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6 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

PORT OFHOUSTON

Official Publicationof thePort of HoustonAuthority

Volume 20

Port CommissionersAnd Staff

FENTRESS BRACEWELL, ChairmanW. D. HAVEN, II, CommissionerMRs. MARCELLA D. PERRY, CommissionerPAUL DROZAK, CommissionerJOHN H. GARRETT, Commissioner

GEORGE W. ALTVATER, Executive DirectorC. E. BULLOCK, General Manager--

OperationsRICHARD P. LEACH, General Manager--

AdministrationF. WILLIAM COLBURN, CounselMICHAEL SCORCIO, Executive Secretary

to the Port CommissionC. A. Roussmt, JR., Director o~ Trade

DevelopmentEVWARV P. MOORE, Eastern Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, Eastern District Sales Manager&RMANDO WATERLAND, Midwestern

Sales ManagerBILL COOK, Western Sales ManagerBARCLAY TERHUNE, Sales RepresentativeVAN DEWITT, Sales RepresentativeTED SUMERLIN, Advertising ManagerMIDDY RANDERSON, Publicity ManagerJ. K. HENDERSON, ControllerNORMAN E. HUENI, Chief EngineerDAvlv P. WALSH, Assistant Chief EngineerALTON B. LANVaY, Personnel Manager and

World Trade Building ManagerJ. R. CUETIS, Director, Port OperationsW. D. DUNNAHOE, Manager, Port Operations,

Turning BasinC. G. SEAMAN, Manager, Port Operations,

Barbours Cut and Bayport TermlnalsK. P. ROOEN, Manager, Bulk Materials

Handling Plant and Grain ElevatorA. MONROE BEAN, Manager, Storage

WarehousesL. T. FRITSCH, Purchasing AgentA. J. M. VAN DE VEN, Maintenance

SuperintendentLouis F. BROWN, JR., Manager Marine,

Fire and Sa]etyJAMES C. VOREIS, Manager o] SecurityS. G. FULLERTON, County Auditor

EXECUTIVE OFFICE1519 Capitol Avenue, Houston, Texas 77002P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001

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DECEMBER, 1976 No. 12

CONTENTS

Lively Dialogue Sparks Intermodal Conference .......................... 9

Officials Brag About Port In Far East And Australia ..................... 11

The Houston Port Bureau Reports ..................................... 15

Snap Out Directory of Port of Houston ................................. 23

Ships Sailing From the Port of Houston .................................. 27

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THE COVER

The first container ship soon will be welcomed to the new Barbours Terminal,one of the most modern facilities of its kind in the world. Only 150 minutes fromthe sea buoy in the Gulf of Mexico, Barbours Terminal will have berths for twocontainer ships and two LASH ships. This perspective was done by Eddie Yu ofthe Port of Houston’s engineering department and the colors were added byDave Lavender, a well-known Houston artist.

The Port of Houston MagazineTED SUMERLIN, Editor

Published monthly by the Port of Houston Authority, the PORT OF HOUS-TON Magazine is distributed free to maritime, industrial and transportationinterests in the United States and foreign countries. This publication is notcopyrighted and permission is given for the reproduction or use of any orig-inal material, provided credit is given to the Port of Houston. Additionalinformation, extra copies or advertising rates may be obtained by writing thePORT OF HOUSTON Magazine, Post Office Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001,

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The Tuesday morning panel on "The Commodity Approach to Inter-modallsm" is shown above. All of the panel discussions were held inthe Greenway Theater, adjoining the hotel.

Lively Dialogue SparksIntermodal Conference Here

BY MIDDY RANDERSON

Lively discussions, thought-provoking speeches, and com-ments from well-.balanced panels of experts helped to makethe recent Shipper’s Dialogue-West Gulf international con-ference in Houston a success.

Held at Stouffer’s Hotel, the conference attracted close to200 delegates from across the United States and Mexico.

