Fay Is Named Director of World Trade CenterEdward J. Fay has been named di-

rector of the $3 million World TradeCenter now under construction by theHarris County Houston Ship ChannelNavigation District, General ManagerJ. P. Turner of the Port of Houston hasannounced.

The appointment became effective De-cember 1, when Fay was succeeded asmanager of the World Trade depart-ment of the Houston Chamber of Com-merce by A. F. Prieto, his assistant.

Fay’s appointment was hailed bymany. Some of the comments:

"We regard Fay as a natural for thejob."--General Manager J. P. Turnerof the Port of Houston.

"Fay rendered notable service as headof our world trade department, and iseminently well qualified for his newpost."--Marvin Hurley, executive vicepresident, Houston Chamber of Com-merce.

"It will be a pleasure to continue to

work with Ed Fay in helping to in-crease the stature of Houston as a worldport. --Joke Trabanino, Jr., consul for

EDWARD J. FAY

E1 Salvador, and dean of the Houstonconsular corps.

"Ed Fay certainly has earned thispromotion, and I predict he will do anoutstanding job for the Port of Hous-ton, and for world trade in general."--President Ben L. Golub of the HoustonWorld Trade Association.

Fay was graduated from HarvardCollege, where his special fields of studywere Latin America, economics and his-tory. Speeches he has given in Houston,especially before the Southwestern Ex-ecutive Seminar at the University ofHouston, have served as source materialfor many other speakers from this area.

Fay enjoys contacts in many coun-tries, as well as in the State Department,the Department of Commerce. and inthe U. S. Congress.

Fay originated the idea of the Hous-ton International Trade and Travel Fairin 1952, planned and organized the first

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Cable Address "RICE," Houston

RICE, KERR & COMPANY, INC.United States Gulf Ports to Spain . . . Morocco . . . Portugal . . . Philippines . . . Japan . . .Brazilian Ports . . . Mediterranean Ports . . . Pakistan . . . India . . . Ceylon . . . Panama

Canal and West Coast of South America Ports

506 Caroline Street Cotton Exchange Bldg. Cotton Exchange Bldg.

HOU ST ON DALLAS GALVESTONs~

HOUSTON

Lykes 6 World Trade Routes with regularlyscheduled sailings between U. S. GULF PORTS

and the world --U. K. Line Africa Line

Continent Line Caribbean LineMediterranean Line Orient Line

one of the U. S. GULF PORTScloser to world markets by...

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.O~fices at: NEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON, GALVESTON, NEW YORK, Beaumont,Brownsville, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Kansas City, Lake Charles,Memphis, Mobile, Port Arthur, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington, D. C.OFFICES AND AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL WORLD PORTS.

DECEMBER, 1960 21

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I. T. T.INTRACOASTAL

TOWING AND

TRANSPORTATION

CORP.

LYKES SETS RECORDThe new $10 million Cargoliner John

Lykes set a trans-Pacific record of 26days from New Orleans to Manila.slashing two full days off the recordestablished a month earlier by tile ne~Zoella Lykes. The James Lykes alsoholds the record from Yokohama to theGulf, having made the run in 21 days.

E. S. Bi..i.~s, l.c.Steamship Agents

1114 TEXAS AVE. BLDG.Telephone: CApitol 5-0531

HOUSTON, TEXAS

C.T.O. LINE(Manila and Far East)

O.S.K. LINE(Far East)

FRENCH LINE(French Atlantic)

HANSA LINE(Med./Red Sea/Perslan Gulf)

GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE(Central America, W. Coast So. America)

TRANSPORTES MARITIMOS "CEISMA"

OFFICESNEW ORLEANS HOUSTON

MEMPHIS GALVESTONST. LOUIS DALLAS

Fay Is Named-. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21

fair in 1952, and has been active inevery fair. He planned and organizedthe Foreign Trade seminars of 1954 and1955.

In addition to the freight forx~.arders,custom brokers, steamship and otherservice agencies which looked to Fayfor advice on foreign trade and affairs,such firms as Continental Oil Company,General Geophysical Company, Fish En-gineering Corporation, Tennessee GasTransmission, and many other firms op-erating in the international field havesoughl similar assistance.

Fay was active in the Port of Houstonbond election. The Chamber of Com-merce was squarely behind the bonds.With F. M. Law heading a citizens com-mittee, the voters January 31, 1957, ap-proved by more than two to one a $7million bond issue, which has been atboon to port improvements.

