, including all data processing operations, and also housesthe terminal operations staff, headed hy Director of OperationsC. E. Bullock.

On the tour. the Coinmissioners sit, died the highly sophisti-cated computer operation which has been installed in the newbuilding. This consists of a Honeywell 120 computer wit’h fourtape drives, and an IBM keypunch. The computer handles allinvoicing, accounts receivable and manifest audits and byearly next year will he doing all payroll processing, also’.Following that, the machine will begin handling cargo com-modity cost analysis in its program.

The new building is located just behind new wharw~s 26,27 and 28 and the Commissioners, following the building tour,inspected final eonstructiun activity there. Open wharf 26 hasbeen in operation for more tllall two monfhs while constructionof sheds on wharves 27 and 28 is progressing rapidly andshould be complet(,d by February.

The; new wharves were built at a cost of about $5 million,and site grading is already nearly finished on adjacent prop-erty for yet three more wharves. These x~ill be closely patt(’rnedafter the present new construction and will eonsisl of ot)enwharf 29 and sheddcd wharves 30 and 31.

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SEENE .AT THE

WORL]3 TRAflE ELUB

Admiral Joseph J. Clark, U.S.N., Ret., former naval aviator and commanderof the U. S. 7th. Fleet, now a New York businessman and author of severalbooks on naval operations, spoke at a recent meeting of the Houston Pro-peller Club in the World Trade Club. Left to right are D. C. Holman, StatesMarine-lsthmlan Lines, president of the Propeller Club; Admiral Clark; FredDrew, program chairman, and Maurice E. Casey, first vice president.

The Navigation District’s Public Grain Elevator manager, K. P. Roden,left, recently had as his guests at the World Trade Club of Houston tworepresentatives of the I. S. Joseph Co., Inc., Burton M. Joseph, Minneapolis,and Bill Feille, Houston, and L. E. Rankin, right, elevator operations manager.

The president of the Foreign Credit Insurance Association, Francis X.Boylan, center, was the featured speaker at a recent meeting of the HoustonWorld Trade Club and later took part in a series of meetings with Houstonarea businessman interested in foreign credit problems. Shown here are, leftto right, William F. North, Southwest manager, F. C. I. A.; Fred S. Juravich,secretary-treasurer, Geo-Space Corporation; Boylan; Clair Chaney of South-west Trading Company; and Paul T. I’laskell, vice president of F.C.I.A.

Port of Houston Information Director Lloyd Gregory, second from right, ispresenting a plaque to Fred K. Fox, right, president of Engineering Enter-prises, Inc., whose company ships quantities of oil field drilling equipmentthrough the Port. Among those who attended the luncheon at the WorldTrade Club are Clayte Binion and AI Collins, Houston Chronicle editors.

South African Marine Corporation’s G. W. H. Van Haght, center, was aguest of the Line’s agents at the World Trade Club of Houston recently.With him are Kenneth G. Meyers, left, manager of the Hansen & Tidemann,Inc. Memphis offlce, and Robert S. Reid, right, Hansen & Tidemann vicepresident. Safmarine maintains liner service between the Gulf of Mexicoand South Africa.

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SS Houston Chviste.ed By Mayo,’s WifeSea=Land Service and the Port of

Houston. pioneers in the full container-ship trade which has developed tech-niques revolutionizing maritime ship-ping, commemorated their decade-longpartnership recently at the Port withthe christening of Sea-Land’s vessel, theS. S. HOUSTON, by Mrs. Louie Welch,wife of the Mayor.

Tim HOUSTON. a former Navytanker of the Mission Class, was fullyconverted to a container carrying vesselby the (_;alveston Division of Todd Ship-x~ards and sleamed to Houston to receive’her first load of containers early in No-velllber,

The occasion harked back to thespriug of 1956, when the S. S. MAX-TON, a T-2 tanker fitted with a spe-cially constructed spar deck, carried 60truck trailers on a trial run from NewYork to Houston... the first commer-cial sailing of lrailer-truck size con-tainers ever made.

Soon the company, then known asthe Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation,a subsidiary of Waterman SteamshipCorporation, had a fleet of six convertedC-2 cargo vessels carrying more than200 containers weekly ahmg the Atlanticand Gulf Coasts an¢t to Puerto Rico.

