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TABLE OF CONTENTSPORT STAFF

Richard P. Leach, Executive DirectorJames D. Pugh, Managing Director

J.i. Curtis, Director of Port Operations

John Green, Deputy Director of Port Operations

W.D. Dunnahoe, Manager Turning Basin Terminal

John Horan, Manager, Barbours (;tit Terminal

Leslie J. Sanderfer, Manager, Bulk Plant

W.E. Greer, Manager. }touston Public Elevator

Jack Beasley, Manager, U.S. Foreign Trade

Zone No. 84

Steven C. Jaeger, Director of Marketing

Donald R. Alice, General Sales Manager

Leon Utterback, Eastern Sales Manager

Jack Wojewnik, Assistant Eastern Sales Manager

David W. Simpson, Western Sales Manager

James Widman, Midwest Sales Manager

Misael Breton, I.atin America Sales Manager

Lee Me]a, Public Relations Manager

Tom Kornegay, Director of Engineering

John Paterson, Acting Chief Engineer

F. William Colburn, Director of Administration

Linda Rcese, ControllerAlton g. Landry, Manager, Personnel I)cpartmcnt

Betty Garrett, Manager, Purchasing Department

James Eldridge, Manager, Management Inlormation

Algenita Scott Davis, Counsel

Joe Scroggins, Jr., Director {if FacilitiesTed Waiters, Dcpup., Director of Facilities

A.J.M. van de Ten, Manager. Maintenance Dept.

Charles Martin, Manager. Securip.. Department

Perry M. Mcgee, Manager. Real F.state

Louis P. Brown, Jr., Manager, Safety, and lnsur:mccRichard Barren, Manager, Marine Department

Joe F. Elack, cotmty Auditor

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VOLUME 30 NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 1986

U.S. COAST GUARDKeeping the Houston Ship Channel safe

InTEXAS MARITIME PART IXHISTORY,World War II spawned Houston’s petrochemical industry

4 ABOARD THE STATELY ELISSADockside reception held in Washington, D.C.

4THE HOUSTON ECONOMYResearcher says non-energy businesses are thriving

~HOWHOUSTONIANS VIEW THEIR PORTSurvey respondents say port is vital to local economy

7 READY FOR THE NEXT ’BOOM’Gov. Mark White says Texas will be well prepared

DEPARTMENTS

HOUSTON HUMMER 9 PORT SIDE 18PORT TIDINGS 13

On the cover: The U.S. flag and the Coast Guard ensign fly above the HoustonPort Safety Station on the Houston Ship Channel.

PORT COMMISSIONERS

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"Overall the shippers are

as interested in doing things

safely as we are. I think

we all have the same goal."

Capt. William E. MonsonU.S. Coast GuardPort of Houston

Bosun’s Mate 3 Leslie Garner surveys the Houston Ship Channel from a U.S. Coast Guard boat.The Coast Guard’s Port Safety Station sends a crew out on patrol every day.

It’S a typical summer day inHouston -- scorching and hu-mid -- as the U.S. Coast Guardpatrol boat pulls alongside a tug

rigged to two barges at the Port ofHouston. Wielding clip boards, acamera, hand-held radios and emer-gency breathing kits, Chief Petty Of-ricer Marion Polk and Bosun’s Mate3 Leslie Garner climb from the pa-trol boat onto the tug.

Their welcome aboard the tug islukewarm. Not everyone likes sur-prises -- particularly in the form oftwo Coast Guard officers inspectinga barge unannounced.

However, monitoring workingconditions aboard vessels is one ofthe Houston Port Safety Station’schief responsibilities, and such in-

spections are necessary to ensuresafety on the Houston Ship Channel.

Despite the heat, Polk and Garnercarry out their inspection asthoroughly as ever. They spot anelectrical extension cord stretchingacross the deck of one barge, con-necting the navigational lights to thebarge’s generator. They confer witha crewman on the barge and radioback to the Port Safety Station tocheck federal regulations. Themakeshift electrical rigging doesn’tpass muster, Polk says, because thebarge is carrying liquid sulphur and10,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

Polk snaps a photograph of theextension cord, then hands a writtenwarning to a solemn-faced crewman.