The co-sponsors, The Port of Houston Authority and theContainerization Institute, Inc., had selected the panelists toprovide pro and con opinions on Some of the more pressingproblems confronting the maritime and transportation indus-tries today.

Folk~wing a morning panel discussion on the commodityapproach to intermodalism, which focused on various prod-ucts and their suitability for containerized transport, BobCasey, Federal Maritime Commissioner, delivered a hard-hitting luncheon address decrying the practice of payingillegal rebates.

Casey warned that the FMC will investigate all instancesof "questionable payments and foreign payoffs" in the ship-ping industry.

Although such payments have been commonplace in theocean trades for years, Casey noted, they are illegal and mayresult in civil penalties levied by the FMC and criminalcharges brought by the Justice Department.

"We hear the conferences say they must rebate to competeeffectively, and I accept the fact that no other nation hasshipping laws and regulations based on our own legal con-cepts such as anti-trust," Casey said.

"I therefore favor any statutory changes necessary to en-sure that foreign flag lines doing business in the United Statescomply with the non-rebating feature of American laws, and,insofar as possible, place them on a par with Americancarriers."

During a speech the following morning, T. W. Gleason,President of the International Longshoremen’s Association,took Casey to task for criticizing American shipping withoutmentioning what he called the "biggest threat" to the U.S.maritime industry--the Soviet Union.

American and European carriers cannot compete with those

Port officials discuss progress at Barbours Terminal with George Staf-ford, second from right, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission.He is shown with, from left, C. A. Rousser, Port Director of Trade Develop-ment; George Strange, General Manager of the Houston Port Bureau;and Richard P. Leach, Port General Manager-Adminlstratlon.

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T. W. Gleason, right, President of the International Longshoremen’sAssociation, chats with Herb Baker, left, Waterman Steamship Corp., andRobert W. Cummings, New York, General Foods, at the barbecue held atBarbaurs Terminal,

Bob Casey, Federal Maritime Commissioner, spoke on the issue of re-bates at the first day conference luncheon.

of the USSR, Gleason said, because the Soviets operate "forpolitical motives and not profit."

Gleason said he believes the U.S. government should sub-sidize and build vessels in American shipyards, putting peopleto work instead of handing out welfare checks.

He added that from 15 to 18 per cent of all cargo fromthird-flag countries is being moved on the Trans-SiberianRailroad and being brought to West Coast ports without everusing U.S. carriers.

Gleason also commented that in his opinion the containerships will eventually be out-moded by the Roll on/Roll c~ffships which do not require special cranes for loading anddischarge.

Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission GeorgeM. Stafford, featured luncheon speaker on the second day ofthe conference, said that rapid changes in the transportationindustry have forced that agency to broaden its outlook andremain flexible.

The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Actof 1976 "is perhaps the most visible evidence of changewhich is being developed from a re-evaluation of the indus-try’s needs," Stafford said.

He also noted that regulation of the trucking industryis now beginning to receive the same kind of in-depth anal-ysis that railroad regulation has received. Stafford predictedthat legislative changes in that area are a possibility.

Other comments from the second-day speeches included:F. W. Colburn, Counsel for the Port of Houston Authority.

Colburn contended that cross-country mini-bridge ratesdrain containers and traffic from affected ports and harm thelong-established theory of tributary traffic. He also noted thatin the Port of Houston, every container diverted from thePort by mini-bridge costs Houston $920.

Paul D. Coleman, Attorney with Coles and Goertner, saidthat he is opposed to a premium rate structure for mini-bridge service, saying that it would cripple the steamship

Delegates to the Shippers’ Dialogue--West Gulf inspected the latest inintermadal facilities at the Port of Houston’s Barbours Terminal. For adrawing of this area see the cover of this magazine.

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industry and possibly destroy the conference system. Headded’ that ports have no right to guaranteed cargo flowand that such guarantees would limit the shipper in routingof cargo.

