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This is an artist’s conception of how the industrial park at the Port of Houston may look in afew years. The high-rise bridge over the Houston Ship Channel is expected to be completedby 1970 and will be an important feature of Interstate Highway 610 the inner loop aroundthe City of Houston.
THE PORT OF HOUSTONOPENS 200 CHOICE ACRES
FOR INDUSTRIAL PARKFor industries needing an outlet to the sea, the Port of Houston is making available
21 sites, ranging from 1.5 to 20 acres. Tracts may be consolidated.This land is owned by the Port of Houston, is on the north side of the Houston Ship
Channel, and extends along a strip to the rear of Public Wharves 17 through 25, andeventually future wharves 26 through 32.
This area is ideal for warehouses, fabricating and processing plants, and otherlight industries.
Area will have ample rail and truck access, and all utilities available.
For further information, call or write
VERNON BAILEYASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
P.O. Box 2562 ̄ Houston, TexasServing America’s Heartland
PORT OF2 HOUSTON MAGAZINE
At The Port of Houston
MANCHESTER OFFERSComplete Warehousing-Berthing Facilities
Manchester Terminal pro-
vides complete water-rail-
truck handling of cotton and
all types of general cargo.
Manchester’s modern plant features:
¯ Wharfside storage facilities
¯ Large outdoor storage area
¯ High-density cotton compresses
¯ Automatic sprinkler system
¯ Rapid truck loading-unloading facilities
¯ Modern handling methods and equipment
For complete cargo-handling service, use Manchester Terminal
Manchester Terminal CorporationP. O. Box 52278 General Office CA 7-3296
Houston, Texas, 77052Terminal WA 6-9631
SEPTEMBER, 1965 3
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Through an aggressive program of trade
development, Delta Steamship Lines,
Incorporated, has increased its export
shipments to more than fifty per cent
: of cargo tonnage. The firm successfully i
promotes American products and tour-
ism in Latin America and Africa, aids
manufacturers to sell abroad, and has
developed the first floating exhibition
in the Mobile Trade Fairs program.
These energetic and imaginative efforts
reflect credit on the Company and its ,;~:
employees and contribute materially
i!~ to the export expansion program of if!
i~i~il the United States.~ ~ii
!!i__ . . . cited by the Secretary o/Commerce upon confer-r~ng the President’s ’E’ Award for Export Service ......... ~ :~°’:
That’s why Delta Line’speople wear the
There’s a Delta liner sailing every week to South America,every ten days to West Africa, and Delta Line’s network ofoffices at home and abroad is anxious to assist you.
DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC.P. O. Box 50250, New Orleans, La. 70150NEW YORK ¯ WASHINGTON ° CHICAGO
HOUSTON OFFICE--1300 Texas Avenue, CApitol 7-5101
TheBANK LINE Ltd.Regular Service from
U. S. Gulf Ports to
~ostrali~
New le, aland¯ Brisbane
¯ Melbourne
¯ Auckland
¯ Lyttleton
¯ Sydney
¯ Adelaide
¯ Wellington
¯ Dunedin
nUll
General Agents
BOYD, WEIR and
SEWELL, Inc.New York
mum
Gulf Agents
STRACHANSHIPPING CO.
Houston - Galveston - Mobile
Memphls-New Orleans-Dallas
Chicago - Atlanta - St. Louis
Kansas City - Cincinnati
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Save freight dollarson the Sea-Land
To Market
J
A sealed SEA-LAND trailer . . .
TL and LTL door-to-door pickup and deliveryUntouched, Undamaged, Pilferage-Free because: Asealed SEA LAND trailer . . , becomes a shipping con- becomes a shipping container...tainer . goes via low waterway rates , . . thencompletes door to-door deliverySEA-LAND OFFERS TOTAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE:Between New York (Elizabeth, N. J.) and Jacksonville Between New York (Erizabeth, N.J.) and Texas EJ Be-tween New York (Elizabeth, N. J.) and Long Beach, Oak-land, Portland, Seattle [] Between New York (Elizabeth,N. J.) and San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez ~ Between Balti-more and San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez R BetweenJacksonville and San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez LJ BetweenLong Beach, Oakland, Portland and San Juan, Ponce,Mayaguez F] Between Seattle and Anchorage, Kodiak goes via low waterway rates . .{- ] From Anchorage to Kodiak [7 From Jacksonville to
~mHouston ~ From Puerto Rico to Houston. ~U
SEA .i..4NDSERVICE, INC.
~, then cornpretesAmerica s Seagoing Motor Career door-to-doer delivery
Waterman’s large fleet and strategically located
offices and agents are at the service of world
shippers, offering reliable transport ÷o majormarkets of the free world.
Sailingsfrom aUU. S. Coastsandthe Great Lakes
General Offices: Mobile, AlabamaHouston: Cotton Exchange BuildingBran©hes in Other Principal Cities
ASK YOUR TSA.LANO REPR[SENTAIIVE TO PREPARE A COS] ANALYSIS OF YOUR TOTAL FREIGHT DJSTRIBUTION DOLLAR!
SERVICES FROM HOUSTONand other Gulf ports
INDIA SERVICEKarachi ¯ Bombay ̄ Colombo ̄ Madras
Calcutta ¯ RangoonAlso calls Mediterranean and Red Sea ports
PERSIAN GULF SERVICEDammam ¯ Kuwait ̄ Basrah ̄ Khorramshahr
Bandar Shahpour ̄ Abadan ̄ BahreinAlso calls Mediterranean and Red Sea ports
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SERVICEHonolulu ̄ Port Allen ¯ Nawiliwili
Hilo ¯ Kahului
i i i
World Wide Cargo Services fromAll Coasts of the United States
Intercoastal Services ¯ Baltimore Galveston
IBeaumont HoustonBetween Gulf and Boston Long Beach
Pacific Ports B ...... ille Los AngelesBuffalo MemphisChicago Mobile
From Pacific Lumber aevelond New Orl ....Ports to Atlantic Ports Dallas New York
Detroit
SEPTEMBER, 1965
NorfolkPhiladelphiaPortland, Ore.San FranciscoSeattleWashington, D. C.
