Joseph M. Hankinshas been named man-ager of the import de-partment of A-MCargo, Inc., a divisionof World CommerceForwarding. Hankins,a licensed customs-house broker, pre-viously held positionswith broker-forwarderorganizations in LosAngeles andHouston.

A. Bottacchi appointsGulf & Eastern agents

A. Bottacchi S.A. has announced theappointment of Gulf & Eastern Steam-ship and Chartering Corp. as Gulfagent.

A. Bottacchi S.A., a private company,operates a regular Argentine-flag con-ference liner service between Houstonports and the east coast of SouthAmerica, Bolivia and Paraguay. Gulf &Eastern’s offices throughout the U.S.will be responsible for sales for the U.S.Gulf services.

The Bottacchi delegation’s office inNew Orleans will continue to havedirect control over U.S. Gulf services.

The M/V PROJECT EUROPA, a unique ro-ro, heavy-lift ship, recently made her maiden voyage to thePort of Houston, docking at Jacintoport. The Blaesbjerg vessel can handle ro-ro cargo via the sternramp or ship’s sides for units up to 2,000 tons. The heavy-lift capacity of the ship’s gear is 700 tons,and the holds can be further used for supplementary cargoes of up to 14,800 cubic meters. Servicespeed is 17 knots, length is 453 feet and beam is 75 feet. At the traditional plaque presentation were,from left, Richard B. Akkerman, general sales manager for the Port of Houston Authority; RobertGussie, U.S. Gulf manager for Interocean Steamship Corp.; Dave Keller, chartering manager forBlaesbjerg Americas, Inc.; Captain Heinz Pinkepank; Fritz Knudsen, general manager for BlaesbjergAmericas, rnc.; and Ernest G. Figueira Jr., vice president of Interocean Steamship Corp.

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Bay-Houston namesmarine division head,other managers

Appointment of Thomas A. MoranJr., as executive vice president of themarine division of Baby-Houston TowingCompany, hasbeen announcedby Cecil R. Ha-den, president.

Formerly vicepresident of ma-rine sales, Moranhas been withBay-Houston forl0 years. A licens-ed officer in theU.S. merchantmarine and aformer naval reserve officer, Moranbegan his career aboard tugs in NewYork harbor, coming ashore to work inoperations and chartering for Boyd,Weir and Sewell. He later joined theCurtis Bay Towing Company as a salesrepresentative in New York.

Moran holds a degree in business ad-ministration from Gettysburg College,Gettysburg, Pa., with a major in ac-counting, and a bachelor of sciencedegree in marine transportation fromTexas A&M University, where he wascorps commander of the TexasMaritime Academy.

Other Bay-Houston appointments in-clude William (Bill) McDonald, who hasbeen named marketing manager, marinedivision.

Marc Bickham has become assistantmarketing manager, marine division. Hejoined the firm in 1981.

L. Gene Autry has moved up tooperations manager, marine division.

38 Port of Houston Magazine

New parent company,diversification toldby Bulkfleet Inc.

Bulkfleet Incorporated, the Texas-based marine company that introducedheavy fuel-burning deep-notched vesselsto the United States, has consolidated itsinterests, including a first-class cruiseline, under the name Signet Corpora-tion, J. Barry Snyder, president andchief executive officer of the new parentcompany has announced.

Operations consolidated through ac-quisition include cruise operations, bulkpetroleum transportation, and travel ser-vice entities as well as supply and steam-ship entities.

Signet Corporation will serve as theholding company for BulkFleet MarineCorp., Signet Travel Group, Inc., andSignet Transportation Support Co.

"The formation of Signet Corporationallows us to expand our petroleumvessel operation while diversifying ag-gressively into other key areas of themarine and travel service industry,"Snyder said.

Flying a Liberian flag, the M/T BLACK MARLIN, of 40,302 MTDW, made her first call in the Port ofHouston recently. The 574-foot tanker is equipped to carry most bulk liquid commodities. BarberSteamship Lines, Inc., is the agent. At the traditional plaque presentation were, from left, Earl R.Smith, III, manager of full cargo operations for Barwil; Port Commissioner W.D. Haden, II; CaptainHelge Svendsen; and John Aicher, owner’s representative.