Delegates to the conference also heard A1 Puzel, VicePresident of Morflot America Shipping Co., and J. R. Arwood,President and Trans Freight Lines, speak on the competitionbetween Eastern bloc shipping and U.S. seaborne commerce,and heard a commentary on the future of Ro/Ro given byJ. G. Wulfers, President of Maritime Transport Overseas Inc.

General Chairman for the conference was Walter Paneoe,Southwest Regional Traffie Manager for E, I. DuPont d’e~

Nemours and Co., Inc. C. A. Rousser Jr., Direetor of TradeDevelopment for the Port of Houston Authority, was ProgramChairman, assisted by Norman Stone, Executive Director ofThe Containerization Institute Inc.

Moderators included Wiley George, President of West GulfMaritime A~ociation; Terrenee A. Gallagher, Manager ofChemical Sales/Export Distribution for Shell Oil Co.; andGeorge Strange, General Manager of the Houston PortBureau.

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Port Commissioner Mrs. Marcella Perry and Port Executive Director Australian Ports Conference held in Melbourne. Altvater presented a paperGeorge W. AItvater, behind Mrs. Perry, are shown with delegates to the at the conference, and Mrs. Perry was the only registered woman delegate.

Officials Brag AboutPort of Houston On

Trip To Far EastAnd Australia

Port of Houston representatives traveled to the Far East andAustralia recently to tell the Houston story to trade officialsin those distant ports. George W. Altvater, Port ExecutiveDirector, and C. A. Rousser, Director of Trade Development,first journeyed to Tokyo where they sponsored a reception forshipping industry representatives at the Imperial Hotel. Theyalso were hosts at a lunch for steamship officials at the hoteland made several calls on Port of Houston customers. TheJapan Trade Center in Houston and the Japan Export TradeOrganization in Tokyo assisted them in making arrangementsfor the functions.

Next they went to Taipei, Taiwan, where a reception forthe trade was held in the Grand Hotel. That party wasarranged by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei.

Altvater then flew to Hong Kong where he was host at atrade luncheon in the Hilton Hotel organized by the HongKong Chamber of Commerce.

In Melbourne, Australia, Altvater was joined by Port Com-missioner Mrs. Marcella Perry. They were American delegatesto the Australian Ports Conference where Altvater presenteda paper to the group. Mrs. Perry was the only woman delegateto the conference. The photos, identified left to right, weretaken at the various functions the Port people sponsored andattended during the trip.

HONG KONG JAPAN

Altvater, right, presents a Frederick Remington plate to C. D. Beale,Director of the Hang Kong Chamber of Commerce, to express his gratitudefor Beale’s assistance in arranging the Hang Kong luncheon.

DECEMBER, 1976

The Part of Houston’s Rousser with Mr. Tomlta of the Ministry of Transport.

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JAPAN

K. Moriyama, NYK Lines; M. Maeda, Kawasaki Steel; and M. Kabazawaand H. Miura, Daiichi Chuo.

K. Sugonuma, T. Imajo, K. Sano, Altvater presenting a Remington plateto M. Uriu, Executive Director of JETRO in appreciation of his help in settingup the reception, Y. Kumai, and C. A. Rousser.

H. L. Williams, Santa Fe; Mr. Tempori, Mitsui OSK; Mr. Shono, MitsulOSK; Altvater; and T. Saltoh, Mitsui OSK. Houston’s AItvater chats with Mr. Fukatsu, C. Itoh.

Y. Shinba, Nippon Kokan; R. Osaki, Nichimen; T. Oguchi, Nippon Steel;and T. Kurosawo, Nippon Kokan.

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Mr. Komljo, Japan Container Association; Mr. Tomita, Ministry of Trans-port; and Mr. Tempori, Mitsui OSK.


TAIPEI

Altvater, left, and Rousser, right, visiting in the Taipei offices of HatsuY. F. Chang, Chairman of Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd., wherethey discussed possible future service to Houston.

Margaret A. Kelleher, Market Research and Promotion Officer for the

U.S. Trade Center; Edward Oliver Jr., Deputy Director of tht U.S. TradeCenter; and James Dolan, Taiwan American Bureau of Shipping.