BENTH AGENTS
COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG., HOUSTON
~ BAY-HOU,~TON TO WIN~ gO.¯ HARBOR~ ~AND COASTWISE --TOWING
~ ~ HOUSTON ° GALVESTON ° CORPUS CHRISTIFREEPORT ̄ TEXAS CITY
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
C. T. O. LINECompagnie Maritimes Des Chargeurs Reunis
Direct from U. S. Gulf
Regular Independent ServiceTo
HONG KONG~MANILA--AND FAR EAST
Regular Liner Service To
SINGAPGRE--DJAKARTA--BANGKOKPENANG
E. S. BINNINGS, INC.Gulf Agents
711 FANNIN, SUITE 906, HOUSTON, TEXAS
OfficesGALVESTON--NEW ORLEANS--DALLAS--MEMPHIS
ST LOUIS
General Agents for North America and the CaribbeanBLACK DIAMOND S/S CO., 2 BROADWAY, N. Y.
6 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
PORT OFHOUSTON
Official PublicationOf the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District
Volume 7 September, 1965 No. 9
Directory Of OfficialsFOR THE
Port of HoustonPORT COMMISSIONERSHOWARD TELLEPSEN, ChairmanW. N. BLANTON, Vice ChairmanR. H. PRUETTE. H. HENDERSONW. D. HADEN II
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTJ. P. TURNER, General ManagerVERNON BAILEY, Assistant General ManagerJ. L. LOCKETT, JR., CounselSAMUEL B. BRUCE, AuditorTRAVIS L. SMn’H, III,
Manager o/Engineering and PlanningRICHARD I.EACH, Chie] Engineer
DARRELL WAFER, Accounts ManagerKENNETH W. STEPHENS, Personnel Manager
and World Trade Bldg. Mgr.T. E. WHATLEY, Administrative AssistantVINCENT D. WILLIAMS, Administrative
Assistant
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENTLLOYD GREGORY, Director of ln/ormationTED SUMERLZN, Editor o/MagazineVAUGHN M. BRYANT, Director o]
International Relations
SALES DEPARTMENTGEORGE W. ALTVATER, General Sales ManagerEDWARD P. MOORE, District Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, Assistant
25 Broadway, New York, N.Y.HUME A. HENDERSON, District Sales Manager
Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Ill.JOHN R. WEILER, District Sales ManagerC. A. ROUSSER, JR., District Sales
Representative1519 Capitol, Houston
OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTC. E. BULLOCK, Operations ManagerT. H. SHERWOOD, Manager o/Grain ElevatorJ. R. CURTIS, Terminal ManagerWALLACE J. STAGNER, Manager-Storage
WarehousesCARL L. SHUPTRINE, Chie] Security OgicerW. E. REDMON, Maintenance Superintendent
WORLD TRADE CENTEREDWARD J. FAY, Director
EXECUTIVE OFFICES1519 Capitol Avenue at Crawford Street
Telephone CApitol 5-0671P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001
Contents
Houston International Trade and Travel Fair Sets Opening .................. 8
Steel Imports May Set New Records ...................................... 11
North Texas Exporters-Importers Visit Houston .......................... 12
Roy Gonzalez Relates Opportunities ..................................... 13
First Liner Service At Port of Houston Started 50 Years Ago ................ 14
South American Countries Feted ........................................ 16
Scene At The World Trade Club ........................................ 17
The Houston Port Bureau Reports ....................................... 18
News In Views Around The Port of Houston .............................. 19
Houston Steamship Agents ............................................. 30
Shipping Directory ................................................... 31
Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ................................. 32
THE COVER
Our glamorous cover this month displays a sample of the thousands of importeditems which will be shown at the Houston International Trade and Travel Fair.Miss Marita Blanton, a Sakowitz model, is wearing a sable, stole from the Queen’sfurrier with a gold brocade gown by the. royal dressmaker. The car, of course, isa 1965 Rolls Royce.. For more about the Fair see Page 8.
The PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine is pub-lished monthly and distributed free to mari-time, industrial and transportation interests inthe United States and foreign countries. Itspurpose is to inform shippers and others inter-ested in the Port of Houston of its develop-ment, facilities, plans and accomplishments.
This publication is not copyrighted and per-
mission is given for the reproduction or useof any material, provided credit is given tothe Port of Houston.
Additional information or extra copies ofthis magazine may be obtained by writingThe Port of Houston Magazine, 2,3,32 W.Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77025.
SEPTEMBER, 1965 7
HOUSTON’S 13ALA
A visitor to the Port of Houston points out to his son the ex-citement, activity and dynamic operations along the Ship Chan-nel from the deck of the Port’s Inspection Boat SAM HOUSTON.Flylng from the bow is the official flag of the Houston Interna-tional Trade and Travel Fair.
INTERNATIONAL
TBAI3E AN13
TRAVEL FAItt
SETS flPENING
T HERE WIIA~ BE SOMETHING [or everyone at llth annual
Houston International Trade and Travel Fair in Houston’sSam Houston Colisenm, September 17-26.
Pavilions of six nations, more than 300 exhibitors, out-standing entertainment, an internationally famous art exhibit,$20,000 in attendance prizes and numerous spectacularspecial events are the ingredients going into the Fair, and of-ficials estimate that 160,000 visitors will attend.
"Our Fair this year will be the greatest we haw~" ever had,"says Jack Hooper, Houston oilman and president of tile Fair."From all indications, we shall have tile finest exhibits, thelatest products and more things happening than ever beforein tile Fair’s history."
Heart of the 1965 Fair ,All be the Trade Mart of Nationswhere pavilions from the six participating countries occupythe entire main arena of the Coliseum.
British Exhibit Heads List
Visitors will first enter the British Pavilion where the 60displays from that country make it the largest exhibitor. Otherpavilions are those of China, Finland, Italy, Japan andSweden.
