PORTHOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP. 6917 NAVIGATION BLVD. ¯ P.O. BOX 9296 The USSGOODRICH, an Atlantic Coast ship HOUSTON11, TEXAS visited the Port of Houstonfor the long Fourth of July weekend.Here, WA1-4168 at left, it enters the Turning Basin, all handson deck, while the "Sing U. S. CUSTOMBONDED Out Houston" choral group in the foreground greets the 200-mancrew, SPECIALIZINGIN IMPORT& EXPORTHAULING including some 31 Annapolis midshipmen. Below, CommanderHarry E. Hunt, captain of the GOODRICH,and Greg Seaman,left, Port of Houston TRUCKSAND CARGO INSURED NavigationDistrict representative, inspect the Maiden Voyage plaque BONDEDPERSONNEL presented to the vessel by Junior Chamberof CommerceVice President Call Us on Your Local Transport Problem Robert Bacon. Eachyear the Junior Chamberof Commercearranges trans- portation and activities for the crewsof U.S. naval ships visiting the port. byDUringitsstaythedestr°yerhad°penh°useeachaftern°°nf°rinspecti°nthepublic. ~ i)Biill.jal ii~ .....: ~IrlI~STEAM SHI p ~~ CORPORATION Ship Agents & Term~ha~ Operators

WESTGULF EASTGULF 7th Floor WorldTrade Center 2300International TradeMart Houston,Texas 77002 NewOrleans, Louisiana 70130 Tel: CA8-8661 ¯ TWX:713-571-1=1.21 Tel: 524-0701° TWX:504-822-5024 Cable "DALSHIP" ~m mumum, lmumu m Nil / GULFAGENTS FOR / | C~.DEMAR COLDEMARI.I ~ELINE¯., oGu~ )NCORDIA CONCORDIAAGENTS LINEF(]RLINE ¯ FI¯ FINNLINES ~NLINiS gg IIJ JUGOLINIJALINE° N.Y.K.LINE o POLISHOCEAN LINES OFFICESIN: BeaumontDallas GalvestonMemphis ¯ Mobile ¯ NewYork Port Arthur¯ In MexicoCity--Agencia TransoceanJca de Vapores, S.A. J \ S HI P S UP P L I E S

You never experience a delay when you order from Texas Marinebecause we carry one of the nation’s largest stocks of maritime supplies. Wehave special departmentsfor deck & engine,provisions, electrical, stewardsundries and fire pro- tection under one roof to give you quick service. TEXASMARINE & INDUSTRIALSUPPLY COMPANY 8050 Harrisburg ¯ P. O. Box 5218 ¯ Telephone: 713-WA 3-9771 Houston, Texas 77012 f AUGUST, 1968 21 CreoleLine Serves ::i)i~iz_ Inc. Port For 45 Years

Stevedore=’A Subsidiary of NORTON,LILLY & CO., INC. Tile May issue of the Port of Houston MAGAZINE, in a story announcing the opening of sailings by tile Saguaro Lille. unwittingly stated /his was the ~mlv CONTRACTING&CONSULTING STEVEDORES direct service offering direct West and East bound sailings l~tqwccn halian ports GENERAL, BULK & GRAIN CARGO HANDLING and U. S. Gulf ports. The Creole Line. "with headquarters CAR & BARGE LOADING and UNLOADING in Genoa. has been offering direct ser- vice to and from tim Gulf and halian NEW ORLEANS ports for 68 years and b~’t~c~,n Houston and Italian ports for more than 1.5 years. 1338 INTERNATIONALTRADE MART TEL: 522-6101 ~See P~,rt ~f Houston MAGAZINE, May, HOUSTON GALVESTON 1962.) 203 MARINEBLDG. 512 U.S. NAT’L. BANKBLDG. \Vc sim’crt, lv regret this ovt’rsight and TEL: 222-9601 TEL: 765-9463 hc’rcl}y wish to recognize the long and faithful scrvi(’e of tim Creole Line to the L 1 ¯ q ports of th~ Gulf and, especially, tf~ the Port of Hm~shm.

