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April, 1978 9 Television and radar monitors give an outer space look to Center Vessel Movments A re On T V ...Also On Radar And Radio

BY MIDDY RANDERSON All phases of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Channel Sector, from Baytown to the The four television towers, located Houston-Galveston Area Vessel Traf- Turning Basin, are monitored by radio at strategic points on the Channel, each fic System noware in operation. and closed circuit television. hold two television cameras. The upper According to Commander E. Antennasrise high abovethe CoastGuard Station. camera is high enough to see over the Schneider, CommandingOfficer of the commonlow-lying fog that appears at System, the "good cooperation from certain times of the year. VTS all concerned, industry, pilots and operators activate the focus and aim towboat operators, has helped make the cameras and start the automatic this system a success." lens wipers by remote control. Movementsof all vessels entering or On entering the system, a pilot or shifting on the Houston Ship Channel towboat operator reports to VTS his are monitored by VTSoperators in the location and destination, and the control room at the Coast Guard Port name, size and speed of his vessel. Safety Station. Vessels maintain radio The Center computer which, like the contact with the operators from the radar system, has been in operation time they enter the system until they less than a year, then calculates the dock or leave the Channel. speed of the vessel as it passes through There are three sectors within the 11 checkpoints on the length of the system. The first, from the entrance to Channel. the Channel to Redfish Reef, is Commander Schneider said the monitored by radio contact and radar. computer calculates the vessel’s speed The radar scanners are located at the and adjusts data after each checkpoint Galveston Coast Guard station and has been passed. It has proved so ac- transmit microwave signals to the curate, he added, that many vessel monitors in the control room at the operators call in to ask what speed they Vessel Traffic Center. are going. The Bayport Sector, from Redfish to In describing the purpose of the just past Baytown, and the Upper System, Commander Schneider said 10 Port of Houston Magazine that "The VTS provides a degree of order on the Channel, much like a system of traffic lights." The success of the System is almost impossible to quantify, he explained, but added that he feels because of the size and number of vessels now using the Channel "it might be utter chaos without the VTS." More than 7,000 vessel movements per month are monitored at the Center not including the scheduled trips of the Bolivar and Lynchburg ferries. "You can’t quantify the numberof collisions prevented, although we often hear that an incident might have occurred if we had not been monitoring traffic," Commander Schneider said. "Ap- proximately the same number of minor incidents have been reported per year as before the system went into operation, but during that time both Concentration is essential for VTSpersonnel. the amount of traffic on the Channel and the size of vessels have increased over the radio, monitoring a television navigation, and pass a test similar to by 10 per cent." or radar terminal, and thinking--all at the one given maritime pilots. The Commander also emphasized the same time. He must be able to They then spend about four months that the spin-off benefits of the System think on his feet and make instan- at the Center acting as operators under just now are becoming apparent. taneous analyses. supervision before they start standing The Vessel Traffic Center operates VTSoperators are selected for their regular watches. The Coast Guard requires that all 24 hours a day, always on the same above average performance in previous radio channel so that maritime agents posts and for their communications operators have frequent eyesight and and industry officials as well as ship and operations skills. They must have blood pressure check-ups. Every six pilots and masters know that they can come recently from sea duty so they months or so they go back out on the get in touch with one another if there is will understand the language of the Channel to meet in person their radio an emergency. working vessels. contacts and refresh their memories of "There is instant radio contact," the Channel and industries. CommanderSchneider explained, and It takes six months to fully qualify The Houston VTSwas only the thira a familiar, sympathetic voice at the and they undergo approximately eight in the nation, and the first to use VTS. "We’ll do anything to assist the weeks of basic classroom training and television. CommanderSchneider said flow of traffic, and sometimes that on the Channel experience. They must that manyof the lessons learned at the means arranging for an ambulance to know each industry on the Channel as Houston Center will be implemented in meet a ship at the dock, relaying a well as all the hazards and aids to other systems across the country. change of dock assignment, or letting a mooring company know that a ship is Sophisticatedelectronics equipment displays vital information. delayed." i He added that such time-saving methods have to result in dollars and cents savings for vessel operators and management alike. "We may be one of the few govern- mental agencies around actively en- couraging people to use our services," he said. The center is mannedby three sector operators, a supervisory deck watch officer whomonitors all sectors, and a fourth operator on duty to provide relief during the 12 hour watches. Operators spend 12 hours on and 12 hours off for four days. They are not allowed to eat at the consoles and need periodic breaks to help them stay alert. It is a high stress job, Commander Schneider explained. The operator is entering data in the computer, talking April, 1978 11 ThePort of Houston Authority recently sponsored a luncheon at the World Trade Club for local Freight Handlers, Stevedores stevedoring and freight handling of- ficials. The purpose of the party was to thank the firms for their continued Entertained A t Trade Club support of the Port of Houston and to let them becomebetter acquainted with the Port Authority staff. The following photos are of some of the guests at the luncheon. Identifications are from left to right.

