Tile Houston Port Bureau’s new assistant general manager,Carl S. Parker, seated, looks over some of the rate tables thetraffic bureau uses with the help of his co-worker, Assistant Gen-eral Manager Frank R. Kenfield.

Houston Port Bureau NamesNew Assistant Manager

Carl S. Parker. Jr. has been named an assistant generalmanager of the Houston Port Bureau. Norman B. Avenell,president, announced.

An assistant traffic manager with Transcontinental (;as PipeLine Corp. for the last six years. Parker also brings with himIo the Port Bureau a previous 15 years’ experience in the ratedepartment of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Hailroad working~ith general commodities, grain and in-transit products.

The Houston Port Bureau is headed by General Manager(;reg B. Perry and represents the Houston Cotton Exchangeand the Porl" of Houston in transportation matters beforerate legislative and regulatory bodies, including the Inter-state Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Com-mission.

Parker joins Frank R. Kenfield as an assistant general man-ager of the Bureau. He attended North Texas AgrieuhuralCollege al Arlington and Texas Christian University at Fort\Vorth. He is also a graduate of the Shirley-Hill Traffic Col-lege and ~as admitted to practice before the I.C.C. in Octoberof 195,1.

Parker is a member of the exeeutiw~ board of the SouthTexas chapter of the Interstate Commerce Commission Prac-titioners and a member of the Houston Traffic Club.

Ships Of 41 Countries Call AtPort of Houston in 1962

Flags above the taffrails of ships moored in the Port ofHouston in 1962 represented 40 foreign nations.

Many of the flags were old, familiar friends. Others hadbeen in Houston at infrequent intervals in the past and one.the Finnish flag, had never been here before.

Of the forty-one flags represented in the Port by 4,204 shiparrivals, the [7. S. flag was the most often seen, followed bythe Norwegian, the West German, the Dutch, the Britist{,the Japanese, the Greek and the Liberian, all represented morethan one hundred times.

APRIL, 1963

South Africa?

DIRECT... FAST... DEPENDABLE SERVICE TO BUILD BETTER

BUSINESS FOR SHIPPERS AND CONSIGNEESRegular 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., Cleveland, Detroit,Jacksonville, Fla., Los Angeles, Newport News, Norfolk, PanamaCity, [%nsacola, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Savannah,Seattle, Tampa. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, B. C.GULF AGENT: Hansen & Tidemann, Inc.Corpus Christi, Dallas, Galveston, Houston, Memphis, Mobile,New Orleans, Sabine District.

South African Marine Corporation (He Y.)2 Broadway ̄ DI 4-8940 ̄ New York 4, N. Y.

CHICAGO OFFICE: 327 South La Salle Street

INDEPENDENT SERVICE

Regular scheduled monthly sailings Jrom

NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ̄ LAKE CHARLESPORT ARTHUR if suf~clent cargo offers

ToDAKAR ¯ FREETOWN ̄ ABIDJAN ¯ TAKORADI

TEMA ¯ LAGOS/APAPA ¯ DOUALA ¯ MATADI

SOUTHERN STAR SHIPPING CO., INC.General ,4 lcnls 29 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

TEXAS TRANSPORT & TERMINAL CO., INC.

GMf General AgentsNEW ORLEANS HOUSTON

1310 Whitney Bldg. 529-2241 1101 Cotton Exchange Bldg. Capitol 5-5461

Freight Representatives

NEW YORK CHICAGO52 Broadway Digby 4-4210 Board of Trade Bldg. Harrison 7-1942

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N. Y. K. LINETwice Monthly Service To

JAPANESE PORTS

DALTON STEAMSHIP CORP.Gulf General Agents

Cable Address: "Dalship"

Offices InHouston ¯ Galveston ¯ Beaumont ̄ Port Arthur ¯ Dallas ¯ New

Orleans ¯ Memphis ̄ Mobile

AN AMERICAN FLAG FREIGHTER

Every 10 Days

In other cities contact Lykes or Grace

*Southbound New Orleans/C.Z. cargo subject to sl0ecial Booking arrangements

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

GULF& SOUTH AMERICANSTEAMSHIP CO.

821 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

C. T.O. LINECompagnie Maritimes Des Chargeurs Reunis

Direct from U.S. Gulf

Regular Independent ServiceTo

HaNG KONGmMANILAmSAIGON

Regular Liner Service ToSINGAPORE~DJAKARTAmBANGKOK

PENANG

E. S. BINNINGS, INC.Gulf Agents

1114 TEXAS AVENUE BLDG., HOUSTON, TEXAS~r

OfficesGALVESTON--NEW ORLEANS--DALLAS--MEMPHIS

ST LOUIS~r

General Agents for North America and the CaribbeanBLACK DIAMOND S/S CO., 2 BROADWAY, N. Y.

