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Volume 26 Number 10 October 1982

Gulf Newcomer--Farrell Lines brings its long tradition as aU.S.-flag carrier to the Gulf with a fine new service toAustralia and New Zealand. 8

Strings Definitely Attached--When the question of salvagearises at sea, complications can multiply faster than fruitflies. 14

20 Years Young--The Houston World Trade Clubcelebrates its 20th anniversary with a delightful reception. 21

New Ladies--Transnave and Djakarta Lloyd send newvessels to the Port of Houston on their maiden voyages. 25

Port Tidings--A page of news and notes about people andcompanies in and around the Port of Houston. 29

Transportation Observations--The U.S. Customs Service isseriously considering implementing the Model Seaport Pro-gram, tested in Houston, at other U.S. ports. 31

On The CoverFarrell Lines’ AUSTRAL ENVOY at Barbours Cut Terminal

The Port of Houston MagazineEDWARD L. HORN, EditorDON ZULLO, Associate Editor

JOE CHAPMAN, Staff WriterRAY CARRINGTON, Staff Photographer

SHEILA ADAMS, Typesetter

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CORPORATE PROFILE ADVERTISEMENT

$.A.I.L. SHIPPING SYSTEMS, INC.90 West Street, New York, New York 10006

Booking Agent:Ronald S. Wolff--RSW Enterprises9990 1-10 East, Suite AAHouston, Texas 77029713-672-8058

This company has earned an excellent reputation indeveloping unique marketing techniques to satisfy theirclients needs. In contrast to most NVO’s whose servicesare limited to consolidated container movements toEurope, S.A.I.L. SHIPPING SYSTEMS has developed a fullrange of cargo transport services to Europe, Africa,South America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Theuniqueness of S.A.I.L.’s services is that it not only offers

a rapid, efficient consolidation program to these areas butit also acts as a carrier for fully containerized andbreakbuJk cargoes (not consolidated) to over thirtyforeign ports.

S.A.I.L. SHIPPING SYSTEMS can provide oceancontainers and chassis to shippers anywhere in theUnited States through its various lease and purchaseequipment agreements with several equipment leasingfirms. S.A.I.L.’s domestic capabilities include warehousereceiving terminals in Montreal, Chicago, Houston,Miami and New York. Internationally, the company isrepresented by several major steamship agents who en-joy worldwide recognition.

S.A.I.L. issues its own ocean bills of lading, and a tariffdescribing its rates and services is on file in Washington,D.C. (available upon request). The company also pro-vides particularly high liability protection on all cargoeshandled within its system, the limits of this coverage ex-ceed $1,000,000.00 on any one vessel.

S.A.I.L.’s marketing system produces 80% of thecompany’s revenues through freight forwarders fromevery area of the country. The balance of revenues isderived from shippers or suppliers who contact S.A.I.L.directly for solutions to complicated cargo movements orproject type cargoes that require extensive logisticalstudy. S.A.I.L.’s task is the same for all of its clients; pro-vide a fast, reliable and yet economical alternative to thepresently available steamship services so that the for-warder and his shipper can profitably compete in a priceconscious market. S.A.I.L.’s marketing team constantlyresearches and then develops new trade routes and

systems in an ever changing market. The companyutilizes its large cargo volume to negotiate a lower rate ina particular trade zone, or, in many cases, provides itsown equipment in order to induce a rate reduction fromregularly scheduled lines. The President of the Com-pany, Robert Robotti, was recently requested by DuPontR, Co., in Wilmington, Delaware to address a large group

of the company’s traffic and management executivesabout his company’s services and the art of the NVO ingeneral. In Mr. Robotti’s presentation, he stressed theterm "market intelligence" as the key element in the suc-cessful NVOCC service. The ability to translate customerneeds into viable alternatives is the object of this marketintelligence. S.A.I.L.’s staff constantly develops pertinentinformation about industry-wide pricing and routing pat-terns through a worldwide communication network of in-dustry professionals; ship owners, charter brokers, ship-pers, forwarders and other carriers. The S.A.I.L. staff isdedicated to offer solutions to companies who require thetotal option of all available pricing and routing alter-natives.

S.A.I.L.’s staff is comprised of several professional ex-ecutives who are assigned the position of "LineManager", whose responsibilities include management ofmarketing and operations for their line’s services.