WINS AWARD FOR EXHIBITHansen & Tidemann, Inc., won an

award for the best booth design for itsexhibit at the Houston InternationalTrade and Travel Fair. The booth fea-tured the services offered by DeppeLine, Hellenic Lines, Peruvian StateLine, Mitsubishi Line, South AfricanMarine Corporation, Surinam Line andthe lnteroeean Line.

Fast, regular service between Liverpool, Manchester, London, Glasgo~and Gulf Ports in ships of the Cunard aml Broeklebank fleets.

CUNARD LINENEW YORK 25 Broadway ̄ CHICAGO 41 So. LaSalle St.CLEVELAND 1912 Terminal Tower Bldg.

FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. Gulf General AgentsNEW ORLEANS 1415 American Bank Bldg.ST. LOUIS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON ¯ DALLAS ̄ MEMPHIS

CORPUS CHRISTI Boyd-Campbell Co., Inc.BROWNSVILLE Philen Shipping Co. ¯ MOBILE Page & Jones, Inc.

CUNARD

1419 TEXAS AVE.

HOUSTON 2. TEXAS

CAPITOL 7-2297

CABLE: PETANK

22 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

HUGE VALVES SHIPPED--A shipment of 140 tons of W-K-Mvalves for the 600-mile crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk, Iraq, to Tripoli,Lebanon, moved through the Port of Houston on board the M.V.Hellenic Torch at City Dock 10. J. S. Downs, president of W-K-M,said the total order amounted to more than a half million dollars.H. E. Schurig & Company was the forwarder.

Compania Sud Americana de VaporesExpress Freight Service From

HOUSTON ̄ GALVESTONMOBILE ̄ NEW ORLEANS

AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGO OFFERSTO

PERU* BOLIVIA ° CHILEINCLUDING PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE DIRECT

29 Broadway, New York, N. Y.Tel. WHitehall 3-8600

Gulf Agents

STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.NEW ORLEANS ̄ HOUSTON ¯ MOBILE ̄ GAL-VESTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUIS ̄ CINCINNATIDALLAS ̄ KANSAS CITY ̄ MEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA

MARCHESSINI

LINESINDEPENDENT FREIGHT SERVICE

FROM U.S. GULF PORTS TOMEDITERRANEAN - NEAR EAST

INDIA - FAR EAST

DIRECT SAILINGS FROM HOUSTON TOYOKOHAMA, KOBE, PUSAN,

KEELUNG, MANILA ANDHONG KONG

From Mobile New Orleans HoustonM.V. Eurylochus Dec. 12M.V. A Vessel Dec. 22 Dec. 24 Dec. 28M.V. King Minos Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 14

DIRECT SAILINGS FROM THE GULFTripoli, Benghazi, Alexandria, Aden,

Jeddah, Beirut, Karachi, Bombayand Singapore

New OrleansM.V. Eurytan Dec. 13M.V. Euryalus ......... Jan. 9M.V. North Viscountess ....... Feb. 5

GENERAL AGENTS, U.S.A.

P. D. MARCHESSIN! & CO.(NEW YORK) INC.

26 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

Agents U. S. GulfP. D. Marchessini & Co.

(Texas) Inc.326 Shell BuildingHouston 2, Texas

P. D. Marchessinl & Co.ILoulsiana) Inc.

Cotton Exchange BuildingNew Orleans 12, Louisiana

Gulf Steamship AgencyFt. of Dauphin St.Mobile, Alabama

Interore Shipping Corporation521 Water Street

Tampa, Florida

HoustonDec. 10Jan. 4Feb. 2

Other AgentsP. R. Markley, Inc.Lafayette BuildingPhiladelphia, Pa.

Hobelman & Co., Inc.221 East Redwood St.

Baltimore, Md.

Sumter Marine Corporation2 North Adgers Wharf

Charleston, S. C.

Marine Chartering Co., Inc.310 Sansome Street

San Francisco, California

DECEMBER, 1960 23

CABLE: MAHCO FMB 2187

Customhouse Brokers -- Foreign Freight Forwarders

Members: Custom Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc.

