port bureau names new assistant

W. R. KEELE

Port Bureau NamesNew Assistant

William R. Keelc has 1)een named anassistant gcneral manager of the Hous-Ion Port Bureau replacing J. D. Houston,Jr., traffic manager, who has left tojoin Texaco, Inc., Harold C. Hix, PortBureau president, announced in March.

Keele who has 19 years experiencein the transportation t~eld with steam-ship and trucking firms, including 15years with the Missouri Pacific Lines,joins Port Bureau General Manager(;reg B. Perry and Assistant GeneralManager Frank R. Kenfield in the bu-reau’s new offices in Houston’s WorldTrade Building.

Keele was office manager in the Hous-

ton freight traffic department uf Mis-souri Pacific hefore joining the PortBureau. He has been an Interstate Com-merce practitioner since 1955.

Born in Dallas, he received his pub-lie education in Houston tmblic schools,completed undergraduate work at theUniversity of Houston where he heldthe Traffic Club of Houston’s lransporta-

tion scholarship his junior and senioryears, and later did graduate work intransportation and foreign trade there.

The Houston Port Bureau pr.videsskilled technical assistance to shiplwrSusing the Port of Houston in mattersrelating to the transportation of theirproducts to and from inland points andthrough the Port.

WHEN YO i VOLUME...

BARGE IT BY FBL... and Save

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For VOLUME SHIPPERS who want to save money-- the answeris lower-cost barge transportation.For shippers not located on a port-joint rates, with most ofthe journey on water can show big savings over other waysof shipping.Get the full story on lower-cost barge transportation fromyour FBL Representative.

FEDERALBARGE LINES, INC.

RICHARD DEE, Agent6901 Avenue V WAlnut 3-9451P. O. Box 9128 HOUSTON 11, TEXAS

APRIL, 1962 21

Problems of 60’sStudied At LawTrade Institute

The auditorium in the Port of Hous-toll’s new World Trade Building was

inaugurated last month when the Conl-

mittee on International Law of theHouston Law Foundation held its sec-ond annual Foreign Trade Institute inthe oval meeting rt)om on the grounttttoor with the theme "Solving ForeiguTrade Problems in the Sixties."

As the first asst’mldv held there sincelhe nl)ening of the new biJilding and

world tladt" center at tile cornt’r ofTexas and Crawford Streets, it featnredspeakers of international renown in thefield of world trade including Switzer-land’s Ambassador to the United States,Dr. Angust A. Lindt.

Dr. Lindt opened the Institute speak-ing at a noon hlneheon in the Ben MilantHotel at whieh Edward J. Fay, director

CENTRAL GULFDIHECT TO

MEDITEH~.-~DDLE EAST.PAKISTAN. INDIA. CEYLON

¯ Fast, modern freighters--schedules that are saving days

in sailing time--highest frequency of sailings to leading

ports in the Middle-Near East--regular American Flag

service to Massawa, Djibouti--ship and shore staffs you

can depend on in emergencies.

U.S. GULF AND ATLANTIC PORTS TO:Azores ̄ Casablanca ̄ Cadiz ̄ Barcelona ¯ Tripoli ¯ GenoaNaples ̄ Venice ¯ Trieste ¯ Rijeka ¯ Piraeas ¯ A/exandriaBeirut ¯ Jeddah ̄ Massawa a Djibouti ¯ Khorramshahr ̄ BandarShahpur ¯ Dammam ¯ Kuwait ¯ Basrah ¯ Karachi ¯ BombayMadras ̄ Cochin ̄ Calcutta ¯ Chittagong ¯ Chalna ̄ Colombo

......... of the World Trade Center, presitted.Victor Folsom. general counsel for theUnited Fruit Coinpany, openett the aft-ernoon session discussing problems con-nected with securing sales abroad.