Every day the Port Safety Station

U.S. Coast Guard

Keeping the Houston Ship Channel safedispatches a crew to patrol the shipchannel and randomly board vesselsfor inspections. Some ship’s crewsare less than thrilled by the surprisevisits, but almost all are cooperativeand realize the need for enforcingsafety rules.

The Coast Guard has facilities atmany U.S. ports, but the HoustonPort Safety Station is "almostunique," said Cmdr. Richard E.Ford. The Coast Guard operates on-ly one other Port Safety Station, andthat facility is in Concord, Calif.

"Most U.S. Coast Guard facilitieshave search and rescue and lawenforcement as their primaryresponsibilities," Ford said. TheHouston station only occasionallyhandles rescues -- usually assistingpleasure boaters in trouble -- andthe station’s chief concerns are portsecurity and safety.

"With all the chemicals andpetroleum products that are carriedin and out of here, I guess the big-gest challenge is trying to preventany major accident," said William E.Monson, captain of the port.

The Port Safety Station worksclosely with Port of HoustonAuthority officials and shippers toaccomplish its safety mission.

"I think the most important thingis that we can talk with them," Mon-son said. "Overall the shippers areas interested in doing things safelyas we are. I think we all have thesame goal."

The Coast Guard is the smallestof the U.S. armed forces, serv-ing under the Navy in wartimeand the Department of Trans-

portation in peacetime.

"We have a slew of peacetimeresponsibilties," said Ford.

One of the most visible ways inwhich the Port Safety Station helpsshippers is through the Vessel Traf-fic Service (VTS). Radar screens,closed-circuit television monitors,radios and computers make the VTSoffice look something like a small-

Radar screens, closed-circuit

television monitors, radios

and computers make the

VTS look like a war room.

scale version of a military war room.The purpose of this office, though,is to keep track of ships navigatingthe Houston Ship Channel. Theservice is open to any vessel want-ing to use it.

"Although participation is volun-tary, it’s almost 100 percent," saidFord.

Much like an air traffic controlsystem, the VTS operates around theclock, providing ships with informa-tion about nearby traffic, channelconditions, dredging and anythingelse that affects navigation along thewaterway.

VTS cameras are posted at eightpoints along the ship channel, andcomputers calculate the locations ofvessels based on traveling speed andother factors. Radar also helps pin-point vessel positions, and CoastGuard officers keep in touch withships’ crews by radio.

Any vessel planning work thatwould obstruct navigation on theship channel -- such as bunkering avessel -- must first obtain permis-sion from the Coast Guard. The PortSafety Station then notifies theHouston Pilots Association andwarns ships of the hindrance.

All vessels planning to call at thePort of Houston are required to givethe Coast Guard at least 24 hours’advance notice. During this time,the Port Safety Station uses theCoast Guard computer network toget "the scoop" on visiting ships.The computer’s data base providesbackground information on eachvessel, including the owner andagent, expiration dates of pollutionpermits and insurance certificates,Continued on Page 7.

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records of citations against thevessel and information on the ship’sports of call. Inspection crews usethe computer rundown in theirinspections.

"For example, if one of the ship’spollution permits is about to expire,we remind the captain about it,"said Polk. "Usually the agentscooperate and take care of the mat-ter."

As captain of the port, Monsoncan deny a vessel entry into the Portof Houston or shut the ship down ifits papers are not in order.

The Port Safety Station alsoworks closely with PHArepresentatives and localauthorities to coordinate

regular inspections of plants alongthe ship channel.

"The Port Authority is very openwith us," said Monson. "We pass in-formation -- any problems we havewith a ship or facility -- back andforth. They’re very easy to workwith."

Coast Guard inspection crews --paying particular attention tobusinesses that handle chemicals andtransfer oil -- check for compliancewith fire and safety regulations.

"We inspect just about all thefacilities along the waterfront here,"said Ford. "We also review plans fornew waterfront facilities -- bothpublic and private ones -- and com-ment on their impact onnavigation."