Alec McCallum, Jardine, Mathesan Ltd.; Joseph Kyle, U.S. Embassy; Rousser;James L. Dolan, Taiwan American Bureau of Shipping; and Jorgen B.

Schroeder, Esteve Cotton Co.

Robert Hardwicke, American President Lines; Uvaldo Champion, Johnsonand Higgins; and Frank Lee, Singer Industries (Taiwan) Ltd.

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Mr. and Mrs. Altvater, left and right, wlth U. C. Chang, President of

China Merchants Steam Navigation Co.

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Rausser, left, chats with Paul Yeh, President of Evergreen Marine Corpora-

tion.

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Gilbert Freeman, Childhood Interests Inc.; Mrs. Thomas F. Wilson, wife ofthe Counselor to the U.S. Embassy; and Barbara A. Choate, Assistant to theExecutive Director of ACC/ROC.

Altvater presents a Remington plate to Barbara Choate to thank her forthe American Chamber of Commerce in Talpei’s help in arranging the func-tion.

Altvater with Henry Yu-Shu Kao, Minsiter Without Portfolio, and T. K. Chu,with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a former Consul General in Houston.

tlAItvater; Admiral C. C. Tsao, Chairman of the China Merchants Steam

Navigation Co.; Mrs. Altvater; and Edwin S. James, Taita Chemical Co. Ltd.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gill, Sea Land Service; and Joseph Schroeder, EsteveCotton Co.

Edwin S. James, Taita Chemical Co.; Joseph Kyle, U.S. Embassy; James I. C.Chang, Oceanic Exploration Co. CTaiwan); Mrs. James Chang.


HOUSTON PORT BUREAU JOINS IN WITH I. C. C.In Efforts To Reduce Switching Charges In Houston:Oral argument was held in Fifth Circuit Court in NewOrleans on November I, 1976,in an effort to sustainthe I. C. C. order which ruled interstate switching chargesbeing assessed in Houston were unjust and unreasonable.This has been in litigation since 1973.

I. C.C. ISSUES ORDER IN I&S DOCKET 9052 (SUB I)Corn And Sorghum Grain, New Mexico And Texas To TexasPorts: Commission finds reduced rates on Wheat from Hatchand Mesquite, New Mexico, and Canutillo and Vinton, Texasto Beaumont, Galveston, Houston and Texas City, forexport, just and reasonable, not in violation of outstandingorders of the Commission, and not otherwise unlawful.Proposed cancellation of the recently reduced rates on Corn,Sorghum Grain from Hatch and Mesquite, New Mexico andCanutillo and Vinton, Texas to Corpus Christi and PortArthur, Texas found to be just and reasonable, not inviolation of outstanding orders of the Commission, and nototherwise unlawful. Petitions for reconsideration being filedby Protestants.

GooD NEWS, RAILROADS HAVE WITHDRAWNTheir proposal To Amend All Transit Tariffs On GeneralCommodities, Except Grain And Grain Products AndRelated Articles: The proposal would have required andamendment to a tariff to provide, first determine thecharges that would have applied from origin to finaldestination on the date of original shipment, then determinethe charges that would be applicable on the same movementof date of shipment from transit point, and if thelatter are greater, the difference will be in addition tothe through charges determined as proposed. The Bureaucontinued its opposition and it is now been withdrawnby the carriers.

I. C.C. PRESCRIBES RECORD KEEPING RULES FORDemurrage And Detention Charges For The Railroads:All railroads, effective January I, must maintain uniformrecords pertaining to all related accessorial charges.These rules require the railroads to maintain detailed recordspertinent to assessment of demurrage and detention chargeswhen shippers and consignees hold cars forloading or unloading beyond the published free time period.

