Hansen ElectedExchange Prexy

Svend Hansen, president of Hansen& Tideman, Inc., Houston-based steam-ship agents, has been elected presidentof the Houston Cotton Exchange andBoard of Trade for 1968.

Hansen’s election marks the first timethat a person engaged in work otherthan the cotton business has been electedto the post. Hansen is also HonoraryConsul for the Republic of South Africain Texas.

Scanus ShippingCorp. Is Formed

A new steamship agency, ScanusShipping Corporation, tlas been formedby Dedhamship Agencies, Inc., of NewYork and AB August LetIter & Son, ofGothenburg, Sweden, to handle the com-panies’ steamship activities.

Scanus will act as general agents inthe United States for Bahic AmericanLine, Scanscot Freighters Pool, and thetramp vessels of Brostroms’ ShipowningGroup of Sweden and of Atlantic BulkTrading Corporation.

Scanus Shipping Corporation will beunder the active management of JohnJ. Kilbride, formerly of Swedish AtlanticLine, New York. Fowler & McVitie, Inc.will represent Scanus Shipping in theU. S. Gulf, having been associated with

Farrell LinesElect Smith

Thomas J. Smith, formerly executivevice president of Farrell Lines, has beennamed president of the company to suc-ceed C. Carlton Lewis, who died in mid-March, James A. Farrell, Jr., chairmanof the Board of Farre]l Lines Incorpo-rated, has announced.

Smith joined Farrell Lines in 1912

as pier superintendent, working his wayup to jobs of terminal manager, vicepresident of operations, and president ofthe Monrovia Port Management Com-pany, which operates the Port of Mon-rovia for the Liberian government.

FORWARDER MOVESSchenkers, International Forwarders,

Inc. has moved from the World TradeBuilding to Suite 614, The PetroleumBuilding, 1314 Texas Avenue, Houston.The firm’s new telephone number is(713) 224-5561.

Sailings weekly from U.S. gulfports to Brazil, Uruguay andArgentina.Every 10 days to West Africa.

Modern American-flag cargo liners offering dependableexpress services for refrigerated, bulk, dry, liquid, heavy-lift, containerized and general cargoes.

some branches of these Swedish groupssince 1910.

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I) ’lncDirector NamedJLore$

"Henrik P. Rothlisberzer has been Steve© ’

named director, International Sales for A Subsidiary of NORTON, LILLY & CO., INC.R E A Express, A. Philip Visser, vicepresident, international department, hasannounced. Prior to joining R E A inDecember, 1966, Rothlisberger was vice CONTRACTING & CONSULTING STEVEDORESpresident of Rohner, Gehrig & Co., in-ternational freight forwarders, NewYork. His principal re,~ponsibility willbe to coordinate sales activities forR E A’s international department sys-temwide, with special emphasis on con-tainerization, Visser said.

BEN H. MOOREINSURANCE AGENCYBen H. Moore - William C. Moore

MARINE - CASUALTY- FIRECable: MOORDEEN

915 World Trade Bldg. CA 8-5227

GENERAL, BULK & GRAIN CARGO HANDLINGCAR & BARGE LOADING and UNLOADING

NEW ORLEANS1338 INTERNATIONAL TRADE MART

TEL: 522-6101HOUSTON GALVESTON

203 MARINE BLDG. 512 U.S. NAT’L. BANK BLDG.TEL: 222-9601 TEL: 765-9463

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Three giant logging trucks, weighing 15 tonseach, ready for loading aboard the Bank Line’sM. V. WILLOWBANK at the Port of Houston’sLong Reach Docks for direct shipment to theSolomon Islands in the Pacific for Lever PacificTimber Ltd. The units were manufactured inSeattle, Washington, by the Kenworth Motor Co.and shipped by rall to Houston for shipboardloading. Balfour MacLaine Inc. of New York Citywas the shipper with forwarding being handledby W. R. Zanes & Company. Strachan ShippingCompany are Bank Line agents.

We’re No. 1 to the Middle East(Jeddah, Massawa, Assab, Djibouti, Khorramshahr,Bandar Shahpour, Kuwait, Karachi, Bombay, or any-where else your cargo is going in the Middle East)

Call CA 4-6075

CENTRAL OULF711 FANNIN STREET * HOUSTON. TEXASNEW ORLEANS * NEW YORK ̄ BOMBAY

Veteran CaptainTelegraphs His’Slow Engines’

Captain Charles L. Spicer, DeltaSteamship Line’s vice president of oper-ations, is retiring after forty-seven con-secutive years with Delta, at sea andashore.