416-420 International Trade Mart 443 Bettes Building

New Orleans 12, Louisiana Houston, Texas

TUlane 7566 FAirfax 3-4101

TWX-301 TWX-735

BLOOMFIELDSTEAMSHIP MPANY

Owners, Operators, Agents ~ United States Flag Vessels

Regular Sailings From U. S. Gulf Ports to Continental Europe,

East Coast of United Kingdom and Scandinavia-Baltic

STATES MARINE LINES--Berth Agents

Offices In All Principal Gulf Ports

Likeclockwork...

AGENTS:

TEXAS TRANSPORT & TERMINAL CO.,INC.New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Brownsville, Memphis and St. Louis

FILLETTE, GREEN & COMPANY, Mobile, Tampa and Pensacola

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Cunard’s NewAlaunia OnMaiden Trip

The Cunard Line’s trim, new 17-knotcargo liner Alaunia is now on her maid-en voyage from London to join her sis-ter ship the Andania, in the company’sexpanded United Kingdom-Gulf Portsservice.

Her maximum cargo deadweight is11,000 tons. She is distinctive in appear-ance, with a cruiser stern and rakedstem. Her cubic cargo capacities are:grain--549,245 cu. ft.; and bale--490,-680 cu. ft., with an additional 24,500eu. ft. of refrigerated space.

Easier cargo handling has been ac-complished in her cargo areas throughsuch features as flush, water-tight hatchcovers on the upper ’tween deck, single-pull, sliding steel weather-deck hatchcovers, clear spaces for deck cargo, andthe reduction to an absolute minimumin the ho]ds of such obstructions as pip-ing pillars and ventilation trunking.

Names ChangedBy Two Firms

The Blue Funnel Line has changed itsname to the Malaya-Indonesia Line,Funeh, Edye & Company, Inc., agents,announced. Service will remain the sameto Tripoli. Alexandria. Port Said, Suez,Jeddah, Djibouti. Aden. Belawan Dell,Penang. Port Swettenham, Singapore,Bangkok, Djakarta, Tjirebon, Sema-rang and Surabaya.

The Gulf Coast Marine Agencychanged its name and is now known asGulf Coast Marine. At the same timethe firm announced its ne~ address as1312 Wesl Main Streel, P. O. Box 6951,Houston 5. Texas.

THOR ECKERT NAMES DOOLEYJohn J. Dooley, formerly with the

Lawes Louring Corp., has been namedassistant vice president of Thor Eckcrt& Company, Inc.

Paul P. Avrich~ who has been withthe Dyson Shipping Company for al-most 20 years, has been named trafficrepresentative for Thor Eckert & Com-pany. The firm is general agent in theUnited States for Fresco Line, VikingLine and Cargo Transport Corporation,and freight agents for the Harrison Line.

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

WORI3) TRADE CENTER ATTRACTS VISITORS--Looking over (onstruetion at the newWorld Trade Center with interest as possible future tenants are two Chinese businessmen withRaymond Hoo, left, Consul General of China, ill Houston..lames Y. K. Ying, (.enters, headsLucky Enterprises, Inc., in Ne~ York, and Tai-Kai Soo heads tile Eng Am Tong (:ompany inTaipei, Taiwan.

Miller NamedCharter Head

United States Navigation Co.. Inc.,has appointed Clinton Miller as man-

ager of its chartering division.

Miller is a Yale alumnus of the classof ’31 and has been active in the trans-portation field since 1936. His back-ground includes service with Moore Mc-Cormaek and P. D. Marchessini andduring World War II he served with thewater division of the TransportationCorps in Washington, D. C.

United States Navigation Co., Inc.,represents the Baron Iino Line to and

from South and East Africa, CanadaLevant between Canada and the Medi-

lerranean, Hapag/Lloyd various Con-linental and world wide services, linoLines Far East and Canadian Serviceand Seindia to and from India.

BE A SOUTHWESTERNER...Be a partner in the growing South-west. Build your future with an in-sured Southwestern Savings Account.4% annual earnings with dividendspaid and compounded quarterly.

SOUTHWESTERN SAVINGSAssociation

3401 Main 5307 Richmond Rd.4003 Westheimer1408 West 435206 Palms Center

BEN H. MOOREINSURANCE

MARINE - CASUALTY - FIRECable: MOORDEEN

JAckson 8-5511 P.O. Box 13195

Ship ViaFERN-VILLE

MEDITERRANEANLINES

BARBER STEAMSHIP CO.

GENERAL AGENTS

FOWLER & McVITIE, INC.GULF AGENTS

Houston, Galveston, New Orleans, CorpusChristi, Brownsville, Port Arthur, Memphis,

Lake Charles.