DECEMBER, 1976

Provisions are also provided in the proposed rules changefor telephonic notification and there must be proper recordkept, for instance, on arrival of the cars, where the tariffprovides for telephonic notification, this record of suchnotification must be recorded in the manner prescribedby the new rules. The average agreement records mustbe kept by the carrier on the status of all cars whereprior average agreements are in effect between shippersor consignees and carriers pursuant to the provisions of theapplicable tariffs lawfully on file with the InterstateCommerce Commission.

RAILROADS PROPOSAL TO ASSESS A DOUBLESWITCHING Charge On Movements Of Rail Cars To AndFrom Scales For Weighing Redocketed: As a result of ourappeal to the Executive Committee under the new 120 daysprocedure under which the railroads are operating as a resultof the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of1976, the original proposal could not be further progressedeven though it was approved by the General TrafficCommittee. Publication will not be made under this record. Anew proposal has been issued. The Bureau will continue tooppose the proposal and hopefully will result in substantialsavings for shippers having to weigh switch traffic enroute.

RAILROADS SECTION 5(b) AGREEMENTS GIVENINTERIM Approval By I. C.C. With Exceptions: TheInterstate Commerce Commission has granted interimapproval to various Railroad Section 5b Agreements and forthe time being has ruled that public notice of rate proposals(except emergency proposals) be kept to 14 days and thatformal minutes be required for all rate committee meetings.

INTERMODAL DUAL RATE AGREEMENTS FMCDOCKET 76--60: A petition for declaratory order has beenfiled by Seatrain International, S.A., and the petition seeks toremove uncertainty as to the jurisdictional parameter ofSection 14 of the Shipping Act, 1916. Applicant is requestinga declaratory order on the issue of whether Section 14(b) the Shipping Act, 1916, authorizes the filing of dual rateagreements pursuant to which dual rates will be applied tojoint-through, intermodal rates published jointly by railroadsand water carriers. Comments, including request for hearing,are to be submitted to the FMC on or before November 22,1976. Presently the Bureau is reviewing and analyzing theeffect of the petition.

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West African Service StartsCompagnie Maritime Zairoise, the na- associated with the Nawal Joint Service,

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Dr. Moon S. Hong, President of Korean Shipping Corp. from Seoul,Korea, was a visitor to Houston recently and called at the local officesof Ayers Steamship Co., agents for the Korean line. He is shown in theAyers offices at second from left with, from left, Michael Scorclo, Execu-tive Secretary to the Port Commission, who presented Mr. Hong with acolor photo of the Port to commemorate his visit; Capt. W. M. Ayers,President of Ayers Steamship Co., and J. K. Lee, Korea Shipping Corp.Representative.

New officers for the Houston chapter of the National Defense Trans-portation Association were named at the recent annual meeting of theorganization held at the World Trade Club. The new officers include, fromleft, H. C. Britton, Katy Railroad, Member of the Board; Mike Warren,Red Cross, Incoming President; Capt. W. W. Waggett, retired Captain ofthe Port, Outgoing President; Clara Anderson, Southern Pacific Railroad,Secretary-Treasurer; and Capt. Emll Vinson, Waterman Steamship Corp.,Vice President.

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Atlanticargo IsReplacing AGS

With the imminent dissolution ofAtlantic Gulf Service (AGS), Oy Finn-lines Ltd. of Helsinki announced that it

will start in December a new servicecalled Atlanticargo operating the sameAGS trade routes between the U.S. Gulf,Mexican and Florida Ports and theUnited Kingdom, North Continent,Scandinavia and Finland.

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Strachan Shipping Company will beU.S. General Agents whose network ofoffices includes Houston, Dallas, Galves-ton, New Orleans, Mobile, St. Louis,Chicago, Memphis, Savannah, Green-ville, Charleston, Brownsville, Miami,Tampa, Corpus Christi, Los Angeles,San Francisco and Atlanta.