The inspections are aimed atpreventing crises, a crucial task for aport that is home to one of thecountry’s largest chemical plantcomplexes and many major pe-troleum refineries. When a problemdoes occur, the Port Safety Stationcalls in its special trouble-shooters -- the Marine Environmen-tal Response Team. The Coast

William E. Monson is the U.S. Coast Guard’scaptain of the Port of Houston.

Guard’s jurisdiction is intermingledwith the Environmental ProtectionAgency in the event of an oil orchemical spill, but the Port SafetyStation’s main concern is to preventthe spread of the substance in thewater.

"We have federal funds availablefor cleaning up oil and chemical

spills and usually hire a commercialcontractor to do the job," Ford said.

Most incidents the EnvironmentalResponse Team handles, however,are small ones, such as vesselspumping bilge contents over theside or small accidental dischargesfrom product transfer operations,Ford said.

The Port Safety Station also workswith local businesses and authori-ties -- including the EPA, ChannelIndustries Mutual Aid Association,Texas Water Quality Board andvarious sheriffs’ departments -- toprepare emergency plans and con-duct drills.

Monson, who joined the CoastGuard 23 years ago, said improvedtraining and technologicaldevelopments have helped the PortSafety Station protect the channelmore effectively. At the same time,the station faces increasingly toughchallenges.

"The Coast Guard has seen an in-crease in activity in the marine safe-ty field because more exotic prod-ucts are carried and because of agrowing interest in the environmentduring the past 25 years." []

A worker, right, watches as Chief Petty Officer Marion Polk, left, and Bosun’s Mate 3Leslie Garner conduct a safety inspection.

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Jerry Granacki always has a plan

Thirteen years ago JerryGranacki spent long hourschasing Russian ships up anddown the Houston Ship Chan-

nel and trying to keep grain dustout of his nostrils. He was a board-ing agent for a shipping line atthe height of the U.S. sale of grainto the Soviet Union.

"We’d get the ships ready forlading at one of the grain berths. Itusually took three to four days toload the vessel. During that timewe’d be down at the ship breath-ing grain dust. I went through anemployment agency to get thatjob," Granacki quipped. "Ithought it was amusing -- payingfor punishment."

Granacki said, however, theboarding agent’s job gave himgood experience and launched himinto a career that has kept himfascinated. Today Granacki isdistrict sales manager for the U.S.arm of Associated ContainerTransportation (ACT), a consortiumof British shipping lines. Granackiworks for ACT’s Pacific AmericaContainer Express (PACE) servicebetween Australia and New Zea-land and North America.

Granacki joined ACT/PACE inApril, when the company estab-lished its U.S. Gulf offices.Granacki’s job is to handle salesand service customers. ACT’s localagent -- Gulf & Eastern Steamshipand Chartering Corp. -- handlesthe other typical agency respon-sibilities such as traffic, documenta-tion and husbanding of vessels.

"This is probably the best posi-tion I’ve had," said Granacki. Hesaid his previous jobs led in a

Jerry Granacki

logical progression to his currentpost.

Granacki was born in Philadel-phia but grew up in southern NewJersey.

"I grew up off Exit 3 of the NewJersey Turnpike. Everyone in NewJersey describes where he lives bythe exit," he said.

After high school, Granackispent a couple of years at RutgersUniversity, then joined the U.S.Navy in 1969. He spent his four-year Navy stint working in a per-sonnel office at a station byChesapeake Bay.

"I was a Remington Raider -- 30words a minute on a typewriter,"he joked.

After the Navy, Granacki landedthe boarding agent job but twoyears later decided to go back toschool. In 1978 he graduated fromthe University of Houston with a

journalism degree. He said hisdegree helps him in all phases ofcommunication, including thepreparation of sales reports.

After getting his degree,Granacki went back into shipping,holding various positions withagencies and with a Far East-basedcarrier before joining ACT/PACE.