HELLENIC LINES

REGULAR

EXPRESS

SERVICE

From Gulf Ports

to

¯ MEDITERRANEANPORTS

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INDIA, PAKISTAN

CEYLON AND BURMA

Heavy Lifts

Deep Tanks

Refrigerated Space

PassengerAccommodations

HELLENICLINES, Ltd.NEW YORK: 39 BROADWAY

NEW ORLEANS: 319 INTER-NATIONAL TRADE MART

HANSENAND

TIDEMANNAGENTS AT

HOUSTONCORPUS CHRISTI

GALVESTONMOBILEDALLAS

MEMPHIS

DECEMBER, 1960 25

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RECONTINENTAL UNITED KINGDOM

MEDITER FAR EAST PUERTO RICO

Sailings from all U.S. Coasts and The Great Lakes

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATIONGeneral Offices: Mobile, Ala. Houston: Carrion Exchange Bldg.

Branches in Other Principal Cities

HELPING TO PRODUCE ITALIAN OIL--Lifted high in the air.this 43,100-pound twin centering unit from Halliburton Oil Well Ce-menting Co., Houston, is on its way to Italy via the Port of Houstonaboard the M.V. Fernriver. Gulf agents for the ship are Fowler & M(’-Vitie, Inc. H. E. Sehurig Company forwarded the heavy lift.

Levant Joins ConferenceThe Levant Line has become a member of the North At-

lantic Mediterranean Freight Conference effective with thesailing of the M.S. Ocean Victory, December 14, StockardShipping Company, Inc., general agents, announced.

Levant Line maintains a fortnightly service with American-flag vessels to Azores, Casablanca, Leghorn, Tripoli andPiraeus with calls at Barcelona, Lattakia and Alexandriawhen cargo offers.

SHIPSUPPLIES

All of your shipboardrequirements are .immediately

available from one sourceat Texas Marine &

Industrial Supply Company,

Special Departments ForDeck & EngineFire ProtectionElectricalProvisionsSteward Sundries

New YorkRepresentativeWesley A. Valfer11 BroadwayTelephone WH 4-0669New York 4, N. Y.

Galveston, TexasSOuthfield 3-2406

Cable: TEXMAR

TEXAS MARINE &INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO.

Founded 19378106 Harrisburg Blvd. P.O. Box 5218

Telephone: WAlnut 3-9771Houston 12, Texas

26PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

SPACE EXPLORER’S HOME--This special purpose barge, con-structed in Houston for the N.A.S.A., will be used to transport the bigSaturn booster rockets from Huntsville, Ala., to Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Todd L~unches B~rge ForHandling Big Rockets

The Saturn booster, when in shipment, will be sealed in a120-foot long by 30-foot wide by 32-foot high cargo enclosurelocated on the main deck aft of the forecastle. This enclosurei,~ controlled by mechanical ventilation. The booster will beloaded and unloaded through two weather-tight hinged doorslocated at the aft end of the enclosure. Four removable cov-ers located on top of the cargo enclosure will permit loadingand unloading by crane when handling the booster in ter-minals not possessing Huntsville’s attd Cape Canaveral’s spe-cial facilities.

Todd worked very closely with the New Orleans District ofthe U. S. Coast Guard to insure the stability of the bargeunder the most adverse conditions. There is extensive com-partmentation and watertight integrity beneath the waterline.

The barge has a two-level deckhouse for housing a 10-mancrew. There is a lounge, galley and a messroom on the lowerlevel, and the deckhouse includes five two-man staterooms,showers, wash basins, toilet facilities and a laundry. Thesequarters are heated by hot air in winter and air conditionedin summer.

JET BOAT EXPORTED--This propellerless and rudderless twin-jetdiesel boat was loaded on the Nopal Bronco in Houston recently forshipment to West Africa where it will be used for geophysical surveys.It operates from a mother ship at speeds up to l0 miles per hour inwater as shallow as two feet. Water is pumped at high pressure fromthe jet nozzles in the stern of the boat to propel it. The boat is 26 feetlong and weighs 15,000 pounds. It was designed by Blakely Smith andbuilt by the Polymer Engineering Corp., in Hitchcock, Texas, for Geo-physical Service, Inc., of Dallas.