Oilier speakers at the afternoon meet-ing were Joseph L. Hull, vice presidentand general cotmsel of the SeismographService Corporation of Tulsa, speakingon the problems faced by a service con-tractor doing business abroad, andGeorge Varady, a manager of the Hous-ton office of Price. Watt’rhouse andCompany, speaking on "Return of In-vestment and Profits."

A panel discussion featured GeorgeKrohn of the local office of the U. S.Department of Coinmerce and Charh’sCorbet, vice president and assistanlmanager of the international banking(tepartment of the Bank of the South-west, and eonehlded the Institute, whichx.~as follo~ed bv a reception in the BenMilam.

Raymond M. Hill. local attorney andchairman of the lntt’rnational La~ Com-mittee, preside’d at the afternoon st.s-sioxls. John Neibel. a member of theFaculty of the School of La~ at theUniversity of Honston and secretary ofthe Houston Law Foundation, handledarrangements and registration.

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/If amburg

CREOLE LINE(Navigazione Alta Italia)

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

Mediterranean and North African ports.

THE TEXPORTS STEVEDORE CO., INC.

Contracting StevedoresCotton Exchange Building

Houston, Texas

SHINNIHON LINETo

Yokohama-Kobe-OsakaNagoya-Yokkaichi

VENEZUELAN LINE(C. A. Venezolana de Navegacion)

ToLa Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Maracaibo,

Guanta, Puerto La Cruz, and otherVenezuelan ports.

OFFICESNew Oreans, La. New York, ~x,r. x:. Itcmston, Texa~ Brownsville, Texas Memphis, Tenn.Charleston, S.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Galveston, Texas Corpus Christi, Texas St. f~ouis, .Mo.

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

22 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Todd Builds TwoAsphalt Barges

The Houston Division of Todd Ship-)ards Corporation completed two heatedasphalt barges recently for tile AsphaltBarge Corporation, a subsidiary of Na-tional Service, Inc., New Yorl~.

\Vith measurements 248’ x 50’ x 11’q", each barge carries nearly 16,000barrels of asphalt at temperatures up to350 degrees Fahrenheit eliminating thenecessity for heating at destination.under normal conditions. Nearly a mileand a half of 2-inch heating coil wasinstalled for service during prolongedperiods of very cold weather.

Cargo temperature is maintained bydouble-skin construction and thoroughinsulation which completely surroundsthe inner tank.

Unloading during cold weather isaided by 3-inch steam tracer lines onall above-deck cargo lines.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Exporters wanting to learn about newexport credit insurance can receive freea copy of 64 typical questions and an-swers on this program prepared by theForeign Credit Insurance Association.Write to Mike Zeigfinger, Journal ofCommerce. 9210 Bintliff, Houston 36,Texas.

HEADS SAFMARINE SALES

Louis Schneider has been named man-ager-sales in the New York office ofSouth African Marine Corporation(N.Y.), F. A. Demarco, vice president-sales, announced in March. South Afri-can Marine Corporation (N.Y.) operatesa fortnightly service between South andEast Africa and the U. S. Gulf and U. S.Atlantic ports.

BLOOMFIELDSTEAMSHIP COMPANY

Owners, Operators, Agents ~ United States Flag Vessels

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

STATES MARINE LINES--Berth Agents

01~ces In All Principal Gull Ports

NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTONDALLAS ¯ MEMPHIS

Cable: Ayership TWX: HO-779 Phone: CA 7-3261Ayers Steamship Co., inc.World Trade Center Houston 2, Texas

MEDITERRANEANSTAR LINE

Azores CasablancaCadiz BarcelonaIzmir IskenderunPort Said Beirut Suez

GENERAL GULF AGENTS

CRESCENT LINEMossawa DjiboutiJeddah KuwaitKhoramshahr BasrahKarachi Khor El Mufatta

Bandar Shah Pour

MARITIME CO.Of The PHILIPPINESPhilippine Flag Vessels

Manila Hong KongCebu Iloilo

Davao

BIEHL & COMPANY, INC.STEAMSHIP AGENTS

HOUSTON6th Floor World Trade Bldg.