Exhibitors at the Fair will display their services and their
products in three additional exhibit areas: the Trade Mart ofIndustry and Commerce, International _Merchandise Mall andthe Building/Construction Exposition, newest addition to tileFair.
Fair visitors will move from the Trade Mart of Nations intothe Trade Mart of lndustrv and Commerce, where attention isfocused on new products and new services of local, nationaland international companies.
Highlighting exhibits in the Trade Mart of Industry andCommerce are those of Humble Oil & Refining Co., Schlum-berger Well Surveying Corporation, Harris County HoustonShip Channel Navigation District, International Harvester,
and Bank of the Southwest. Other companies in the petroleum,chemicals, metals and materials, machinery and equipment,communications, industry technology, industrial electronicsand transportation industries will also have exhibits.
One of the most interesting will be the display of the South-western Bell Telephone Company, the first exhibitor to signfor the 1965 Fair. Picture phones that utilize push buttonphoning instead of dialing, and examples of laser light trans-mission will be included in the exhibit.
Special events to be presented within the Fair exhibit areainclude Karate demonstrations daily by the American Acad-emy of Judo and Karate and a working ham radio station
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
Sporty Italian automobiles will be part of the exhibit ofItaly at the International Trade and Travel Fair, as shown hereby an exhibitor and visitor.
British lassies lock fingers in a good luck signal at theBritish Pavilion featuring 60 exhibits as the largest at the Fair.
sponsored and operated bv the Houston Amateur Radio Club.One of lhe most popular exhibit areas at the Fair each
year is the International Merchandise Mall which this yearwill feature gifts and collectors items, products for the home,international foods and beverages, products appealing espe-cially to women, and products for sports, Msure and health.
Building Products To Be Shown
A new addition to this year’s Fair is the Building/Construc-tion Exposition which will present, for the first time, excitingnew ideas in design teclmiques, products and services in theburgeoning construction industry of the world. Architecturaldesign, construction and engineering, development services,finance, construction matcrials, building accessories, land-scaping and real estate development firms will be represented.
Two outstanding exhibitors in the Building/ConstructionExposition are Stran-Steel Corporation and its subsidiary,Metallic Building Company of Houston, and R. G. Le-Tourneau, Inc. of Longview, Texas.
I lltra-modern steel building design, components and con-struction will be exhibited by Stran-Steel. Stran-Wall, a newversatile wall system that fits a wide variety of constructionrequirements, will be featured in the exhibit.
LeTourneau will display a cutaway of its unique electricwheel, and will show films of the actual operation of thefantastically large piece of construction equipment which theengineering concept of the electric wheel makes possible.
Pre-Fair activity begins September 16 when three Houstonorganizations take special note of the ammal trade and travelevent. On September 16th the Rotary Club of Houston honorsthe Fair with Peter Grace. president of W. R. Grace and Co.,the featured speaker for the meeting.
On the evening of the 16th a special reeeption and previewshowing of the Fair will be held for buyers and purchasingagent members of the Houston Association of PurchasingAgents, while another preview showing of the Fair will be heldfor Houston members of the American Institute of Architectsto introduce the Building/Construction Exposition.
Parade Will Feature Opening
On September 18 the Houston Junior Chamber of Com-merce will present the Houston International Parade. Morethan 50 units, floats and marching bands will parade throughdowntown Houston beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Four nights of special events are planned for the Fair’s In-ternational Theatre. A Festival of International Music will beheld on September 20 and 22, and on September 21 the Fairwill present a billiards exhibition by international championArt Judiee, brought to the Fair by American Machine andFoundry Company.
On September 23. the Fair presents an international show-ing of knit-wear fashions by designers from Britain, Spain,France and Italy, sponsored by the Celanese Corporation.
Especially featured at the Fair will be a collection of 30
SEPTEMBER, 1965 9
different items will be offered to the public on a high hidbasis.
An event for connoisseurs will be tile four wine-tastingsessions September 20 through 23 for persons attending theFair those days will have an opportunity to taste and selectvintage wines from among those chosen by the Fair com-mittee of connoisseurs headed by L. S. Puzin of Schlum-herger. Ltd.
Travel Programs For Armchair Voyagers
For world travelers and arm chair travelers, ten differentnights of fihns and informative talks will be presented bytravel authorities to ten international destinations.
Travel is also accented by the $20.000 in attendance prizesto be given away at the Fair. Twin top prizes a fire enginered SAAB sedan from Sweden and a white Triumph Spitfireconvertible from Britain will go to two lucky Fair visitors.
()ther travel prizes include a 12-day Carihl,’an cruise for
The Trade Mart of Nations at the 1964 Houston InternationalTrade and Travel Fair was popular with the visitors. Nationsexhibiting this year include Belgium, Great Britain, China,Finland, Italy, Japan and Sweden. There will be a total of300 exhibitors.
,,international painlings by selected artists from the CarnegieInternational. one of the most important international arlshows held iti the United States and or anywhere in the world.The collection i~,~ valued in excess of $200.600.
In conjunction with the Fair. the Houston Chaml)er ofCommerce is presenting a one-day seminar on export andworld trade on Selnemher 16. More than 50 persons are ex-pected for the seminar, according to Julius Skaaren of Stran-Steel. chairman of the seminar committee.
Also in conimmtion with the l?air, seized, abandoned andunclaimed mm:chandise will be offered during a [. S. CustomsAuclion Septemlwr 23 and 24 in the Coliseum Annex. underthe direction of Sam 1). ~:. Lm~.. |. S. Colleclor of Customs.lh’l~een 350 and I00 separate luls containing thousands of
The quiet beauty of Japan is symbolized by this decorativegarden presided over by a Japanese miss in a typical Japaneseexhibit at the Trade Fair.
Chinese furniture for the contemporary home is displayed togood advantage in one of the Chinese Pavilion’s exhibits atHouston’s International Trade & Travel Fair.
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two, presenled by the [ nited Fruit Compan) and 21 roundtrips on the fantastically scenic, route between ()jinaga andLos Mochis. Mexico. ahoard /he Chihuahua AI Pacific Rail-W~t.y.