N-Y" K- sLIcNoETwice Monthly

JAPANESE PORTSDALTON STEAMSHIP CORP.

Gulf General Agents

Cable Address: "Dalshlp"

Offices In

Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ Dallas ¯ New Orleans ¯ Memphis

SINCE 1914

Export and Domestic Crating

OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS

TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.812-20 Live Oak St. Phone FA 3-2323

-k -kREGULAR -INDEPENDENT

-k -A-FROM U. S. GULFAND ATLANTIC PORTS

CAP-E I"O~VNPORT ELIZABETH

EAST LONDON ̄ DURBAN-k LOURENCO MARQUES "~-A- BEIRA ¯ MOMBASA

DAR-ES-SALAAMBIEHL & CO., INC., Gulf Agents

DECEMBER, 1960 27

South Africa? General Fleming Takes OverAs New Division Engineer

DIRECT... FAST... DEPENDABLE SERVICE TO BUILD BETTERBUSINESS FOR SHIPPERS AND CONSIGNEES

Regular Sailings from Houston, Galveston, NewOrleans, Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore,Philadelphia and New York.Direct To Capetown, Port Elizabeth, East London,Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira.AGENTS AT: Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, S.C., Chicago, Cleve-land, Detroit, Jacksonville, Fla., Los Angeles, Milwaukee, NewportNews, Norfolk, Panama City, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Portland,San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Vancouver, B. C.GULF AGENT: Hansen & Tidemann, Inc.Corpus Christi, Dallas, Galveston, Houston, Memphis, Mobile,New Orleans, Sabine District.

South African Marine Corporation (N. Y.)

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2 Broadway DI 4-8940 ° New York 4, N. Y.

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He Puts Wheels Under a Giant ContainerTO END CARGO HANDLING

He directs as 35-ft. shipping" containers turn into trailer bodies tosave yotl nloney. CarKo [llOV(!S automatically. No handling, damageor pilferage. No extra packaging. Door-to-door delivery, TI, orLT],. Expedited service. Continuous schedules to Eastern, Southern,U. S., Puerto Rico. For extra savings, call now[

Brig. Gen. Robert J. Fleming, Jr., former commanding gen-eral, Theater Army Support Command, Europe, has assumedhis duties as division engineer of the Army Engineers’ South-

western Division, Dallas.General Fleming suc-

ceeds Colonel Stanley G.Reiff, former deputy divi-sion engineer, who hasbeen serving as divisionengineer since the retire-ment of Brig. Gen. WilliamWhipple in July.

The newly-named Divi-sion Engineer is 53 yearsof age. He was commis-sioned in the Corps of En-gineers upon graduation

GENERAL FLEMING from the United States Mil-itary Academy in 1928.

Prior to his European assignment, General Fleming served asdivision engineer, New England Division, and as district en-gineer at Philadelphia. He served in both the Pacific and Eu-ropean theaters during World War If.

From 1947 to 1950 he was with the Office, Chief of Engi-neers, Washington, D. C., first as chief, engineering organiza-tion and training division, and then as assistant chief of engi-neers for military operations.

SERVICE, INC.A McLean Industries Company

8402 Clinton Road, Houston, TexasGeneral Office: Foot of Doremus Avenue, Port Newark, N. J. (P. O. Box 1050;

PUERTO RICAN DIVISION: 19 Rector Street, New York, N. Y.PORT OFFICES: Houston, Jacksonville, Miami. Tampa, San Juan, P. R.;

Ponce-Mavaguez, P. R.

HOUSTON ̄ NEW YORK ¯ LONDON ̄ PARIS ~>

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/nternetionM FREIGHT Ferwerders m,,, THOROUGH, CONTROLLED FORWARDING I/1" Your Buyer Receives Personalized Service AlsoI,-

RENE G. BAISIER, President J.B. SWANN, Houston Mgr.3:: r-

U COTTON BUILDING, HOUSTON--CA 5-3521Z INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT~OL 4-6221 I~

OALGIERS ̄ ANTWERP ̄ AMSTERDAM * LEIXOES Z

capable handsat the helm

¯ . . of Port Houston arebringing outstanding progress.

Low cost electric serviceis also a key factor

in growth of the portthis area.