Phone Capitol 2-9961

NEW ORLEANS401 Sanlin Bldg.Phone 529-4211

GALVESTON312 Cotton Exchange Bldg.

Phone Southfield 5-5085

DALLAS MOBILE B EAUMONT MEMPHIS413 Cotton Exchange Bldg. 805 Milner Bldg. Goodhue Bldg. 520 Cotton Exchange Bldg.

Phone Riverside 8-3318 Phone HEmlock 2-1605 Phone: Terminal 2-8418 Phone Jackson 5-8725

FERN-VILLE LINES ..................................................... GULF/FAR EAST SERVICENOPAL LINE ................................................ GULF/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICANORTH GERMAN LLOYD )HAMBURG AMERICAN LINE

f .....................................GULF/CONTINENTAL EUROPE

OZEAN/STINNES LINE

SIDARMA LINE .......................................................... GULF/MEDITERRANEANMAMENIC LINE ............................. GULF/WEST COAST, EAST COAST, CENTRAL AMERICASCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD ............ GULF/EGYPT/SAUDI ARABIA~PAKISTAN~INDIAL. SMIT & CO.’S ............................................. INTERNATIONAL TOWING SERVICE

APRIL, 1962 23

PERSONNELREGISTER, INC.1028 ESPERSON BLDG. CA 4-9236

Management Employment ServicesFor Both Employer and Employee

TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTATION, SECRETARIES, SALESREPRESENTATIVES, BOOKKEEPERS, STENOGRAPHERS

and OTHERS

He Puts Wheels Under a Giant ContainerTO END CARGO HANDLING

lie directs as 35-ft. shippin~z containers turn into trailer bodies tosave you money. Cargo m~ves automaticalIy. No handling’, damageor pilferage. No extra packaging. Door-t~l-iloor delivery, TL orLTL. Expedited service. Contint.>us schedules to Eastern, Southern,U. S., Puerto l~.ico. For extra savings, call now!

ALIJMINUM PIPE SHIPPED--A string of 12,000 feet ofaluminum drill pipe was sbipped on board the LESLIE LYKESlast month to Tunisia. The first such pipe to be shipped over-seas, it was made by the Aluminum Company of America andwill be used by Rimrock Tidelands, Inc., Shreveport, to drilla 12,000 foot oil well on the Island of Djerba, just off timcoast of Tunisia. M. R. McArthnr, president of Rimrock, theAlcoa aluminum pipe was chosen for this test well because ofits light weight. This permits deeper drilling and a savings intransportation costs.

Conference Elects ChairmanThe l~iw’r Plate and Brazil Conferences elected Wilbur \m~

Emburgh chairman of the Conferences, succeeding the lateGeorge F. Foley.

Van Emburgh joined the Conferences in 1957 when hebecame assistant chairman and later vice chairman. A 35-year veteran of the steamship business, he is a former directorof traffic for the International Freighting Corporation.

~ N3" ": "~:=~"~:. Cotton Exchange Building ~ --/~o~ phone.. CApitol 7-OB3O~!~ -~

{!i!ili’!=:i! U.S. National Bank Buildlng iii SUDERMANWharf Phone: SO 3-4673

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Houston- T .... City !i~i~Galveston. Corpus Christi ~ TOWING CO., INC.

MBOLIN HOUSTON’SBUSY PORTWherever there is work to bedone.., wherever muscle isneeded ... whether it’s fornudging a giant ship into itsberth . . . or for a job of harboror coast wise towing, thereyou’ll find a powerfulS & Y TUG.

OVER 50 YEARSOF DEPENDABLE SERVICE


Export Insurance Is Offered To Cover American FirmsGeorge L. Malherbe, manager, Houston field office of the

1_7. S. Departinent of Commerce, announced that export creditinsurance matcbing or exceeding that offered by any othercountry is now available to American firms.