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Exhibit Hall To Be OpenedAt World Trade Building

An "Industrial Showcase," the first of its kind in the South-west, is scheduled to open in the World Trade Buildingground level exhibit area in April with a permanent displayby the N.A.S.A. Manned Spacecraft Center occupying onewing of the space.

Operated by Tec-productions, Inc., the space will be leasedto industrial concerns for three, six or twelve-month periods.Minimum space unit available for lease is 16 square feet.

A permanent staff of multilingual attendants will be onduty to assist visitors, answer questions and interpret or trans-late messages.

Tec-Productions president Gary E. McCalls said primaryobjectives of the exhibition are to present to the world tradecommunity the industrial products, services and capabilitiesof Southwestern manufacturers and to promote the Southwestas a major manufacturing area of export products.

The Houston area alone accounts for about 40 per cent ofthe national volume of shipments and services in the oil fieldsupply business. An estimated 1’,000 Houston-area firms pro-vide equipment, transportation and serivces. Houston has be-come the key exporting center for these companies.

Westwind Africa LineStarts New Service

The sailing of the M.S. NORDFARER from the Port ofHouston in the latter part of March marked the beginningof a new service by the Westwind Africa Line from the Portto West Africa.

Southern Star Shipping Co., Inc., said announcing the newservice that Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc., will actas freight representatives in 1_7. S. North Atlantic ports andas Gulf general agents. Southern Star will act as generalagents.

The S.S. BUENA FORTUNA will sail in April as the nextship in the regular monthly independent service from Hous-ton, New Orleans and Lake Charles to Dakar, Freetown,Abidjan, Takoradi, Tema, Lagos/Apapa, Douala and Matadi.

The vessels in this service for Westwind were selected fortheir speed and practicality for the West African trade, South-ern Star announced.

Delta Ship Sets RecordFrom Rio To Houston

Delta Steamship Line’s cargoliner, S.S. DEL ORO, hasestablished a new speed record between Rio de Janeiro.Brazil, and Houston, of 10 days and 22 hours. The usualtime is 13 days, 20 hours.

L. R. Westerman, manager of Delta’s Houston office, saidthat Capt. John F. Owens, master of the Del Oro, reportedaveraging a speed of more than 20.3 knots, bar-to-bar, forthe 5326-mile run.

The Del Oro, Westerman said, carried more than 5000 tonsof coffee and general cargo from Rio de Janeiro direct toHouston. He pointed out that the Del Oro and sister ships,S.S. DEL RIO and S.S. DEL SOL, are the fastest cargo ves-sels operating beteen U.S. Gulf ports and the East coast ofSouth America.

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

E R i~Inauguration of new liner service from Houston to the Medi-

terranean was celebrated aboard the NINNY FIGARI when shewas in Houston in March to make the first voyage in thisservice for tile d’Amico Lines. To honor the occasion, J. P.Turner, general manager of the Navigation District, left, pre-sented the NINNY FIGARi’s captain, Onorato Mavuandi witha plaque showing the Port of Houston. B. Wayne White of Han-sen Tidemann, Inc., Gulf agents for d’Amico, is on the right.

ili!ili iii!!!!!iiiiiiiii?iii

Customs Marine Officer Herman C. Voss, left, was awardeda 20-year service pin by Sam D. W. Low, right, collector ofcustoms. Voss is well-known to masters of vessels in foreigntrade and their agents. Participating in the ceremony was C. M.Maier. deputy collector of customs; Russell Zoet, chief ofthe marine division, and Aubrey Hawthorn, export licenseexaminer.

PORT HOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP.6917 NAVIGATION BLVD. ¯ P. O. BOX 9296

HOUSTON 11. TEXASWA 1-4168

U. S. CUSTOM BONDEDSPECIALIZING IN IMPORT & EXPORT HAULING

TRUCKS AND CARGO INSUREDBONDED PERSONNEL

Call Us on Your Local Transport Problem

Dependable, Low Cost

ELECTRICSERVICE

and unmatched transportationfacilities . . . serving the

Golden Gulf Coast throughthe Port of Houston.