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n/7 J-~r~ idemann, Inc./Sfeamship Agents All Cotton Ports and Markets

TexasTransport & TerminalCo., Inc. Cable Address SteamshipAgents 11thFloor, 711Fannin St. TEPJ~INALHOUSTON (Established1895) Houston,Texa¢ 77002 Tel: CA5-5461 TEXPORTS STEVEDORE COMPANY, INC. Contracting Stevedores

CREOLE LINE CUNARD BROCKLEBANK SERVICE HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE South Africa North European Ports Italian Ports United Kingdom East India-Ceylon-East Pakistan P. N. D JAKARTA LLOYD LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE North Aft-lean, Red Sea and LLOYD BRASILEIRO Y-S Line Indonesian Ports Brazil Japanese Ports WYSMULLER OCEAN TOWAGE VENEZUELAN LINE WESTWIND AFRICA LINE & SALVAGE COMPANY West African Ports Venezuelan Ports Houston, Texas Brownsville Texas Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, La. New York, N.Y. Corpus Chr sti, Texas St. Louis, Mo. Charleston, S.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Galveston, Texas Baltimore, Md. Chicago, Ill. Dallas, Texas Boston, Mass. Savannah , Ga. r4

22 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE Side by side, these two submarines moored off Brady Island on the Houston Ship Channel represent two different eras of submarining. In the foreground is the World War II vintage sub, the U.S.S. CABRILLO, long used by Naval Reserve submarine personnel for training and now destined as a memorial undersea craft in Galveston. Taking the CABRILLO’splace for train- ing purposes is the U.S.S. CAVALLA, a more modern submarine which has an external and internal layout similar to present day nuclear submarines.

Independenceis the key to low-cost shippin8. Orient OverseasLine offers three regular express services from U.S. Atlantic & Gulf Ports to the Far East & SoutheastAsia, includin8 direct sailings betweenNew York andManila. One of the newest members of Houston’s Cargo vans, reefer and deep tank world trade community is George Van Haght, a spaceavailable. native South African who recently was ap- pointed assistant vice president of South African Marine Corporation of New York (Safmarine) IH’lh/linU i | and assigned to the Port of Houston as llaison officer between the firm’s New York headquarters iJ"~ ~|UPIGgTI and its Gulf agents, Hansen and Tideman, Inc. ~lllfllllllpl’""~ Van Haght is a veteran Safmarine employee i.,iilllnil~i OVERBEARLINE ] of 17 years, previously having worked in per- sonnel and as a buyer in the freight sales divi- sion of the company. He says he is looking for- GULF AGENTS ward to the mid-August arrival in Houston of New Orleans (504) 524-6751, Galveston (713) 765-9401, Houston (713) 224-7531 Safmarine’s newly launched, 511-foot S.A. CON- GENERAL AGENTS STANTIA on its maiden voyage. thor eckert company, inc. 19 Rector St., New York 10006 ¯ Telephone: DI 4-8686 AUGUST,1968 23 \

The Orient OverseasLine’s newest vessel, the 12,000 ton M/V LING the traditional maidenvoyage plaque presented by the Navigation Dis- YUNG,was in Houston last month on its maiden voyage and was the trict and the HoustonJunior Chamberof Commercefrom JayceeRon Stone. site of a gala welcomingcelebration arrangedby LoneStar Shipping Co., Behind him is Captain Stone, P. A. Grana, president of Lone Star Ship- agents for the Line. Capt. M. Y. Stone, representative of Orient Overseas ping, and Rufus Arriage, far left, executive vice president of Lone Star. Line with headquarters in NewYork, was on hand, and manyHoustonians At right, Captain Huangsports a Texas hat received from County Judge recognizedanother old friend in the newship’s master, Capt. S. Y. Huang, Bill Elliott, while Chinese Consul General T. K. Chu beamsapproval. who brought in the Line’s former flagship, M/V. RUYUNG, on her maiden GeorgeW. Altvater, deputy director of the Port of Houston, was master voyagehalf a dozenyears ago. In the photo at left CaptainHuang receives of ceremoniesat the presentations.

HOUSTON:,,,,,, link in the chain of Lykes 6 trade routes

Generations of LYKESshipping experience are back of today’s outstanding service to the ~~ ~ export-import trade. Our new cargo fleet is amongAmerica’s finest an N E S fastest with more 20-knot ships than any other single privately-owned fleet in the world. They ~~ are regularly and dependably scheduled. ’v ~ ¯ LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC. Cotton Exchange Bldg., Houston, Texas

Offices and Agentsin the United States and in Principal World Ports U. K, LINE ¯ CONTINENTLINE ¯ MEDITERRANEANLINE ¯ AFRICA LINE ¯ ORIENTLINE ¯ CARIBBEANLINE

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24 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE ANNUAL REPORT IS OFF THE PRESS

The Port ot7 Houston’s Annual Report for 1967 has been published and is avail- able to anyone interested in the operations of the port. Requests for copies should be addressed to the Executive Director, The Port of Houston, P. O. Box 2562. Houston, Texas 77001.