The long-awaited program sponsored and underwritten bylhe Export-Import Bank came irrto operation on February 5uhen the operating organization, the Foreign Credit InsuranceAssociation (FCIA), opened its doors for business.

Insurance policies issued by FCIA in cooperation withExport-hnport Bank will cover hoth commercial credit andpolitical risks on transactions resulting from U. S. exportsales to buyers in friendly foreign countries. Initially, FCIAwill provide insurance for short-term credit transactions, upto 180 days or in special circumstances up to 1 year. Insur-ance for credit terms in excess of a year is being developedand ~ill be offcrcd soon, according to Malherbe.

Also ldanned is a special "small exporter" comprehensiveguarantee policy to encourage small firms to enter tire exportfield or expand their export business. The guarantee contractxvill be available only to exporters whose direct exports in theltrcceding 12 months, were vahled at less than 850,000. It willIre limited to a term of 2 years, or a total of guaranteed ex-ports of $100,000, whichever first occurs, and will not berenewable. A flat fee per $100 of imolee value will be~qmrged.

The insurance will be a~ailable locally throughout the

HOU-TEX LAUNDRY& CLEANING CO.

5835 Harrisburg Phone WA 6-2644

United States by the offices, agents, and brokers of the mem-ber companies of FCIA. Currently, 57 capital stock and mutualinsurance companies are members. Membership is open to allresponsible and qualified insurance companies.

service tosuit your needs !

To Canal Zone,Panama, Colombia, Ecuador,Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

1 FromNEW YORK, PHILADELPHIAand BALTIMORE

2 FromNEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON,GALVESTON and MOBILE

3 FromMONTREAL andEASTERN CANADIAN PORTS

~ 18"25

WEST COAST LINE, INC.New York-67 Broad St..TeL WHitehall 3-9600New Orleans- American Bank Bldg..Tel. 524-6751

Dalton Steamship CorporationSHIP AGENTS AND OPERATORS

TERMINAL OPERATORS AND STEVEDORES

Agents for.COLDEMAR LINE ¯ CONCORDIA LINE

CUBAMAR LINE ¯ N.Y.K. LINE ¯ POLISH OCEAN LINECARGO TRANSPORT LINEFIDELITY BANK BUILDING

Cables "DALSHIP" ¯ Teletype HO-17

KVARNERSKA PLOVIDBA LINEHOUSTON 2, TEXAS

¯ Telephone CA 8-866110 LINES

Offices in GALVESTON, BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, DALLAS, NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS andMOBILE

APRIL, 1962 25

Milwaukee AgentsElect Officers

The Milwaukee Owwseas Ship AgentsAssociation, an organization of Milwau-kee steamship agencies working togetheron projects related to the industry, haselected its ne~ officers and directors forthe year 1962.

They are: President, Russell Brodie,

vice president and manager, FitzgeraldCo., Inc.; vice president aml lreasurer,Thomas Pfeil, traffic- manager, GeneralSteamship Agencies, Inc.; secretary.Kenneth J. Adalhert. manager, l-hiredStates Navigation Co., Inc.; director,James Eiers, vice president, CompassAgencies, Inc., and director, G. L. Huck-body, district manager, Grace Line, Inc.

MOSA represents 107 lines servingthe Great Lakes, Atlantic, Pacific andGulf porls.

US GULF TO

LIVERPOOL

MA NCHES TER

HOUSTON ¯ COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG. CAPITOL 2-2259 - T~/X - 1"t0 593

GALVESTON NEW ORLEANS " DALLAS ¯ MEMPHIS

Tellepsen GetsKnighthood Award

Howard Tellepsen, chairman of fin"Houston Port Commission, has beenawarded the Knighthood of the Orderof Leopold II by His Majesty KingBadouin of Belgium.

Tellepsen received notification of riteaward recently from J. Frans Herpin.consul general in Houston, who will l,~’-stow the order in special ceremonies inthe near future.