Guy Graves, General Stevedores; Charles Alcorn, Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores; W.D. Dunnahoe, Manager of Port Operations, Turning Basin, and Ralph Barkin, General Stevedores.

Fred Dinges, Port Authority Market Analyst; A.W. Tiedt, Port Stevedoring; Guido de la Rua, Port Stevedoring; and Paul Estachy, Southern Steve- doring.

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Don Pratka, Strachan Stevedoring; Adrian van de Voorde, Strachan Stevedoring, F.W. Colburn, Port Counsel; Peter Phillips, Texas Con- tracting Co., and B.J. Bartlett, Gulf- wide Stevedoring.

Jack Lewis, Southern Stevedoring; T.E. Dugey, Shippers Stevedoring; R.L. Larson, Auto Terminal Steve- doring; Dick Cromwell, TTT Stevedores of Texas, and C.A. Rousser, Port Authority Director of Trade Development.

12 Port of Houston Magazine Bill Casey, Young and Co.; R.P. Leach, Port Authority General Manager; O.J. Kneisler, Gulf Steve- doring, and J.R. Curtis, Director of Port Operations.

George Strange, Houston Port Bureau; Charlie Jacobs, Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores; Merlin Clark, James J. Flanagan Stevedores; ChuckBullock, Port Authority Associate General Manager, and Ernie Sepulveda, Young and Co.

J.K. Henderson, Port Authority Controller; George W. Altvater, Port Authority Executive Director; Tony Boyle of Auckland, New Zealand, Columbus Maritime Services Ltd., and William Robb, Young and Co.

Bill Cook, Port Authority Western Sales Manager; Jules Verberne, Strachan St~vedoring, and James Hat- ches, Interocean.

Steve Turner, Port Authority Sales Representative; Larry Carreker, James J. Flanagan Stevedores, and Jack Moran, Interocean.