Two f -- --( GULF / EVERY MONTH

The ~hipping ¢’orporation Of India Ltd. TO ALEXANDRIA¯ PORT SAID ¯ JEDDAH¯ DJIBOUTI ¯ BOMBAY¯ COCHIN ¯ MADRAS¯ CALCUTTA NewOrleans Galveston Houston STATE OF WEST BENGAL Aug. 14 Aug. 17 VISHVA VIR Aug. 26 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 STATE OF MADHYAPRADESH Sept. 7 Sept. 10 R. G. (Roy) Gonzales, well-known in Houston and Texas maritime shipping circles for many years, has been appointed manager of the Houston office of Caldwell & Co., one of the largest and oldest freight forwarding firms in the United States. The new Houston branch office is located in the Petroleum Building. Caldwell & Co. now have Gulf offices in Houston and New Orleans, with headquarters in New York. Gonzales has been in the freight forwarding and export field for more than 22 years.

NEYV FLOMERCA AGENTS The Dalton Steamship Corporation, steamship agents and operators, have SWIFT/DIRECT SERVICE FROM been aplminted as general agenls in US GULF TO lhe U.S. Gulf for Flomerca Line as of July 1. The Flomerea Line vessels ~vill LIVERPOOL load and unload at the Dalton Steam- ship Line terminals in Houslon and MA NCHES TER New Orleans. Flomerea lane is offering ~eeklv direct service to the port of Matias de Galvez and the port of Bar- HOUSTON ¯ COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG. CAPITOL 2-2259 - TWX - 910 881-2650 rios in (;uatemala, the port of Cortes, Honduras. and including El Salvador through Barrios. GALVESTON NEW ORLEANS ¯ DALLAS ¯ MEMPHIS

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AUGUST, 1968 25 GuideBook Published

The Houston Guide and ltandbook has just been brought out by Tifco FEARNLEY& EGER,Oslo, Norway Publications and fills a long existing void by providing a handy reference Fast Freight, Reefer, DeepTank and PassengerService and information guide on all phases of the city’s activity, including the Port U.S. GULF / FAR EAST SERVICE and international trade. Regular Sailings From: The guide covers not only Houston, ¯ itself, but also the NASA-Galvestonarea HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON BEAUMONT down to the Gulf Coast. It includes de- MOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS tailed maps, business and industrial ALSO OTHER TEXAS PORTS AS CARGOWARRANTS data. census and populalion facts, gen- eral area information and specifics on MANILA ¯ HONG KONG ¯ BANGKOK ¯ SAIGON ¯ SINGAPORE the Port of Houston, lhe Texas Medical D JAKARTA ¯ PORT SWETrENHAM ¯ PENANG ¯ BELAWAN DELl Center and the Ship Channel industrial Agents: GeneralAgents complex. BIEHL & COMPANY Pclcr C. Maffitt of the Tifco Inter- FEARNLEY & EGER, INC. Sixth Floor, WORLDTRADE BLDG., 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10006 HOUSTON,TEXAS America Corporation is editor and the 344-3770 CApitol2-9961 guide is available at news stands, book- stores or from the publisher.

CAPT. LAMBDIN’S ADDRESS FastRegular Cargo Service Captain H. B. Lambdin. marine sur- HOUSTON,NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE veyor, eonsuhant and appraiser for many years at the Port of Houston, is WEEKLY now at the Golden Age Manor. S.E., to La Guaira*, Curacao*and Trinidad* at 7633 Bellfort. Houston 77017. Cap- tain Lambdin is well remembered in FORTNIGHTLY Houston maritime shipping circles for to Maracaibo, Aruba*, Guanta, Barbados, his work on cargo eondilion and dam- Georgetown*and Paramaribo* age surveys over tile nlanv years lie was active here, and has ask’ed that his *Fortnightly from Mobile friends be advised through the Port of Agents: Houston MAGAZINE of his present Houston, Mobile, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dallas, Memphis, whereabouts. Atlanta ...... STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland ...... LAVINO SHIPPING CO. Baltimore, Norfolk ...... RAMSAY, SCARLETT & CO. LONGHORN Detroit ...... INTERNATIONAL GREAT LAKES SHIPPING CO. TRANSFERSERVICE, INC. SPECIALIZING---IMPORT/EXPORTTRUCKING 7112 Avenue C Houston, Texas llogalildherlands $1¢amship tompang WA 6-2661 "Perfection in Performanceis AchievedOnly 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10004 by Experience" YourVessel will be metat the Bar andPiloted to the Port of Houstonby I PILOTS ( HOUSTON .I 6302 GULF FREEWAY I -k HOUSTON,TEXAS 77023 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE 26 This view from the top of a Port of Houston Navigation District containerization crane is of some of the project petroleum equipment loaded last month aboard the motor vessel, INDUS, a Nordana Line ship bound for Benghazi, Libya. Black, Sivalls & Bryson of Oklahoma City was the supplier. Houston agents for Nordana Line are Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd.

