The S.S. JAMES LYKES was the first ocean-going vessel refueled last month from the new Gulf Oilmarine bunkering facility on the Houston Ship Channel. The new Gulf terminal, adjacent to the com-pany’s exlstln~ marketing and LPG terminals, has storage capacity for 155,000 barrels of bunker "c"and 64,500 barreFs of heavy diesel fuels. Special blending equipment permits formulation of a widerange of marine fuels. Gulf’s marine bunkering service serves vessels at more than 150 ports in theU.S. and overseas.

E. S. Binnings, Inc.Steamship Agents

711 FANNIN, SUITE 906Telephone: CApitol 5-0531

HOUSTON, TEXAS

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

FRENCH LINE(French AtJantlc)

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

GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE

Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, PeruPanama via Cristobal

OFFICESNEW ORLEANS HOUSTON

MEMPHIS GALVESTONST. LOUIS DALLAS

Cable Address "’RICE," Houston

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.

HOUSTONCotton Exchange Bldg.

DALLASCotton Exchange Bldg.

GALVESTON

INTRACOASTALTOWING& TRANSPORTATION CORP.

HOUSTON e GALVESTON

CORPUS CHRISTI

FREEPORT

SEPTEMBER, 1966 23

UNITED STEVEDORINGDivision Ot

States Marine Lines, Inc.Cotton Exchange Bldg.

CA 7-0687 CA 7-3374

BEN H. MOOREINSURANCE

MARINE - CASUALTY - FIRECable: MOORDEEN

915 World Trade Bldg. CA 8-5227

FEDERAL BARGEton is themost

The M/V A

WhateverFBL will

611 EAST MARCEAU S

"The floatedthe two

he M/V UNITED STATES--9,000 h,p.

g the rivers--

FEDERALBARGE

LINES, INC.

FA ST SER VICETO THE CONTINENTAND SCANDINAVIA

Alternate Service

WILHELMSEN LINES--SWEDISH AMERICAN HNERegular Freight and Refrigerated Service

FROM GULF PORTSto

LE HAVRE - ANTWERP - GHENT - ROTTERDAMBREMEN - HAMBURG

OSLO - GOTHENBURG - COPENHAGEN - MALMOSTOCKHOLM - HELSINKI - GDYNIA

STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYGENERAL AGENTS

Houston Office1400 Cotton Exchange Bldg. CA 8-1431

Other OfficesGalveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Miami, Port Everglades, Jacksonville,

Savannah, Dallas, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City,Chicago, Atlanta, Cincinnati

New York AgentsBarber Steamship Lines, Inc.- Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd.

Anderson To HeadCunard Line

Cunard Line commercial director NickAnderson ~ill take over tile rumfin?:of the c,mapany’s operation in NorthAmerica on January 1, 1967 when thepresent joint general managers. Vin-cent A. l)emo and Charles J. Moran,retire.

An&,rson. age 39, has heen with Cu-nard sin(’c 1950 and has served ira ~ari-ous capacities at the company’s officesin L(mdon. Southampton. Liverpool andnex~ }ork. He was elected to the CunardLine board in September of 1965.

Anderson’s appointment will be of-ficially described as Director of Cunardin North America, but he will be knownin the United States as President ofCunard Line Limited in the UnitedStates and Canada. He will be basedmainly at lhe company’s New Yorkheadquarters at 25 Broadway.

Containers Deliveredl:ruehauf Division of Fruehauf Cor-

poration tins delivered 200 containersand 50 truck-trailer ehas.sis to UnitedStates Lines of New York City to imple-ment this steamship company’s new highspeed containerliner shipping servmebetween East Coast ports and Europe.

John Baker. vice president-sales, ~idthe aluminum containers arc eight feethigh, eight feet wide. 40 feet long with2,233 cuhie feet of cargo space fortransporting dry freight commodities onland. rail or water.

b\ I~l J::]\\\ \\\

INDEPENDENTGULF LINf

(Vinke & Co., Amsterdam, Managers)

REGULAR SERVICEto and from the

CONTINENT

s~rIPPII~C. CO l%PO P.~T ~ON

General Agent U.S.A.