Bob Robotti specializes in General Projects andMarketing for the Middle East and Mediterranean areas.Martin Kavicky acts as the Line Manager for Africa andSouth American services. Michael Millon is ExecutiveVice President and co-ordinates Corporate Develop-ment. Ronald Wolff is the General Sales Agent represen-ting all of S.A.I.L.’s activities in the Texas area. Mr.WoJff’s office directly quotes Ocean Freight Rates and co-ordinates all operational aspects of S.A.I.L.--Houstonservices.

The S.A.I.L. Group looks forward to helping you withall your shipping needs to our specialized areas.

Please call for further information:(713) 672-8058

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Farrell Lines and Biehl & Company executives are shown duringmeetings in Houston. From left, they are Chip Hawkins, Farrell Lines ac-count executive; Don Waheed, vice president and West Gulf generalmanager for Biehl & Company; Richard V. Parks, president of Farrell;Ralph Rugan, Jr., executive vice president of Biehl in New Orleans; Ed-

ward J. Chick, senior vice president of Farrell’s Australia-New ZealandDivision; William Farrell, district manager, West Gulf, for the line; JamesBambrick, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Farrell, andPeter Lowman, Farrell terminal manager in Houston.

Venerable Farrell Lines entersGulf withservice to Australia

1"?,1-’ arrell Lines Incorporated, a

U.S.-flag steamship company with a57-year history of growth, has combin-ed its tradition of East Coast liner ser-vice with expansion into the Gulf toserve the growing needs of shippers toAustralia and New Zealand.

In March 1982, Farrell Linesmanagement decided to call and sailforeign from Houston every 21 days toAustralia and New Zealand. Sailingdirectly from Houston to the PanamaCanal, Farrell Lines provides a 23-daydirect transit to Australia. To launchthe new service, Farrell nominated asGulf agents Biehl & Company. An ex-tensive marketing and sales drive wasbegun to introduce the service to keyshippers, forwarders and NVOCCsthroughout the West Gulf.

The addition of Houston was basedon a clear fit between supply and de-

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mand: Australia’s continuing invest-ment in and exploration of its naturalresources--oil, gas, caal and minerals--requires the expertise, capital equip-ment and commodities which aboundin the U.S. Gulf region.

Southwest shippers’ needs andtransportation requirements of specificproducts of the Gulf region werecarefully analyzed. Petrochemical,oilfield and other exporters as well asimporters were interviewed by Biehl &Company and Farrell Line’s manage-ment to structure the new service.

Biehl & Company was chosen asagent because of its reputation for pro-viding excellent service. Jack Spillanewas named by Biehl & Company asline manager for Farrell Lines services.The Biehl sales and marketing

organization, through offices inHouston, Dallas, Denver, NewOrleans, Mobile, and Memphis servicescustomers in contributory states toGulf cargo movements. Working close-ly with Biehl in this effort are thefollowing Farrell Lines personnel:Joseph E. Zehner Jr., regional managerU.S. Gulf; John S. Roberts, manager,port operations, U.S. Gulf; Peter H.Lowman, port manager, Houston; andWilliam H. Farrell, district manager,West Gulf.

"The relationship between FarrellLines and Biehl & Company is design-ed to produce the best possible serviceto Gulf shippers," says James E. Barn-brick, senior vice president ofmarketing and sales for Farrell Lines.

"Our goal in Houston is to doeverything we can as an American-flag

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Biehl & Company personnel meet with Farrell Lines manager to mapstrategy for sales for the new service. From left, standing, are LeighPhillips, sales manager for Biehl in Houston; Edward J. Chick, senior vicepresident of Farrell’s Australia-New Zealand Division; Noral Schmidt, Biehlsales representative; William Farrell, district manager in the West Gulf for

the line; Bill Howard, customer service representative for Biehl, and J.E.Zehner, Gulf regional manager for Farrell Lines. Seated, from left, are ChipHawkins, Farrell account executive; Patricia Mote, sales representative forBiehl, and Jack Spillane, line manager, Farrell Line services, for Biehl &Company.

company to develop the Southwest asa major gateway to Australia. We arevery hopeful that the trade will re-spond positively to our aims, our ser-vice and our professional team of Biehland Farrell personnel."

Farrell Lines emerged from afamily seafaring tradition which beganwith Captain John Guy Farrell, whoemigrated from Ireland in 1848, settledin Connecticut and became master andpart owner of the two-mastedschooner, SUSAN SCRANTON.