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

SABRE LINE STARTS NEW SERVICE--The Baron Belhaven ar-rived at the Port of Houston recently to inaugurate a new independentexpress service to India/Pakistan and the Far East for the Sabre Line.The Baron Belhaven is being followed by the Baron Kinnaird, BaronMinto and Baron Weymess. Keith David, president of Sabre, Louis N.Cogie, vice president, and Alan Harley, operating supervisor, wererecent guests in Houston of Alfred LeBlanc of LeBlanc-Parr, Inc., gen-eral agents in Gulf ports fro" the Sabre Line.

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Representatives in All Major Cities

"1[ the Ship can Haul It, We can Pack It"

Foreign Trade Export Packing Co., inc."We Ship All Over the World"

ORchard 2-7474

WATER AMBULANCE--This fast 28-foot outboard cruiser alongwith a land-based ambulance joined other Houston Ship Channel res-cue and emergency units recently. Forming the Northshore MedicalCenter Emergency Rescue Unit, the ambulance-boat is captained byRobert F. l)ossey, who will answer any call for help between theHouston Turning Basin and Galveston. The emergency telephone num-ber is GLendale 3-5454. The boat will also work with Civil Defense andthe Channel Industries Mutual Aid Organization.

84 Days Around The WorldOffered Now By Marchessini

An 84-day round-the-world service now being offered bythe Marchessini Lines is gaining great support everywhere,P. D. Marchessini, president, said in Houston recently.

Sailing with the sun, the Marchessini Liners go through thePanama Canal and head across the Pacific. The service in-cludes stops at Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Bang-kok, Singapore and Aden. The ships then head directly forthe United States through the Mediterranean.

The company also maintains an east-bound global servicewith slower freight ships. All of the Marchessini Line shipsfly the Greek flag and carry Greek crews.

HARRISON LINE

~~WBLANFrequent Service U. S. Gulf to

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTERSAFE, SPEEDY and EXPERT HANDLING

NC-PARR, INC. u ~o%~?~EXCHANGE BUILDING, HOUSTON

New Orleans ¯ Memphis ¯ Dallas ¯ Galveston

HOU-TEX LAUNDRY& CLEANING CO.

6835 Harrisburg Phone WA 6-2644

AN AMERICAN FLAG FREIGHTER

Every 10 Days

Fast, efficient cargo handlingfrom Gulf Ports to Panama*, theWest Coast of South America.

GULF & SOUTH AMERICANSTEAMSHIP CO.

821 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

In other cities contact Lykes or Grace

*Southbound New Orleans/C.Z. cargo subject to special Booking arrangements

DECEMBER, 1960 29

J. H. BLADES 8, CO.Marine Insurance

NOT A SIDELINE

HOUSTON JA 9-4103

First Plaque Presented On Maiden Voyage

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INDEPENDENTGULF LINE

(Viake & Co., Amsterdam, Managers)

FORTNIGHTLYto and from the

CONTINENT

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Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ New YorkNew Orleans ° Memphis

A laminated plaque showing an aerial view of the Houston Ship Channel was presented tothe Belgian vessel Escaut at ceremonies aboard last month as the newest member of the DeppeLine fleet made her maiden voyage to Houston--and to the United States. The plaque was thefirst to be presented in what will be a regular custom at the Port of Houston sponsored by thelocal Junior Chamber of Commeree, assisted by the Navigation District, to recognize vesselsmaking maiden voyages to the nation’s second port.

Above Robert A. Condit of the Jaycees, project chairman, presents the plaque to CaptainH. Sanglier. They are flanked by Svend Hansen, left, president of Hansen & Tidemann, steam-ship agents for the Deppe Line, and Frans Herpin, consul general of Belgium.

The Escaut was built in Belgium and is 462 feet long with a deadweight capae.ity of 10,950tons and bale capacity of 490,950 tons. It has heavy lift capaeity of 80 tons with an averagesurface speed of 15.5 knots. More than 200 local shippers and other foreign traders visitedher during her first stop in Houston at a reception given aboard hy the agents.