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY

SINCE 1914

Export and Domestic Crating

OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS

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

Regular Semi-Monthly Liner Servicebetween

UeS. ATLANTIC & GULF PORTSand

KARACHI- BOMBAYMADRAS- CHITTAGONG

Via Mediterranean & Red Sea Ports

Houston GalvestonARAMIS April 14 - -EDGAR LUCKENBACH April 10 April 12~

A VESSEL April 18 - -

AMERIND SHIPPING CORP.Gulf Agents

110 Marine Bldg., 1305 Prairie AvenueCApitol 7-5335 Houston 2, Texas

APRIL, 1963 23

BEN H. MOOREINSURANCE

MARINE - CASUALTY - FIRECable: MOORDEEN

JAckson 8-5511 P.O. Box 13220

ALAMO EXPORT CRATING CO.Export PackingCommercialBMilitaryBoxing--CratingiProcessing

1600 N. 75th Street WA 3-5551K. P. Morris, President

UNITED STEVEDORINGDivision Of

States Marine Lines, Inc.Cotton Exchange Bldg.

CA 7-0687 CA 7-3374

Gulf Atlantic HasPromoted Bramlett

Richard W. Bramlett, former head ofthe production control department withthe Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. inHouston, has been named manager ofthe company’s southeastern division inAtlanta.

Bramlett has been assistant managerof Gulf Atlantie’s Southeastern Divisionsince 1957. In his new position, Bram-lett will have overall responsibility forpublic general merchandise warehous-ing services, cotton compress services,and other activities at seven facilities inAthens. Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia;Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala-bama; Greenville, South Carolina, andCharlotte, North Carolina.

Gulf Atlantic is a wholly-owned ware-house subsidiary of Anderson. Clayton& Co.

United States Flag Vessels Owners, Operators, Agents

Regular Sailings From O. S. Gulf Ports to Continental Europe,East Coast of United Kingdom and Scandinavia-Baltic

STATES MARINE LINES---Berth Agents

Offices In All Principal Gul/ Ports

AWO Elects HumbleMan As Chairman

M. F. Spellacy, of Humble Oil & Re-fining Company, Houston, was electedchairman of the board of The Ameri-can Waterways Operators, Inc., at ameeting of the directors of the nation-wide association which repre~nts theshallow-draft water carriers. Spellacy ismanager of the Marine Division, InlandWaterways Department. Humble Oil &Refining Company.

He succeeds Jesse E. Brent, presidentof Brent Towing Company, Inc., Green-ville, Mississippi, who has served aschairman of the board of AWO for thelast year.

Braxtou B. Carr was elected to hisseventh term as president of the asso-ciation.

Mexican InsuranceNow Available

Kenneth W. Stuer, owner of TrinilvInsurance Agency. 1012 World Trade,Building has been appointed a cargo in-surance agent for Union De Seguros,S. A.. of Mexico, according to J. H.Blades, managing general agent for theUnion.

Mr. Stuer said that, "The Mexicangovernment requires that as soon as titlepasses to a Mexican national, on goodsshipped to Mexico, that the insurancebe plaf’ed in a Mexican Insurance Com-pany.

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Fast Freight, Reefer, Deep Tank and Passenger Service

U.S. GULF/FAR ,O,NV SERVICEEAST SERVICE F .... tey & Eger, Oslo, Norway

A. K. Klaveness & Co. A/SLysaker, Norway

THREE MONTHLY SAILINGS FROM:

HOUSTON ̄ GALVESTON ̄ BEAUMONTMOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANSMANILA ¯ HUNG KONG ¯ SAIGON ¯ BANGKOK ¯ SINGAPORED JAKARTA ¯ PORT SWETrENHAM ¯ PENANG ¯ BELAWAN DELl

FREQUENT CALLS AT TEXAS OUTPORTS AS CARGO WARRANTS

~E.E~ AOE.~, FEARNLEY & EGER. INC.39 BROADWAY, NFW YORK, N.Y. DI.4-3770

Agents: BIEHL & COMPANYSixth Floor, WORLD TRADE BLDG., HOUSTON, TEXAS, CApitol 2-9961

George Re-ElectedMaritime President

Wiley R. George, senior vice presidentof the Bloomfield Steamship Company,has been re-elected president of theHouston Maritime Association for1963-64.

Other officers who were re-elected areR. S. Reid, vice president of Hansen.Tidemann, Inc., vice president; J. RossDtm, vice president, labor relations;Robert Eikel, attorney, and Mrs. EdnaLancaster, secretary.

