Flying the United States flag, the M/VAUSTRAL ENTENTE, made her maiden voyage tothe Port of Houston’s Barbours Cut Terminal.Owned by new York-based Farrell Lines, Inc., the813-foot vessel can accommodate 1,708 teu’s.Farrell Lines has a fleet of 19 vessels. From theleft at the maiden voyage ceremony are: TonyRivolis, Customer Services Manager, SouthernRegion, Farrell Lines; Dick Wilkens, OperationsManager, Southern Region, Farrell Lines; W.H.Farrell, Area Manager, U.S. Guff, Farrell Lines;Ricky Kunz, District Manager, Farrell Lines;Captain A. Jefferson, Master of the vessel; JohnP. Horan, Assistant Manager of MarineOperations, Port of Houston Authority; KevinFarrell, Line Manager for the Australian-NewZealand Service, and Steve McVille, VesselOperations, Farrell Lines.

Columbus LineNames Sales VP

Dennis Caren of Columbus Line hasbeen promoted to Vice President -Marketing and Sales.

Mr. Caren, formerly MidwestManager of Columbus Line inChicago, was transferred to New Yorkin June 1978.

U.S. GULF:JAPANand FAR EAST with

MifsuiO.S.K.LinesFast, dependable, direct service between the U. S.Gulf and Japan/Far East is provided by MitsuiO.S.K. Lines. Both breakbulk and container viamini-land bridge, plus trampers with heavy liftcapacity.

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Pakistan NationalSh,plxng Corporat,on IGeneral Agents: CROSSOCEAN SHIPPING CO., INC.New York (212)432-1160Gulf Agents: PRUITT SHIPPING CO., INC.Houston (713)228-4000 New Orleans (504)522-2142

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6OPort of Houston Magazine

Port Commissioner John Garrett was honoredrecently at an appreciation dinner sponsored bythe City of LaPorte and other communities in EastHarris County. More than 1,500 people attendedthe barbecue at the Sylvan Beach Pavilion. Inaddition to his Port activities, Mr. Garrett is ViceChairman of the Texas Department of WaterResources, President of the Richmond RoadCompany, President of the First National Bank ofDeer Park, and an active leader in many civicenterprises. Among those who honored Mr.Garrett were Fentress Bracewell, Chairman of thePort of Houston Authority Commission (above) he addressed the large gathering. On the rightare Howard J. Middleton, a fellow PortCommissioner, left, Mr. Garrett, center, andCounty Commissioner Jim Fonteno, who is aformer Port Commissioner.

Ryan ChoosesHouston Firm

Ryan Temperature Recorders hasselected Logistics International, Inc., aHouston-based international marketingfirm, to expand the use of Ryan Re-corders to include the meat, poultry,chemical, and frozen food industries.

The Ryan instrument is placed by theshipper of product in the transportingvehicle. When the receiver removes theRyan, the chart within the device showsthe exact temperature maintained duringthe journey, or the time, date andduration of any variance from the re-quired temperature range.

Herfurth NamedAgent For Bilderdyk

Herfurth and Company has beenappointed general agent in Europe andthe United States for the westboundservice of the M/S BILDERDYK.

Bastiaan (Bob) Boll of New Orleanshas been named U.S. representative.Delivery agent in Houston is Biehl andCompany.

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Another Ro/Ro ship of Atlantic Cargo Services AB, the M/S FINN HA WK, Atlanticargo: J.R. Curtis, Director of Port Operations, Port of Houston

made a maiden voyage recently to Barbours Cut Terminal, where a Authority; Capt. Alvar Johansson, master of the ship; Marion Cotter,

shipboard luncheon was given in honor of the occasion. Pictured at the Features Editor of International Freighting Weekly of London, and Bengt

presentation of the traditional maiden voyage plaque are, from left, Basil J. Gullberg, Chief Engineer. Like the FINN ROSE, a sister ship, the FINN

Finn, General Sales Manager, Port of Houston Authority; Ben H. Hanson, HAWK is 621 feet long and has a beam of 86 feet and a speed of 19

Assistant Vice President, Strachan Shipping Company, agents for knots. She can carry1,132 TEUs or 800 automobfles.