Captain Spicer first joined Delta (thennamed Mississippi Shipping Co.) asChief Officer aboard the S. S. SAUCONin June of 1921. He later served as mas-ter of several cargo vessels and com-bination cargo-passenger vessels, andwas a long-time Commodore of Deha’sfleet before being transferred ashorefrom the S. S. DEL BRASIL in 1943.

He is a past president of the PropellerClub of New Orleans, and a memberof the Chamber of Commerce, Interna-tional House, The National DefenseTransportation Association, and the Ma-rine Society of the City of New York.

fast and frequent

Deppe Lin elgian Line

H/~_~ri~

between the Gulf and North Europe

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

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The S. S. GENEVIEVE LYKES, lost of the Lykes Bros. Steamship Company’s twelve Gulf Clipper Classvessels designed for the Line’s Far East service was in Houston in April on her maiden voyage.Captain Erwin Jones, center, received the Port’s maiden voyage plaque honoring the vessel fromHouston Junior Chamber of Commerce member Ran Wade, left. Captain James Baker, Lykes portcaptain is on the right.

Saguaro Joins

ConferenceSaguaro Line, offering the only direct

West and Eastbound sailings betweenItalian ports and U. S. Gulf ports, hasjoined the Italy, South Franee-U. S. GulfWestbound Conference, ]an C. UiterwykCompany, Inc., U. S. General Agentsfor the line has announced.

First conference sailing was theLIBERATOR COLOCOTRONIS fromSavona, Genoa, Leghorn and Naples inmid-April for Mobile, New Orleans andHouston.

Nordship NamedNordship Agencies, Inc., of One East

Wacker Drive, Chicago, and the Nord-ship offices in Milwaukee and Detroit,have been appointed Mid West solicita-tion agents for the Fabre Atlantic andGulf services to the Mediterranean.

The appointment of NordshipAgencies, Inc. becomes effective May 1,according to the Columbus Line, generalagent for Fabre Line.

LONGHORNTRANSFER SERVICE, INC.SPECIALIZING---IMPORT/EXPORT TRUCKING

7112 Avenue C Houston, TexasWA 6-2661

"Perfection in Performance is Achieved Onlyby Experience’"

LORETZ & CO. MOVES

Loretz and Company, internationalfreight forwarders, customhouse brokers,insurance agents and shipping consul-tants, has moved its offices to The Pe-troleum Building, Suite 614, 1314 TexasAvenue, 77002, from the World TradeBuilding. The company telephone num-ber, 713-CA 8-4391, remains the same.

Strachan PromotesSeveral Men

Management changes in tile StrachanShipping Company, including the nam-ing of Warren A. Maher of New Orleansvice president-Gulf; William H. Oster-holtz, Jr., former Mobile manager, vicepresident-Florida with offices at Jackson-ville; J. R. Macpherson, Jr., local man-ager-Mobile; and R. S. Wrighton as-sistant local manager-Mobile, have beenannounced by Frank G. Strachan, com-pany president.

MAY, 1968

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

HOUSTON: 1600 N. 7Sth St., WA 3-5551NEW ORLEANS: 2731 Chartres, 945-7975

COMPLETE TESTING ANDINSPECTION SERVICE

¯ AnalyticalChemists

¯ TestingEngineers

¯ MaterialsInspectors

¯ CargoSurveyors

¯ Spectro-graphicAnalysis

SlllLSTONE TESTINGLABORATORY

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

Christi, Baton RougeRepresentatives in all major cities

FEARNLEY & EGER, asia, Norway

Fast Freight, Reefer, Deep Tank and Passenger Service

U.S. GULF / FAR EAST SERVICERegular Sailings From:

HOUSTON ̄ GALVESTON ̄ BEAUMONTMOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS

ALSO OTHER TEXAS PORTS AS CARGO WARRANTS

MANILA ¯ HaNG KONG ¯ BANGKOK ̄ SAIGON ¯ SINGAPORED JAKARTA ¯ PORT SWEI"rENHAM ¯ PENANG ̄ BELAWAN DELl

General Agents Agents:

FEARNLEY & EGER, INC. BIEHL & COMPANYSixth Floor, WORLD TRADE BLDG.,

29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10006 HOUSTON, TEXAS344-3770 CApitol 2-9961

23

Biehl & Company was host at a ship party aboard the Barber MiddleEast Line’s M. V. TUGELA recently at the Port of Houston to honor EinarWettre Bredesen, left, New York representative of Barber Steamship Lines,Inc. Center is George H. McLean, assistant general manager, Reading &Bates Offshore Drilling Company. Don S. Waheed, sales manager for Biehl ison the right.