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--~. backed by years of proven performance,) ~ii!iii: these superior fuels and lul)ricants arc

available by calling or writing:

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tLESLIE B. CANION208 Fidelity Bank Bldg ............. CApitol 8-9546

SDORF INTERNATIONAL, INC.311 Cotton Bldg., P. O. Box 2342 ..... CApitol 4-6445

SFRANK P. DOW CO., INC.706 Scanlan Bldg .................. CApitol 4-2785

SE. R. HAWTHORNE & CO., INC.311 Cotton Bldg ................... CApitol 4-6445

*LEE SHIPPING CO.1600 North 75th Street ............. WAlnut 3-5551

*TRANSOCEANIC SHIPPING CO., INC.411 Shell Bldg .................... CApitol 4-9587

W. R. ZANES & CO.220 Cotton Exchange Bldg .......... CApitol 5-0541

STEVEDORES

GENERAL STEVEDORES, INC.5401 Navigation Blvd .............. WAlnut 3-6678

UNITED STEVEDORING CORPORATIONCotton Exchange Bldg .............. CApitol 7-0687

and CApitol 7-3374

SHIP SUPPLIESTEXAS MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO.

8106 Harrisburg Blvd .............. WAlnut 3-9771

ASSOCIATED TRANSFER & STORAGE CO., INC.806 Sampson .................... CApitol 7-4761

HOUSTON EXPORT CRATING CO., INC.7414 Wingate ................... WAlnut 3-5527William Peacock, Jr., Vice President

INTERNATIONAL EXPORT PACKERS818 Aleen (Zone 29) .............. ORchard 2-8236William L. Brewster, General Manager

LEE CONSTRUCTION CORP.1600 North 75th Street ............. WAlnut 3-5551

INTRACOASTAL CANAL ANDINLAND WATERWAY SERVICES

Common Carriers

JOHN I. HAY COMPANY2526 Sutherland St ............... WAlnut 3-6664Barges Serving Chicago and the Gulf Coast

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE CO.1714 C. & I. Life Bldg .............. FAirfax 3-4156Roger D. Winter, Manager of Sales, HoustonRobert A. Knoke, Traffic Representative

UNION BARGE LINE CORP.Suite 304-N, Adams Petroleum Center. JAckson 6-3908Warner J. Bones, District Traffic ManagerDennis L. McColgin, Traffic Representative

TOWING SERVICEBAY-HOUSTON TOWING CO.

811 Cotton Exchange Bldg .......... CApitol 2-6231INTRACOASTAL TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CORP.

1302 Texas Ave ................... CApitol 7-2297SUDERMAN & YOUNG TOWING CO., INC.

708 Cotton Exchange Bldg .......... CApitol 7-0830

HAULINGImport - Export

LONGHORN TRANSFER SERVICE, INC.7112 Avenue C ................... WAlnut 6-266112 Years Serving The Port of Houston

PORT HOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP.6917 Navigation Blvd .............. WAlnut 1-4168

34 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

TheBANK LINE Ltd.

Regular Service from

U. S. Gulf Ports to

Australiaand

New Zealand¯ Brisbane

¯ Melbourne

¯ Auckland

¯ Lyttleton

¯ Sydney

¯ Adelaide

¯ Wellington

¯ Dunedin

mmm

General Agents

BOYD, WEIR and

SEWELL, Inc.

New York

mmm

Gulf Agents

STRACHAN

SHIPPING CO.

Houston - Galveston - Mobile

Memphis - New Orleans - Dallas

Chicago - Atlanta - St. Louis

Kansas City - Cincinnati

Royal Netherlands Steamship Company25 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

Regular Sailings from

Mobile, Houston and New Orleans

WEEKLYto La Guaira, Pto. Cabello, Guanta, Curacao

and Trinidad

EVERY TWO WEEKSto Maracaibo, Aruba, Pto. Sucre, Carupano,

Georgetown and Paramaribo

EVERY FOUR WEEKSto Pampatar

Agents

STRACHANSHIPPING COMPANYNew Orleans--Houston--Mobile Chicago--St. Louis

Cincinnati--Dallas--Kansas City--Memphis--Atlanta

FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC.New York-- Detroit

DECEMBER, 1960 35

POSTMASTER: It not dehvered in fivedays, return to P. O. Box 2562, Houston1, Texas. Return Postage Guaranteed¯

BULK RATE

U. S. POSTAGE

PAID

Houston, TexasPermit No. 5441

Printing Paper

THIS IS LONG REACHRolls of newsprint being handled with a special paperhandling attachment at Long Reach. The newsprint wassupplied by the Perkins-Goodwin Co. and loaded aboardthe Mississippi Shipping Co.’s SS DEL SUD. Dixie For-warding Company was the ocean freight forwarder.

¯ Berthing for8 vessels

¯ Marginal rail trackage 3428 ft. Modern freight handling equipment

¯ Simultaneous handling 200 cars ¯