April, 1978 13 I.C.C. ORDERSDATA ON MINI-BRIDGE:The Interstate jurisdiction over joint single factor throughrail-water rates CommerceCommission ordered the nation’s railroads to betweenthe United States and Puerto Rico, Part II of the Act provide steamship lines data to file with the Commission gives the Commissionjurisdiction over commercebetween which shows the cost of their handling of mini-landbridge anyplace in a state, and anyplace in another; or between traffic. If the railroads throughthe steamshipline do not file places in the same state through another state, whether such this information with the Commissionto showthat the rail commercemoves wholly by motor vehicle, or partly by motor portion of the mini-landbridge rate is compensatory,the vehicle and partly by rail, express, or water. In addition, Part applications for relief from long andshort-haul provisions of U of the Act defines the term state, as any of the several states the Interstate CommerceAct will be denied. This action or the District of Columbia;and the term "United States" resulted froma join petition seeking relief, filed by the meansthe several states and the District of Columbia; Houston Port Bureau, Port of Houston Authority, State of therefore because of this specific definition, the Commission Texas, Port of Galveston and the NewOrleans Traffic and does not have exclusive jurisdiction over joint motor-water Transportation Bureau. The Commissiondenied proposals rates to the Commonwealthof Puerto Rico. by the railroads and mini-bridge operators that any application for this Fourth Section Relief be done on a blanket basis. The I.C.C. stated in their decision, the least amountof information to be provided would be the expenses for COMPANIESBACK RATE CUTTING BILL: Several U.S. coverage of ton mile and car mile expense. The Commission Flag Steamship companies have backed legislation designed has ordered the railroads to file the cost data with the to deal with rate cutting by state controlled merchantfleets. steamship companies; since the steamship companies This new bill (H.R. 9998) proposed by Representative John normally file the "Fourth Section Applications" with the M. Murphy, D-NewYork, hopes to preserve competition Interstate CommerceCommission and such data showing amongall carriers engaged in U.S. commerceand help whether or not the rate is compensatorymust nowbe filed stabilize the rate-makingpractices of steamship carriers by with the application. If such informationis not filed the I.C.C. forbidding rate cutting whichis currently disrupting will reject the application, furthermore, a blanket Fourth international trade, and harming the U.S. Flag Carriers. The Section Application can be filed. Chairmanof Sea-LandService, Inc., one of the largest U.S. Flag carriers, endorsed the bill but urged that it be amended by several additional steps. Other carriers such as Delta Steamship Lines backed the measure but also hoped that other matters wouldbe taken up and dealt with by this bill such as overtonnaging and related malpractices. I.C.C. SERVESJURISDICTION ORDER: In a case arising out of a dispute concerning jurisdiction by regulatory agencies over international through rates, the Interstate Commerce Commissionhas issued an order which affirms the contention of the Federal Maritime Commission,in its Docket No. 77- MOTORCARRIERS FILE INCREASES: The 10 major 55, Trailer Marine Transport Corporation-joint single factor carrier rate bureaus in the United States have filed for 7 per rates, Puerto Rican trade; that Trailer MarineTransport cent increases in their rates with the Interstate Commerce Corporationmust file copies of its tariff with the Federal Commission.These increases will hopefully cover anticipated Maritime Commission,as well as the Interstate Commerce increased costs caused by the third year of the three teamsters Commission.The order I.C.C. Docket 36791, Rejection of union contract which takes effect April 1. The major bureaus Trailer Marine Corporation’s Tariff MF-I.C.C. No. 4, served which affect Houston and the surrounding areas are the by the Interstate CommerceCommission on February 13, MiddlewestMotor Freight Bureau which covers traffic from, affirmed an action taken by its Section of Tariffs which to and within the southwest and midwest with the exception declined to take exclusive jurisdiction over the joint, single of the East and West Coasts. Traffic to and from the west factor through motor-water rates between the United States coast and the RockyMountain area is covered by the Rocky and Puerto Rico. The I.C.C. claims although Part I of the Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau. Both these bureaus will Interstate CommerceAct gives the Commissionexclusive increase their rates April 1. 14 Port of Houston Magazine NOR WAY Houston’s first Consul General of New Consular Officials Norway, Harald S. Midttun, says his country’s emphasis on the importance of shipping and oil was the deciding Assigned To Houston factor in Norway’s decision to open a Consulate General in Houston. "For our purposes," he explained, VENEZUELA MEXICO "Houston is the most important city in Benjamin Ortega, Houston’s vibrant Armando F. Beteta, Houston’s new the Gulf." He added that 20 Nor- Consul General of Venezuela, came to Consul of Mexico, felt right at home wegian companies have opened Houston after spending five years as when he moved here recently from Houston offices in recent years. Venezuelan Consul in Miami. Mexico City to take up his first con- Mr. Midttun’s territory covers the After receiving his education in sular post. states of Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Maracaibo and Trinidad, Mr. Ortega Mr. Beteta had lived in Houston for Louisiana, Florida and the Virgin established a correspondence school three months in 1971 while training in