iNDEPENDENT GULF LINE (Vinke & Co., Amsterdam,Managers) REGULARSERVICE to andfrom the CONTINENT

5~rl pPll~(~ CORPOP~ATZOH UNITEDSTEVEDORING GULFPORTS CRATING CO. General Agent U.S.A. Division Of ExportPacking Houston¯ Galveston¯ NewYork Commercial--Military NewOrleans ¯ Memphis States MarineLines, Inc. Cotton ExchangeBldg. Boxing--Crating--Processing Baltimore¯ Philadelphia CA7-0687 CA7-3374 HOUSTON:1600 N. 75th St., WA 3-5551 Refrigerated Space Available NEWORLEANS: 2731 Chartres, 945-7975

BEN H. MOORE INSURANCE AGENCY BenH. Moore- William C. Moore MARINE- CASUALTY- FIRE Cable: MOORDEEN 915World Trade Bldg. CA8-5227

COMPLETE TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICE ¯ Analytical Chemists We’re No. 1 to the ¯ Testing Engineers ¯ Materials (Jeddah, Massawa,Assab, Djibouti, Khorramshahr, Inspectors ¯ Cargo BandarShahpour, Kuwait, Karachi, Bombay,or any- Surveyors ¯ Spectro- whereelse your cargo is goin8 in the Middle East) graphic Analysis SHILSTONETESTING Call CA4-6075 LABORATORY 1714 WEST CAPITOL AVE., HOUSTON CENTRAL Offices: Houston, NewOrleans, Corpus Christi, Baton Rouge 711 FANNIN STREET ¯ HOUSTON. TEXAS Representativesin all major cities NEW ORLEANS . NEW YORK . BOMBAY AUGUST,1968 27 E.S. Binnings, Inc.

Steamship Agents 711 FANNIN, SUITE 906 Telephone: CApitol 5-0531 HOUSTON, TEXAS

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

FRENCHLINE (French Atlantic)

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

GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Panamavia Cristobal The 45-year-old National Customs Service Association last month met in Houston for its 23rd Convention. Shown here are some of those taking part in the weeklong event of the NCSA,meeting OFFICES in Texas for the third time since its inception. They are, from the left: SamD. W. Low, program NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON advisor of Customs Region VI; John J. Murphy, president of NCSA;Rep. Robert Eckhardt, Congressman MEMPHIS GALVESTON of the 8th District, Texas; Harry G. Kelly, Houston CustomsDistrict director and presiding officer of ST. LOUIS DALLAS the NCSAKick-Off Program; John P. McDermott, national vice president, Region VI; and Cleburne Maier, regional commissioner of Customs, Region VI. LINE NAMES AGENTS FIlM 2187 CABLE: MAH¢O Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc., }las been named general agents for Vcnezm’lanLine Allantic services. The companyhas heen the lin(:s agents for M. G. Maher& Co., Inc. ils Gulf scrvi(’c for sometime and this newal)l)ointmcnl brings all of the line’s CustomhouseBrokers -- Foreign Freight Forwarders s(,r-~ices h) one ag(’n(’}.