Houston ̄ Galveston ̄ New YorkNew Orleans ¯ MemphisBaltimore ̄ Philadelphia

Refrigerated Space Available

24 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Pressure vessels await loading beside theM.S. ATLANTIC BREEZE for shipment to the Gulfof Suez where they will be part of a $20 millionproject to build a harbor with storage and tankerloading facilities, pipelines, an operations base,and crude oil processing equipment near the townof Rasgharab. The project is a joint venture be-tween Pan American Petroleum Corporation andthe Egyptian Petroleum Corporation. The pressurevessels were part of approximately 460 tons ofequipment manufactured by Brown and Root, Inc.Star Forwarders, Inc. handled forwarding on thetotal shipment of some 3,000 tons. Biehl andCompany were ship’s agents.

Somewhat out of place amid the importedcompact cars on the Port of Houston wharves, aveteran Parisian bus from the Place de L’Operaawaits the last leg of one of its strangest journeys:a trip to the Nelman-Marcus Company in Dallasto participate in the store’s upcoming FrenchPageant. The 33-year-old veteran (it was builtin 1933) arrived on the CHRISTOPHER LYKESand is being handled by Common Market For-warders, Ltd.

WE’RE No.1 TO THEEAST.

MIDDLE

Direct service from HOUSTON tothe Red Sea, Persian Gulf,. India, Pakistan,or wherever your cargo is going in theMiddle East.

Call CA 4-6075 and get a quick decision onyour cargo booking. No red tape. See whatit’s like today.

~ ~EN/.RA / ~U/Fu~,711 FANNIN STREET, HOUSTON, TEXASNE W ORL EA NS ¯ NE W YORK ̄ GA L VES TON ¯ BOMBA Y

Things happen when you call Central GulfSEPTEMBER, 1966 25

AN AMERICAN FLAG FREIGHTER

Every 10 DaysFast, efficient cargo handlingfrom Gulf Ports to Panama*, theWest Coast of South America

GULF & SOUTH AMERICANSTEAMSHIP CO.

831 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

In other cities contact Lykes or Grace

*Southbound New Orleans/C. Z. cargo subject to special Bookingarrangements.

Working Partner with ~the Port of Houston~Helping develop ~~.\’ .’~the Houston- ~ NGulf Coast area /~’~

t~ HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY

SINCE 1914

Export and Domestic Crating

OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS

TRANSFER & STORAGE COo812-20 Live Oak St. Phone FA 3-2323

N. Y. K. LINEThree Sailings per

DALTON STEAMSHIPCORP.Gulf General Agents

Cable Address: "Dalship"

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

Orleans ¯ Memphis ̄ Mobile

Arnuls Mattes, center, departing vice consul of Germany, and Dr.Heinznorbert Holl, left, new German vice consul who replaces him, wereguests of David B. Esterson, right, British vice consul (Information), recentlyat the Houston World Trade Club at a farewell lunch for Mattes.

Phone: SO 2-3191 Nite: SO 3-4090SO 2-3861 SO 3-2545

GULF COAST SUPPLY CO.Mechanical Equipment

Spare Parts -- Marine Specialties

16th and Water Streets Galveston, Texas

PORT HOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP.6917 NAVIGATION BLVD. ¯ P. 0. BOX 9206

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

WARREN PETROLEUMCORPORATION

V

NATURAL GASOLINEGULF WARRENGAS

Tulsa, Oklahoma Houston, Texas

Ship ViaPort of Houston

26 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Two Colombian port officials will pursue atwo-months’ training program at the Port ofHouston under the Puertos Amigos program ofthe Organization of American States and theAmerican Association of Port Authorities. JalmePieschacon, left, is assistant to the head of theoperations division of the Colombian Ports Author-ity in Bogota, the capital. Next to him is Ed-gardo Rosales, director of port operations atBarranquilla, and at right ~s Hon. Marino Saicedo,Consul General of Colombia. They are shownwith their host, C. G. Seaman of the Port ofHouston operations department, who has ar-ranged their program.