"When I got back into the ship-ping industry, I realized that --unlike other sales jobs --there’s noclosing of the deal in thisbusiness," Granacki said. "Ship-ping involves continuous customercontact and service."

The ACT/PACE consortium wasformed in 1969 by three lines --Cunard, Blue Star and Ellerman.PACE began by calling at U.S.Atlantic Coast ports, but addedHouston to its ports of call in1983. In October, PACE vesselswill begin serving the U.S. WestCoast.

Innovation is ACT’s strong suit,Granacki said. The companypioneered methods of handlingtemperature-controlled cargoes.

Granacki is responsible forACT/PACE’s Texas-Oklahomadistrict, which entails keeping upwith about 250 freight forwardersand shippers. Business travelsometimes is difficult becauseGranacki and his wife, April, havea baby daughter.

How does he find time for it all?"I get to write a lot of reports at

night after the baby goes to sleep,"he laughed. "It’s basically a matterof time management. That’s thereal key. You’ve got to have agame plan. Otherwise, before youstart your day, it may be over." D

~~Texas Maritime

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The State of Texas is observing the sesquicen-tennial anniversary of winning its independ-ence from Mexico this year. The following is theninth in a 12-part series prepared in conjunc-tion with that anniversary.

In 1941, when the Japaneseattacked Pearl Harbor, 14 refin-eries perched along the banksof the Houston Ship Channel,

puffing away 24 hours a day toproduce gasoline to satisfy theworld’s growing hunger forenergy.

The war, at first, seemed to be asetback for the city and its port.After Hitler’s troops invadedPoland in 1939, insurance rates forships soared and workers stagedstrikes, demanding wage increasesand bonuses because of war risks.Finally, the government decreedthat American ships were not toenter the war zones. Many U.S.-flagships, subsidized or owned by thegovernment, were taken fromcoastwise service and assigned todefense-related tasks. In 1940 fivesteamship lines discontinued serv-ice to Houston, and after the U.S.entered the war, all regular sailingswere suspended.

What Fate was taking away withone hand, however, she was givingback with another. New industries,children of the city’s already thriv-ing oil complex, were being bornin rapid succession.

Rubber, explosives, steel andnatural gas were needed to pro-duce the machines of war, and theTexas Coastal Bend had theresources to provide thesedesperately needed products.

In 1940 Shell Oil’s Deer ParkPlant processed the country’s firstbarrel of toluene, a basic ingredientin the explosive trinitrotoluene(TNT). The plant produced million gallons of toluene a yearthroughout the war.

Particularly significant to theTexas Gulf Coast, and to Houston,was the discovery of a way tomake synthetic rubber. For years,rubber had been recognized as a

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Scores of tank farms sprang up along the Houston Ship Channel as the petrochemical industrybecame a major contributor to the area’s economy during and after World War II.

chief factor in military effec-tiveness. The lack of tires andgaskets could halt a modern army.For decades researchers had triedto find ways to grow rubber plantsin Europe and the United Statesbut to no avail. The Far East re-mained the most prolific producerof this strange product of nature.

Early in the war the Japanesecaptured the Malay Peninsula, theUnited States’ chief source of rub-ber, making the development of asubstitute crucial to the success ofAllied forces.

Jesse H. Jones, whose name ap-pears repeatedly in any account ofHouston’s history, was chairman ofthe Reconstruction Finance Corpo-ration and Secretary of Commerceduring the war years. He was a keyfigure in the development of amethod of producing syntheticrubber.

In 1943 the Defense Plant Corp.of the federal government openeda plant at Baytown, operated byGeneral Tire and Rubber Co. Thenew plant produced Buna-S rubberusing butadiene made frompetroleum at the nearby HumbleOil and Refining Co. plant andstyrene made by MonsantoChemical Co. at Texas City fromtwo other petroleum products,ethylene and benzol.

At Baytown the same year Sin-clair Oil erected a $24 million buta-diene plant, and Goodyear built a$12 million Buna-S factory. Styrenefor the plant came from Monsantoat Texas City and the DowChemical facility at Velasco. The

nearness of these plants and theproximity of raw materials reducedshipping and storage costs. Thiswas the beginning of a chemicalcomplex that was highly efficientbut was also very interdependent.