NEW LINER SERVICE

New U. S.-flag semi-monthly linerservice from the U. S. East and GulfCoasts to the Eastern Mediterranean,Red Sea, India and Pakistan has beenannouneed by American Cargo LinesInc. The line will operale a tteet ofeight modern cargoliners with U. S.ports of call at New York, Baltimore.Mobile, New Orleans and Houston.

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

An 1,800 toll shipment of line pipe and pipeline layingequipment to constrnct a pipeline in Libya was handled inFebruary and March as the tlrst major shipment by the newHouston office of Brand Export Packing, Inc. L. C. Watson,president of Brand, a lirm that has been in business in NewOrleans for more than 20 years, said that the Houston officewas opened to take advantage of dock facilities so well adaptedto handling heavy cargo such as tire shipment to Libya. M. W.Clynm is vice-president and general manager of the Houstonoffice, located at 2310 McCarthy Drive.

When you ship via Sea-Landbecause: SEALED Sea-Land trailers¯.. become Sealed shipping containers¯.. go via LOW waterway rates.., thenCONVERT back to trailers to completedelivery.

SERVING:EASTERN U. S.

FLORIDA

TEXAS

MEXICOPACIFIC COASTPUERTO RICO

SERVICE, INC.CONSULT YOUR LOCAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

FOR THE SEA-LAND OFFICE NEAREST YOU

Cable Address "’RICE," Houston

RICE, KERR & COMPANYA Division of Kerr Steamship 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

Clegg Bldg.506 Caroline St. Cotton Exchange Bldg. Cotton Exchange Bldg.

HOUSTON DALLAS GALVESTON

Ayers Steamship Co., Inc.World Trade Center Houston 2, Texas

MEDITERRANEANSTAR LINE

Izmir IskenderunBeirut Port Said

NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTONDALLAS ¯ MEMPHIS

Cable: Ayership TWX: 713-571-’2310 Phone: CA 7-3261

GENERAL GULF AGENTS

CRESCENT LINEJeddah Khor El MufattaPort Sudan KhorramshahrMassawa BasrahDjibouti Bandar ShapurKuwait Karachi

Bombay

MARITIME CO.Of The PHILIPPINESPhilippine Flag Vessels

Manila Hang KongCebu Iloil0

Davao

APRIL, 1963 25

CROWN STEVEDORINGCOMPANYCONTRACTING

STEVEDORE

Houston -- Galveston

Texas City -- Freeport

324 SHE,, BUI~IN6HOUSTON, TEX.

Ph.: CA 2-0751 Telex HO 850

Cable: Crownstev

E. S. Binnings, Inc.Steamship Agents

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

HOUSTON, TEXAS

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

O.S.K. LI~E(Far East)

F,RENCH LINE(French Atlantic)

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

GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE

Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, PeruPanama via Crlstobal

OFFICESNEW ORLEANS HOUSTON

MEMPH IS GALVESTONST. LOUIS DALLAS

Chimene Promoted Harms Is NamedP. E. Chimene, Jr., has been named

traffic manager--purchased materialsfor Gulf Oil Corporation’s domesticheadquarters in Houston.

A native of Galveston, Chimenejoined Gulf’s traffic department at Hous-toil in 1947 after working a number ofyears with a major railroad line. In 1958he became director of traffic for GulfRefining Co., and in 1960 returned toGulf Oil as senior transportation repre-sentative.

Chimene is a member of the TrafficClub of Houston, serving as its presidentduring 1962-63, and is also a member oflhe Propeller Club of Houston.

BEHRING SHIPPINGCO., Inc.

Freight Forwarders andCustom House Brokers

339 World Trade Bldg. CA2-1325Teletype HC)-236

TTT ExecutiveEdward H. Harms has been named

assistant to :he president of TexasTransport 8, Terminal Co., Inc., Steam-ship Agents. Robert Reid. president, hasannounced.

A veteran of 35 years in the steam-ship industry. Harms was formerly gen-eral manager of the Panama Line, NewYork and. more recently, president ofPhelps Agency, Inc. in Chicago. Earlierhe was operations manager of Pope &Talbot, Inc., in San Francisco.

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.are steamship agents representing theShinnihon lJne of Japan, the WestwindAfrica Line with services from GulfPorts to West Africa, the Gulf servicesof the Holland America Line to the Con-tinent, the Creole Line to Italy, and theSouth Atlantic and Gulf services of theVenezuelan Line to Venezuela.

CABLE: MAHCO FMB 2187

Maher & CompanyCustomhouse Brokers ~ Foreign Freight Forwarders

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

416-420 International Trade MartNew Orleans 12, Louisiana

TUlane 7566TWX-301

802 World Trade CenterHouston, TexasFAirfax 3-4101

TWX-735

_../

SUDERMAN AND YOUNGTOWING CO., INC.