The mining force behind t’he develop-ment of the Sea-Land service was Mal-tom McLean, an experienced trucklineoperator who pioneered the container

Mrs. Louie Welch, wife of the Mayor of Houston, is presented a bouquet of red roses following thechampagne christening of the S.S. Houston. Mrs. Winnie Skldmore of Sea-Land hands the bouquet toMrs. Welch as A. T. Lelgh, Southwest Sales Manager for Sea-Land looks on.

idea of a through movement of goodsfrom producer so consumer with a mini-mum of handling.

As devdoped by McLean, Sea-LandService, Inc., as the company is nowcalled, takes advantage of the conveni-ence of short haul movement by truckwith the economies of low-cost, long haul

The builder’s model of the container ship S. S. HOUSTON formed the centerpiece for the headtable at a luncheon following the ship’s christening at the Port of Houston. Left to right are A. T. Leigh;Howard Tellepsen, Chairman, Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District; Ralph Anselmi,General Manager, Todd Shipyards Corporation, Galveston Division; and W. D. Haden II, Commissioner,Port of Houston.

water transportation. I{y the end of1967, Sea-Land expeels to be operating28 trailerships, supported by a tteet ofmore than 20,000 demountable highway-rail trailers serving the East, West andGulf Coasts of the United States, Puertol{ico, Europe and the Far East.

Todd delivered the S. S. HOUSTONforty days ahead of schedule after com-pletely changing its tanker configura-tion. The 150 ton midship house wasrelocated aft, atop a new deck housebuilt on the boat deck. The smoke stackwas removed and a new, streamlinedhigher stack fitted in place. The maindeck sides uere raised six feet, hmgi-ludinal cargo tank bulkheads were re-moved, transw, rse bulkheads were re-located, and the necessary guides andfittings for securing cnnlaiuers were in-stalh’d.

Crew areas were completely modern-ized and airconditioned. The xessel car-ries 332 containers.

In addition to Mrs. \~elch. thoselaking part in the chrish’ning includedMr. Howard Tellepsen. ntalrou of honorand x~il’e of the chairman of the HarrisCounty Houston Shi l) Channel Naviga-tion District and A. T. Leigh, South-west Sales Manager of Sea-Land. NtisSladeager, representing (he HoushmJunior Chamber of Connnerce, pre-sented the ship a maiden voyage plaquefrom the Port of Houston.

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THE ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD has publishednew reduced rates applying on corn in bulkfor export from the corn producing terri-tory served by them in Iowa, Nebraska, Min-nesota, and South Dakota to Houston. Thosereductions became effective on November15, 1967. The level of the rates is scaledto meet truck-barge or barge completion fromthis area. The rates apply on single carshipments moved direct from point of originto the destination port, or on single carshipments which have been accorded astorage-in-transit and re-shipped in cov-ered hopper cars from the transit station tothe destination port in multi-car lots,subject to an aggregate minimum weight of1,000 net tons per shipment. The rates wereprotested by several parties; however, theInterstate Commerce Commission Board ofSuspension and Division II, acting as anappellate division, voted not to suspendthe protested schedules.

W W WA COMPLAINT PREVIOUSLY DISMISSED without

prejudice in I.C.C. Docket No. 34736-Canav-eral Port Authority vs. Ahnapee and WesternRailway Company, et. al., has been re-filedunder Docket 34894, styled Canaveral PortAuthority, St. Lucie County Port Authority,Port of Palm Beach District, Port Ever-glades Authority, and Dade County, Floridavs. the Ahnapee and Western Railway Com-pany, et. al., complaining of the railrates on export or import freight trafficbetween ports in the states of Maine,Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Geor-gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi-ana and Texas on the one hand and on theother hand, points located in the states ofNew York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ken-tucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota,Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and other states,by alleging that the rail freight rates andcharges assessed on export and importfreight to the South Florida ports of FortPierce, Palm Beach, Port Canaveral, PortEverglades, Port of Miami, are unjust, un-reasonable, and unduly preferring otherports, including the aforecited Gulf ports,to the prejudice of the Florida ports andare in conflict with the purpose of theNational Transportation Policy.