HARALD S. MIDTTUN BENJAMIN ORTEGA ARMANDO F. BETETA Islands and Puerto Rico. He also is in- for nursing theory m Caracas. The the credit department of Texas Com- spector of the consulates in Jamaica, curriculum was developed by his merce Bank, and had spent four sum- Haiti and the Bahamas. cousin, a physician, and, since nurses mers in Dallas taking courses at the A native of Bergen, Mr. Midttun were very much in demand in Southwestern Graduate School of received Bachelor and Master of Law Venezuela, the school enjoyed great Banking and studying international degrees from Oslo University, and is a Success. and comparative law at Southern graduate of the Norwegian Diplomatic More than 18 years ago Ortega and Methodist University. School. his wife and four children moved to Althoughthis is his first venture into He has served in Norwegian foreign Miami where he continued to ad- consular work, Mr. Beteta says his missions in The Hague, Ankara, minister the school which had grown to background in law and commerce Athens, Genoa and Washington D.C. encompass 18 offices. When the helps him cope with activities at one of as well as twice being posted to the Venezuelan government asked him to the busiest Mexican consulates in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo. assume the post of Consul in Miami, United States. Mr. Midttun has participated in Ortega says he discovered he truly liked He studied law at the University of several international conferences and the diplomatic service and sold the Mexico and accounting at the Banking was a member of the Norwegian business. and Commercial School in Mexico Delegation to the regular session of the He was promoted to Consul General City, where he taught several law and United Nations General Assembly in for the post here and says he enjoys economics courses. 1971. working in this very busy office. He Mr. Beteta enjoys playing tennis and In Washington, he served as Nor- noted that there are more than 2,000 his 12-year-old son, Armando, is his way’s cultural representative and hopes Venezuelan students at schools in his favorite partner. Mr. Beteta’s wife, to make this Consulate General a four-state territory of Texas, Oklahoma, Margarita, son, and daughter, Car- clearing house for cultural exchanges Kansas and New Mexico. His office men, age nine, will join him in as well as for commercialactivities. He issues 1,000 visas per month to people Houston at the end of the school year. is accompanied in Houston by his wife, planning to visit Venezuela on The new consul will be seeing lots of Liv. business. Ortega added that ap- Texas tourists in his office this summer Mr. Midttun praised the work of proximately 30 Venezuelans per week as they prepare for exotic Mexican Houston’s longtime Honorary Consul come": for medical treatment in the vacations. But his favorite vacation of Norway, Port Commissioner W.D. manyhospitals here. spot is San Diego, California. HadenII, and said that Mr. Hadenwill The Ortegas’ youngest son is "The weather is wonderful," he continue to work closely with the con- studying engineering at Texas A&M said. "And the children love to go to sular office. University. Disneyland." April, 1978 15 Whatever your shipping needs, Transoceanic can handle them--quickly, efficiently and economically mfromany part of the world to any other.

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16 Port of Houston Magazine New Bridge Over Channel Is Near

The Texas Turnpike Authority has retained four engineering firms to develop plans for a $90 million toll bridge over the Houston Ship Channel, with completion scheduled for 1982. Final step before construction is issuance of bonds, tentatively scheduled for May. EVERGREEN... The four-mile-long bridge is to be located about seven miles east of the DIRECT FROMTHE GULF Loop 610 bridge and will be located at EVERGREENLINE offers shippers direct, all water service the east side of the Port of Houston’s to the Far East from Houston and NewOrleans. Call Hansen Bulk Materials Handling Plant, & Tidemann,Inc., Houston (713) 223-4181for details. The proposed 750-foot-long channel span, with a maximumheight of 175 Anot~r feet, will have four lanes and link In- terstate 10 with Texas 225. The bridge gVgRGRggN EXTRA will connect with the proposed Beltway 8 East. EVERGREENLINE Sailing bi-weekly, direct to Pusan, Keelung, Kaoshiung, Hong Kong, Ship Via Yokohama, Osaka Port of Houston

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A Subsidiary of Missouri Pacific Corporation Missouri Pacific Railroad, 210North 13th Street, St Louis, Missouri 63103 18 Port of HoustonMagazine i KERR ADDS TWO Kerr Steamship Company,Inc. announces the addition of two new members to its Midwest Region headquarters in Chicago. Douglas A. Jumisco has joined Kerr as General Sales Manager-Midwest Region and Alan T. Pariser as Operations Manager, Tramp Department.

Galleon Shipping Corporation Joins Conference Gerald J. Flynn, Chairman of the Far East Conference, announced that Galleon Shipping Corporation, represented by Nedlloyd, Inc., has joined the Far East Conference which covers the trade from U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Ports to Ports in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippine Islands, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Republic of China and Siberia.