Serving the GulfCoast for 60 5"ears.

.... ~ %

HARBOR and COASTWISE TOWINGHOUSTON GALVESTON

32g Port of Houston World Trade Building

Phone: CA 7- 0830 Wharf phone: WA B - 5406

U. S. National Bank Building

Phone: SO 3-2428Wharf phone: SO 3-4S73

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CORPUS CHRISTI

Pier No. 9 P. O. Box 1837

Phone: TU 4-8791

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

New Liner ServiceSet To Indonesia

M. S. HOEGH DRAKE will inaugu-rate a new cargo litter service to Indo-nesia from tile Port of Houston whenshe sails April 22 on her way to theFar East via U. S. North Atlantic ports,the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal andSingapore to Djakarta and Sourbaya.

Announcement of the new service wasmade by Cortland D. Linder, managingdirector of Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., gen-eral agents.

This new conference service will af-

ford shippers fast monthly service toIndonesia with calls at Singapore, PortSwettenham and Penang, Linder said.Other Hoegh Lines modern express lin-

~,/)J///\\\

INDEPENDENT

GULF LINE(Vinke g Co., Amsterdam, Managers)

FORTNIGHTLYto and from the

CONTINENT

SHIPPII~C~ CO I%P 0 NtAT XON

General Agent U.S.A.

Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ New YorkNew Orleans ¯ MemphisBaltimore ¯ PhiladelphiaRefrigerated Space Available

ers will enter the service, following theHOEGH DRAKE in this order; HOEGHSILVERSTREAM, HOEGH CAPE,HOEGH CLIFF, and HOEGH SILVER-WA VE.

Hoegh Lines maintain monthly serv-ice to ports in the Mediterranean, RedSea and the West Coast of India.

WEST COAST LINEDirect EXPRESS Service to

PANAMA

COLOMBIA

ECUADOR

PERU

BOLIVIA

CHILEFROM HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS

Rice Kerr & Co. Inc. Agents

506 Caroline St. CA 7-0165

WEST COAST LINE, Inc.New Orleans--912 American Bank 524-6751

New York--67 Broad Street WH 3-9600

Compania Sud Americana de VaporeiExpress Freight Service From

HOUSTON ̄ GALVESTONMOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS

AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGO OFFERS

TO

PERU ̄ BOLIVIA ¯ CHILE29 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

Tel. WHitehall 3-8600

Gulf Agents

STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ MOBILEGALVESTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUISCINCINNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITY

MEMPHIS ̄ ATLANTA ̄ MILWAUKEE

SWIFT/DIRECT SERVICE FROM

US GULF TO

LI VERPO OL

MA NCHES TER

HOUSTON ° COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG. CAPITOL 2-2259 - TWX - HO 593

GALVESTON ¯ NEW ORLEANS .. DALLAS ° MEMPHIS

Your Vessel will be met at the Barand Piloted to the Port of Houston ~~,

HOUSTON P OTS6302 GULF FREEWAY

HOUSTON 23, TEXASAPRIL, 1963 27

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HAULINGIMPORT - EXPORT

LONGHORNTRANSFER SERVICE, INC.

13 Years Serving the Port of Houston7112 Avenue C. WA 6-2661

Ship ViaFERN-VILLE

MEDITERRANEANLINES

BARBER MEDITERRANEAN LINEGENERAL AGENTS

FOWLER & McVITIE, INC.GULF AGENTS

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

Lake Charles.

MERCHANDISE WAREHOUSINGAT ITS BEST!

PERSONALA TTENTION!

INSTANTSER VICE I

¯ 365,000 square feet on one car-level floor¯ Fully sprinklered facilities and burglar alarm

system . . . A.D.T. supervised¯ Closest to more major truck terminals . . .

direct service by SP, MP, and HB&T rail-roads

¯ Careful handling, proper storage, efficientcontrols

IIoual ildhrrhnds $leamship tompang25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

Regular Sailings fromMobile, New Orleans and Houston

WEEKLYTo/a Guaira, Puerto Cabello and Trinidad

EVERY TWO WEEKSTo Maracaibo, Curacao, Aruba, Carupano, Guanta, Georgetown and

Paramaribo

EVERY FOUR WEEKSTo Pampatar

Agents

STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYHOUSTON - NEW ORLEANS - MOBILE - CHICAGO - ST. LOUIS - CINCINNATI