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THE PORT OF HOUSTON Bulk Materials Han-dling Plant recently published reduced han-dling and wharfage charges on bentonite andrice bran pellets. Handling charge on ben-tonite is 354 per 2,000 pounds with a wharf-age charge of 254 per 2,000 pounds; ricebran pellets will be handled for 454 per2,000 pounds subject to a wharfage chargeof 254 per 2,000 pounds. REDUCED LOADING/UNLOADING CHARGES are now under considera-tion at the Port of Houston on severalarticles. Printing ink, loaded in 55 gallondrums on pallets with not less than 4drumsto each pallet, is slated for a reductiondown to 9¼4 per I00 pounds. Less carloadshipments of newsprint paper are scheduledfor a reduction from 14¼4 per 100 poundsdown to 12¼4 per 100 pounds, and kraftpaper, in rolls, measuring 36 inches to 54inches in length and 36 inches to 50 inchesin diameter, is also scheduled for a reduc-tion to 12¼4 per i00 pounds.

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION re-cently authorized the Missouri-Kansas-TexasRailroad to abandon certain portions oftheir line in Texas, known as the TexasCentral Line. The Katy was granted permis-sion to abandon that stretch of track be-tween Bellmead, Texas and Stamford, Texas.The Commission provided, though, that theportion of the line between Bellmead andDublin and Gorman and Stamford may be soldto any responsible person, firm or corpora-tion offering to purchase it prior to 35days from October 24, 1967. Generallyspeaking, this left the only part of theTexas Central Railroad which will be op-erated by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Rail-road as that portion between Stamford andRotan, Texas.

UNDER CONSIDERATION by the NationalClassification Board is Docket 131, Subject40, addition to the National Motor FreightClassification of a rule for a limitationof liability. The rule reads: "The car-riers’ liability on commodities on whichrates are published in tariffs governedby this classification is limited to avalue not exceeding $5.00 per pound."

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The M. T. CHEMICOASTER, loaded with chemicals, sails past the White Cliffs of Dover.

Steuber Specializes In ChemicalsIntegrated Service Handles Difficult Shipments

Of Bulk Products To Many Ports Around The World

Chief Engineer Georg Schnurrer is inspecting the stainless steel tanks onthe S.S. ALCHEMIST.

ACOSIPLETE AND INTEGRATED service for moving bulk

liquids to or from all parts of the world has been developedby the Steuber Group of companies that utilize their owntruck, rail, ship and storage facilities to assure fast and safearrival of almost any type of liquified chemical.

For example, a shipment of difficult-to-handle acetic anhy-dride that was origir;ated in Edmonton, Canada, was trans-ported by rail to a Texas Gulf port where it was loaded aboardthe Steuber group’s special chemical tanker, M. Y. ALCHEM-IST for carriage to Eurotank, a Group associated terminalfirm in Antwerp for transshipment to final European destina-tions by tanker trucks.

The Steubcr Group operation is an outgrowth of the ideasof Charles Paul Steuber, an engineering graduate of the Uni-versity of Wisconsin, who. at the age of 30, entered the fieldof international chemical trading in 1951.

Steuber made his first chemical shipments in drums but heimmediately recognized that in order to compete on the worldmarket he would have to develop a means of bulk shipments.

C. P. Steuber & Company, Inc. made their first bulk ship-ment of chemicals--500 tons of Xylol, an aromatic chemical--to Europe in 1953. Early in 1954, the company made the firstbulk export shipment of non-aromatic chemicals aboard theHERTHA. The 3,000 ton shipment was made up of Butanol,

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The storage terminal of Allied Petrochemicals Pry. Ltd. in Melbourne, Australia, has deepwater docking facilities.

Butyl Acetate, and Ethylene Glycol, plus small quantities ofthe aromatic chemicals ~foluol and Xylol.

THE NEXT VESSELS used by the firm were the ANNA CA-THER1NA, the ELIZABETH AMAL1E, and the HAVJARL.The ANNA CATHERINA made two voyages to Europe forSteuber and was followed by the large 15,500 ton HAVJARLin September 1954.

An interim shipment was loaded aboard the ELIZABETHAMALIE. Unfortunately, the vessel ran into a hurricane andlost its propeller off Cape Hatteras. It was towed to port andrefitted but when the ship finally did reach Europe it wasfound that some of the cargo had been contaminated. Thevoyage taught the company a lot about design factors fortankers destined for (he chemical trade.