Hcrpin said, "His Majesty confersthis houor upon you for your long, mr-tiring and successful efforts on hehalfof Belgian-Utfited States relations, par-ticularly, your contributions to tradeand understanding between Texas andHouston and Belgium."

Tellcpsen expressed gratification andappreciation on his part "for the workarid effort performed by the many peo-ple this Royal Decree represents."

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

Delta Line Builds a New Fleet

MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING CO., INC.

l:or schedules, rates and other information, consult -HOUSTON OFFICE

FIDELITY BANK BLDG., Phone CA. 7-5101

NEW ORLEANS -- Hibernia Bank Bldg.A G E N T S : WASHINGTON -- 1625 K Street, N. W.

kFROM HOUSTON AND OTHER ~kU.S. GULF PORTS . . . TO

oLSO UTH A MERICAPARANAGUA, SANTOS, RIO DE JANEIRV I C T 0 R I A Regular Weekly Sailings

WEST AFRICAANGOLA, CAMEROONS, IVORY COASTLIBERIA and REPUBLIC of CONGO

Direct Regular Service

¯ NEW YORK -- 17 Battery Place ¯ CHICAGO--140 So. Clark Street

¯ ST. LOUIS -- 7 North Brentwood Boulevard


Akin Is ElectedNFTC President

The National Foreign Trade Councilannounces the election of John Akinas its president, to succeed William S.S~ingle upon the latter’s retirement.

Swingle will retire after 12 years aspresident. He will continue as a councildirector.

Akin, who joined the NFTC staff in1947 as director of the Western Hemi-sphere division, has been secretary since1956.

The re-election of George W. Wolfas chairman, and the election of othernew officers were also announced byNFTC

John Quirk, now vice president andtreasurer, will become executive vicepresident and treasurer. Joseph B.Brady. director of the Foreign Propertydivision, will become a vice president.Donald F. Heatherintgon, director ofthe European division, will become avice president.

Melville H. Walker, director of theFar East division, will become NFTCsecretary, succeeding Akin.

The association will move May 1 tothe fifth floor of the Eastern Air LinesBuilding, 10 Rockefeller Plaza.

CROWN STEVEDORINGCOMPANYCONTRACTING

STEVEDORE

Houston ~ Galveston

Texas City ~ Freeport

324 SHELL BUILDINGHOUSTON, TEX.

Ph.: CA 2-0751 Telex HO 850Cable: Crownstev

Harris Is NamedR. K. Harris has been named man-

ager of the World Trade Building Of-fice of Vairon & Company, Inc., Hous-ton freight forwarders, President RuneG. Biasier announced in March.

Baisier also announced that Ben Azioshas been named manager of the firm’soperations at Houston International Air-port.

CONFERENCE SURCHARGEThe River Plate & Brazil Conferences

which include in its memhershil) allsteamship lines operating regularly fromthe United States and Canadian Atlanticports and United States Gulf ports !oeast coast South American ports votedat a meeting held March 21, to estab-lish a 15 percent port congestion sur-charge over the base rates. The sur-charge is effective on vessels sailing onor after May 28, unless otherwise modi-fied prior to that date.

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. LINE(Far East)

FRENCH LINE(French Atlantic)

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

GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE

Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, PeruPanama via Cristobal

OFFICESNEW ORLEANS HOUSTON

MEMPHIS GALVESTONST. LOUIS DALLAS

CABLE: MAHCO FMB 2187

Maher & CompanyCustomhouse Brokers ~ Foreign Freight Forwarders

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

416-420 International Trade Mart 802 World Trade CenterNew Orleans 12, Louisiana Houston, Texas

TUlane 7566 FAirfax 3-4101TWX-301 TNVX-735

TheBANK LINE Ltd.Regular Service from

U. S. Gulf Ports to

Australiaand

New haland¯ Brisbane

¯ Melbourne

¯ Auckland

¯ Lyttleton

¯ Sydney

¯ Adelaide

¯ Wellington

¯ Dunedin

mmm

General Agents

BOYD, WEIR and

SEWELL, Inc.New York

mmm

Gulf Agents

STRACHAN

SHIPPING CO.