Merchandise prizes are tOl)ped hv a Hammond electric organvahled at $1,8(10. ()ther merchand~ise brings the lotal to $20.-000. l)ra~ings for prizes will be held each of the ten daysof the Vair.
The Houston International Trade and T,’a~el l:air was[’ou/Ided ill 1951 by Ihe Houston Chamber I,f Commerce andwas Ol)eraled by tl{e (~’hamher until 1960. when a non-l)rotltcorporation was organized to conduct the Fair each vear.
Elexcn Houston husim’ss firms and civic organizations aresponsoring the 1965 Fair. The [-nderwriters include: J. S.Abercromhie Interests:, Anderson. Clayton & Co.; Bank ofthe Southwesl; Brown & Root. Inc.; Gulf Oil Corporation:Houston Chamber of Commerce: Houston Endmsment. lnt’.:Humble Oil & Refining C().; Port of Houston; SchlumhergerWell Surveying Corl).: and the Shamrock Hilton Hotel. W. H.Avery is Sl)eeial adx isor t() the Fair.
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
T IlE PORT OF HOUSTON is headed for
a record steel )’ear with more thanthree qt, artcrs of a million tons importedthrough Ihe first eight months and theimport shipments continuing heavy intoSeptemlwr.
During one recent week last monthseven vessels wcre unloading a total of51A()() tons at Navigation Districtx~harves, and before IllOlllh’s end an-other eight ~cssels were due bringing in53,500 hms more. Schedules for earlySeptember showed the samc heavv trc||~J.
During the heaviest week two of thevessels unloading carried more than 11.-000 tons each with the Greek flagIIEGALOIL4RI 1[ discharging a rccord-breaking 1 l,.n00 ton cargo. Among thevessels due were t~o wilh more than10,000 tons each uhile two more wcrccarrying 8.000 tons each.
Houston has risen rapidly to thenalion’s leading port for the importationof steel and last year set a record withmore than 766,000 tons. This toppedthe previous high of 762,000 tons set in1959 in the face of a U.S. steel sHikc.
This year’s more than 750,000 tons}wought in through August thus has al-ready surpassed hast year’s record tolaland, more amazingly, has been accom-plished despite the crippling strike inJanuary and Fehruarv.
In January only 6",000 tons of steelcame in and in February none at all,so that the phenomenal record has beenset in the four months of March through
Houston’s open docks attract steel imports.
June. April saw the staggering total of203,000 tons of steel moved into the Portof Houston. mort" than the Port handledin tbe entire year of 1956.
The easily~acccssible, open wharves atthe Navigation District serxcd l>v bothrail and truck dockside have I]cen aprinlary factor in Hm~ston’s l)eeomingthe nation’s h’ading steel port. The huge600 by 3()t~ foot wharves xvilh their
cross-tracks and rail and road connec-tions provide ideal staging areas for thecollection of the bulky cargo and its fastdispatch in handling once unloaded. ThePort also provides locomotive and gantrycranes to work along with ship’s gear intnn, discharge of the steel.
Principal steel exporting countries arc\Vest Germany, Japan. lh.lzium. France.Luxemt)our~ and the [mired kinmlom.
Unloading a record shipment of steel.
SEPTEMBER, 1965 11
Going aboard the MEGALOHARI II
North Texas Exporters-Importers Visit HoustonSome 75 members and their wives, of tile Export-Import
Clul)s of Fort \Vorth and Dallas, visited the Port of Houstonas gut’sts Of the \avigation District last month,
with the Port’s General Sales Manager. (;eorge \V. Ahvater, andDistrict Sales Manager John \Veiler. a,d their wives, as hosts.
The visitors toured the wharves and went aboard the new Greekvessel. ’3IECALOI],qRI II. here with a record-breaking
shipment ol’ ] 1.400 tons of steel; toured the fame([ Domed Stadium.though no game ~.~as scheduled that weekend ; ~ent aboard the
inspection w,ssel SdM tlOUSTO:\i for a trip down the Ship Channel,and wound it up with dinner at the San Jacinto Inn
at the battlegrounds.
George Bourilli(m. of the Texas Refining Company in Fort Worthand president of tile Fort Worth Club. h’d the group.
Viewing the field from the Domed StadiumSome o{ ’~he gues’fs on ’~he bow be{ore depar’~ure
12 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
No. 63 in a Series
He Belales HppurluniliesFar An ’Exp,ediler’ Here
By LLOYD GREGORYDirector of Information
SELF-TRUST IS THE FIRST SECRET OF SUCCESSIRalph Waldo Emerson
R(~Y G. GONZALEZ, president of International PurchasingExpediting Agency, 513 World Trade Center, is adexout beliew,r in Emerson’s dictum.
A Mexican national, and a private in Uncle Sam’s Armyin Worhl War 11, Hoy was unhappy because there was noeffort to teach him English.
Roy had the "self-trust" to write President Franklin DelanoRoosevelt, and to state in Spanish "I would be a far bettersoldier for you if 1 knew English."
Within a few days, the commanding officer at Fort Knox,Ky., where Roy was stationed, received a letter from the WarDepartment, and Roy was given special instruction in English.
Roy later received his citizenship papers in Italy, where heserved with the 473rd Infantry of the Fifth Army, and wonthree battle stars, a good conduct ribbon and a rifleman’sbadge.
Friendly and out-going, Mr. Gonzalez is a busy optimist.He explained:
"I am an expediter. My job is to get seller and buyers to-gether."
Roy’s knowledge of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French,and l~nglish has been a big help. His firm works as exportconsultants, serving particularly manufacturers who do nothave export departments, and as purchasing agent for Latin-American companies.
International Purchasing & Expediting specializes in exportof pre-fahricated homes, oil rigs, refineries, and pipe line ma-terial. Large shipments have gone to Argentina, Bolivia,Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Thailand, Pakistan.
"In our business, we must know purchasing, documentation,crating, letters of credit, and how to deal with the consulates,"Mr. Gonzalez explained.