CABLE: MAHCO FBM 2187

Custon~ouse Brokers -- Foreign Freight Forwarders

Members: Custom Brakers & Forwarders Association o~ America, Inc.

Sanlln Building 802 World Trade Center

New Orleans 12, Louisiana Houston, Texas

Telephone: 529-5941 CApitol 4-8101

TWX-504422-5340 TWX-713-571 - 1283

The S. S. DELTA ARGENTINA, first of five ultra-modern highly automatedAmerican-flag cargo liners being built at Ingalls Shipyard Division of LittonIndustries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, for Delta Stea.mshlp Lines, Inc., received

her maiden voyage plaque at the Port of Houstonin mid-April. Shown with the plaque on the bridgeof the vessel are, left to right, William E. Walker,assistant vice president-Sales; Captain Warren E.Wyman; and L. R. Westerman, manager-Houston,all of Delta. The vessels have an over-all lengthof 522 feet, beam of 70 feet, deadweight ca-pacity of 13,350 tons, bale cubic of 646,869,

47,280 cubic feet of refrigerated space, andliquid cargo space of 1,658 long tons. Design

cruising speed is 18.6 knots with 11,660 shafthorsepower, and in excess of 20 knots when uti-

lizing total power at design draft. Heavy lift ca-pacity is 75 tons. The vessels can be readilyadapted for containerized and unitized cargo op-

erations.

HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL

DISTANCES

INBOUND OUTBOUND

SEA BUOY 00.0 58.5Quarantine Anchorage 6:0 52.5Houston Ship Channel 8.5 50.0Red Fish Light 20.0 38.8Morgan’s Point 33.5 25.0Baytown 37.8 20.7Jacintoport 45.3 14,2Shell Refinery 46,8 11.7Todd Shipyard 49.5 9.0Adams Terminal 4g.9 8.6Hess Terminal 51.5 7.0Pasadena (Crown Dock) 52.8 5.7Galena (Texas Co.) 53.5 5.0Sinco (Sinclair) 54.5 4.0Manchester Terminal 55.2 3.3Signal Oil 55.8 2.7Did Manchester 56.3 2.2Petco 57.3 1.2Long Reach 57.8 .7TURNING BASIN 58.5 O0.0

INTRACOASTALI gMg HousToN GALVESTON FREEPORT

24 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

During ceremonies onboard the Isthmian Line’s S.S. "STEEL MAKER" atHouston in April, Federal Communications Commission Representative DanielCantrell presented to the ship’s radio operator, George MacCartney, theMarconi Memorial "Scroll of Honor." The award was in recognition of theoutstanding service performed during the rescue, from a life raft, of crewmembers of the sinking Spanish ship, MONTE PALOMARES during nearhurricane conditions, at nlgh’b in the North Atlantic. From the left areCaptain R. C. Minor, Master of the STEEL MAKER; "Sparks;" Amos Wood,Marine Superintendent; Cantrell, LCdr. N. Emory, United States Coast Guardand J. E. Davies, vice president of States Marlne-lsthmian Agency, Inc.

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 P¢oblem

ALTO MTEAMSHIPORPORATION/p Agents & 7erm/na/ Operators

WEST GULF EAST GULF7th Floor World Trade Center 2300 International Trade MartHouston, Texas 77002 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130Tel: CA 8-8661 ̄ TWX: 713-571-1421Tel: 524-0701 ° TWX: 504-822-5024

Cable "DALSHIP"

GULF AGENTS FORCOLDEMAR LINE ̄ CONCORDIA LINE * FINNLINES

JUGOLINIJA LINE ̄ N.Y.K. LINE ̄ POLISH OCEAN LINESOFFICES IN: Beaumont ¯ Dallas ̄ Galveston ¯ Memphis ° Mobile ̄ New York

Port Arthur ̄ in Mexico City--Agencia Transoceanica de Vapores, S.A.

Scotsman Gordon B. Laughland, left, on a personal good will tour of theUnited States speaking to church groups and YMCA gatherings, was theguest of Fred James, safety director consultant of Tom Hicks Transport Co.,recently at the World Trade Club. Laughland made a previous visit toHouston and the United States in 1959-60 and has written a book on hisexperiences.