Houston - Galveston - Mobile

Memphis-New Orleans-Dallas

Chicago - Atlanta - St. Louis

Kansas City - Cincinnati

APRIL, 1962 27

N.Y.K. LINETwice Monthly Service To

JAPANESE PORTSDALTON STEAMSHIP CORP.

Gulf General Agents

Cable Address: "Dalship"

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

Orleans ¯ Memphis ̄ Mobile

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

AN AMERICAN FLAG FREIGHTER

Every 10 Days

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

GULF & SOUTH AMERICANSTEAMSHIP CO.

821 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

In other cities contact Lykes or Grace

*Southbound New Orleans/C.Z. cargo subject to s~edal Booking arrangements

28

FROM DOWN UNDER---H. C. Menzies, right, cousin ofAustralian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies and Austral-ian senior trade commissioner in New York, stands in the newWorld Trade Building offices of British Consul General AllenPrice, ]eft, during a visit to Houston in March. Menzies con-suhed local businessmen on the possibilities of increased tradebetween Houston and his country. He also spoke to the Hous-ton World Trade Association at its monthly meeting.

Newest Sub Is DescribedThe SAM HOUSTON, newest of the United States’ nuclear

submarines, was described by Secretary of the Navy FredKorth as capable of more destruction than all the bombsdropped in World War II.

Speaking in Houston, Secretary Korth said that tire SAMHOUSTON can launch missiles while submerged so rapidlythat the last Polaris missile would leave its tube before tireship couht be counterattacked. It can leave its launch pointat a speed in excess of 20 knots.

Discussing naval power, Ire said the nuclear-powered carrierENTERPRISE cruises at speeds exceeding those of the fastest~’orld War lI destroyer--and it is so large that four footballgames could go on simultaneously on her tlight deck.

A nuclear-powercd cruiser, tire LONG BEACH, has beencommissioned, and a frigate, the B4INBRIDGE, is now undtq"construction, Secretary Korth said.

Surface ships could form a task force that would guaranteethe life lincs so necessary to the free world. Secretarx Korthpointed out.

Lykes Launches New ShipLykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. launched its eleventh new

$10"million cargoliner at the Sparrows Point, Marylantt, ship-yard of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation." The S. S. Shirley l,vkes ~ent down the ~r ~~~S afwr beingchristened by Mrs. Clair Engle, wife of the U. S. senator fromCalifornia. Senator Engle. a ntcmber of Ihe Serrate Interstatearrd Foreign Commerce Committee. ~as one of the speakersat tire ceremony.

The new Shirley Lykes is 495 feet long, has a beam of 69feet, is completely air-conditioned and provides accommoda-tions for 12 passengers. She has a desi~l speed of 18 knotsbut will actually be capable of 191/2 knots in normal operation.

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

BIG SHIPMENT LOADED--A complete gas gathering station which was unloadedfrom 14 rail cars to the Hansa Line’s M/V KANDELFELS, left the port of Houstonrecently for Kuwait. National Supply Company of Houston made the shipmentwhich had two tanks weighing as much as 70 tons, each on its own rail car, in ad-dition to smaller tanks and other equipment. Behring Shipping Co., Inc. were thefreight forwarders. E. S. Binnings, Inc. are agents for the ship.

NEW SEA-LAND SHIPS

Michael R. McEvoy, president, saidthat Sea-Land Service will put into in-h.r(’oastal service this summer fromHouston to New York the first of fourspecially designed ships.