Roy G. Gonzalez was horn in Monterrey, Mexico, October2, 1919, and was educated in business administration.
Under a special arrangement between his native countryand the U. S. Roy in 1912 enlisted in the Yankee army.
After his discharge, Mr. Gonzalez worked here in 194(i-47for Pctroles Mexieano; fllen for H. L. Ziegler, freight for-warders; next for Lee Shipping Company, and finally forTrans-Oceanie Shipping Company, which he formed withM. H. Landes. In 1962, he founded the company he nowheads.
The personable green-eyed, mustached Roy is married toMarie Aurora. a Houston girl. They have two children,Robert, 18; Sylvia. II, both students at Marian High School.All are members of Annunciation Church.
Mr. Gnnzalez is a member of the World Trade associationand World Trade club, the Good Neighbor Council, Export:Expansion Committee of Houston Chamber of Commerce, andTexas International Trade Association. He is proud to be amember of the Mexican consul’s committee for celebration ofMexican Independence Day, September 15.
Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum
ROY G. GONZALEZSEPTEMBER, 1965 13
tale of the red roosters
lqRST LINER SERVICE
STARTED 50 YEARS AGO
AT PORT OF HOUSTON
T HE ]’~EI) I/OOSTERS didn’t crow
when the S/S SATILLA tied up atthe Port of Houston’s Municipal WharfSunday afternoon. August 22, 1915.They were too tired.
But sewq’al thousand other l)eople didcheer for this one bright event on theTexas Coast during the bleak ~eek ofthe 1915 hurricane that left more than100 dead in its wake as it passedthrough the Galveston Bay area.
The Red I/oosters, a Houston men’sorganization, had planned to (:row loudand long, just as they had the previousNovember 10, when the Port of Houstonwas olIicially dedicated. Now, howeww,they were busy manning a refugee sta-tion for the coast-dwelling storm sur-vix.ors who were making their way toHouston for shelter.
Mayor Ben Campbell. the HarhorBoard" Jesse H. Jones, R. M. Farrar,C. C. Pillot. N. F. Meador, and John T.Scotl and several thousand other Hous-
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By CARL D. BONDInternational Relations Representative
ton citizens, however, did make theirway down to the big timber wharf andconcrete warehouse, just below the ne~Turning Basin to watch the SouthernSteamship Line’s SATILL4. the tlrstliner service steamship to enter theyoung Port of Houston. steam smartlyup to the dock.
"Looked Beautiful To Us~’
Harbor Board member Scott summedup the feelings of the crowd when hesaid, "She isn’t w,ry pretty, hut shelooked beautiful to us Sunday afternoonwhen she tied up to the ne~.~ municipalwharxes. The arrival of thai steamermeans the beginning of a great periodof activity for the city and the entirestate of Texas."
Truer ~ords were never spoken. TheHouston Ship Channel, just dredged toa 2:1, foot depth the year before, hadtaken the blasts of the storm ~ith nodamage whatsoever and was ready to
The SATILLA as she looked tied up atthe Port of Houston’s Wharf 1 during herfirst visit in August of 1915, with anothervessel coming up the Channel. Thenwooden, Wharf 1 has since been reno-vated at a cost of $600,000 and is amodern, concrete facility. The woodedshore on the opposite bank now stretchesfar downstream solid with other wharvesand transit sheds and the wooded rightbank below Wharf 1 today is the site ofthe eight wharves and mile-long shedsof the Long Reach Docks.
fulfill its destiny as a major world port.Fifty years later, Scott’s ~ords have
been fulfilled bv a Port with 50 generalcargo wharves lining the Houston SbipChannel, ahmg with an equal number ofliquid cargo docks. Wharf No. 1 is nowan up-to-date concrete wharf with 36feet of water alongside.
The Turning Basin. on(:(" a s) lvanretreat, is now ringed with wharves.transit sheds, rail tracks and concreteroadways. The City of Houston, whichhad to make a special extension of itscity limits to encompass the Port whenit was built, now has more than one andone quarter million population andreaches far beyond the Turning Basinarea.
The Port. itself, ix the third largestin the [-nited States, handling more than59 million tons of cargo yearly. It smvesshippers from the Canadian border todie Gulf of Mexico and from the Missis-sil)pi llivm to the Conlinental Divide.
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Tim Channel is now 40 feet in depthover most of its 50 mile course. Manyhistory-maklng events in cargo handlingand steamship activity have been rea-lized. But in 1915, the happy marriageof Houston and the deep seas of theworld was just starting.
The idea of a protected, inland port,50 miles from the sea and 50 relicsnearer the producers and consumers ofgoods, had been conceived many yearsbefore but was given greater impetusfollm~ing the Galveston Storm of 1900which destroyed shipping and cargowithin that historic port.
Houston, on the other hand. was wellinland and protected from the sea, andfar-sighted Houstonians realized thatsuch a disaster could not happen againwere a port located there.
Huleheson Led Campaign
Led by their Congressman, CaptainJoseph C] Hutchcson, they pushed a billthrough Congress for the creation of aPort of Houston by dredging a channelfrom the sea. Houston went on to insureits construction by putting up a milliondollars to match that of the federalgovernment to complete the project.
The Port was officially dedicated onNovember 10, 1914, and was im-mediately put into use by barges, smallcoastal steamers and other craft engagedin local business. The S/S DOROTHF,Captain W. L. Farnsworth, master, haddischarged coal at the Clinton Docksbefore the Channel was even completed,
An artist’s painting of the SouthernSteamship Company’s SATILLA whichgained historic fame on August 22,1915as the first liner service vessel to enterthe Port of Houston after it was openedto deepsea traffic.
but was not credited as the first oceanvessel in liner service to call at thefinished Port.
That distinction was to go to theSATILLA some ten months later.
Fearing some damage to the HoustonShip Channel from the 1915 Auguststorm, Captain Fred Allien, channelpilot, took the pilot boat ARLETTE Adown the channel to make soundingsall the way to Bolivar Roads beforebringing up the SATILLA. He reportedthat not only was the Channel un-damaged, but the storm had scoured itin places to a depth of 34 feet!