SHiP VIAPORT OFHOUSTON

COMPLETE TESTING ANDINSPECTION SERVICE

¯ AnalyticalChemists

¯ TestingEngineers

¯ MaterialsInspectors

¯ CargoSurveyors

¯ Spectro-graphicAnalysis

SHILSTONE TESTINGLABORATORY

1714 WEST CAPITOL AVE., HOUSTONOffices: Houston, New Orleans, Corpus

Christi, Baton RougeRepresentatives in all major cities

Compania Sud Americana de VaporesExpress Freight Service From

HOUSTON ̄ GALVESTONMOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS

AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGO OFFERS

TO

ECUADOR ̄ PERUBOLIVIA ¯ CHILE

29 Broadway, New York, N. Y.Tel. WHitehall 3 8600

Gulf Agents

STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ̄ MOBILEGALVESTON ̄ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUIS

CINCINNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITYMEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ MILWAUKEE

Deppe Lin " elgian Line

.~r~

between the Gull and North Europe

idemann, Inc./Steamship Agents All Cotton Ports and Markets

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

)~

!! HOUSTON PILOTS (

6302 GULF FREEWAY

HOUSTON 23, TEXASSEPTEMBER, 1966 27

,.HELLENICL1NEg LIMITED

40 VESSELSSERVE

HELLENIC SHIPPERSUNDER THIS

FLAG!

Frequent SailingsExpress Serviceto and from the

MEDITERRANEANRED SEA

ARABIAN GULFand

INDIAPAKISTANCEYLONBURMA

Refrigerated SpaceDeep Tanks ̄ Heavy Lifts

Passenger Accommodations

HELLENIC LINES UMITED319 International Trade Mart

New Orleans 12

Houston Agent

LE BLANC-PARR, INC.616 Cotton Exchange Building

CA 2-2259AREA CODE 713

28

A reception was held on the M.V. CARTAGENA DE INDIAS recently for Houston area shippers.From the left are Owen J. Woggenspack, Houston office manager for E. S. Binnings, Inc.; IgnacioRestrepo, Southern Representative for Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A,; Captain Paulino Eche-varria; Consul General Marina Gaicedo of Colombia, and Consul General Jarge Benzaquen of Peru.The Grancolombiana Line regularly sails from the Port of Houston to Central America and the Northand West Coast of South America.

CABLE: MAHCO FBM 2187

M. G. Co.. I,¢.Customhouse Brokers -- Foreign Freight Forwarders

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

Sanlln Building 802 World Trade CenterNew Orleans 12, Louisiana Houston, Texas

Telephone: 529-5941 CApitol 4-8101TWX-504-822-5340 I"WX-713-571-1283

Put your freight inCunard’s hands

Fast, regular service be-tween Liverpool, Man-chester, London, Glasgowand Gulf ports in ships ofthe Cunard and Brockle-bank fleets.

125 years of"Know-how"

Cunard Line, New York: 25 BroadwayFunch, Edye & Co. Inc., New Orleans:

Gulf General Agents, 442 Canal Street, Sanlin Bldg.Offices and Agents in all major cities in the U.S. and Canada

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Harrison LineHas Centennial

The Harri~n Line. Liverpool, Eng-land, the oldest steamship line servingthe Port of New Orleans. celebrated100 years of service to the port onAugust 25, at a reception given byLe Blanc-Parr, Inc., U. S. general agentsfor the line.

After having run tile bh)ckade duringthe Civil War, the line began its regu-lar service with the sailing of the FireQueen, famed blockade runner, on Au-gust 25, 1866. During the colorful100 years, through four major wars, theline has continued its service, uninter-rupted, and has provided as many as54 sailings a year.