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 Gra~e

*Southbound New Orleens/C. Z. cargo sub]ect to special Bookingarrangements.

IGULF AGENTS

WEST COAST LINE, INC.1113 INTERNATIONAL TRADE MART TOWER

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130 524-6751

HOUSTON NEW YORK GALVESTON817 WORLD TRADE CENTER 17 BATTERY PLACE 706 U.S. NAT’L BANK BLDG.

CA 3-4546 WHITEHALL 3-9600 SO 5-7353

Ship Via HoustonMAY, 1968

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Working Partner with ~the Port of Houston ~Helping developthe Houston-Gulf Coast area

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY

SINCE 1914

Export amd JDomestle Crating

OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS

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

N. Y. K. LINEThree Sailings per Month to

JAPANESE PORTSDALTON STEAMSHIPCORP.

Gulf General Agents

Cable Address: "Dalship"

Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ Beaumont ¯ Port Arthur ¯ Dallas ¯ NewOrleans ¯ Memphis ̄ Mobile

WARREN PETROLEUMCORPORATION

NATURAL GASOLINEGULF WARRENGAS

Tulsa, Oklahoma Houston, Texas

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The 1968 Maid of Cotton, Miss Susan Holder, left, a sophomore at Mis-sissippi State College for Women, was in Houston recently with Maid ofCotton Tour manager Estelle Heard, right. The Maid of Cotton contest andtour is sponsored by the National Cotton Council to increase the use of cottonin fashion design. Foley’s Department Stores sponsored Miss Holder’s activi-ties, including a luncheon fashion show and a series of television apparances.

Meeting for lunch and business discussions in the World Trade Clubrecently were, left to right, J. L. Campbell, foreign freight agent, SouthernPacific Railway; William Stout, CRC-Crose International, Houston basedpipeline laying and equipment company; John de Lucia of Ford Motor Co.,S. A., Mexico City; and C. A. Rousser, Jr., district sales representative,Port of Houston.

Personnel changes at the Houston office of the United Fruit Co. lastmonth saw B. B. Bennett, for the last several years manager of freighttraffic sales in Houston, transferred to Chicago in a like capacity. HereBennett, at left, shakes hands with T. F. Heidbrink who has been namedfreight agent in Houston to replace him. At right is Dick C. Chirllng,freight traffic manager of the United Fruit, with headquarters in New York.

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

THE PORT OF HOUSTON--as advertised in VOGUE! When Houston’s fashionable Sakowltz storesdecided to feature Houston and its attractions in the April issue of VOGUE MAGAZINE, one of theplaces they selected--along with the Domed Stadlum--was, quite naturally, the busy Port. This photoappeared both in VOGUE and in newspaper advertisements and, because of its shapely approach tothings nautical, the PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE reproduces it here. The figure in the backgroundis an Eastern Airlines captain,, not the master of one of the more than 4500 ships entering the Portof Houston each year. He can jet you to San Antonio to enjoy HemisFair--another attraction featuredin the Sakowitz promotion.

AMROCK IN NEW JOB

Jan C. Uiterwyk Company, Inc., steam-ship agents for a number of lines servingthe U. S. Gulf, has appointed Edward S.Amrock, Jr. as manager of the firm’snew mid-Western office in Chicago, Il-linois at 327 South La Salle Street. Am-rock served with Alcoa Steamship Com-pany in New Orleans, Milwaukee andChicago.

Uiterwyk is agent for Azta Line, Flo-merca Gulf Line, Florida Lines, SaguaroLine, Capital Line and Oost AtlanticKijn, a tramping operation in the Gulfand Caribbean area.

E. S. Binnings, Inc.Steamship Agents

711 FANNIN, SUITE 906Telephone: CApital 5-0531

HOUSTON, TEXAS

C. R. LINES--Far East Service(Manila and Far East)

#FRENCH LINE

(French Atlantic)

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

GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE

Central America, Cglambia, Ecuador, PeruPanama via Cristobal

OFFICESNEW ORLEANS HOUSTON

MEMPHIS GALVESTONST. LOUIS DALLAS

MAY, 1968 27

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. (212) 943-8600

Gulf Agents

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

ClHaNNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITYMEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ MILWAUKEE

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GULF

~~ PORTS

The .~hipping ~’orporalion Of lndia LId,

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Captain E. L. King, right, master of the tugZEUS of the Intracoastal Towing & TransportationCorp., recently received a letter of thanks andcommendation for the vessel’s crew from CaptainP. J. Neely, left, presiding officer of the HoustonPilots. The letter praised the ZEUS master andcrew "for their valiant efforts in assisting theS. S. CHRISTIANE during the early hours ofJanuary 16, 1968, after a collision . . . That thetrustworthy assistance given by the tug ZEUS wasabove the call of every day duties and has beennoted by the Houston Pilots, and regarded in thehighest calibre of seamanship."