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PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINEI

Several members of a special Container Mission sponsored by the Japan Container Associationvisited Houston recently on a tour of U.S. Gulf, Caribbean and Panamanian ports. They met withHouston Port executives to discuss container movements through the Port of Houston and were honoredat a luncheon and taken an a tour of the Port’s new Barbours Terminal facilities. Masaa Kamijo,Executive Director Of the Japan Container Association, and Kazuhlko Yoshlmi, Manager of De-velopmental Planning for Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha, were leader and sub-leader of the group.Also shown are K. Minaml, with Mitsul OSK in Houston; Jim Liebrock, with the local omce of StrachanShipping Co., host for the Houston visit; and George Strange, Manager of the Houston Port Bureau.

TMT Is NamedTransamerican Steamship Corpora-

tion, world wide contract carriers, op-erating mainly out of the U.S. Gulf forthe last 20 years and based in Stamford,Connecticut, with an office in Houston,

has appointed TMT Shipping & Char-tering, Inc., as their general sales andmarketing agents in the United States.

Transamerican expects that the ap-pointment of TMT will serve to provideadditional assistance and be of benefitto both shippers and forwarders.

TMT is headquartered in Houston.

Italian Joint- ServiceFrom: Houston

New Orleans

DirectTo: BarcelonaMarseillesSavonaGenoaLeghorn

(Vessels will call other portssubject to inducement)

HEAVY LIFT CAPACITYUP TO 3O0 TONSGulf General Agents:

S T I~C IL~LNSII I I~I}ING CO)I I~LNY

1400 Cotton Exchange BuildingHouston, Texas 77002

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

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! MInX I CO : :mar, s.a.

Offer,n, Containerized Cargo SpaceFrom Houston, to Vex,co C,ty via Tuxpan

For 20 and 40’ Containers

Six Sailings Per Month--Door To Door ServiceWith Customs Clearance at Consignee S Warehouse

Agent" Tecomar Shipping, IncTelephone: (713)223-8117/8 "

I~ Telex: TSI 910-881-11741314 Texas Ave., Suite 819

Houston, Texas 77002

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INDEPENDENT MIDDLE EASTCONTAINER SERVICEVIA "EUROBRIDG E"

TO¯ TEH ERAN

¯ BAGHDAD¯ J EDDAH

¯ DAMMAM¯ LATTAKIA

¯ BENGHAZI¯ ALEXANDRIA

¯ TUNIS andOther Mid Eastand East African~ Ports

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

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

GENERAL AGENTS

Container-LJogd90 Broad St.New York, N.Y. 10004Phone (212) 344-3940TOLL FREE (800) 621-6639

GULF COAST AGENTS ̄

I Container-Lloyd I’ II 912 Cotton Exchan;eSBI;g¯ i

| Houston, Texas 77002 II

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The National Association of Stevedores held its semi-annual meeting in Houston recently to launcha membership campaign. Among the officers attending are, from the left, Jerry McManus of Houston,Director, West Gulf; John L. McCarron of Mobile, Vice President; Jim Costello of New York, Presi-dent, and Tom Wilcox of Washington, D.C., Executive Director. There were 12 members two yearsago and the association now numbers 60, representing 21 states, all four seacoasts and Hawaii.Anyone interested in membership information may contact Mr. Wilcox at 919 18th Street, N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20006.

U.S.IMexico SignCustoms Pact

The United States and Mexico signedaCust°msMutualAssistanceAgreement I~

in Mexico City which calls far closecooperation in the application and en-forement of Customs laws in the two

¯ countries.U.S. Commissioner of Customs

Vernon D. Acree and Joseph J. Jova,

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, signed theagreement for the U.S. States. Signingfor Mexico were Director General ofMexican Customs Oscar Reyes Retanaand an Undersecretary of the FinanceMinistry.

Trucking-Warehousing-Distrlbutlon

DELTA BONDEDWAREHOUSE

U.S. CUSTOMS BONDED5534 Armour Dr. (713) 675-2533

Fast Cargo ServiceFROM HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS

FORTNIGHTLY

to Maracaibo*, Aruba*, Curacao*, La Guaira*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 ildherlands Steamship bmpanllFIVE WORLD TRADE CENTER, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048


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