In the next decade investorsplowed $900 million into chemicalinstallations in the area thatbecame known as the GoldenTriangle of Texas. The port citiesof Houston, Freeport and PortArthur-Orange were at the cornersof the triangle. Plants within the

Steel pipe, used extensively to constructpipelines for transporting petroleum andpetrochemicals, was another product thatwas much in demand during and afterWorld War II.

World War 11spawns Houston’schemical complex

triangle produced sulphuric acid,methane, ethane, propane, butane,toluol and xylol from salt, sulphur,natural gas and petroleum. Aspiderweb of pipelines was con-structed to carry butylene,hydrogen, hydrogen chloride,ethylene, butadiene, sodiumchloride, acetylene, acetone,chlorine and ammonia. Companiesrepresented in this complex includ-ed Shell, DuPont, Humble, Gulf,Texaco, Monsanto, Union Carbide,Dow, Celanese, Ethyl, Phillips, Dia-mond Alkali and Amoco.

The war also provided the im-petus for other offspring of the oilindustry. The ready availability ofraw materials, the deep-water portand the protected nature of theHouston Ship Channel made it anideal location for other war-relatedproduction facilities.

Early in 1941 Sheffield SteelCorp., a subsidiary of AmericanRolling Mill Co. (ARMCO), beganplans for a steel plant with the helpof $12 million from the Recon-struction Finance Corp. Sheffieldofficials had intended to use scrapiron, but shortages forced them touse raw ores from Texas and Mex-ico. Following the war Sheffieldbecame the only facility in the mid-die of the continent to producefinished pieces from raw materials.Later Jones and Laughlin and U.S.Steel also bought sites on the chan-nel.

The war also stimulated businesselsewhere in the city. After theHouston Chamber of Commerceand Albert Thomas convincedfederal authorities that the city’sproximity to the coast did not pre-sent a defense problem, a numberof contracts for military equipmentparts were awarded to Houstoncompanies. Cameron Iron Works,for example, manufactured depth

charges for the U.S. Navy. ReedRoller Bit and Hughes Tool Co.made airplane parts, and otherlocal businesses provided suchitems as fins for mortar shells andmachine gun tripods. By April1943, 45 companies held govern-ment contracts to produce militaryequipment and the federal govern-ment had spent about $265 millionin Houston.

Natural gas was the basis ofanother war-inspired industry inHouston. Even though somenatural gas was used locally andsome was piped elsewhere before1943, this commodity was so plen-tiful that it was almost worthless.Some companies removed thehydrocarbons and then pumpedthe dry gas into the ground orburned it.

The war, however, created a de-mand for natural gas along the

eastern seaboard. U.S. TennesseeGas Transmission Co. (Tenneco)was formed in Houston in 1944and 11 months later was operatinga 1,265-mile-long pipeline to WestVirginia. After the war, TexasEastern Transmission Co. followedTennessee Gas’s lead and boughtthe Big Inch and Little Inch,pipelines constructed during thewar by the federal government toconnect Texas and the U.S. EastCoast. By 1966, 10 major naturalgas companies maintained head-quarters in Houston and fourothers had operating divisions inthe city. Altogether they controlled83,000 miles of pipeline. Amongthis prestigious collection wereTenneco, Natural Gas Pipeline Co.of America, Texas Eastern,Transcontinental Gas Pipeline andUnited Gas Pipe Line.Continued on Page 21.

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PORTTIDINGS

News from PHA andaround the port

Smith & Johnson namedHouston agent for Spanish Line

Smith & Johnson (Houston), Inc.was recently appointed as sub-agent for Spanish Line in theHouston area, according to AlfonsoG. Escalera, president of Trasatlan-tica Agency (USA) Inc. Trasatlan-tica, based in New York, is thegeneral agent for Spanish Line inNorth America.

Smith & Johnson now providesall sales, traffic, operations, equip-ment control, documentation andhusbandry for Spanish Line’s bi-monthly service between Houstonand major ports in Spain and Italy.