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April, 1978 19 CARGO SHIP SAILINGS FROM THE PORT OF HOUSTON CONTINENTAL EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA EAST COAST PORT RANGE LINE AGENT PORT RANGE LINE AGENT Le Havre, Helsinki, Range--including Atlanticargo StrachanShlppingCo. Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina including Argentine Lines Strachan ShippingCo. Dunkirk, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amster- Baltic Shipping Moram Fortaleza, Belem, Vitoria, Rio Grande, Delta Line Delta SteamshipLines dam, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Central Gulf Central Gull Lines Porto" Alegre, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Frota Amazonica TTT ShipAgencies Copenhagen,Gdynia, Bordeaux Combi Line Biehl & Co. Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Holland Pan American Ayers Steamship Co. Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. Steamship Bahia Blance, Paranaqua and Amazon Lloyd Brasileiro NortonLiHy" Polish Ocean Gdynia America Line River Ports. Also includes lquitos, Peru. Mexican Biehl & Co. Sea-LandService Sea-Land,Inc. Nopal Line Oivind Lorentzen Unlguff Line Hansen & Tidemann Peruvian AmazonLine Smith & Johnson Waterman Waterman Steamship Peruvian State Line Roberts Steamship CompanhloMaritima Nac. NortonLilly SCANDINAVIA PORTRANGE LINE AGENT WEST COAST CENTRAL AND All major ports of Norway, Sweden, Atlanticargo StrachanShipplngCo. Finland, Iceland and Denmark,including Baltic Shipping Moram SOUTH AMERICA Bergen, asia, Stronheim, Malmo, Norwegian American Norton, Lilly :ies,lnc. Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Combi Line Biehl & Co. PORT RANGE LINE AGENT Gothenburg,Helsinborg~ Reykjavik, etc. Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. SSCo. Ports ~rom Central Americato Chile in- Armagua Uiterwyk Corporation Orbis Liner Service Mercury Shipping eluding Acajutla, Corinto, Buenaven- Armasal Uiterwyk Corporation Sea-LandService SeaLand,Inc. tura, Puntarenas,La Libertad, La Union, Chilean Line TTT Ship Agencies Balboa, Manta, Paita, Caffao, An- Ecuadorian Steamship Ayers Steamship Co. RUSSIA tofagasta, Valparaiso, San Antonio, Grancolombiana E.S. Binnings, Inc. Guoyaquik Talcahuano,IIo. Lykes West Coast Lykes Bros. SSCo. PORT RANGE LINE AGENr Mamenic Line Biehl & Co. Leningrad Atlanlicargo Strachan Shipping Co. Navimex Line Oivind Lorentzen Black Sea Shipping NortonLilly & Co. Peruvia~ State Line Roberts Steamship Baltic Shipping Moram GalapagosLine NortonLilly Combi Line BiehJ& Co. Odessa Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. SSCo. Sea-LandService Sea-Land,Inc. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND PORT RANGE LINE AGENT UNITED KINGDOM including Sydney~Melbourne, Adelaide. PORT RANGE LINE AGENT Fremanffe and other major Australian Bank& SaviHLine Strachan Shipping Co. London, Southampton, Felixstowe, Atlanticargo StrachanShipping Co, ports and Auckland, Wellington and ColumbusLine Kerr Steamship Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Aberdeen, Baltic Shipping Moram other major NewZealand ports. 