The BANKLINE Ltd. Regular Service from U. S. Gulf Ports to and New/ealand

¯ Brisbane ¯ ¯ Auckland The Gemini V spacecraft takes another ride following its eight-day orbital flight ¯ Lyttleton as it swings off a Port of Houston wharf at the Long ReachDocks to go aboard the ¯ Sydney S. S. DEL SUDof the Delta Lines. The two-man spacecraft was bound to for public display by the U. S. Information Agency. The MannedSpacecraft ¯ Adelaide Center of N.A.S.A. is located near the Port of Houston industrial complex and is adjacent to the new Bayport Terminal soon to be openedby the Navigation District ¯ Wellington on Galveston Bay. ¯ Dunedin Put yourfreight in Cunard’shands General Agents Fast, regular service be- tween , Man- BOYD, WEIR and chester, , Glasgow and Gulf ports in ships of SEWELL,Inc. the Cunard and Brockle- New York bank fleets. 125years of ibm "Kn0w-hnw" Gulf Agents

STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.

Houston - Galveston - Mobile Memphis-New Orleans-Dallas CunardLine, NewYork: 25 Broadway Chicago - Atlanta - St. Louis Funch,Edye & Co. Inc., NewOrleans: Gulf GeneralAgents, 442 Canal Street, SanlinBldg. KansasCity - Cincinnati Offices and Agents in all major cities in the U.S. and Canada

FEBRUARY,1966 21 GULFLINES Independent Express Service between the Gulf and Rotterdam Hamburg

LONE STAR SHIPPING INC. HOUSTON AGENTS GALVESTON ChristmasEve wascold and rainy at the Port of Houston,mo~ing Christmas pros- pects bleak for the hundredsof seamenon ships berthed along the Channel. But U.S. Representative Santa Claus, representedby the HoustonInternational Seamen’sCenter, camedriv- JAN C. UITERWYKCO., INC. ing up in a truck to distribute magazinesand several casesof beer for each ship’s Tampa,Fla. crew. Standingcenter in the picture is JohnMcLendon, plant managerof the Houston plant of Anheuser-Busch,Inc., donorof the beer. On the right is Albert H. Liedts, president of Port HoustonTransport Corp. and treasurer of the Seamen’sCenter, who supervised distribution. The other menare seamenfrom a ship and employees of Port HoustonTransport which madethe deliveries. Liedts quoted one German SHIP VIA HOUSTON ship captain as saying, "Man, I don’t knowwho you are, but Heavenmust have sent you."

iastfrequent Deppe Lin elgian Line between the Gulf and North Europe

./~~ ~rJ~ demann, Inc,/Steamship Agents All Cotton Ports and Markets

TexasTransport & TerminalCo., Inc. ! Cable Address SteamshipAgents 11th Floor, 711 Fannin St. TERMINAL HOUSTON Houston, Texas 77002 (Established 1895) ," Tel: CA 5-5461 THE TEXPORT$STEVEDORE CO., INC. Contracting Stevedores

YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE WESTWIND AFRICA LINE VENEZUELAN LINE HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE To To To (Ysk Line) Venezuelan Ports North European Ports Japanese Ports West African Ports CREOLE LINE BOOTH LINE MEXICAN LINE UNION OF BURMA FIVE STAR LINE To To To To Rangoon Italian Ports West Indies, British Guiana North European Ports and Northern

P. N. DJARKATA LLOYD LINE WYSMUI.LER OCEAN TOWAGE to North African, Red Sea and Indonesian Ports & SALVAGE COMPANY OFFICES Houston,Texas Brownsville,Texas Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans,La. New York, N.Y. CorpusChristi, Texas St. Louis,Mo. Charleston$. C. PhiladelphiaPa. Galveston,Texas Baltimore,’Md. Chicago,Ill. Dallas.Texas Savannai~,Ga, ,~