The first voyage of the IIAVJARL was a success story, how-ever, and it was the largest vessel ever chartered for a chemicalmovement to Europe. Twelve grades of products, nine of themclassified as delicate, were loaded aboard the ship after 35days had been spent cleaning all traces of previous cargo from

The M. T. CHEMICOASTER is unloading petrochemicals at the Eurotankinstallation at Antwerp.

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the tanks. The voyage from Texas City to Europe was madewith ease and the cargo delivered in perfect condition.

Certain modifications were made in the HAVJARL and thecharter was maintained for six months. In May of 1955, theM. T. FREDDY was chartered, a new ship not yet deliveredfrom the shipyard. Extensive modifications were made, enab-ling the ship to handle the most delicate products with re-duced reliance on crew care for the cargo.

THE OUTSTANDING SUCCESS of the Ill. T. FREDDY con-

vinced the Steuber Company that there was a definite needfor a highly specialized chemical carrier that could handle alarge number of exotic chemicals at one time.

Out of the experience the company acquired in the handlingof its various chartered vessels, Steuber engineers developedthe design for the firm’s first owned vessel, the ALCHEMIST.

The ALCHEMIST ’has 34 individtml cargo tanks. Eighteentanks are of stainless steel, fourteen are lined with Dimetcotela zinc silicate coating) and two are plain steel.

Each tank has its own separate pump and individual pipelines for loading and discharging. Where shore facilities areavailable all 34 tanks can be loaded or unloaded at the sametime with different chemicals, without the slightest danger ofcontamination.

On stainless steel tanks, all pumps, piping, vent risers,valves and fittings are also stainless. Each pump element isinstalled in a tank sump-well to insure the complete strippingof tanks and the tanks are separated from the sea by doublebottoms.

Each stainless steel tank is completely surrounded by coffer-dams, eliminating any possibility of contaminated cargo. Allstainless tanks have exterior heating coils, and are designedfor pressures up to 15 p.s.i. Refrigeration and nitrogen blan-keting are available. Most of the stainless steel tanks are com-pletely insulated with polyurethane.

Interiors of the ALCHEMIST’s stainless steel tanks arecompletely smooth with rounded corners. All beams and otherstructural members havc been eliminated. This permits easyand thorough cleaning to insure absolute purity of chemicals.

Antilles Shipping Company, Ltd. is the primary Steubersubsidiary for shipping. The wholly-owned ALCHEMIST isthe flagship of the fleet. Other large-tonnage, long-eerm leasedvessels have been equipped by Seeubcr to provide transporta-tion for chemicals safely and without contamination.

Ships, either owned, c’hartered or on long term lease, are

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selected to do specific jobs in the chemical carriage field.Steuber’s CHEMICOASTER, a sma]ler specialized tanker withthe same type features as the ~4LCIIE:’I]IST, is used to extendthe company’s distribution range in European coastal waters.

Well-equil)ped and strategically located tank storage termi-nals extend the Steuher Group’s service of overseas transporta-tion. and speed th(" distribulion of products inland. In thesame mamwr as with Steuber sea transl)ortation, emphasis isplaced on maintaining the purity of hulk liquid chemicals.Equipment has been speeitleally designed to l)revent contami-nation.

IN E’~GLA.\D, tank storage service is provided bv Chemieal

Storage, l,td. at Cadishead near Manchester. A storage distri-buti(m service can also be provided bv Chemical Storage, Ltd.in other l)arls of the [:niled King¢t~)m in eonjunetion withestal)lished terminals.

On the European Continent. Eurotank. S. A.. offers storageand distribution facilities at Antwerp, Belgimn. Allied Petro-chemicals Ply.. Ltd. offers a similar serviee for Australia andthe ()rient.

All of these installations are memhers of the Steuber Groupam] customers can arrange to lease storage tanks and services,avoiding the heavy expense of building and maintaining theirown facilities.

In ¢)ther parts of the world, inehtding the United States.Steuber makes use of leased facilities to speed inland distri-l)uti,n and ship’s turnaround.