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P & O Strath Roberts Steamship WEST AFRICA Saudi National Line Smith & Johnson LINE AGENT Sea-LandService Sea-Land,Inc. SCILine NortonLilly PORT RANGE Black Star Line Strachan Shipping Co. Scindia Line Biehl & Co. All principal West Coast Ports from CompagnieZairoise Roberts Steamship Star Line AIItrans Int. Dakar south including Abidian, Lobito, Dafra Kerr SteamshipCo. United Arab Shipping Kerr SteamshipCo. Port Porcourt, Boualo, Tema, Luanda, Delta Delta SteamshipLines Waterman Line Waterman Steamship Monrovia, Matadi, Lagos, Port Gentil, Mid-Ocean Line NortonLilly Point Noire, Freetown. NAWAL E.S. Binnings, Inc. Nopal Line Oivind Lorentzen Nordana BarberS.S. Line US AFRICALine Nordship Agencies FAR EAST WestwindAfrica TTT Ship Agencies PORT RANGE LINE AGENT All principal ports of Japan, Korea, SOUTH AND EAST AFRICA Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Barber Blue Sea Barber*S.S. Line Philippine Republic and Malay Penin- China Merchants Gulf Coast Shipping China Union Gulf Motorships PORT RANGE LINE AGENT sula, including Hang Kong and Singapore. Dailchi ChuoLines Fritz Maritime Capetown to Port Sudan range in- Hellenic Hellenic Lines, Inc. Djakarta Lloyd Roberts SteamshipCo. cluding, Durban, Lourenco Marques, Lykes African Lykes Bros. Steamship Eddie Shipping Agency Gulf Coast Shipping Dar-Es-Salaom, Djibouti, Aqaba, Mom. South African Marine Hansen & Tidemann Evergreen Container Hansen & Tidemann basa, Port Elizabeth and others. FescoLine Moram CARIBBEAN AND EAST COAST Hoegh Line StrachanShipping Co. K Line Kerr SteamshipCo. CENTRAL AMERICA Korea Shipping Ayers Steamship Lykes Orient LykesBros S.S. Co. PORT RANGE LINE AGENT NYKLine Oivind Lorentzen North Coast South America, East Coast Alcoa Line Dalton SteamshipCo. Orient Overseas Lone Star Shipping Central America. Mexico and Caribbean Armagua Hansen & Tidemann Philippines Ayers Steamship Co. Islands including La Guaira. Santa Mar- Armasal Uiterwyk Corporation Phoenix Container Line Kerr SteamshipCo. to, 8arranqull~a, CristobaJ. Puerto Arian Roberts SteamshipCo. Relta SteamshipCo. Gulf Coast Shipping Limon, Paramaribo, Barbados, Puerto Delta Line Delta SteamshipLines Scindia Line Dalton Steamship Cabezas, Puerto Cortes, Kingston. EccaLine Nordshlp Agencies Inc. Sea Express Service E.S. Binnings, Inc. Aruba, Willemstad. Port-au-Prince. Vera Flomerca Line LoneStar Shipping SCILine NortonLilly Cruz. Tuxpan, Tampico, Coatzacoalcos, Frota Amazonica TTT Ship Agencies ShinwaKaiun Lines Fritz Maritime Progresso, Puertocabello, Maracaibo, Grancolombiana E.S. Binnlngs,Inc. To Peng Oivind Lorentzen Santo Tomos,Port of Spain. Lykes Caribbean LykesBros. SSCo. Terukuni Kaiun Fritz Maritime Namucar TT.I" Ship Agencies Toko Kaiun Kabushiki Fritz Maritime Hispan Line NordshipAgencies Inc. Waterman Waterman Steamship Honduran Seatrain Agencies Yang Ming Maxi-Marine Mexican Line Biehl & Co. YSLine TTT Ship Agencies Royat Netherlands Strachan Shipping Co. Zim Line Intergulf Agencies Sea-LandService SeaLand,Inc. Venezuelan TTT Ship Agencies Tecomar Strochan Shipping Co. \