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE 22 INDEPENDENT GULF LINE (Vinke & Co., Amsterdam,Managers) REGULARSERVICE to andfrom the CONTINENT Representativesof Central Gulf SteamshipCorp. and Alcoa SteamshipCompany, Inc. recently met in the WorldTrade Club following an agreementbetween the two steamshipcompanies for Alcoa to use Central Gulf’s office facilities in Houston. SHIPPING C 0 P~PO I~AT ION Left to right are E. C. Faerber, branchmanager, Central Gulf, Houston;George T. Leslie, Jr., SouthernDistrict sales manager,Alcoa, NewOrleans; W. J. Toomey,vice General Agent U.S.A. president, WestGulf, Central Gulf, Houston;and WallaceJ. Lagarde,sales repre- Houston¯ Galveston¯ NewYork sentativein Houstonfor Alcoa. Prior to Alcoa’sstarting regular liner service out of NewOrleans ¯ Memphis Houstonin November,1965, Lagardewas sales representative for the companyin Baltimore¯ Philadelphia NewOrleans. Refrigerated Space Available CunardElects FastRegular Cargo Service NewChairman [rorn Houston, Mobile, NewOrleans

The Cunard Steam-Ship Companyan- WEEKLY nounced that Sir John Brocklebank has to La Guaira,Puerto Cabello, Curacao and Trinidad retired from the board for reasons of FORTNIGHTLY health, and that Sir Basil Smallpeice has to Maracaibo, Aruba, Guanta, Barbados,Georgetown, been appointed chairman in his place. Paramariboand Ciudad Bolivar Sir John has become honorary presi- EVERY FOUR WEEKS dent of both the Cunard Steam-Ship to St. Vincent,St. Lucia, Dominicaand Antigua Company Limited and Thos. and Jno. Brocklebank Limited, and he will be- Agents: comea consultant to the group, in which Houston, Mobile, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dallas, Kansas City, Memphis, Atlanta ...... capacity the companywill continue to STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY New York, Detroit ...... FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. have the benefit of his long experience in the shipping industry. Sir Basil Smallpeice joined the Board Ilogallldherlands Sleamship tomang of Cunard in April, 1964 and became a deputy chairman in June. 25 BROADWAY,NEW YORK 4, N. Y. YourVessel will be metat the Bar andPiloted to the Port of Houstonby HOUSTON PILOTS I 6302 GULF FREEWAY HOUSTON 23, TEXAS

FEBRUARY,1966 23 AN AMERICAN FLAG FREIGHTER Every 10 Days Fast, efficient cargo handling from Gulf Ports to Panama*, the West Coast of South America GULF & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO.

831 Gravler Street, NewOrleans, Louisiana In other cities contact Lykes or Grace *SouthboundNew Orleans/C. Z. cargo subject to special Booking arrangements.

SINCE 1914 Export and Domestic Crating OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS

Mrs. Frank Cartwright was invested with the insignia of a Memberof the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) by His Excellency, Sir Patrick Dean, G.C.M.G., British Ambassadorto the United States, in ceremoniesin the office of the Consul General of Great Britain in Houstonrecently. Mrs. Cartwright was born in Liverpool, , and is the wife of Frank E. TRANSFER& STORAGE COo Cartwright, executive vice president of the Dalton Steamship 81 2-20 Live Oak St. Phone FA 3-2323 Corporation in Houston. The award is in recognition of Mrs. Cartwright’s work in Texas for the Daughters of the British Empire and for her support of British charitable and community activities. C. T. O. LINE CompagnieMaritimes Des Chargeurs Reunis Directfrom U. S. Gulf RegularIndependent Service