DALLAS - KANSAS CITY - MEMPHIS - ATLANTA

FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC.NEW YORK - DETROIT

Executives of the Safmarine Line vis-ited Houston recently to inspect port fa-cilities and expressed belief that futureyears will show a substantial increase inriee and cotton shipments to South Africa.The executive team, from the South Afri-can Marine Corporation Ltd. spent twodays at the port with Hansen & Tide-mann, Inc. representatives studying thedry bulk handling p]ant, talking to cot-ton and rice representatives and ill seeinggeneral cargo operations at the Port.From the left are Robert S. Reid, vicepresident, Hansen & Tidemann ; M. de "¢’/:.Marsh, executive manager, Safmarine,Cape Town ; M. J. Finlay, manager - oper-ations, Safmarine, (]ape Town; F. A.Demarco, president, Safmarine, NewYork; and B. Wayne White, vice presi-dent, Hanson & Tidemann.

NFTC ElectsNew Chairman

Ells S. Ho~lund. a vice president of(;eneral _Motors Corporation and groul~executive in charge of (LM’s Canadianand overseas operations has been elc(’tcdchairman of the National Foreign TradeCouncil.

Hoglund. ~ho previou:,ly had servedas an NFTC director, was elected for alwo-vear term. He succeeds James A.Farrell. Jr.. i>residcnl of Farrell Lines.Incorporated. who had accepted thechairmanshil> on an interim basis to fillthe unexpired term of the late GeorgexX. Wolf last l)ecember.

The NFTC Board deferred election ofa successor to the late John Akin aspresident of dw Council. Other officerselected were Joseph B. Brady. vice presi-dent: Donald F. Heatheringlon, xicepresident: Melville H. Walker, secretaryand treasurer: Eleanor Tremel, assistanttreasurer: an,t Heh’ne L. Bienzle. assist-ant ~,¢retarv.

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Sea-Land ServiceHas New Ship

The S.S. SAN FRANCISCO a new630-foot jumbo trailership capable ofcarrying 476 35-foot containers, was putinto service in February by the Sea-Land Service.

After a shakedown cruise to PuertoRico. the SAN FRANCISCO will enterSea-Land’s intercoastal serxice. The shipis made up of a T-2 tanker’s bow. stemand deckhou~e with a specially con-structed midsection to carry the trailercontainers.

Betz Is AppointedTraffic Rep Here

F. LaMar Betz is the new district traf-tic’ representative of Lykes Bros. Steam-ship Co., Inc., in Houston. following histransfer from Brownsville ~here he wasthe local Lykes manager.

A native of Quakertown. Pa.. Betzjoined the Lykes organization in 1957and after various assignments in theGulf was assigned to the traffic staff inNew York in 1959 as a traffic: reprc-sentative. He became assistant trafficmanager in New York in January of

1961 and later the same year was madechartering manager.

Donald J. Prunty, a member of theLykes staff since 1951, has been trans-ferred from Galveston to Brownsville tosucceed Betz.

Telephone TicklerIs Published

The new edition of the Transporta-tion Telephone Tickler published by theNew York Journal of Commerce is no~available. The National Edition consistsof 1312 pages in two volumes and con-tains more than 50,000 listings arrangedalphabetically by port or organizationsengaged in, or associated with, thefreight transportation industry in theUnited States and Canada.

Organizational listings include thenames, titles, addresses and telephonenumber of key executives.

Available from the Journal of Com-merce at 80 Varick Street, New 3ork 13.for $5.00 the 1963 edition has an ex-panded service index including pierlocations and operators, foreign con-sulates, foreign trade organizations, for-eign currcncy tables, international airpostal rates and a classified index bvports.

ship the SAVE way...

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HELLENICLINE~ LIMITED

40 VESSELSSERVE

HELLENIC SHIPPERSUNDER THIS

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Frequent SailingsExpress Serviceto and from the

MEDITERRANEANRED SEA

ARABIAN GULFand

INDIAPAKISTANCEYLONBURMA

Refrigerated SpaceDeep Tanks ¯ Heavy Lifts

Passenger Accommodations

HELLENIC LINES LIMITED319 International Trade Mart

New Orleans 12

t~ FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC.R. P. DEE, Agent

OOl Gulf Freeway WAlnut 3-9451 ¯ Houston, Texas

APRIL, 1963

Houston Agent

LE BLANC-PARR, INC.616 Cotton Exchange Building

CA 2-2259AREA CODE 713

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I louston Steamship AgentsABAUNZA STEAMSHIP AGENCY

CORP.203 Marine Bldg., CA 2-9601

All Cargo LinesChina Merchants Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.China Union Lines (Berthing Agents)Daido LineOrient Overseas LineStevenson Lines

AMERIND SHIPPING CORP.110 Marine Buiding, CA 7-5335

American Clipper LineAmerican Export LinesFabre LineIndependent GulfIsbrantsen Co., Inc.Penn ShippingSeaway Shipping Corp.