Harrison today operates a fortnightlyservice from all Gulf ports to Liver-pool/Manchester, England. and Glasgow,Scotland, with on-carriage to the variousother United Kingdom ports.

S.C.I. BUYS FIRMThe Shipping Corporation of India

has assumed operation and managementof the Jayanti Shipping Co., Inc., pro-viding regular monthly service betweenU.S. and Canadian Pacific gulf portsand India. Norton, Lilly & Company,Inc., LI.S. general agents for S.C.Llines will be general agents for Jayantialso.

NAME REPRESENTATIVESThor Eckert & Company, Inc., General

Agents in the United States of SkipsA/S Viking Line providing independent,regular service between U. S. East Coastports, Venezuela and Trinidad, has ap-pointed the Chicago, Cleveland and Mil-waukee offices of the United States Nav-igation Co., Inc. as sales representativesfor tile Viking Line.

LONGHORNTRANSFER SERVICE, INC.SPECIALIZI NG~IMPORT/EXPORT TRUCKING

7112 Avenue C Houston, TexasWA 6-2661

"Perfection in Performance is Achieved Onlyby Experience"

GULF PORTS CRATING CO.Export PackingCommercial---MilitaryBoxing~Crating~Processing

1600 H. 7$th ffdtreet WA 3-5551

SERVING THE GULF COAST, MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN

HOUSTON GALVESTON CORPUS CHRISTI

329 Port of Houston U.S. Natl. Bank Bldg. Cargo Dock No. 9World Trade Building Phone: SO 3-2428 P.O. Box 1837

Phone: CA 7-1128 Cable: SANDY Phone: TU 4-8791

Dalton Steamship CorporationSHIP AGENTS AND OPERATORS

TERMINAL OPERATORS AND STEVEDORES

Agents for

FINNLINES

COLDEMAR LINE ¯ CONCORDIA LINE

N.Y.K. LINE ¯ POLISH OCEAN LINE ¯ JUGOLINI]A LINE

Seventh Floor, WORLD TRADE BLDG. HOUSTON 2, TEXAS

Cables "DALSHIP" ¯ Teletype 713-571-1421-1422 ¯ Telephone CA8-866110 LINES

Offices in GALVESTON, BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, DALLAS, NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS,MOBILE and NEW YORK

SEPTEMBER, 1966 29

I louston Steamship AgentsABAUNZA STEAMSHIP AGENCY

CORP.203 Marine Bldg., CA 2-9601

China Merchants Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.Lauro LineShipping Corporation of India

ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY711 Fannin, CA 4-6075

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

American Export and Isbrantsen LinesCargo Ships and Tankers, Inc.Fabre LineIndependent Gulf LineSeaway Shipping Corp.Ship Services, Ltd.; U.S. Bulk Carriers,

Inc.; Western Agencies, Inc.

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

Constellation LineFerrarhos LinesKorea Shipping Corporation, Ltd.Maritime Company of the Philippines

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

Fern LineNopal Line (Northern Pan American)Nopal West Africa LineHamburg American LineInsco Lines, Ltd.North German LloydOzean/Stinnes LinesSidarma LineMamenic LineScindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.Barber Middle East LineL. Smit & Co.’sSmit-Lloyd, N.V.C. Clausen Steamship Co., Ltd.

E. S. BINNINGS, INC.711 Fannin, CA 5-0531

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

(Grancolombiana Line)French LineHansa Line

BLETSCH STEAMSHIP CO.1316 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 7-0215

Cobelfret LinesOrient Mid-East Line

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

Berth Agents--Sce 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.