To HONGKONGmMANILA--AND FAR EAST RegularLiner Service To SINGAPOREmDJAKARTAmBANGKOK PENANG ~r E. S. BINNINGS, INC. Gulf Agents Angel C. Arando, owner’s representative for the Maritime 711 FANNIN, SUITE 906, HOUSTON,TEXAS Companyof the Philippines in NewYork, left, recently visited the Line’s agent in Houston,Captain William Warren,Jr., right, ~r of Ayers Steamship Co., Inc. A tour of the World Trade Club Offices was included in Arando’s Houstonactivities. GALVESTON--NEWORLEANS--DALLAS--MEMPHIS ST LOUIS SERVICE IS RESUMED Nopal Line service from the U. S. Gulf to West Afriea ~r will be resumed in March, announced Oivind Lorentzen, Inc., General Agents for North America and the Caribbean general agents in the U. S. for Nopal. Service will start with BLACK DIAMOND S/S CO., 2 BROADWAY, N. Y. a ship every three weeks covering the range from Dakar to Luanda. Biehl & Company is agent in Gulf ports for Nopal.

24 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE Three Sailings per JAPANESE PORTS DALTONSTEAMSHIP CORP. Gulf GeneralAgents Cable Address: "Dalship"

Offices In Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ Beaumont ¯ Port Arthur ¯ Dallas ¯ New Orleans ¯ Memphis ¯ Mobile W0r,,n,~ar,nerw,, thePort of Houston Helpingdevelop ~ .\~ A newG. & H. Offshore TowingCompany tug, the MANTA, the Houston- wascommissioned in a brief ceremonyrecently. Thelargest ~ i~ tug on the Gulf Coastavailable to the offshore trade, the GulfCoast area I~!~ 3400-horsepowerboat hastwin screwsand measures 118 feet in length. Mrs.E. L. Paysse,wife of the salesmanager, chris- tenedthe boatin Galveston.Watching are, fromthe left, Mrs. J. N. Rayzor,J. N. Rayzor,Captain H. O. Weatherbee,Cecil HOUSTONLIGHTING & POWERCOMPANY Haden,Mrs. Haden,E. L. Paysseand Erie D. Harlan. ShipTL and LTL on the Sea-Land

To Market Untouched,Undamaged, Pilterage- Freebecause: A sealedSEA-LAND trailer . . . becomesa shipping container. . . goesvia lowwater- wayrates . . . then completes door-to-doordelivery. SEA-LANDOFFERS TOTAL TRANS- PORTATIONSERVICE: Between New York(Elizabeth, N. J.) and.lackson- ville [] BetweenNew York (Eliza- beth, N. J.) andTexas [] Between NewYork (Elizabeth, N.J.) and LongBeach, Oakland, Portland and Seattle[] BetweenNew York (Eliza. beth, N.J.) andSan Joan, Ponce. Mayaguez[] BetweenBaltimore andSan Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez [] BetweenJacksonville and San Juan, Ponce,Mayaguez [] BetweenLong Beach,Oakland, Portland and San Juan,Ponce, Mayaguez [] Between Seattle andAnchorage, Kodiak [] FromAnchorage to Kodiak[] From Leon De Pessemier,sub director of the ArmamentDeppe Jacksonvilleto Houston[] From of Antwerp,left, visits with SvendHansen, president of Hansen PuertoRico to Houston. & Tidemannand agentsfor the DeppeLine while on an ex- tendedtour of the UnitedStates discussing Deppe services to SEA-LAND the variousports. SERVICE, INC. AGENTS ELECT OFFICERS Elwood~-. Brent, Texas Transport & Terminal, Inc., Chi- cago, has been elected president of the Ocean Freight Agents of Chicago at their annual meeting. He succeeds William J. Amerl~a’sSeagoingMotorCarrier Skelly. Irvin G. Bedrava of Delta Lines is vice president, Consultyour directory for the Leonard J. Mehon. CompassAgencies. Inc., is treasurer, and Sea-Landoffice nearestyou. Nicholas R. Martin of Holland-AmericaLine is secretary. ASKYOUR SEA LAND REPRESENTATIVE TOPREPARE A COST ANALYSIS OFYOUR TOTAL fREIGHT OISTRIBUTION OOLLARI FEBRUARY,1966 25 ~t Through an aggressive program of trade development, Delta SteamshipLines, Incorporated, has increased its export ship- ments to more than fifty per cent of cargo tonnage. The firm successfully promotes American products and tourism in Latin America and Africa, aids manufacturers to sell abroad, and has developedthe first floating exhibition in the Mobile TradeFairs program. Theseenergetic and imaginative efforts reflect credit on the Companyand its employees and contribute materially to9~ the export expansion program of the United States. ¯ . . cited by the Secretary of Commerce upon confer- ring the President’s ’E’ Award for Export Service