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Port of Houston Magazine

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The Maritime Company of the Philippines proudly brought one of its latest acquisitions, the M/VMANILA, to the Port of Houston recently. Purchased from Hansa Line, the ship is 503 feet long, has abeam of 75 feet, and displaces 10,586 tons. She has a heavy lift capacity of 150 tons and a ba4e cubiccapacity of 718,308 and can handle containers, breakbulk and liquid cargoes. After a seven-course,lunch, maiden voyage honors were bestowed on the MANILA and her captain. Shown, from left, areB.B. Bennett, Sales Manager, Southwestern Division, Ayers Steamship Agency; Ted Sumerlin,Communications Manager, Port of Houston Authority; Captain Antonio J. Rivera, and Irby Banquet,Vice President, Ayers Steamship Agency.

Cooper Stevedoring Co., Inc. Telephone our ~ touston Office ( 713) 224-4236, EO.Box 53600. I{ouston. Texas 77032. Ports of Operation in Mobile, St. Louis, NewOrleans, Burnside/Darrow. Lake Charles, Long Beach, Los Angeles. San Diego,Gulfport, Pascagoula, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Freeport,Orange, Port Arthur. Point Comfort. Norfolk, Ports of Hampton Roads. Newport

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Svend H. Hansen Jr. has been named Presidentand Chief Executive Officer of Hansen and Tide-mann, Inc., after seven years as President of Ever-green Marine Corp. (N.Y.). Mr. Hansen began hiscareer in shipping in 1958 at Hansen and Tide-mann, a shipping agency founded by his fatherin 1936. He joined Evergreen in 1974. As Presidentof Hansen and Tidemann, Mr. Hansen will be head-quartered in New York, Mr. Hansen St., Chairman of the Board, is headquartered in Houston.Hapag-LloydNames Senior VP

Juergen Busch has been appointed asSenior Vice President of Hapag-Lloyd(America). Inc.

Mr. Busch succeeds Erich Bensien,who has been transferred to Hapag-Lloyd AG headquarters in Hamburg.Mr. Busch joined Hapag-Lloyd AG in1970.

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The Galleon Shipping Corporation, one of thenewest and fastest growing Philippine41agcarriers, honored its principals, clients and othersin the shipping industry with a festive reception atthe Houston Oaks Hotel recently. The line hasembarked on an expansion program with theinauguration in 1980 of an all-new fleet of ninemulti purpose cargo vessels. Eller & Company,Inc., is U.S. General Agent for Galleon Line.Pictured from left to right are: Edward J. Stellin,Vice President, EIler & Company, Inc.; Amor V.Ortega, Owners’ Representative, Trans AsiaMarine Corp., New York; Captain D. Mihajlovic,President, Trans Asia Marine Corp; Rodolfo M.Cuenca, Chairman and Vice President, GalleonShipping Corp.; Rodolfo Severino, Jr., ConsulGeneral of the Philippines, Houston; and Kalle E.Jensen, Vice President, EIler & Company, Inc.,Florida.

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Free Enterprise GroupChooses Mrs. Perry

Port of Houston AuthorityCommissioner Marcella D. Perry hasbeen elected to a 3-year term on theAdvisory Board of the Free MarketEducation Foundation.

Mrs. Perry, Chairman and ChiefExecutive Officer of Heights SavingsAssociation, is well-known for herespousal of the free enterprise systemin the association’s advertising.

Kerr New AgentOf Gulf Europe

Gulf Europe Express, a joint serviceof Incotrans and Compagnie G6n6raleMaritime has appointed KerrSteamship Company, Inc. as its newGeneral Agent effective April 1, 1981.

Kerr will manage the general agencyrepresentation from its Gulfheadquarters in Houston, representingboth the U.S. Pacific Coast and U.S.Gulf/South Atlantic interests of CGMand Incotrans.

All cargo bookings and inquiriesshould continue to be directed to thecurrent General Agent, BarberSteamship Lines, Inc. and their agentsuntil April 1.

Lykes Ad, PRExecutive Retires

Larry Ouerin, Assistant VicePresident of Public Relations andAdvertising for Lykes Bros. SteamshipCo., Inc., has retired, after 34 yearswith the company.

Formerly New Orleans newspaper-man, Mr. Guerin joined the Lykes staffin 1946 and established the company’spublic relations and advertising divisionwhich he has headed ever since. He alsoserved as editor of the monthly Lykesmagazine which has an extensive circu-lation throughout the United States andabroad.

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Port of Houston Magazine

AMI Elects J. Chester As Its PresidentJeremy Chester has been elected as

President and Chief Operating Officerof American Marine Industries, Inc.,(AMI) in one of a series of executivechanges there.

Mr. Chester had been AMIExecutive Vice President, Chairman ofthe AMI Executive Committee, andPresident of Chester, Blackburn &Roder, Miami, an AMI subsidiary,with general charge of all Floridainterests of AMI.