Although the SAT1LLA had not feltthe full blasts of the destructive hurri-cane. her master, Captain Frank P.Robinson, reported to the ship’s Hous-ton agent, F. M. Johnson, that he hadreduced speed in order to stay behindthe storm. The vessel was originallyscheduled into Houston on Thursday,August 19.
Found Channel Clear
Finding the Channel clear, theSATILLA steamed up to Houston es-corted by the ARLETTE A and two othervessels. Captain Robinson found thepassage so easy he said that he couldmake thc outbound trip without help.
Sinclair Taliaferro, long a leader indeveloping Houston as a deepsea port,made the voyage upstream on theSATILLA’s bridge, and was reported inthe local press as "one of the happiestmen in the world" at the successfulculmination of his years of work.
The SATILLA brought some 1925tons of cargo from New York. Includedwere several thousand cans of vegetables,barrels of oil, steel pipe, ammunition,dry goods, vinegar, horseshoes, hard.ware and clothing. Houston stores ran
adw’rtisements in the newspaper forweeks afterwards on items "ncwly ar-rived on the SATILLA."
At the same time, ew~ry effort wasbeing made to gather return cargoes forthe Southern Steamship Line w~ssel andher sister ship, the ALGIERS whicll wasto arrive the following Thursday. TheHouston Chronicle published severaleditorials urging Houston area mer-chants and industrialists to provide out-bound cargo for these ships. The edi-torials pointed out that although theships were carrying full inbound car-goes, it was necessary for them to havecargo both ways to maintain the service.
Heavy Outbound Manifest
Houstonians responded and theSATILLA’s outbound manifest lookedmuch like that of a w’sscl leaving Hous-ton today. She carried rice, cottonseedoil, green hides, and cotton.
Foreshadowing Houston’s presentgreat international trade, a motor truckthat had been manufactured in WichitaFalls, Texas, was loaded onto theSATILLA for transhipment to Sydney,Australia, via New York. Today it wouldhave bcen shipped direct on one of theliner services from Houston to ports"down under."
The SAT1LLA, the ALGIERS, andother ships of the Southern SteamshipLines made many other voyagcs to thePort at Houston. Other vessels and otherlines followed suit, finding Houston aport where they could come in safetyand profit.
Today, more than 1000 vessels a ycar,representing more than 120 steamshiplines, call at the thriving "inland Cityon the Sea" which brought the Gulf ofMexico and world trade to its own frontdoor.
SOHIH AMERICAN COHNTRIF$FI][D AI WORLD IRADF CIIIB
It was Noche Sudamcricana (South Arucrican Night) the \Vorld Trade Club last month when some 200 members
and guests gathorcd to honor the nine South Americancountries of Argentina, Boliva. Brazil. Chile. Columbia,
Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela ~hich haveconsulates in Houston.
Spcvial South Ammican dishes wine the order of the ewming,prepared under the watchful SUl~ervision of several of the
consuls, and decorative postors, films on South Americaand Latin rhythms from the orchestra set the keynote
for the gay e~cnt.
Argentine Consul Juan Augusto Lertora directs World TradeClub Chef J. O. Bauer in the preparation of the tasty meatpies known as "empanadas," which were a hit of the evening.
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Consul of Chile Ben M. Rencoret and Mrs. Rencoret, left,with Port of Houston’s General Sales Manager George Altvaterand Mrs. Jorge Benzdquen, wife of the consul general of Peru.
Diced raw red-snapper, marinated in lime juice, onion andhot sauce is prepared by Peruvian Consul-General Jorge Ben-z6quen for Chef Bauer and Club Manager Francois Ichon.Known as "ceviche" it is a tasty and typical Peruvian delicacy.
Colombia’s new consul, Dr. Carlos Lopez Restrepo, left, withArturo Cepeda, Houston, and Ignacio Restrepo, New Orleans,representatives of the Gran Colombiana Steamship Line.
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Belgian Consul General George Elliott, right, with guestsfrom Argentina. From left to right Mrs. Juan Augusto Lertora,wife of the consul, and Mrs. Casanova de Jim6nez, newly-arrived vice-consul of Argentina in Houston.
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Belgian’s Consul General, M. George Elliott, second fromleft, entertained Belgian industrialist J. Guerin (left) and Mrs.Guerin, and journalist-world traveller Alain Massin, who wasin Houston on a round-the-world tour.
John T. Dale, center, Gulf Coast Shipping Corp., New Or-leans, was the guest of W. J. Fernandez, right, and JohnMasterson, left, of the Bay-Houston Towing Co. at the HoustonWorld Trade Club recently. Bay-Houston tugs had just dockedthe Retla Steamship Company’s M. V. MEGALOHARI II at Navi-gation District Wharf 20 with its record-breaking cargo of14,425 long tons of steel, the largest single steel shipmentever received in Houston.
F. C. (Bud) Hadfield, executive assistant to Mayor LouieWelch, right, had a farewell luncheon in the World Trade Clublast month with Avshalom Caspi, Consul of Israel who has beenpromoted to Consul General and posted to Los Angles to headthat office.
Anderson, Clayton Co. honored 45 years of service by Mrs.Marzee Lenormand recently with a reception and luncheonin the World Trade Club. She is shown here with Sydnor Oden,right, executive vice president of Anderson, Clayton; RaymondGaston, left, president of the Cotton Exchange and vice presi-dent of Anderson, Clayton, and John Dee, her former boss inthe traffic department of the company before his recent re-tirement.
Biehl and Company was host to Captain AIf Eriksson, right,of the M/V MANAGUA of the Mamenic Line recently at theWorld Trade Club. From left to right, Frank Van Heugten,operations, Houston; Carlos Perez, Mamenic representative inBiehl’s New Orleans office, and T. E. Dugey, vice presidentof Biehl & Co., in charge of the Houston office.