The agency’s line manager forSpanish Line is Bob Chick who,although new to Smith & Johnson,previously held the same position

Houston one of top 10in Customs collections

Houston ranked eighth amongU.S. Customs points of entry incollections of duties, taxes andother fees during the secondquarter of fiscal 1986 (January-March).

Customs officials collected morethan $93.1 million in fees inHouston during the quarter.

Nationwide, Customs collected atotal of $3.5 billion during the sec-ond quarter, a 9 percent increasefrom the same period in 1985. Theseven highest-ranking collectionpoints were New York, John F.Kennedy Airport, San Francisco,Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago andBoston.

at the line’s former Houston agen-cy. Fernando Reyes, owner’s repre-sentative for Spanish Line andmanager of operations for Trasat-lantica, also works out of the Smith& Johnson office. Reyes supervisesthe line’s local vessel operationsand equipment control functions.

Smith & Johnson’s corporate of-rice is located at 2100 Travis St.,Room 411, Houston.

General Steamshipopens Houston office

General Steamship Corp. Ltd.recently opened a branch office inHouston on Aug. 1. Richard Cookwill be district manager of the newoffice.

The office is located at 18333Egret Bay Blvd., Suite 270. Thetelephone number is (713)333-1956, and the Telex number is4979238.

General Steamship offers vesselhusbandry services and wasestablished in 1920.

Waterman movesHouston office

Waterman Steamship Corp. hasrelocated its Houston office.

The new address and telephonenumber are 5005 Mitchelldale St.,Suite 192, Houston, Texas 77092;telephone: (713) 681-3863.

Waterman’s agent in Houston isCooper Shipping, also located atthe Mitchelldale address.

Amenities buildingready at Wharf No. 32

Work crews have completed anew amenities building at WharfNo. 32 at the Port of HoustonAuthority Turning Basin.

The building contains clerical of-rices, restrooms and a lunch areaand cost about $158,000 to build.Wharf No. 32 opened in January1985 and was built especially tohandle heavy-lift and projectcargoes.

Corps of Engineersawards dredging contracts

The Galveston District office ofthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineersrecently awarded a $1.6 millioncontract for dredging the HoustonShip Channel from CarpenterBayou to Greens Bayou.

The contract calls for T.L. Jamesand Co. of Kenner, La., to dredgethe 5.7-mile stretch of waterway tomaintain its designated depth of40 feet and width of 300-400 feet.

About 630,000 cubic yards of siltwill be removed during the dredg-ing, and upland confined disposalareas will be repaired.

The Corps of Engineers alsoawarded a $1.4 million contract toBean Dredging Corp. of Kenner todredge the Galveston EntranceChannel and Harbor.

The channel will be restored to adepth of 42 feet and width of 800feet at the outer bar, with dimen-sions of 40 by 1,200 feet in theGalveston Ship Channel. Thedredging is expected to be finishedin November.

Dockside reception held aboardELISSA in Washington D.C.

officials of the U.S. government and transportation in-dustry stepped aboard the 19th century ship ELISSArecently for a reception hosted in Washington, D.C.,by the Port of Houston Authority and the Galveston

Wharves.ELISSA’s home port is Galveston, but the 109-year-old

sailing vessel was en route to New York for the Parade ofTall Ships, held July 4 to mark the centennial of the Statueof Liberty and the nation’s 210th birthday.

The 2,000-mile trip was ELISSA’s first voyage outside ofthe Gulf of Mexico since the Galveston Historical Founda-tion began restoring the vessel in 1975. ELISSA, built in1877, was the oldest Class A vessel and only restored19th-century square rigger in the July 4 flotilla. []

Above: Houston and Galveston port officials co-hosted a party on the109-year-old square-rigger ELISSA, which was en route to the Paradeof Tall Ships held in New York to mark the centennial and remodelingof the Statue of Liberty.

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PHA Director of Administration F. William Colburn, left, and R. Clarkof Lykes Lines visited during the reception aboard the ELISSA.