Captain A.P. Chester (no relation toJeremy Chester), one of the foundersof Chester, Blackburn & Roder, whichgrew into AMI, will continue as AMIChairman of the Board and ChiefExecutive Officer.

Robert Chester, son of Captain A.P.Chester and formerly Senior VicePresident of AMI and President ofChester, Blackburn & Roder, NewYork, has been promoted to ExecutiveVice President of AMI and Presidentof Chester, Blackburn & Roder,Miami.

R. Ross Camardella was made VicePresident of AMI in addition to hisresponsibility as President of Current

Independent service

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Vessels will call otherMediterranean/North Africa ports

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Marine, Inc., and AMI subsidiary group last year exceeded $100 millionoperhting vessels in world-wide for the first time. AMI subsidiariescontract trade, include the Chester, Blackburn &

Ronald C. Rasmus, John Lynch and Roder Companies in New York, MiamiPaul Jasinski remain Vice Presidents and Chicago, American Atlantic Lines,of AMI. Pan Atlantic Lines, Marine Terminals

Combined revenue of the AMI and Current Marine.

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More than 1,000 bales of cotton were loaded on the M/VASIAFREIGHTER, a containership with a capacity of 2,100 teu, which is nowin the Far East service of SEAPAC. The cotton is destined for Hong Kong.The ship unloaded 100 containers and loaded 172 while at the Port ofHouston’s Barbours Cut Terminal. SEAPAC now operates four of the ASIAclass vessels.

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CADENA, INC.7820 Wynwood, Suite 218 West Loop Business Plaza

Houston, Tx. 77008 Authorized Agent For

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Marine EquipmentFresh Water Generators ¯ Water Treatment Units ¯ Incinerators

Waste Water Units ¯ Heat Exchangers Repairs: Shop or ShipsideFor Offshore or Land Installations ¯ Motor Ships ¯ Turbine Vessels

Sales and Service Spare Parts In Stock

68Port of Houston Magazine

A 721-foot Greek-flag vessel, the M/VKAPETANISSA, called on the Port of Houston forthe first time recently, docking at Union EquityCooperative Grain Elevator. The brand new vesselhas a d.w.t, of 54,312, and took on a load of51,000 tons of grain. TTT Ship Agencies, Inc., arefull agents for the vessel, which is owned byLondon-based Diamantis Pateras. Pictured at themaiden voyage ceremony, from left to right, are:Captain Mike Liogis, master of the vessel; RobertPerrotta, Midwestern Sales Manager, Port ofHouston Authority; and Robert L. Zajicek,Assistant Manager, Full Cargo & Tanker Division,TTT Ship Agencies, Inc.

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TRANS-CONTINENTAL SERVICES

Now Open in HoustonTrans-Continental Services, Inc. has now opened a

Container Storage and Maintenance Terminal at 7000Liberty Road, in the heart of Houston’s Industrial District.This is another development by Glenor Corporation andoffers a new concept of complete intermodal services for thehandling of containerized import and export traffic.

These exceptional Services are Available:

Space -- 8 acres of completelyfenced and lighted areas offering short-or long-term leases.[-----1 Location -- 11/2 miles from majorrailroads and Interstate Highways.

Security -- 24-hour security forcegiving total protection.r----1 Complete ramp-to-ramp railservice.

F----1 Convenience -- landbridgeservices for Missouri-Pacific, AT&SF,Burlington-Northern, Southern Pacificand other connecting carriers.F----I Dependable equipment andmaintenance shop facilities as well asmobile service.v---] Totally computerizedr----1 Trucking and drayage services on

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For further information, call: Trans-Continental Services, Incorporated

in Houston in La Porte713 /672-5120 713 /470-1400

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ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION CO.Of Texas

"Your Full ServiceIntermodal Carrier"

Whatever your need ....Route it by England! Weoffer direct service be-tween more than 1400points in Texas and Louisi-ana from Houston andGalveston.

Corporate Office: 2301 McKinney ¯ Houston, Texas 77003 ¯ Phone 713 / 223-8351

March, 198171

Four new tugs join

Bay-Houston family.We’re family-owned andfamily-operated. Our tugsbear family names. It is yourassurance that the companyfounded by the Haden familystill takes pride in itspersonal service of morethan 100 years.

Four new additions to theBay-Houston fleet are theCaptain W.D. Haden, W.D.Haden, II, Barbara H.Neuhaus, and Mark K. Allattest to the dedication ofBay-Houston to provide thebest towing serviceavailable on the Gulf Coast.

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