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\ Liberty was prepared by the Houston Port Bureau. The Interstate Commerce \ Dayton Commission, made this possible by a decision in Ex Parte No. MC-37(Sub. 26) on April 19, 1977, which is being contested in the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. In the meantime, the , I.C.C. decision results in an enormous territory which is exempt from regulation of the I.C.C., which nor- mally requires a Public Convenience MOnl To \ 3elvieu Beaumont and Necessity Certificate. The I.C.C.

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April, 1978 27 Middle East, said E.C. Faerber, Vice ins. high units. The two vessels, M/l/ Central Gulf Goes President in Houston. HOLLY and M/V HEMLOCK,carry To Middle East The companyinitially will place in four deck-mounted cranes that can Central Gulf Lines will inaugurate in service on the route two 1977-built provide complete loading and April a fully containerized, direct-call sister-vessels, each equippedto carry a dischargingin ports wherethis service monthly service between Houston, multi-hundred mix of 40-foot con- wouldbe required. U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports and the tainers, 20-foot containers and 9 ft. 6 Mr. Faerber said the newly-outfitted container vessels will call on a direct and regular basis, with no transship- ments, from U.S. Gulf and East coast ports to Jeddah, Dammam,Dubai and BandarShahpour. The first vessel will be the HEMLOCKwhich will be in Houstonon April 24. H&TCentralizes Chartering Here The chartering department of Han- sen and Tidemann,Inc., has been cen- tralized in the company’sHouston of- fice to provide closer coordinationwith industry based in the U.S.A. The Houstonoffice will serve as a coordination center for the chartering activities of H&T’s 23 offices GREENOCK/HOUSTON. throughout the United States and Mexico. John Moyell, Vice President, has Weekly. been relocated from the NewYork of- fice to oversee these activities. Mr. Moyell has been with H&Tfor 13 years Direct Containerships. and has a total of 18 years in transpor- tation. Serving the worldwide charter market has been an important function O10.dayCrossing. at H&Tduring much of its 42-year nly by CombiLine. history. Knowledgegained in this field is an integral part of the company’s Servingthe whiskytrade. sales, traffic, operations, and cargo- handling performance. GULFPORTS CRATING CO. ExportPacking Commercial--Military Boxing--Crating-=Processing HOUSTON: 1225 McCorty 675-9101 MEW O~LEANS: 1717 Tchoupltoulas 525-9936 JExport Packers Association of Houston, lnc INTEGRITYAND EXCELLENCE IN EXPORT PACKING BEHRING INTERNATIONAL EXPORT PACKERS BRAND EXPORT PACKING, INC. CROWN EXPORT PACKING CO. C & N EXPORT PACKING, INC. MEMBERS: GULF PORTS CRATING CO. HOUSTON EXPORTS CRATING CO. INTERNATIONAL EXPORTS PACKERS KAINER EXPORTS CRATING, INC. UNIVERSAL EXPORT PACKERS, INC. WORLD EXPORT PACKING CO., INC. I 28 Port of HoustonMagazine During a coffee break are Michael Scorcio, Executive Secretary to the Shownat the World Trade Club are, from the left, Lewis Hoffacker, Port Commission,Port of Houston: Paul Hedemann,President, Houston Ambassador Pierre Malve, Fred Dinges, Market Analyst, Port of World Trade Association: Ambassador Fernand Spaak, Ignace van Houston, and Bernard Murphy, Executive Director, Houston World Trade Steenberge, Consul General of Belgium, and Bernard Murphy, Executive Association. Director Houston World Trade Association. ConferenceHighlights Future of EuropeTrade "Tomorrow’s Trade and Investment European Community Commission to the International Chamber of Com- Opportunities with Europe" was the U.S. discussing in his keynote ad- merce; Stephen W. Bosworth, Deputy discussed at Houston’s Fourth Annual dress, The European Community: A Assistant Secretary of State For Inter- World Trade Conference recently held NewPartner of the U.S. national Resources and Food Policy, at the World Trade Club of Houston. Other speakers included Zygmunt U.S. Department of State, and Am- The conference was designed to ex- Nagorski, author and Director of the bassador Pierre Malve, Head of the plore Trade opportunities with Members Meeting Program of the Delegation of the Commission of the Europe, and was presented under the Council on Foreign Relations, who European Communities to the United chairmanship of Lewis Hoffacker, discussed The Challenge of Eurocom- Nations, who also spoke on The Director of the Houston World Trade munism; Anthony C. Albrecht, Director European Community. Association and Consultant- of OECDEuropean Communities and The conference was sponsored by International Affairs with Shell Oil. Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, the Houston World Trade Association, The Conference was notable for the U.S. Department of State, who spoke and Co-sponsored by the Houston high standard of speakers which in- on the U.S.-European Community Chamber of Commerce, Port of cluded Ambassador Fernand Spaak, Relations; W.D. Eberle, businessman Houston Authority, with other city- Head of the Delegation of the and President of the U.S. Council of wide organizations. PAYVERY LITTLE ATTENTIONTOTHIS HYSTER TRUCK. Hyster believes that if more thought and care go into system which requires no points or condensers. Even the design and construction of its lift trucks, you can most wear parts are lubed for li/e. pay less attention to maintenance and repair once The 1980 SpaceSaver packs a lot of power it goes to work on your dock. into a short turning radius. Andit does so with Take the Hyster 1980 SpaceSaver, reduced noise levels. Stewart & Stevenson is for instance. Some unusual features are built in to keep it your exclusive distributor for all Hyster lift trucks. That means you’re assured 24-hour running longer and reduce expensive downtime. Like service and a large inventory of local parts. an exclusive cooling system We’dlike you to take a quick look at that virtually eliminates Hyster lift trucks in person. You may wasted air flow and the never have to pay muchattention to lift chance of overheating. And trucks again. a High-Energyignition

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Branches: Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Harlingen, San Antonio April, 1978 29 President of the Dalton organization. Both Mr. Carter and Dalton Names Carter Mr. Fitzsimmons have had extensive backgrounds in all Peter L. Carter, formerly Vice President & General phases of the steamship industry, aggregating some 50 years Manager-West Gulf for Dalton Steamship Corporation, has of experience. been appointed Executive Vice President of the company Tanker Firm Expands and all its affiliates, J.H. Dalton, President and Chairman of the Board, announced. Mr. Carter’s responsibilities will In a moveto further strengthen their marketing position, Odfjell and Westfal-Larsen (of Bergen, Norway) have join- encompassall offices of the entire organization. tly taken over Delta Pacific Navigation Ltd., with offices in Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Jr., formerly Vice President & General Manager-East Gulf, has been appointed Senior Vice Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong.

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