His son, James A. Farrell, as presi-dent of the U.S. Steel Corporation, car-ried on the family maritime traditionby involving himself actively with therole of American shipping in thedevelopment of unindustrialized na-tions. His interest inspired his sons,John J. Farrell and James A. Farrell,Jr., to found Farrell Lines in 1925.

Farrell Lines entered the Australiaand New Zealand trade route in 1965.With the recent completion of a four-ship ultra-modern container fleet, Far-rell has become a major factor ofcargo transport between the UnitedStates and Down Under.

All Farrell’s ships are U.S.-built,October 1982

manned and operated-- in 57 years ofservice, the line has operated 84vessels. Farrell Lines’ managementphilosophy is a combination of respectfor the maritime traditions of its pastwith response and innovation tochanging trade circumstances.

The newest vessels in Farrell’s fleetare committed to theHouston/Australia-New Zealand ser-vice, each capable of carrying 1,708containers, 828 of them refrigerated.The AUSTRAL ENVOY, AUSTRALENTENTE, AUSTRAL PIONEERand AUSTRAL PURITAN (the mostrecent addition, built in 1980), are 813feet long and represent an investmentof $250 million.

The four C-8 container ships are thestate of the art in American ship-building technology. Each has thelargest refrigerated capacity of anyvessel ever registered in the UnitedStates. Each ship’s power plant cangenerate 28,500 maximum continuoushorsepower, more than five times thehorsepower generated by a Boeing 747airliner at cruising speed. Heavy liftability and deep tank space for liquidcargoes also were designed specificallyfor the Australia-New Zealand trade.

Top management at Farrell Linesrecently visited Houston for a regionalsales meeting with Biehl & Companypersonnel to plan and implement salesprograms which will further acquaintGulf exporters with the new serviceand capability which Farrell is to pro-vide in the West Gulf.

1"!l~ichard V. Parks, president; Ed-

ward J. Chick, senior vice president,Australia-New Zealand Division; andJames E. Bambrick, senior vice presi-dent, marketing and sales, met withsenior management of the Biehlorganization and then joined them forpersonal visits to major West Gulf ex-porters in both the Houston andDallas sales areas.

The Farrell executives also visitedBarbour’s Cut Terminal with Port ofHouston Authority officials. "We havebeen pleased with the operational effi-ciency of the Port of Houston and theport’s contribution to our service toAustralia and New Zealand," saidChick. "The U.S. Gulf is a key area ofgrowth in the Australia and NewZealand trade," said Parks, "and wewant to be sure that Farrell is position-ed to serve Houston’s needs best." []

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You’re looking at Maersk line’s computer-ized documentation system. It’s as fast anddependable as our modern, fully contain-erized vessels. And considering today’ssoaring interest rates, the sooner you canget your paperwork, the better.

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Photo courtesy of Willem Muller Americas, Inc., Houston

21 tugs struggle to free the 45,127-d.w.t. ORIENT ALLIANCE in a Holland river

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Salvage"Web of

multiplestrands

By JOE CHAPMAN

Envision a spider’s web, one thatwas built 2,000 years ago and is con-stantly expanding. In the web’s center,picture a ship that is aground, strand-ed, burning, sinking, drifting, or in anyother state of distress imaginable. Theship can be any type, a container ship,a tanker, supertanker, tramper, generalcargo, grain, passenger, tug, car carrieror barge.

Extending from the web’s center arestrands representing no fewer than 25different parties, all concerned withone thing: salvage.

ONE STRAND represents the ship’smaster. Another represents the crewand yet another the cargo. The ship’sowner is represented and so are theowner’s representative, the agent, per-

sonnel at the shipping company’s head-quarters, those at the branch office,the surveyor protecting the owner’s in-terest and the owner’s lawyer.

Also part of the web is the companythat insured the ship’s hull, its claimsmanager, the surveyor acting on behalfof the insurer, and the insurance com-pany lawyer. Spinning off from thecargo strand are several more repre-senting the cargo owners, their in-surers, the insurance company’ssurveyor, and another lawyer.

Then there is the salvage company,with its fleet of salvage vessels and per-sonnel, the salvage company’s agentand the company lawyer. Anotherthread going in and out, over andunder all the strands is The Law. Thisis the oldest strand, dating back to thetimes of the Romans and Phoenicians.It has been subtly evolved by 2,000

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