That’s why Delta Line’s people wear the

There’s a Delta liner sailing every week to South America, every ten days to West Africa, and Delta Line’s network of offices at home ChoHo Keunan engineer in the har- and abroad is anxious to assist you. bor section, Ministry of Constructionof the Republicof Koreaspent a weekvisit- ing the Port of Houstonrecently as part of a long term training programin the DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. United States under the U. S Maritime P. O. Box 50250, NewOrleons, La. 70150 Administration. Cho, whowill work in NewYork ¯ Washington¯ Chicago¯ Houston regional port planningoperations and in port maintenance,is showninspecting the NavigationDistrict’s newBayport instal- lation. In additionhe visited anAtlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. dredgeworking in the HoustonShip Channel¯ CABLE: MAHCO FBM 2187 NEW BILL OF LADING FORM The is issuing bills of M. G. Maher&Co., Inc. lading and dock receipts in a new sim- plified format. They cover all Cunard CustomhouseBrokers -- ForeignFreight Forwarders services from North Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes ports to United Kingdom and continental ports. AnchorLine bills Members:Custom Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. of lading will also be issued in the new Sanlln Building 802 World Trade Center format and will be available at Cunard New Orleans 12, Louisiana Houston, Texas o~ces. Telephone: 524-7566 FAirfax 3-4101 TWX-713-571-1283 TWX.504-822-S340 Ship Via Port of Houston

FLOMERCA LINE (Ftota Mercante Gran Centro-Americana, S.A.)

¯ . . WEEKLY SERVICE

SERVICE!! DIRECT. . . FAST

from Houston, and New Orleans Direct To Barrios-Matias and Cortes Singa~ LONE STAR SHIPPING INC. ORIENT OVERSEAS LINE Houston ¯ Galveston LONE STAR SHIPPING INC. U.S. Representative HOUSTON GALVESTON ¯BEAUMONT JAN C. UITERWYKCO., INC. CA 4-7531 SO 5-9041 TE 3- 7465 Tampa,Fla. THOR ECKERT&CO.INC. U.S. GENERALAGENT I

26 PORTOF HOUSTONMAGAZINE E.S. Binnings, Inc.

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

C.T.O. LINE (Manila and Far East)

FRENCHLINE Hansenand Tidemann, Inc., steamshipagents, with offices in all major Gulf ports, (French Atlantic) NewYork, Memphis,Tenn. and MexicoCity, recently held a general sales meeting HANSA LINE at the WorldTrade Club in Houstonto discuss plans for the openingyear. Standing (Med./Red Sea/Persian Gulf) at the headtable are, left to right, B. W.White, vice president,sales; J. W.Grissom, Jr., executivevice president and managerof the NewOrleans office; SvendHansen, GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE president; and RobertS. Reid, vice president. Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Panamavia Cristobal

BIEHL IS NAMED cola, and Fillette Green & Companywill OFFICES NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON Insco Lines, Ltd., serving the Carib- continue as agent in Tampa. MEMPHIS GALVESTON bean and Gulf of Mexico ports, has ST. LOUIS DALLAS appointed Biehl & Company.Inc., steam. ship agents, as their representatives in Houston, NewOrleans, Mobile. Galves. ton, Brownsville, Beaumontand Corpus