AYERS STEAMSHIP CO., INC.509 World Trade Building, CA 7-3261

Crescent LineKulukundis Line, Ltd.Maritime Company of the PhilippinesMediterranean Star Line

BIEHL & COMPANY6th Floor, World Trade Building, CA 2-9961

Fern-Ville Far East LineHamburg-American LineMamenic LineNopal Line (Northern Pan American)North German LloydOzean-Stinnes LinesScindia LineSidarma LineL. Smit & Company

E. S. BINNINGS, INC.1114 Texas, CA 5-0531

C. T. O. LineFlota Mercante Grancolombiana, S. A.

(Grancolombiana Line)French LineHansa LineO. S. K. Line

BLETSCH STEAMSHIP CO.1220 Texas Avenue, CA 7-0215

Cobelfret LinesOrient Mid-East LineCompania de TransportesCal-Agro

BLOOMFIELD, STEAMSHIP CO.Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 8-1451

Berth Agents--See States Marine-IsthmianAgency

CANADIAN-GULF LINE, LTD.P. O. Box 5355, WA 1-4196

Canadian-Gulf Line, Ltd.Montreal Shipping Co.Stockard Shipping Co.

CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIPCORP.

1114 Texas Avenue Bldg., CA 4-6075Central Gulf-Mediterranean LineCentral Gulf-Red Sea LineCentral Gulf-Persian Gulf LineCentral Gulf-India/Pakistan LineCentral Gulf-World Wide Full Cargo Service

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J. M. COOK COMPANY817 World Trade Building, CA 3-4549

Sabre Line

DALTON STEAMSHIP CORP.7th Floor, World Trade Building, CA 8-8661

Boomerang Cargo LineColdemar LineConcordia LineKvarnerska Plovidba LineLineas de Navegacion MambesasN. Y. K. LinePolish Ocean LineTransatlantic Gulf Lines, S.A.

DEEPSEA AGENTS, INC.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 4-9797

West India Shipping Company

DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC.1302 Texas Avenue, CA 7-5101

Delta East Coast South America LineDelta West Africa Line

FOWLER & MeVITIE, INC.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 4-9795

Chemical-CarriersFern-Ville Mediterranean Line

FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC.814 World Trade Building, CA 2-9106

Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd.Malaya Indonesia LineScandinavian American LineThos. & Jno. Broeklebank, Ltd.

GRUNDVIG AGENCIES(TEXAS), INC.

309 Shell Bldg., CA 8-0887Gulf Continental LineOzark Navigation, Inc.

GULF COAST SHIPPING CORP.200 Marine Bldg., CA 5-0869

Eddie Line, Ltd.Jugooceanija LineLevant Line

GULF MOTORSHIPS, INC.1220 Texas Avenue, CA 7-0215

Thai Lines, Ltd.

HANSEN & TIDEMANN, INC.10th Floor, Petroleum Bldg., CA 3-4181

Bookers Eastern Caribbean ServiceCorporacion Peruana de Vapores, S. A.d’Amico LineDeppe Line/Belgian LineMitsubishi Shipping Company, Ltd.South African Marine Corporation, Ltd.Surinam Navigation Co.

IMPERIAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY903 World Trade Bldg. CA 5-5486

LE BLANC-PARR. INC.Cotton Exchange Bldg., ~A 2-2259

Harrison LineHellenic Line

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIPCO., INC.

Cotton Exchange Building, 3rd Floor,CA 7-7211

Gulf & South American S.S. Co.

Lykes African LineLykes Caribbean LineLykes Continent LineLykes Mediterranean LineLykes Orient LineLykes United Kingdom LineUnited States Line (American Pioneer)

P. D. MARCHESSINI & CO.(TEXAS), INC.

326 Shell Building, CA 2-2381Insco LinesLineas Narieras de Centro America, S.A.Marehessini LinesNorge Lines

RICE, KERR & CO.Clegg Building, CA 7-0165

Hoegh LineKawasaki "K" LineLloyd BrasileiroNervion LineWest Coast Line

SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC.8402 Clinton Drive, OR 2-6651

Truck Trailer Coastwise Service

STATES MARINE.ISTHMIANAGENCY, INC.