W. B. Futrall, district manager of the Rock Island Railroadin Houston, left, was host to Rock Island’s resident vice-president in Fort Worth, J. M. Spann, center, and HugoWaninger, vice-president of Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis, atluncheon in the World Trade Club recently.
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HOUSTON PORT BUREAU has asked the Inter-state Commerce Commission to separate theissues according to geography of port rangesand to hold separate hearings in regard toDocket 54522 and I&S 8230, involvingreduced free time at U. S. ports on export
traffic. These consolidated proceedingsnow encompass all free time rules andregulations at all U. S. ports and are setfor hearing in Washington, D.C. onSeptember 14 for the purpose of receivingevidence, cross-examination and rebuttalevidence. More than i00 firms andindividuals have registered as parties ofinterest and voluminous written evidencehas already been entered in the form ofverified statements. In Houston’s motion,we have proposed that the issues beseparated into four divisions (Atlantic,Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes) and thatmatters pertaining to each port range beheard separately at centrally locatedpoints. The proposed special procedure, inour opinion, would expedite terminationof matters involved.
HANDLING CHARGES at Port of Houston on fivecommodities are scheduled for reduction onSeptember 29th. Window or plate glass andcanned goods, palletized in 1,600 poundunits, will have available an 8¼¢ per i00pound rate. Charge for unloading rice inpackages weighing less than 50 pounds eachwill be reduced ½¢ per i00 pounds andplywood in bundles of not less than 4
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pieces to the bundle will be loaded orunloaded for 12¼¢ per I00 pounds. Also,the 8~¢ palletized charge will be extendedto cover loading or unloading rail cars.
AN INVESTIGATION of overland and overlandcommon point rates and absorptions ontraffic between West Coast ports and theFar East has been instituted by the FederalMaritime Commission on its own motionunder Docket No. 65-31. Purpose of theinvestigation is to determine thelawfulness of ocean rates on trafficdestined to or originating in territoryEast of the Rocky Mountains. Pre-hearingconference is tentatively scheduled forOctober 12 in Washington, D.C. Houston andother Gulf ports have intervened andwill participate in the proceeding.
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA has filed acomplaint with the I.C.C. for rateequalization with Texas ports on grainfrom certain origins in Oklahoma. TheCommission will hold initial hearing onSeptember 16 in Lake Charles under DocketNo. 34606. The complaint is substantiallythe same as previously denied by theCommission under Docket No. 33573, exceptthat only Oklahoma is now involved. HoustonPort Bureau will be an active participant.
MERANTI WOOD has been added to the listforeign woods and now has available toSouthwestern destinations the same railrates that apply on other foreign woods.The Port Bureau initiated this adjustmentat the request of an importer who predictsa substantial increase in futureimportation of Meranti Lumber as a resultof the tariff change.
FREE RETURN of inflatable dunnage, nylonstrapping and insulating blankets has beenapproved by the railroads. Southern PortsRail Tariffs will be amended on statutorynotice (30 days) to provide that theabove described dunnage may be returnedfree from destination back to origin ofshipment by reverse routing of inboundmovement providing consignee or his agentremoves the dunnage, deflates, ties intobundles and tags. Bill of lading must showinbound reference to car number androuting.
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IN VIEWS
AROUND
THE PORT
OF
HOUSTONTop of the Navigation District’s public elevator at the Port of Houston provided
a lofty perch for two participants in the U. S. State Department’s Foreign SpecialistsProgram to view port activities and related industrial plants recently. On the left isWang Shih-hung, producer-director of program production, Taiwan Television Enter-prise, Ltd. who was also in Houston to cover the Gemini 5 manned spacecraft shot.Morris Cyrill Morgan, right, is assistant secretary, Colonial Secretariat, Hong Kong.
French Cuisine was not exactly the fare for 930 head ofTexas cattle headed for France via Belgium aboard the S. S.EL CORRAL, but some 6000 bales of hay and 920 bags offeed mixed in Sugarland, Texas, probably pleased them justas well. James D. Sartwelle of the Port City Stockyards wasexporter of the large herd of slaughter cattle with loadingbeing handled by Gulf Stevedores. Houston Freight Forward-ing handled details on the shipment.
A shipment of 30 trailer loads of Malathion LVC, a cottoninsect control material, was recently made to the Houston areavia the S. S. AZALEA CITY of Sea-Land Service, Inc., by theAmerican Cyanamid Co. The vital material was trucked directlyfrom the Port of Houston to the surounding cotton-gowing cen-ters by Sea-Land.
SEPTEMBER, 1965
Captain John M. Mantzavinos, center, was host at a maidenvoyage celebration aboard his ship, the Greek flag M. V.MEGALOHARI II, at the port of Houston recently. The 23,489DWT vessel, belonging to Hellenic Maritime Transport, Piraeus,Greece, was launched at Kobe, Japan, in January, 1965.Chartered to the Retla Steamship Co., Long Beach, California,the ship’s Houston cargo consisted of 14,425 long tons ofsteel from Japan. From right to left are Marshall McNeel, GulfCoast Shipping Corp., ship’s agent; Marvin Malmuth, president,Retla Steamship Co.; Captain Mantzavinos; C. E. Bullock, op-erations manager, and A. F. Othold, assistant to terminal man-ager, both of the Navigation District.
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Planning the diamond jubilee convention for the AmericanWarehousemen’s Association, to be held in Houston May 8-12,1966, were members of the host committee and national of-ricers. The session was held at the World Trade Club recently.From the left are John Doggett, Houston; Don Horton of Chica-
go, executive vice president; John K. Dozier, Houston, conven-tion arrangements committee chairman; Tom Duke of Jackson-ville, Fla., president of American Warehousemen’s Association;Ward Robison, president of Houston Warehouse and TransferAssociation, and Burke Baker of Houston, committee member.