Compania Sud Americana de VaporesExpress Freight Service From

HOUSTON ~ GALVESTONMOBILE " NEW ORLEANS

AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGO OFFERSTO

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

Tel. WHitehall 3-8600Gulf Agents

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

MEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA

Whateveryour cargo.. ~CUNARD has the rightships-facilities-experience

J. H. BLADES & CO.Marine Insurance

NOT A SIDELINE

HOUSTON JA 9-4103

Ship ViaFERN-VILLE

MEDITERRANEANLINES

BARBER MEDITERRANEAN LINEGENERAL AGENTS

FOWLER & McVIIIE, INC.GULF AGENTS

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

Lake Charles.

Fast, regular service betweenLiverpool, Manchester,London and Glasgow andGulf Ports in ships of theCunard and Brocklebankfleets.

There is no better way;.

CUNARD LINENEW YORK 25 BroadwayCHICAGO 41 So. LaSalle St.CLEVELAND 1040 Union Commerce Bldg.

FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. Gulf General Agents

NEW ORLEANS 1415 American Bank Bldg.ST. LOUIS ¯ HOUSTON * GALVESTON

DALLAS ̄ MEMPHIS Alexander Shipping Co.CORPUS CHRISTI Boyd-Campbell Co., Inc.BROWNSVILLE Philen Shipping Co.MOBIL;= Page & Jones, Inc.PENSACOLA ̄ TAMPA Fillett Green & Co.

S~~CUNARDAPRIL, 1962 29

HELLENIC LINES

REGULAR

EXPRESS

SERVICE

From Gulf Ports

to

¯ MEDITERRANEAN

PORTS

¯ RED SEA PORTS¯ PERSIAN GULF

INDIA, PAKISTAN

CEYLON AND BURMA

Heavy Lifts

Deep Tanks

Refrigerated Space

PassengerAccommodations

HELLENICLINES, Ltd.NEW YORK: 39 BROADWAY

NEW ORLEANS: 319 INTER-NATIONAL TRADE MART

HANSENAND

TIDEMANNAGENTS AT

HOUSTONCORPUS CHRISTI

GALVESTONMOBILEDALLAS

MEMPHIS

Two New Ships Join Hellenic FleetThe Hellenic Lines Limited ~.ill place

two new cargo vessels, the HELLENICPIONEER (above) and the HELLENICLEADER, in service in a few monthsbetween U. S. Gulf and L. S. Atlanticports and India, Pakistan. Ceylon andBurma.

The thirteenth and fourteenth nc~Hellenic vessels since 19511, they willjoin the recently built HELLENICLAUREL and the recently purchasedCYPROS and the EGYTOS in Hellenic’svessel expansion and replacement pro-gram.

\Vhen completed, the two ne~ ship:~will both have an overall length of 473feet and a beam of 63 feet with liftingcapacity of 10,700 tons and space of576,000 cubic feet, including facilitiesfor carr)ing refrigerator cargo and alsoliquid cargo in bulk. All cargo com-partments are electrically ventilated.

Each will have cargo gear consistin~of 19 derricks broken down into 14 fi~e-

ton cranes: two, ]O-ton cranes; t~;o.30iron cranes; and one, 50iron crane.

Air conditioned quarters for 12 i)as-sengers will be availal)le.

Hansen & Tidemann, Inc., are agentsfor Hellenic Lines in Houston.

Consul General OfFrance Departs

Jacques Fouchet. French consul get!-eral in Houston for the last four andone half years returned to Paris lastmont[l fl)r a new assignment followingeomlfletiou of his tour of duty here.

Fouchet had served in Houston sinceSeptember of 1957 and in 1960 ~as1)ean of Ihe Consular Corps. He camehere following service in Algiers.

Until Eouchct’s replacement is named.Serge LeGoff, vice consul, will be incharge of thc office in the Gulf Build-In~.