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

28 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

The Offshore Company’s rig, JUBILEE, a giantseif-contained jack-up drilling platform, recently

started on the longest known trip for such a plat-form, some 14,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexicoto Western Australia. Tokyo Shipping Company’s8000 H.P. tug AMARYLLIS is towing the 130 feet

wide platform southwest across the AtlanticOcean, around the Cape of Good Hope and

across the indian Ocean to Australia because theJUBILEE is too large to pass through the PanamaCanal. The AMARYLLIS is represented by Dalton

Steamship Corporation and made her first towto the Gulf of Mexico with the 9,500 ton Brown

& Root plpe-lay and crane barge L. B. MEADERSfrom Japan to Houston in mid-summer 1967.

The World Trade Club of Houston, located in the World Trade Building, has promoted three membersof its staff to management positions. John P. Marriott, right, was named manager; Alton Evans, center,is the Club’s new chef, and Gilbert Salinas, left, a member of the original staff at the World TradeClub, is now Club maitre d’. Announcement of the promotions was made by club president H. R.Matriscianl.

Ship Via The Port of Houston

INDEPENDENTGULF LINE

(Vinke & Co., Amsterdam, Managers)

REGULAR SERVICEto and from the

CONTINENT

8~rIpPIN(~ C O P,,P ORAT ZOlq’

General Agent U.S.A.

Houston ̄ Galveston ̄ New YorkNew Orleans ¯ MemphisBaltimore ̄ Philadelphia

Refrigerated Space Available

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

:|

HO USTON PI LOTS~" 6302 GULF FREEWAY

~¢ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77023MAY, 1968 29

HOUSTONSTEAMSHIP AGENTSALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOWLER & McVITIE, INC.711 Fannin, CA 4-6075 Cotton Exchange Building, CA 4-9795

Maersk LineAMERIND SHIPPING CORP. The East Asiatic Co., Ltd.110 Marine Building, CA 7-5335 Antilles Shipping Co.

American Export and Isbrantsen Lines FURNESS, WITHY & CO., LTD.Cargo Ships and Tankers, Inc.Fabre Line 814 World Trade Building, CA 7-1521Independent Gulf Line Blue Sea LineSeaway Shipping Corp. Furness LineShip Services, Ltd.; U.S. Bulk Carriers, London Express Service

Inc. ; Western Agency, Inc. Scandinavian American LineJames W. Elwell & Company Nordana LineWestern TankersCorporation GULF COAST SHIPPING CORP.Clipper Marine Corporation 204 Marine Bldg., CA 5-0869Westwaters Management, Inc. China Merchants Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.Colonial Tankers Corporation Eddie Steamship Lines, Inc.

AYERS STEAMSHIP CO., INC. JugooceanijaLines509 World Trade Building, CA 7-3261 Retla Steamship Co., Inc.

Constellation Line Transamerican SS Corp.Maritime Company of the Philippines GULF MOTORSHIPS, INC.Ocean-Wide Shipping Co., Ltd. 1316 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 7-0215

BIEHL & COMPANY China Union Lines6th Floor, World Trade Building, CA 2-9961 Cobelfret Lines

Wallenius Lines

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

Agrimar De PanamaBelgian African LineCorporacion Peruana De VaporesDeppe Line/Belgian LineFederal Commonwealth LineFederal Pacific Lakes LineFred. Olsen Interocean LineIrish Shipping LimitedMoran International Towing CorporationPacific Far East LineSouth African Marine CorporationSurinam Line

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, PortugalVega Line

LE BLANC.PARR, INC.Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 4-1893

Harrison LineHellenic Line

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

Fern LineNopal Line (Northern Pan AmericanNopal 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.Marine Express LineFarrell Lines

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

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

(Grancolombiana Line)French LineHansa Line

BLETSCH STEAMSHIP CO.Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 5-1939

Orient Mid-East Line

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

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

Ferrarhos LineGallen LineOrient Overseas Far East LineOrient Overseas Southeast Asia LineOrient Overseas Continental LineStephen Bros. LineTorm Line

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIPCO., INC.