In the Houston area. Steuber vessels, including the ~4L-CHEMIST. load at the Hess Terminal and the (,eneral Ameri-can Terminals, both modern, general-use liquid terminals,and at facilities owned by various petro-ehemical companiesalong the Ship Channel."

Eurotank, S.A. is Europe’s largesl terminal installation de-vote¢t primarily to ])ulk chemical storage. With deep waterberths for hoth tankers and harges, the terminal can handh’bulk liquids at the rate of 2,000 tons an hour. Berths areoperative 21~ hours a dav. as are the berths at the Houstonh’rminals.

Tanks of manv different sizes and construction are availM)leto aee¢)mmodate" a broad range of sensitive products. Sepa-rat(, pumps and lira’s l)rovide complete segregation, and tanksare fitted with heavy-duty pressure and vacuum valves to re-duce losses of volatile liquids.

Planning a voyage are, from the left, Robert Cuddeback, president,Chemical Chartering, Inc.; John DiNome, chartering manager, SteuberCompany; Stephen W. Miles, sales manager, Chemical Chartering, Inc., andCharles P. Steuber, president, Steuber Company, Inc.

DIRECT CONNECTIONS EXIST to all of l~2urope by road,

rail or barge. Rail sidings are cal)ahle of loading or d{seharg-ing 20 tank cars simuhaneously. Full equipment is at handfor blending and drumming, and Eurotank is prepared tohandle all details of eustoms clearance and doeumenlations.if desired.

In Australia. Allied Petrochemicals l’ty., Ltd.. has buih amodern chemical storage terminal just three miles from thee(mter of Melbourne, complete with berthing facilities anddeepuater frontage. Products are handled safely and quicklyin bulk or in drums, with complete protection from contami-nation. Hegular shipping service links these Australian storagefacilities with the United States and Jat)an.

U. S. general agents for Antilles Shipping Co. is ChemicalChartering, Inc. of New York. Anchor-Tex Company repre-sents Steul)er interests on the (;ulf Coast, both as agents fortheir ships and in the chemical operations.

Steuber Company’s marine superintendent, Dennis G. W. AIIsop, is in-specting the valves on board the S.S. ALCHEMIST.

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FORWARDER LIST OUTA completely revised list of applicants

to the Federal Maritime Commission forlicenses as independent foreign freightforwarders is now available for free dis-Iributiou from the National CustomsBrokers & Forwarders Association ofAmerican, Inc., 26 Beaver Street. NewYork, N. Y. 10004.

UNITED STEVEDORINGDivision Of

States Marine Lines, Inc.Cotton Exchange Bldg.

CA 7-0687 CA 7-3374

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Houston’s 16th annual Consular Ball, honoring members of the Consular Corps in Houston, was anauspicious and gala occasion last month in the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel. Begun by the Junior Chamberof Commerce as a means of recognizing the service of Houston’s Consuls, the event is also sponsoredby the City, the Chamber of Commerce and the Navigation District. From left to right are Mayor andMrs. Louie Welch, General and Mrs. Maurlce Hirsch (General Hirsch was honorary chairman of theBall), Chamber of Commerce President and Mrs. Newton Hoverstock, Navigation District Chairman andMrs. Howard Tellepsen and Junior Chamber President Archie Bennett and Mrs. Bennett.

SEIPPZI~C~ CO I~POR~.T ~0~General Agent U.S.A.

Houston ̄ Galveston ¯ New YorkNew Orleans ¯ MemphisBaltimore ̄ Philadelphia

Refrigerated Space Available

MANGANESE STEEL FOR EXPORTContact us for prices on 14% manganese

plate, rounds, squares, fiats, grouser bars,wedge bars, triangles, welding electrodes,niskel, stainless and stellite wear strips,hardfacing electrodes. Prompt shipment.

VULTEX ALLOY STEEL CORPORATIONP. 0. Box 19141, Houston, Texas 77024.

Phone: HO 8-7816

BARRY IS PROMOTEDLawrence E. Barry has been appointed

sales manager of the Ayers SteamshipCompany. Inc. Captain William M.Ayers, president, said.

A native of Cairo¢ Illinois. Barry hashad wide experience in the barge andsteamship business.

INTRACOASTALTOWING& TRANSPORTATION CORP.

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