Christi. John A. Merritt & Company THE SHIPPINGCORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. will continue as Insco’s agent in Pensa- REGULARDIRECT SERVICE FROM GULF PORTS TO JEDDAH¯ DJIBOUTI ¯ BOMBAY ¯ COCHIN ¯ MADRAS ¯ CALCUTTA New Orleans Galveston Houston Vishva Maya Feb. 24 Feb. 28 Mar. 2 VishvaShanti Mar. 28 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 NEWOgLEANS ¯ gbaunza Steamship Agency Corp. ¯ 540International Trade Mart ¯ JA2-6101 HOUSTON¯ Abaunza Steamship Agency Corp. ¯ 203Marine Building ° CApitol2-9601 GALVESTON¯ gbaunzaSteamship Agency Corp. ¯ 5]2 U. S. National Bank Bldg. ¯ SOulhfield5-9463 Norton,Lilly & Company,Inc. ¯ MarineBulk Ore Terminal * HEmlock 3-1536 LILLY& COMPANY,IN(],¯ GeneralAgents ¯ 26 Beaver Street, N.Y. 4,N.Y.

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FEARNLEY& EGER, asia, Norway Fast Freight, Reefer, DeepTank and PassengerService Compania Sud Americana de Vapores Express Freight Service From U.S. GULF / FAR EAST SERVICE HOUSTON¯ GALVESTON RegularSailings From: MOBILE¯ NEWORLEANS AND OTHERPORTS AS CARGOOFFERS HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON ¯ BEAUMONT TO MOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS PERU¯ BOLIVIAe CHILE ALSO OTHERTEXAS PORTSAS CARGOWARRANTS 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. MANILA ¯ ¯ BANGKOK¯ SAIGON ¯ SINGAPORE Tel. WHitehall 3 8600 D JAKARTA ¯ PORT SWETTENHAM¯ PENANG ¯ BELAWANDELl Gulf Agents Agents: STRACHANSHIPPING CO. General Agents NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ MOBILE FEARNLEY & EGER, INC. BIEHL & COMPANY GALVESTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUIS Sixth Floor, WORLDTRADE BLDG., CINCINNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITY 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10006 HOUSTON,TEXAS MEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ MILWAUKEE 344-3770 CApitol 2-9961 J FEBRUARY,1966 27 PORTHOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP. 6917 NAVIGATION BLVD. ¯ P.O. BOX 9206 HOUSTON 11, TEXAS WA1-4168 U. S. CUSTOM BONDED SPECIALIZINGIN IMPORT& EXPORTHAULING TRUCKSAND CARGO INSURED BONDEDPERSONNEL Call Us on Your Local Transport Problem

Mrs. LouiseE. Clayton,left, DomesticTrade Specialist, and Mrs.Lorena Gillespie, right, International TradeSpecialist, of the HoustonField Office of the U. S. Departmentof Commerce recently retired from the service. Mrs. Gillespie beganher career in the Houstonoffice whenit wasfirst openedin July 1926. Mrs. Clayton beganher work in governmentservice in 1927and joined the Houstonfield office in 1943.The ladies iiiii!~iii werehonored by the international trade fraternity in Houston with a luncheonin the WorldTrade Club. Shownin the center is Mrs. R. W. Smithand in the backrow are, left to right, GeorgeKrohn, international trade specialist, Departmentof Commerce;R. W. Smith, custombroker and freight forwarder; andEdward T. Fecteau,Jr., director of the Houstonfield office.

BETWEEN IncreaseIn BargeTraffic "~j Continental Europe Barge traffic on the Gulf lntracoastal Waterwaywas up U. S. GULF PORTS t~ United Kingdom 7.5 per cent for the first nine months of 1965 over 1964, ac- ii(i NORTH ATLANTIC PORTS| Mediterranean cording to the American Waterways Operators, Inc. J India- Pakistan The ow~rall increase for barge traffic on 12 major water- PACIFIC COASTPORTS -- FAR EAST waysamounted to six per cent for the same period. REGULARSAILINGS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED Texas A. & M. University will hold its eighth annual Trans- WATERMAN portation Conference at College Station March31-April 1, under sponsorship of the Texas Transportation Institute and STEAMSHIP CORPORATION the MacDonahtChair of Transportation. Speakers will in- clude representatives of shipping, railroads, motor carriers. express and parcel service organizations. LYKES GREAT NEW CARGOLINERS-SYMBOL OF PROGRESS FOR HOUSTON’S WORLD TRADE

LYKES 6 WORLD TRADE ROUTES U.K. LINE CONTINENTLINE MEDITERRANEANLINE AFRICALINE ORIENT LINE CARIBBEAN LINE !