United States Flag Vessels Owners, Operators, Agents
Regular Sailings From U. S. Gulf Ports to Continental Europe,East Coast of United Kingdom and Scandinavia-Baltic
STATES MARINE LINES-~Berth Agents
O~ices In .Ill Principal Gull Ports
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FEARNLEY & EGER, Oslo, 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 ¯ HONG KONG ¯ BANGKOK ¯ SAIGON ¯ SINGAPORED JAKARTA ¯ PORT SWETTENHAM ¯ PENANG ¯ BELAWAN DELl
Agents:General AgentsFEARNLEY & EGER, INC.
BIEHL & COMPANYSixth Floor, WORLD TRADE BLDG.,
29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10006 HOUSTON, TEXAS344-3770
CApitol 2-9961
New PresidentFor Strachan
Frank G. Strachan has been electedpresident of Strachan Shipping Corn-pany, Savannah, Georgia, to succeedF. D. M. Strachan, Jr.
The new president and the retiringpresident are both grandsons of CaptainFrank G. Strachan who formed a part-nership with Captain George P. Walkerin 1886 tinder the name of Strachan andCompany, Robert W. Groves, chairmanof the board, said in making the an-nouncement.
The company has been in businesseontinnously as ship agents and steve-(lores with representatiw~s of bothfamilies in prominent positions eversince. The firm has offices throughoutSouth Atlantic and Gulf ports as well asin New York and in major transporta-tion centers.
Frank G. Strachan, a native of Savan-nah, maintains his office in New Orleans.The home office of the company will re-main in Sa,.annah.
F. D. M. Straehan, Jr., has been presi-dent of the company since 1957. He isreliring at his own request for reasons o[health, but he will remain as a director.
In Houston Strachan has had officesin the Cotton Exchange Building since192l.
CREW IS HONORED
The highest official honor for in-dustrial seagoing tankers was awardedto tim captain and crew of the ESS()MIAMI of Humble Oil & Refining Co.recently. Captain W. N. Sims acceptedthe a~;ard for the crew’s part in fight-ing a tierce shipboard blaze last xear.
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HELLENICLINES: LIMITED
Hansen & Tidemann, Inc., steamship agents, christened their new offices occupyingthe entire 16th floor of the Houston Cotton Exchange Building recently, with an openhouse for their many friends in the trade. Here President Svend Hansen, right, isshown with R. Paddon, left, executive vice president from New York and ExecutiveVice President J. W. Grissom, Jr., New Orleans.
Peruvian LineJoins Conference
Corporation Peruana de Vapores (tilePeruvian State lane} has been admittedto tile Atlantic and Gulf-West CoastSouth America Conference and the WestCoast South America Northbound Con-fercnce.
Hanson & Tidcmann, agent for theline, said the affiliation wild become ef-fective ()ctobcr
The 60-year-old Peruvian gow’rnment-owned company, which 1)cgan as coastal operatiom owns a fleet of ]2nlotorships ranging in size from 6,000to 12,000 tons.
GULF LINESA New I~zdependent
Express Service
between the Gul[ and
ROTTERDAM
HAMBURG
ANTWERP
LONE STAR SHIPPING INC.HOUSTON AGENTS GALVESTON
U.S. Representative
JAN C. UITERWYK CO., INC.Tampa, Fla.
BEN H. MOOREINSURANCE
MARINE - CASUALTY - FIRECable: MOORDEEN
915 World Trade Bldg. CA 8-5227
Compania Sud Americana de VaporesExpress Freight Service From
HOUSTON ̄ GALVESTONMOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS
AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGO OFFERS
TO
PERU¯ BOLIVIA ¯ CHILE29 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
Tel. WHitehall 3 8600
Gulf Agents
STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ̄ MOBILEGALVESTON ̄ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUIS
CINCINNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITYMEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ MILWAUKEE
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 LIMITED319 International Trade Mart
New Orleans 12
Houston Agent
LE BLANC-PARR, INC.616 Cotton Exchange Building
CA 2-2259AREA CODE 713
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Lanier ElectedBy Exporters
Thomas Lanier, president of tile [i. S.I)istrilmting Corp. of Houston, has beena~arded the American Society of In-ternational Execuliw’s’ highest title, ex-i)erieneed export manager.
lmnier was elected as the 132nd mem-ber of the society which is dedicated tolhe elevation of standards of foreigntrade.
UNITED STEVEDORINGDivision Of
States Marine Lines, Inc.Cotton Exchange Bldg.
CA 7-0687 CA 7-3374
FLOMERCA LINE(Flota Mercante Gran Centro-Americana,
S.A.)
¯ . . WEEKLY SERVICE
DIRECT. ̄ ¯ FAST
From Houston, and New Orleans
Direct To
Barrios-Matias and Cortes
LONE STAR SHIPPING INC.Houston ̄ Galveston
U.S. RepresentativeJAN C. UITERWYK CO., INC.
Tampa, Fla.
Kobe
George L. Malherbe, left, director of the Houston Field Office of the U. S.Department of Commerce, retired from active government service last month buttold his fellow workers, Mrs. Lorena Gillespie, international trade specialist, andGeorge Krohn, trade specialist now in charge of the office, as well as his many
other friends in world trade affairs, that
GULF PORTS CRATINGCO.he is not leaving the field permanently.Malherbe was in government service for24 years, the last nineteen in the Depart-ment of Commerce, and managed theHouston field office since 1959. He isshown here at a farewell ceremonyarranged by his staff.
Saigon
Export PackingCommercial---MilitaryBoxing---Crating--Processing
1600 N. 75th Street WA3-5551
HAULINGIMPORT - EXPORT
LONGHORNTRANSFER SERVICE, INC.
16 Years Serving the Port of Houston7112 Avenue C. WA 6-2661
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ORIENT OVERSEAS LINELONE STAR SHIPPING INC.
HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON ¯ BEAUMONTCA 4-7531 SO 5-9041 TE 3-7465
THOR ECKERT&CO. INC. U.S. GENERAL AGENT
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 Atlantic)
HANSA LINE(Med./Red Sea/Perslan Gulf)
GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE
Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, PeruPanama vla Cristobal
OFFICES
NEW ORLEANS HOUSTONMEMPHIS GALVESTONST. LOUIS DALLAS
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