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

Sanlin Building 802 World Trade Center New Orleans 12, Louisiana Houston, Texas Telephone: 529-5941 CApitol 4-8101 TWX-S04-822-5340 TWX-713-571.1283

First class Americanflag servicewith frequentsailings from U.S. Gulf ports, Vera Cruz and Tampicoto the Compania Sud Americana de Vapores ,Brazil, Uruguayand Argen- Express Freight Service From tina. Every two weeksto West Africa HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON MOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS from U.S. Gulf. AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGOOFFERS TO ECUADOR¯ PERU BOLIVIA ¯ CHILE 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Moderncargo liners offering dependable express Tel. (212) 943-8600 services for refrigerated, bulk, dry, liquid, heavy-lift, Gulf Agents containerized and general cargoes. STRACHANSHIPPING CO. NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ MOBILE Dtqla 5h’LlmshiI3 linl’~, In(., P. (). [gt>× 50250, Now()rlean% la. 7(/15(I GALVESTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUIS N’t",:’ Y~rk¯ \,\/ashingt<)n ° (23 cago¯ H()uston C.JNI~HHATI ¯ DALLAS a KANSAS aTY MEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ MILWAUKEE

28 PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINE HOUSTONSTEAMSHIP AGENTS ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY DEEPSEA AGENTS, INC. NORTON, LILLY & CO. 711 Fannin, CA4-6075 Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA4-9798 203 Marine Bldg., CA2-9601 AMERIND SHIPPING CORP. Stevenson Lines Jayanti Shipping Co., Ltd. 110 Marine Building, CA7-5335 Marchessini Lines Lauro Line AmericanExport and Isbrantsen Lines DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. Shipping Corporation of India Fabre Line 1300 Texas Avenue,CA 7-5101 RETLA STEAMSHIP CO., INC. Independent Gulf Line Delta East Coast South AmericaLine 313 MarineBuilding, CA7-3108 SeawayShipping Corp. Delta WestAfrica Line ShipServices, Ltd. ; U.S. BulkCarriers, Retla SteamshipCo., Inc. Inc. ; WesternAgency, Inc. FOWLER & McVITIE, INC. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC. James W. Elwell & Company Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA4-9795 8402 Clinton Drive, OR2-6651 Western Tankers Corporation Maersk Line TruckTrailer CoastwiseService Clipper Marine Corporation The East Asiatic Co., Ltd. Westwaters Management,Inc. Antilles ShippingCo. STATES MARINE-ISTHMIAN Colonial Tankers Corporation AGENCY, INC. International Admiralty Marine Corp. FURNESS, WITHY & CO., LTD. Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA7-3374 Resolute Marine Associates Ltd. 814 WorldTrade Building, CA7-1521 Agents For Shipcraft Inc. Blue Sea Line BloomfieldSteamship Co. Cohunbia Steamship Corporation Furness Line IsthmianLines, Inc. LondonExpress Service Isthmian-Gulf-MediterraneanService AYERS STEAMSHIP CO., INC. Scandinavian AmericanLine Isthmian Gulf-Red Sea/Persian Gulf Service 509 World Trade Building, CA7-3261 Nordana Line Constellation Line Isthmian Gulf-India/Pakistan Service MaritimeCompany of the Philippines GULF COAST SHIPPING CORP. Isthmian Gulf-HawaiianService Ocean-WideShipping Co., Ltd. 204 Marine Bldg., CA5-0869 States MarineLines, Inc. MerchantsSteam Navigation Co., Ltd. States-Marine-ContinentalService BIEHL & COMPANY Eddie SteamshipLines, Inc. States Marine-FarEast Service 6th Floor, WorldTrade Building, CA2-9961 Jugooceanija Lines States Marine-MediterraneanService Fern Line Retla SteamshipCo., Inc. States Marine-WorldWide Full Cargo Nopal Line (Northern Pan American TransamericanSS Corp. Service Nopal West Africa Line STATES SHIPPING AGENCY HamburgAmerican Line GULF MOTORSHIPS, INC. 912 World Trade Bldg., CA5-0357 Insco Lines, Ltd. 421 Cotton ExchangeBldg. Atlantic Shipping Company,S.A. KSC New York Line Wallenius Line North GermanLloyd China Union Line EdmVan Meerbeeck & Co., S.A. Ozean/Stinnes Lines Cobelfret Lines STRACHAN SHIPPING CO. Sidarma Line Intermarine Line Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA8-1431 Mamenic Line Argentine Lines Scindia SteamNavigation Co., Ltd. HANSEN & TIDEMANN, INC. Bank Line Barber MiddleEast Line 16th Floor, Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA3-4181 Chilean Line L. Smit& Co.’s Agrimar De Panama Hoegh Lines