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIPCO., INC. COTTON EXCHANGEBUILDING, HOUSTON. OFFICESAT: NEWORLEANS, HOUSTON, GALVESTON, NEW YORK, Beaumont, Brownsville, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Datlas, KansasCity, Lake Charles, Memphis,Mobile, Port Arthur, St. Louis, Tampa,Washington, D.C. OFFICESAND AGENTS IN PRINCIPALWORLD PORTS

28 PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINE HoffmanNamed BEN H. MOORE INSURANCE Captain Allan C. Hoffman has been MARINE- CASUALTY- FIRE named special assistant for operations to the Gulf Coast director of the Mari- Cable: MOORDEEN time Administration, E. M. Hockman. 915 WorldTrade Bldg. CA8-5227 Captain Hoffman’s duties will include responsibility for coordinating all ves- sel operating activities in the Gulf Coast District, which covers the geographic area from West Coast of Florida to GULFPORTS CRATING CO. Brownsville, Texas. He will also have Export Packing direct supervision over the preservation Commercial~ilitary and security of ships in the two National Boxing--Crating--Processing Defense Reserve Fleets located within the district. 16OO N. 75th Street WA3-5551

SWIFT/DIRECT SERVICE FROM US GULF TO Claus Havemannof Copenhagen,Den- mark, was the special guest of Funch, LIVERPOOL Edye& Co., Inc., while in Houstonre- centlystudying the possibilities of import- MA NCHES TER ing Danishgoods for departmentstore distribution in the UnitedStates. In addi- tion to visiting the port area, Havemann HOUSTON ¯ COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG. CAPITOL 2-2259 - TWX - HO 593 madea tour of shopping centers and visited the World Trade Club wherehe is seenhere. Funch,Edye are agentsfor GALVESTON NEW ORLEANS ¯ DALLAS ¯ MEMPHIS the United DanishSteamship Co.

DELTA ELECTS ORNELLES Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. (Delta FAgT gER VICE Line) board of directors has elected Emory M. Ornelles vice president and TO THE CONTINENT treasurer of the New Orleans based steamship line. The directors also elected AND SCANDINAVIA ThomasK. Corrigan eonlroller of the company and announced the retirement Alternate Service on December1 of C. T. Daxis, formerly vice president and treasurer. WILHELMSENLINES--SWEDISH AMERICANLINE Regular Freight and Refrigerated Service FROM GULF PORTS to LE HAVRE- ANTWERP- GHENT- ROTTERDAM BREMEN- HAMBURG Caribbean",n-- OSLO - GOTHENBURG- COPENHAGEN- MALMO STOCKHOLM-HELSINKI - GDYNIA A NEW SERVICE TO Santo Domingo STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Kingston GENERALAGENTS Nassau, Bahamas HoustonOffice 14OO Cotton ExchangeBldg. CA 8-1431 LONE STAR SHIPPING INC, Other Offices HOUSTON AGENTS Galveston, NewOrleans, Mobile, Miami, Port Everglades,Jacksonville, U.S. Representative Savannah,Dallas, Memphis,St. Louis, KansasCity, JAN C. UITERWYKCO., INC. Chicago,Atlanta, Cincinnati Tampa,Fla. New York Agents BarberSteamship Lines, Inc.- Furness,Withy & Co., Ltd.