711 Fannin, CA 4-6075Central Gulf-Mediterranean LineCentral Gulf-Red Sea LineCentral Gulf-Persian Gulf LineCentral Gulf-India/Pakistan LineCentral Gulf-World Wide Full Cargo

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

Boomerang Cargo LineColdemar LineConcordia LineJugoslavaska Linijska PlovidbaLineas de Navegacion MambesasN. Y. K. LinePolish Ocean Line

3O

DEEPSEA AGENTS, INC.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 4-9798

Stevenson Lines

DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC.1300 Texas Avenue, CA 7-5101

Delta East Coast South America LineDelta West Africa Line

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

Antilles Shipping Co.East Asiatic Co. Lines

FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC.814 World Trade Building, CA 7-1521

Blue Sea LineCunard Steamship Co., Ltd.London Mexico LineScandinavian American LineThos. & Jno. Brocklebank, Ltd.Nordana Line

GULF COAST SHIPPING CORP.313 Marine Bldg., CA 5-0869

Cathay Navigation Co. Ltd.Dovar LinesEddie Steamship Lines, Inc.Jugooceanija LinesRetla Steamship Co., Inc.Tica Lines

GULF MOTORSHIPS, INC.1316 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 7-0215

China Union LinesWallenius Lines

HANSEN & TIDEMANN, INC.16th Floor, Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 3-4181

Corporacion Peruana de Vapores, S. A.Deppe Line/Belgian LineFederal Commonwealth LineFederal Pacific Lakes LineInterocean LineIranian Shipping Lines, S.A.Irish Shipping, Ltd.Jayanti LinePacific Far East LineSouth African Marine Corporation, Ltd.Surinam Navigation Company

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

Harrison LineHellenic Line

LONE STAR SHIPPING, INC.1505 Texas Avenue, CA 4-7531

Azta LineContinental LinesContramar LinesFlomerca LineGulf Lines, Ltd.Gulf Caribbean LineOrient Overseas LineTorm 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 LineFarrell Lines

KERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY,INC.

506 Caroline CA 7-0165Columbus Line Australian ServiceKawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.Japan-Korea-Formosa, Hong KongLloyd Brasileiro Line BrazilNervion Line Spanish Mediterranean

North Spain, PortugalSEA-LAND SERVICE, INC.8402 Clinton Drive, OR 2-6651

Truck Trailer Coastwise ServiceSTATES MARINE-ISTHMIAN

AGENCY, INC.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 7-3374

Agents ForBloomfield Steamship Co.

Gulf-West Coast Ukay ServiceGulf.European Service

Isthmian Lines, Inc.Isthmian Gulf-Mediterranean ServiceIsthmian Gulf-Red Sea/Persian Gulf

ServiceIsthmian Gulf-India/Pakistan ServiceIsthmian Gulf-Hawaiian Service

States Marine Lines, Inc.States Marine-Continental ServiceStates Marine-Far East ServiceStates Marine-Mediterranean ServiceStates Marine-World Wide Full Cargo

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

Argentine LinesBank LineChilean LineHoegh Line North Africa-Middle EastMexican LineMitsui OSK Lines, Ltd.Nedlloyd LineRoyal Netherlands LineSwedish-American LineWilhelmsen Lines

TEXAS TRANSPORT &TERMINAL CO., INC.

llth Floor 711 Fannin, CA 5-5461Booth LineP. N. D jakarta LloydHolland-America LineMexican LineNavigazione Aha Italia (Creole Line)Yamashita-Shinnihon LineUnion of Burma Five Star LineC. A. Venezolana de Navegacion

(Venezuelan Line)Westwind Africa LineWysmuller Ocean Towage & Salvage

CompanyTRANSATLANTIC SHIPPING

AGENCY, INC.1326 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 4-5805

Atlantic Shipping Company, S.A.Edm van Mecrbeeck & Co., S.A.Ferro Union CorporationUnimar GmbH

UNITED FRUIT COMPANYFreight Traffic Department908 World Trade Bldg., CA 5-3597

United Fruit CompanyWATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 3-4546

Waterman Steamship CorporationWEST COAST LINE817 World Trade Building, CA 3-4549

Black Star LineSeven Stars LineTurkish Cargo LinesThule Ship Agency, Inc.West Coast LineZim Israel Lines

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

0ql,,,

ql,,,, =

I

32 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

8z

I--_=

.J ,~ .,J ¯ .