Cotton Exchange Building, CA 7-3374Bloomfield Steamship Company

(Berth Agents Only)Isthmian Lines, Inc.States Marine-Continental ServiceStates Marine-Far East ServiceStates Marine-Mediterranean ServiceStates Marine-World Wide Full Cargo

Service

STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 8-1431

Argentine LinesBank LineChilean LineMexican LineMitsui LineNedlloyd LineRoyal Netherlands LineSwedish-American LineWilhelmsen Line

TEXAS TRANSPORT &TERMINAL CO., INC.

Cotton Exchange Building, CA 5-5461Holland-America LineNavigazione Aha Italia (Creole Line)Shinnihon LineC. A. Venezolana de Navegacion

(Venezuelan Line)

UNITED FRUIT COMPANY908 World Trade Bldg., CA 5-3597

United Fruit Company

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 8-9424

Waterman Steamship Corporation

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

and the world -

U. K. Line Africa LineContinent Line Caribbean Line

Mediterranean Line Orient Line

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

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

Offices 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.

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.STEAMSHIP AGENTS

(Established 1895)

Cable AddressTERMINAL HOUSTON

Tel: CA 5-5461

HOLLAND-AMERICA LINETo

Havre/Dunkirk-Rotterdam/AmsterdamAntwerp/Ghent-Bremen/Hamburg

CREOLE LINE(Navigazlene Alta Italia)

ToGenoa, Naples, Venice, Trieste,Savona, Leghorn, Rijeka, and

Mediterranean and North Afrlcan ports.

THE TEXPORTS STEVEDORE CO., INC.Contracting Stevedores

Cotton Exchange BuildingHouston, Texas

SHINNIHON LINETo

Yokohama-Kobe-OsakaNagoya-Yokkaichi

VENEZUELAN LINE(C. A. Venezolana de Navegacion)

ToLa Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Maracalbe,

Guanta, Puerto La Cruz, and otherVenezuelan ports.

OFFICESNew Oreans, La. New York, N.Y. Houston, Texas Brownsville, Texas Memphis, Tenn.Charleston, S.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Galveston, Texas Corpus Christi, Texas St. Louis, Mo.

Savannah, Ga. Baltimore, Md. Chicago, 111. Dallas, Texas

BIEHL & COMPANY, INC.,STEAMSHIP AGENTS

HOUSTON6th Floor World Trade Bldg.

Phone Capitol 2-9961

NEW ORLEANS401 San/in Bldg.Phone 529-4211

GALVESTON312 Cotton Exchange Bldg.

Phone Southfield 5-5085

DALLAS MOBILE BEAUMONT MEMPHIS413 Cotton Exchange Bldg. 805 Milner Bldg. Goodhue Bldg. 520 Cotton Exchange Bldg.

Phone Rivergide 8-3318 Phone HEmlock 2.1605 Phone: Terminal 2.8418 Phone Jackson 5-8725

FERN-VILLE LINES ..................................................... GULF/FAR EAST SERVICE

NOPAL LINE ................................................ GULF/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD ]HAMBURG AMERIff_~ LINE

I .....................................GULF/CONTINENTAL EUROPE

OZEAN/STINNES LI’~E

SIDARMA LINE .......................................................... GULF/MEDITERRANHAN

MAMENIC LINE ............................. GULF/WEST COAST) EAST COAST, CENTRAL AMERICA

SCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD ............ GULF/l~GYPT/SAUDI ARABIA/PAKISTAN/INDIA

L SMIT ~" CO.’S ............................................. INTERNATIONAL TOWING SBRVICE

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POSTMASTER: If not delivered in fivedays, return to P. O. Box 2562, Houston1, Texas. Return Postage Guaranteed BULK RATE

U. S. POSTAGEPAID

Houston, TexasPermit No. 5441

THIS IS LONG REACH Ample facilities at Long Reach Docks make it possibleto load and discharge at the same time, as thisShinnihon Line ship, the SS IGAHARU MARU, is doing.Texas Transport and Terminal Co., Inc. are agents forthe vessel.

¯ Berthing for 8 vessels

¯ Marginal rall trackage

¯ Simultaneous handling 200 cars

¯ Locomotive cranes, 75-ton derrick

¯ Modern freight handling equipment

¯ Covered area 1,400,000 sq. ft.

Wharves ¯ Warehouses ¯ Cotton Compresses

Owned and Operated by GULF A~TIC WAREHOUSE CO., Houston 1, Texas