FEBRUARY,1966 29 I louston Steamship Agents

ABAUNZA STEAMSHIP AGENCY DALTON STEAMSHIP CORP. Gulf &South AmericanS.S. Co. Lykes African Line CORP. 7th Floor, World Trade Building, CA8-8661 Lykes Caribbean Line 203 Marine Bldg., CA2-9601 Boomerang Cargo Line Lykes Continent Line China MerchantsSteam Navigation Co., Ltd. Coldemar Line Lykes Mediterranean Line Lauro Line Concordia Line Lykes Orient Line Shipping Corporation of India Jugoslavaska Linijska Plovidba Lykes United KingdomLine ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY Lineas de Navegacion Mambesas Farrell Lines 711 Fannin, CA4-6075 N. ¥. K. Line Polish Ocean Line RICE, KERR & CO. 506 Caroline. CA7-0165 AMERIND SHIPPING CORP. DEEPSEA AGENTS, INC. 110 Marine Building, CA7-5335 ColumbusLine, Inc. AdmiraltyLines, Ltd. Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA4-9798 Hoegh Line AmericanExport and Isbrantsen Lines Stevenson Lines Kawasaki "K" Line LloydBrasileiro Cargo Ships and Tankers, Inc. DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. Fabre Line Nervion Line 1300 Texas Avenue, CA7-5101 Independent Gulf Line SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC. SeawayShipping Corp. Delta East Coast South AmericaLine Delta West Africa Line 8402 Clinton Drive, OR2-6651 Earl J. Smith& Co., Inc. TruckTrailer CoastwiseService AYERS STEAMSHIP CO., INC. FOWLER & McVITIE, INC. STATES MARINE-ISTHMIAN 509 World Trade Building, CA7-3261 Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA4-9795 AGENCY, INC. Constellation Line Antilles Shipping Co. Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA7-3374 Ferrarhos Lines Agents For Korea Shipping Corporation, Ltd. FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. BloomfieldSteamship Co. Maritime Companyof the Philippines 814 World Trade Building, CA7-1521 Gulf-West Coast UkayService Blue Sea Line Gulf-European Service BIEHL & COMPANY CunardSteamship Co., Ltd. 6th Floor, World Trade Building, CA2-9961 IsthmianLines, Inc. London Mexico Line Isthmian Gulf-MediterraneanService Fern Line Scandinavian AmericanLine Isthmian Gulf-Red Sea/Persian Gulf Nopal Line (Northern Pan American) Thos. &Jno. Brocklebank,Ltd. Service Hamburg American Line Nordana Line Isthmian Gulf-India/Pakistan Servi~e Insco Lines, Ltd. Isthmian Gulf-HawaiianService North GermanLloyd Line GULF COAST SHIPPING CORP. States MarineLines, Inc. Ozean/Stinnes Lines 313 Marine Bldg., CA5-0869 States Marine-ContinentalService Sidarma Line Cathay Navigation Co. Ltd. States Marine-FarEast Service Mamenic Line Dovar Lines States Marine-MediterraneanService Scindia SteamNavigation Co., Ltd. Eddie SteamshipLines, Inc. States Marine-World Wide Full Cargo Barber Middle East Line Jugooceanija Lines Service L. Smit &Co.’s Betla SteamshipCo., Inc. Smit-Lloyd, N.V. Tica Lines STRACHAN SHIPPING CO. C. Clausen SteamshipCo., Ltd. Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA8-1431 Argentine Lines E. S. BINNINGS, INC. GULF MOTORSHIPS, INC. 1316 Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA7-0215 Bank Line 711 Fannin, CA5-0531 Chilean Line C. T. O. Line China Union Lines Mexican Line Flota Mercante Graneolombiana,S. A. Wallenius Lines Mitsui OSKLines, Ltd. (Graneolombiana Line) Nedlloyd Line French Line HANSEN & TIDEMANN, INC. Royal Netherlands Line Hansa Line 16th Floor, Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA3-4181 Swedish-AmericanLine Blue Ribbon Line Wilhelmsen Lines BLETSCH STEAMSHIP CO. CorporacionPeruana de Vapores, S. A. 1316 Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA7-0215 DeppeLine/Belgian Line TEXAS TRANSPORT & Cobelfret Lines East Asiatic Company TERMINAL CO., INC. Orient Mid-East Line Federal CommonwealthLine 11th Floor 711 Fannin, CA5-5461 Interocean Line Booth Line BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP CO. Iranian ShippingLines, S.A. P. N. Djakarta Lloyd Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA8-1451 Irish Shipping, Ltd. Holland-America Line Berth Agents--See States Marine-Isthmian Jayanti Line Mexican Line Agency Pacific Far East Line NavigazioneAlta halia (Creole Line) South African Marine Corporation, Ltd. Yamashita-ShinnihonLine CANADIAN-GULF LINE, LTD. Surinam Navigation Company Union of BurmaFive Star Line P. O. Box 5355, WA1-4196 C. A. Venezolanade Navegacion Canadian-GulfLine, Ltd. LE BLANC-PARR, INC. (Venezuelan Line) Montreal Shipping Co. Cotton ExchangeBldg., CA2-2259 WestwindAfrica Line Stockard Shipping Co. Harrison Line Wysmuller Ocean Towage& Salvage Hellenic Line Company CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORP. LONE STAR SHIPPING CO. TRANSATLANTIC SHIPPING 711 Fannin, CA4-6075 1505 Texas Avenue, CA4-7531 AGENCY, INC. Central Gulf-Mediterranean Line Azta Line 1300 Texas Avenue, CA4-5805 Central Gulf-Red Sea Line Continental Lines Atlantic Shipping Company,S.A. Central Gulf-Persian Gulf Line Contramar Lines Edmvan Meerbe~ck & Co., S.A. Central Gulf-India/Pakistan Line Flomerca Line Ferro Union Corporation Central Gulf-WorldWide Full Cargo Gulf Lines, Ltd. Interore, NewYork Service Gulf Caribbean Line Unimar GmbH Orient Overseas Line WEST COAST LINE Torm Line UNITED FRUIT COMPANY 817 World Trade Building, CA3-4549 908 World Trade Bldg., CA5-3597 ZimIsrael Lines LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP United Fruit Company Black Star Line Seven Stars Line CO., INC. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. Turkish Cargo Lines Cotton ExchangeBuilding, 3rd Floor, Cotton ExchangeBuilding, CA7-4395 Thule Ship Agency,Inc. CA7-7211 WatermanSteamship Corporation 30 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE ~ "-_~. - " ~h~.~ ~1~