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Cesar N. Estupinan has joined A-MCargo International, Inc., a division ofWorld Commerce Forwarding, Inc., asocean export manager.

Estupinan has had 20 years of opera-tions/management experience in thefreight forwarding industry. He hasworked for two major international for-warders in San Francisco, Los Angelesand Houston.

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The M/V SKANDERBORG was the second sister ship to call at the Port ofHouston since the acquisition of Nordana Line by the Dannebrog Group ofRungsted, Denmark. Service is between Houston and the Mediterranean.All four ships in this service are 443 feet long and of 7,876 DWT. Equip-ment includes a stern hydraulic ramp, a 120-ton derrick and 36-ton crane.

At the traditional plaque presentation, from left, were John J. O’Dea, U.S.owner’s representative; Captain Robert Jacobsen; David W. Simpson,western sales manager for the Port of Houston Authority; Jim McNellie,traffic manager; and Alex Hjortnaes, project manager for Dannebrog.Barber Steamship Lines is the general agent.

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Delta Linesnames marketing,pricing executives

Three key administrators have beennamed at Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., asubsidiary of Crowley Maritime Cor-poration.

Richard A. Simpson, who formerlyheaded marketing and sales at Delta’sNew York headquarters, is the new vicepresident of sales and marketing at thecorporate office in New Orleans.

Theodore H. Ellis, who comes from amajor motor carrier where he served asvice president of national sales, is serv-ing as vice president of sales at Delta’sNew York office.

Kenneth N. Tice, who headed inter-national pricing for Crowley’s Carib-bean Division, has moved to New Yorkas assistant director of pricing.

Croft & Scully relocatesCroft & Scully Co., Inc., international

freight forwarders, has relocated itsHouston office. The new address is12777 Jones Road, Suite 370, Houston,Texas 77070, telephone (713) 890-4995.

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Flying the German flag, the M/V BERNHARD S of Costa Lines recently made her maiden voyage tothe Port of Houston Authority’s Barbours Cut Terminal. She connects Houston and the Mediterraneanand has a length overall of 385 feet, a beam of 58 feet and is of 5,214 MTDW. Strachan Shipping Com-pany of Texas is the agent for the 426-TEU ship. At the traditional plaque presentation were, from left,Capt. Herbert Barmann and James Hare, assistant manager of Barbours Cut Terminal.

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The Mexican-flag ship M/V TOLUCA, a 575-foot long, 67-foot wide,16,130-DTWT vessel of the Mexican Line, made a maiden voyage to thePort of Houston during March. This general and container cargo ship,operating at a speed of 151/2 knots, is offering service from Houston toNorth Europe every 21 days from Manchester Terminal. Pictured at the

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Transportationworkers planlarge observance

Dozens of volunteers from Houston’stransportation industry are hard at workon making the observance of NationalTransportation Week (NTW) Houston a rousing success.

Planning for the week, which com-mences May 12, was begun last fallunder the leadership of general chair-man Mike Casey of Union Carbide Cor-poration.

A Ms. Transportation to reign for theweek was selected March 31 and postersmade by Harris County school chidlrenwere judged on April 14. Student tours

of the Port of Houston, Houston Inter-continental Airport and other transpor-tation facilities are planned in late Apriland early May.

Highlight of the observance will beTRANS-EXPO ’84, this year’s transpor-tation exposition, which will be heldMay 12 and 13 behind Dock 29 at thePort of Houston Authority TurningBasin Terminals. Transportation equip-ment of all types will be exhibited duringthe two-day exposition. Plans were be-ing made to exhibit a river boat and acamel.

The annual NTW luncheon will beheld at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel onMay 15 and will feature County JudgeJohn Lindsay and a speaker from Con-tinental Airlines.