IIoual lldherland$ Sleamship tompanu25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

Regular Sailings [ramMobile, New Orleans and Houston

WEEKLYTo La 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


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

HO USTON PI LOTS6302 GULF FREEWAY

~k~ HOUSTON 23, TEXAS

SOLICITING YOUX BUSINESS THROUGH THE PORT OF HOUSIONEXPORT PACKERSHOUSTON FREIGHT FORWARDERS

AND CUSTOM-HOUSE BROKERS~’ Designates Forwarderst Designates Forwarders and Brokers

Designotes Brokers

:~BEHRING SHIPPING CO.962 M. & M. Bldg ....... CApitol 2-1325, Teletype HO-236

tLESLIE B. CANION208 Fidelity Bank Bldg ................ CApitol 8-9546

~DORF INTERNATIONAL, INC.1003 World Trade Bldg., P. O. Box 2342 CApitol 4-6445

~E. R. HAWTHORNE & CO., INC.1003 World Trade Bldg ................ CApitol 4-6445

*TRANSOCEANIC SHIPPING CO., INC.411 Shell Bldg ......................... CApitol 4-9587

STEVEDORES

GENERAL STEVEDORES, INC.540.1 Navigation Blvd .................. WAlnut3-6678

UNITED STEVEDORING DIV. of States Marine Lines, Inc.Cotton Exchange Bldg ................... CApitol 7-0687

and CApitol 7-3374

SHIP SUPPLIES

TEXAS MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO.8106 Harrisburg Blvd .................... WAlnut 3-9771

HOUSTON EXPORT CRATING CO., INC.7414 Wingate ......................... WAlnut 3-5527William Peacock, Jr., Vice President

INTERNATIONAL EXPORT PACKERS818 Aleen (Zone 29) .................. ORchard 2-8236William L. Brewster, General Manager

LEE CONSTRUCTION CORP.1600 North 75th Street ................. WAlnut 3-5551

INTRACOASTAL CANAL ANDINLAND WATERWAY SERVICES

Common Carriers

JOHN I. HAY COMPANY2526 Sutherland St ..................... WAlnut 3-6664Barges Serving Chicago and the Gulf Coast

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE CO.1714 C. & I. Life Bldg .................... FAirfax 3-4156Roger D. Winter, Manager of Sales, Houston

UNION BARGE LINE CORP.Suite 304-N, Adams Petroleum Center ..... JAckson 6-3908Warner J. Banes, District Traffic ManagerDennis L. McColgin, Traffic Representative

TOWING SERVICEBAY-HOUSTON TOWING CO.

811 Cotton Exchange Bldg ............... CApitol 2-6231

INTRACOASTAL TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CORP.1419 Texas Ave ....................... CApital 7-2297

SUDERMAN & YOUNG TOWING CO., INC.708 Cotton Exchange Bldg ............... CApitol 7-0830

HAULINGImport - Export

LONGHORN TRANSFER SERVICE, INC.7112 Avenue C ........................ WAlnut 6-266112 Years Serving The Port of Houston

PORT HOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP.6917 Navigation BIvd ................... WAlnut 1-4168


Marketing Overseas? Houston’s mostactive bunk on the foreign scene is Bunko| the Southwest. We maintain closepersonal contact with u global networkof correspondent bunks. Personal know]-edge of the major countries of the freeworld is yours for the asking. If youroperations indicate u look into con-ditions overseas, wecon help. SBank of the

out~estPhone or write for our new folder, "Your Direct Connection With The Free World". ittells how our International Banking Department helps you transact business overseas

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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

Aluminum for Export

THIS IS LONG REACHBundles of aluminum ingots for export abroad arebeing handled direct from car to M/S TERRIER. For-warding of this shipment for Alcoa International, Inc.was handled locally by H. E. Schurig & Co., Inc. StrachanShipping Company were agents for the steamer.

¯ Berthing for 8 vessels ¯

¯ Marginal rail trackage 3428 ft. ¯

¯ Simultaneous handling 200 cars ¯

Locomotive cranes, 75-ton derrick

Modern freight handling equipment

Covered area 1,400,000 sq. ft.

Wharves ¯ Warehouses e Cotton CompressesOwned and Operated by GULF AT~NTIC WAR~OUSE CO., Houston 1, Texas

port bureau names new assistant

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