Top Row: (Left) Shown at the EL1SSAreception, from left, are U.S. Rep. JackBrooks, D-Texas; Bernard Milstein, chairmanof the Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees;PHA Commissioner Rey Gonzales, Jr.; andC.S. DeVoy, Galveston Wharves executivedirector.

Middle Row: (Left) Zhou Shijian of the¯ Chinese Embassy visits with J. Gaughan andE Chao of the Maritime Administration.

Middle Row: (Right) International traderepresentatives included, from left, J. Redmanand M Echevarria of Pacific Cargoes and M.Monterrosa and R Jimenez of the Bank of ElSalvador.

Bottom Row: (Left, Representatives ofshipping-related groups were at the rcception.Shown. from left. are W. Morrison of theMeat Importers Council of America, and E.Narita and T. O’Neil of the NationalAssociation of Bcverage lmportcrs.

Bottom Row: (Right) U.S Rep Jack Brooks,D-Texas. left. talks to I)oug Marchand.general manager-port director of theGalveston Wharves

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Euromarketing

starts with a call

to CGM

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713-521o9600Let us put Europe inperspective for you.CGM connects all three coastsof the U.S. to all the ports ofEurope. If you trade with Europe,we have CGM people ready tohelp you with document require-ments, customs procedures, truckand rail routing.CGM U.S. Gulf/South Atlanticservice has 35 representativeoffices to answer your questionson the spot.

Local, experienced people usingmodern communications andadvanced technology, are ableto track your cargo from pointof origin to final destination.With an organization of 9000employees and a fleet of 77ships, CGM, a network of lineservices, backs you up with the

strength of over 100 years ofexperience. Don’t delay-put inthe call that can start you in anew direction of profit-making.The French Line you know...now grown into CGM, CompagnieG~n~rale Maritime, the world-wide cargo shipping people "inthe know".

U.S. Gulf ServiceU.S. General Agent:Kerr Steamship Co., Inc. ¯ 2727 Allen Parkway, Suite 1500 ̄ Houston, TX 77019-2184 - Phone: 713-521-9600 ̄ Telex: 203125

Bulk Congressmeets Sept. 2 3-2 5

Dry bulk industry representativesfrom around the world will attend thethird International Bulk CongressSept. 23-25 in Rotterdam,Netherlands.

During the first morning of the con-ference speakers will discuss majorproblems facing the dry bulk in-dustry. The program will includediscussions on the world oil marketand energy situation and internationaleconomic trends. The afternoon pro-gram will focus on opportunities forbulk businesses.

The second day of the program willfeature discussions on supply and de-mand and changing trade patterns.Conference participants also will tourRotterdam’s bulk terminals.

The final day of the conference willfocus on bulk shipping in Quebec,Malta and Australia and the challengesfacing bulk businesses.

For further details about themeeting, contact the conferencemanager, IBJ Associates, RanmoreHouse, Ranmore Road, Dorking Sur-rey RH4 1HE England. The telephonenumber is (306) 887433.

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TRANSNAVE REPRESENTATIVES CONFER WITH PHASTAFFArturo Salinas, Jr., center, Transnave line manager forKerr Steamship Co., recently met with Port of HoustonAuthority officials to discuss South American fruitshipments. Also shown are Steven C. Jaeger, PHAmarketing director, left, and Misael Breton, PHA LatinAmerica sales manager.

FORMER ASTRONAUT HONORED AT PHA COMMISSIONMEETINGLeft: Mike Schubert, right, of InternationalLongshoremen’s Union Local No. 1945, recently presenteda plaque to Port of Houston Commissioner Alan B.Shepard, Jr., to commemorate Shepard’s 1961 journey intospace. The union represents members of the port’s policeR)rce.Below: Port of Houston commissioners recently presenteda mounted collection of photographs to CommissionerAlan B. Shepard, Jr., left, marking the 25th anniversary ofhis historic space trip. Shepard in 1961 became the firstAmerican to travel in space. Shown at right is ArchieBennett, Jr., chairman of the Port Commission.