Smit-Lloyd,N.V. Belgian African Line Mexican Line C. ClausenSteamship Co., Ltd. Corporacion Peruana De Vapores Mitsui-OSKLines, Ltd. Marine Express Line Deppe Line/Belgian Line Nedllovd Line Farrell Lines Federal CommonwealthLine Royal Netherlands Line Federal Pacific Lakes Line Swedish-Atlantlc Line E. S. BINNINGS, INC. Fred. Olsen Interocean Line 711 Fannin, CA5-0531 Irish Shipping Limited Unterweser Reederei C. T. O. Line MoranInternational TowingCorporation WilhelmsenLines Flota MercanteGrancolombiana, S. A. Pacific Far East Line TEXAS TRANSPORT & (GrancolombianaLine) South African Marine Corporation TERMINAL CO., INC. French Line Surinam Line llth Floor, 711 Fannin. CA5-5461 Hansa Line KERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY, AncoTanker Parcel Service BLETSCH STEAMSHIP CO. INC. Cunard Brocklebank Service Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA5-1939 506 Caroline CA7-0165 P. N. D jakarta Lloyd Orient Mid-EastLine Holland-AmericaLine ColumbusLine Australian Service Lloyd Brasileiro Line CANADIAN-GULF LINE, LTD. KawasakiKisen Kaisha, Ltd. NavigazioneAha Italia (Creole Line) P. o. Box5355, WA1-4196 Japan-Korea-Formosa, Hong Kong Nervion Line Spanish Mediterranean Yamashita-ShinnihonLine Canadian-GulfLine, Ltd. Unionof BurmaFive Star Line Montreal Shipping Co. North Spain, Portugal Vega Line C. A. Venezolanade Navegacion Stockard Shipping Co. ( VenezuelanLine) CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP LE BLANC-PARR, INC. WestwindAfrica Line CORP. Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA4-1893 Wysmuller Ocean Towage& Salvage Company 711 Fannin, CA4-6075 Harrison Line Central Gulf-MediterraneanLine Hellenic Line TRANSATLANTIC SHIPPING Central Gulf-RedSea Line LONE STAR SHIPPING, INC. AGENCY, INC. Central Gulf-Persian Gulf Line 1505 Texas Avenue,CA 4-7531 1326 Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA4-5805 Central Gulf-India/Pakistan Line Ferrarhos Line Belgo-American Line Central Gulf-WorldWide Full Cargo Service Gallen Line Ferro UnionCorporation J. M. COOK COMPANY Orient Overseas Far East Line Unimar GmbH 817 WorldTrade Building, CA3-4546 Orient Overseas Southeast Asia Line Black Star Line Orient Overseas Continental Line JAN C. UITERWYK CO., INC. Seven Stars Line Stephen Bros. Line 711 Fannin, 228-9681 Turkish Cargo Lines Torm Line Contramar Line West Coast Line Azta Line ZimIsrael Lines LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP Blue Ribbon Line CO., INC. Oost Atlantic Lijn DALTON STEAMSHIP CORP. Cotton ExchangeBuilding, 3rd Floor, CA7-7211 Saguaro Line 7th Floor, WorldTrade Building, CA8-8661 Gulf & SouthAmerican S.S. Co. Coldemar Line Lykes African Line UNITED FRUIT COMPANY Concordia Line Lykes Caribbean Line Freight Traffic Department Finnlines Lykes Continent Line 908 World Trade Bldg., CA5-3597 Flomerca Line Lykes Mediterranean Line United Fruit Company Jugolinija Line Lykes Orient Line WILKENS SHIPPING CO. N. Y. K. Line Lykes United KingdomLine Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA7-4395 Polish OceanLines Farrell Lines WatermanSteamship Corp. 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Art Macydoesn’t know binnaclesfrom barnacles. Buthe’s an OldSalt aboutGulf Coastshipping. Most of our Traffic Agents are landlubbers, yet they’ll fool you with their knowledge of foreign commerce.For we serve 12 major Gulf ports--from Brownsville to New Orleans--with more than two dozen rail schedules daily. And knowingabout customs, tariffs, sailings, etc. is basic training for MoPacmen. Rememberthat next time you have an import/export problem. We’ll help you shape up... before you ship out. J. P. Donovan, Foreign Freight Traffic Mgr., 1706 Missouri Pacific Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 63103/ E. E. McDaniels, Ass’t. Traffic Mgr., Houston, 420 Union Station Bldg., Phone: (713) CA 7-3151. mo-pac MISSOURI PACIFIC AS& PACIFIC

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From its cradle on dockside flatcars, this 147-foot, 98,025-pound pressure vessel is carefully lifted aboard THISIS LONGREACH the SS KENNETHMcKAY. The ship, headed for Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, is ownedby Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. The shipper was Procon International, S.A. and forwarder was H. E. Schurig & Co.