Cotton Exchange Building, 3rd Floor, CA 7-7211Gulf & South American S.S. Co.Lykes African LineLykes Caribbean LineLykes Continent LineLykes Mediterranean LineLykes Orient LineLykes United Kingdom LineFarrell Lines

NORTON, LILLY & CO.203 Marine Bldg., CA 2-9601

Jayanti Shipping Co., Ltd.Lauro LineShipping Corporation of India

RETLA STEAMSHIP CO., INC.313 Marine Building, CA 7-3108

Retla Steamship Co., Inc.

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 Service

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

Coldemar LineCuneordia LineFinnlinesJugolinija LineN. Y. K. LinePolish Ocean Lines

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

Stevenson LinesMarchessini Lines

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

Delta East Coast South America LineDelta West Africa Line

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

Truck Trailer Coastwise Service

STATES MARINE-ISTHMIANAGENCY, INC.

Cotton Exchange Building, CA 7-3374Agents For

Bloomfield Steamship Co.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

ServiceSTATES SHIPPING AGENCY912 World Trade Bldg., CA 5-0357

Atlantic Shipping Company, S.A.Edm Van Meerbeeck & Co., S.A.

STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.Cot~n Exchange Building, CA 8-1431

Argentine LinesBank LineChilean LineHoegh LinesMexican LineMitsui-OSK Lines, Ltd.Nedlloyd LineRoyal Netherlands LineSwedish-Atlantic LineUnterweser ReedereiWilhelmsen Lines

TEXAS TRANSPORT &TERMINAL CO., INC.

llth Floor, 711 Fannin. CA 5-5461Anco Tanker Parcel ServiceCunard Brocklebank ServiceP. N. Djakarta LloydHolland-America 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

Company

TRANSATLANTIC SHIPPINGAGENCY, INC.

1326 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 4-5805Belgo-American LineFerro Union CorporationUnimar GmbH

JAN C. UITERWYK CO., INC.711 Fannin, CA 7-9365

Contramar LineAzta LineFlomerca Gulf ServiceBlue Ribbon LineOost Atlantic LijnSaguaro Line

UNITED FRUIT COMPANYFreight Tral~c Department908 World Trade Bldg., CA 5-3597

United Fruit Company

WILKENS SHIPPING CO.Cotton Exchange Building, CA 7-4395

Waterman Steamship Corp.

J. M. COOK COMPANY817 World Trade Building, CA 3-4546

Black Star LineSeven Stars LineTurkish Cargo LinesWest Coast LineZim Israel Lines

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HOUSTON: link in the chain of Lykes 6 trade routes

Generations of LYKES shipping experience areback of today’s outstanding service to the ~ ¯export-import trade,

d H LAIh¯ L|NESOur new carg° fleet is am°ng America’s finest an~~l/~ ~j~__ ~_~fastest with more 20-knot ships than any othersingle privately-owned fleet in the world. They ~|are regularly and dependably scheduled. ~ ¯ LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC.

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Offices and Agents in the United States and in Principal World Ports

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GET YOUR SHIP SUPPLIESWhere Stocks are Complete... More Than

50,000 Items On HandComplete deck & engine, provisions, electrical, steward

sundries and fire protection departments.

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Speeding cash flow from the middle east is another example of how our InternationalBanking Department keeps its customers’ far-flung enterprises operating smoothly. Many of our cus-tomers deal in new and used petroleum equipment in the Middle East. They rely on the Southwest’s

largest international banking department to see that remittances on their sales reach their home officesas quickly as possible. With correspondent banks throughout the world, we expedite payments and

collections on a world-wide basis. We issue letters of credit covering the importation and exportationof goods, deliver credit reports on foreign names, and otherwise provide full banking serv-ice anywhere it is needed overseas. Wherever you do business, you’ll appreciate the inter-

Mnational outlook of the Bank That Serves You Best. BANK OF THE SOUTHWESTBank of The Southwest National Association, Houston, Texas 77001 / (713) 225-1551// Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

POSTALASTER: If not delivered infive days, return to P. 0. Box 2562,Houston, Texas 77001. Return re-quested.

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THIS IS LONG REACHBags of cocoanut are lowered onto Long Reach Docksfrom the SS WILLIAM LYKES. Shipped from the Philip-pines, the cocoanut is destined for Dallas where it will beused in candy bars. Broker was R. W. Smith & Company.

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