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Haden March articleinformation updated

The article on Port CommissionerW.D. Haden, II, which appeared in theMarch issue of this magazine containedsome outdated information. Commis-sioner Haden said he is no longer adirector of Red Wing Peat, WesternPeat or Rice University Associates, asthe article stated.

He continues as chairman of theboard of Bay-Houston Towing Co. andalso of Michigan Peat, Whiteman Tow-ing Company, Inc., and the W.D.Haden Co. He is also a director of G&HTowing Co. of Galveston and holdsnumerous other civic and businessvolunteer positions.

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Commission votes $10,000 for Seamen’s Cente, rTo help the Houston International

Seamen’s Center through a difficultperiod, the Port Commission voted inMarch to contributed $10,000 to thecenter.

The Houston center, a not-for-profitorganization, is considered one of thelargest and most successful seamen’scenters in the world. It is the only one inthe U.S. that operates a chaplain train-ing program. The center, operatedalmost entirely by volunteers, is a home-away-from-home for thousands ofcrewmen from across the world whovisit the Port of Houston each year.

In recommending the contribution tothe center, Richard P. Leach, executivedirector of the Port of Houston Authori-ty, cited several unfortunate occur-fences that have placed the 11-year-oldfacility on the brink of financial crisis.

Normally 30-40 percent of thecenter’s operating costs are generated bya voluntary payment system; each shipdocking at the port is asked to pay $40to the center. With fewer ships calling

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A burglary in December 1982 costthe center $14,000 in uninsured losses.Then there were two forced clos-ings-15 days due to Hurricane Aliciaand eight days due to freezing weatherin December--that heightened the cen-ter’s financial woes. Of the total Port

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A number of fund-raising activitiesalso are being planned to assist the cen-ter in repairing hurricane damage, up-grading facilities and continuing normaloperations.

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The M/V MING OCEAN, one of seven fully con-tainerized vessels in Yang Ming Line’s service tothe Port of Houston, recently made her maidenvoyage to Barbours Cut Terminal. Like her sixsister ships, she has a length overall of 685 feetand a breadth of 104 feet and is of 31,209MTDW. TEU capacity is 1,919. Yang Ming is amajor carrier of synthetic resins, cotton, chemicalcargoes and metal scrap. Solar Shipping Agency,Inc., is the general agents. At the traditional pla-que presentation were Capt. Lee Shin and DavidW. Simpson, western sales manager of the Portof Houston Authority.

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The Maritime Administration willhost the 1984 Fleet ManagementTechnology Conference at the SheratonPlaza Hotel in Chicago April 25-27.

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relocated its office to 909 Wirt Road,Houston. The new phone number is(713) 957-1883.

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Houston will be one of the stops for Southern Pacific steam locomotive4449 on a cross-country trip from Portland, Oregon, to New Orleans, forthe 1984 World’s Fair. The train will be on display in Houston May 25-26and tickets will be sold for the trip from San Antonio through Houston toNew Orleans. The engine is the same one that pulled the AmericanFreedom Train in 1975-1976 as part of the nation’s Bicentennial Celebra-tion. The trip is designed to draw attention to western and southwesterncities and states served by Southern Pacific and to help publicize the

ABOARD!The newly renovated Rodeway Inn Downtowninvites the maritime community, including agents,steamship lines and merchant seamen to dock withus while in Houston. Located in the heart ofdowntown, the Rodeway Inn offers you the BESTat a reasonable price. So come ashore and visit theRodeway Inn Downtown. Special group and cor-porate rates are available. For more informationplease call (713). 224-4511, X 383.

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World’s Fair. Before coming to Houston, the train will be in San Antonio onMay 23. After its Houston stop, the train will be in Dallas May 28-30. Morethan 7,400 miles will be covered on the round trip, making it the longeststeam locomotive excursion in modern U.S. history. For information ontickets for the trip from San Antonio to New Orleans, which includes theHouston stop, contact the Gulf Coast Chapter, National Railway HistoricalSociety, P.O. Box 457, Houston, Texas 77001.

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