¯ ’-~ ,~>~

c -

.J ~i. ,,J ,~

~

¯ r.~ ~

~~= "~

~ -= ~3 < o ~

<

O000oo (~o

~. ~. N

.J

$

~...~ ~ =,-~.~ ....

= el.... .Jl~,

..... .,-~1 >

..I (.~

O Er~-~’~ ,~

E ~.=_

<

|

e,i e,l

E

I-- =D=

~g

,.-I, >.~

> ,~

~3

w .

33

usingwalkie-talkiesto give you evenfaster fueling! ’,Your fueling instructions are radioed instantly fromthe Humble terminal to pipeline crews on the docks.This innovation at Port Houston is a logical develop-ment in Humble’s continuing effort to give the verybest bunkering service possible. In practically every in-stance we can have fuel moving from our pipeline intoyour vessel’s tanks within a few minutes after receivingyour fueling schedule- and this can be done regard-less of weather conditions.

For the fastest delivery of the "World’s First Choice"fuels and lubricants specify Humble.

HUMBLEOIL & REFINING COMPANY

¯ . . AMERICA’S LEADING ENERGY COMPANY

Shipping to South Africa?¯.Ship the preferred way, via Safmarine’s direct scheduledservice by men who know their business and the country best

Remember--on your next shipment save time and money

¯.. go direct !

~ .~ SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE CORP. [N.Y.]

FROM: HOUSTON, GALVESTON, NEW ORLEANS. SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON.BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK. TO: CAPETOWN, PORT ELIZABETH,~-AST LONDON, DURBAN, LOURENCO, MAROUES AND BEIRA.

C. T. O. LINECompagnie Maritimes Des Chargeurs Reunis

Direct from g. 5. Gulf

Regular Independent Service

ToHONG KONG~MANILA~AND FAR EAST

Regular Liner Service ToSINGAPORE--D JAKARTA--BANGKOK

PENANG

E. S. BINNINGS, INC.Gulf Agents

711 FANNIN, SUITE 906, HOUSTON, TEXAS¢r

OfficesGALVESTON--NEW ORLEANS--DALLAS--MEMPHIS

ST LOUIS

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

34 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Nyhavn Canal, Copenhagen--Denmark’s capital and largest seaport

IN DENMARK...You Receive The Best Financial Counsel

Through Our Affiliation With Local Banks

When your foreign business is entrusted to our International Banking Depart-ment, you receive the benefit of our affiliation with large, competent, knowl-edgeable, local banks in every country of the Free World. Because of the localbank’s on-the-ground knowledge and experience, we get things done quicklyand efficiently. Our correspondents understand government policies. They knowlocal business leaders. They keep abreast of local financial conditions. Membersof our international banking staff (the largest in the entire Southwest) makefrequent trips to foreign capitals. Their continuing personal contacts maintainbanking relationships abroad so necessary for serving all your financial require-ments overseas. May we put our international banking facilities to work for you?

~Bank of the

outhwestHOUSTON ¯ Member F.D I.C.

THEBANK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

POSTMASTER: If not delivered infive days, return to P. O. Box 2562,Houston 1, Texas. Return requested. BULK RATE

U. S. POSTAGEPAID

Houston, TexasPermit No. 5441

For Cotton Mills "’Down Under"

\

THIS IS LONG REACHHeavy bales of cotton are easily loaded aboard theSS SPRUCEBANK at Long Reach Docks. The cargo isdestined for Sydney, Australia. Stone forwarding Com-pany is forwarder; Strachan Shipping Company isagent; J. R. Tindall Cotton Co. is shipper.

i ..... iiil~

¯ Be~hing for 8 vesse!s ¯ Eocomotive cranes, 75~ton derrick

¯ Marginal ’ " ..................................................rail frackag Modernfrelghthandhng~uapment

¯Covered

Wharves ¯

Operated by GULF ATLANTIC WAREHOUSE CO., Houston 1, Texas