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A great and growing market on the move! South Africa is on the moveand so is Safmarlne. More... and moremodern . . . services and facilities are part of a growthpattern at Safmarine~hat continually enlarges the picture of what we are doing for shippers and cons,gneesin terms of their needs.., their convenience, and their greater profitability in moving goods. Dependable,fast, regular service FROM HOUSTON, GALVESTON, NEW ORLEANS, SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK DIRECTTO CAPETOWN,PORT ELIZABETH, EAST LONDON, BAY-BO/I, STONTOWING C0. DURBAR, LOURENCOMARQUES AND BEIRA GULF AGENT:Hansen & Tidemonn, Inc. ¯ Corpus Christi, Dallas, Galveston, Houston, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, Sabine District. ~ HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON ¯ CORPUS CHRISTI FREEPORT¯ TEXAS CITY I~o SouthAfrican Marine Corporation (HEY.) 17 Battery Place ¯ Dlgby 4-8940 ¯ New York, N.Y. 10004 CHICAGOOFFICE: 327 South La Salle Street

SERVICES FROM HOUSTON and other Gulf ports

INDIA SERVICE Karachi * Bombay ¯ Colombo ¯ Madras Calcutta ¯ Rangoon Also calls Mediterranean and Red Sea ports PERSIAN GULF SERVICE Dammam¯ Kuwait ¯ Basrah ¯ Khorramshahr Bandar Shahpour * Abadan ¯ Bahrein Also calls Mediterranean and Red Sea ports HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SERVICE Honolulu ¯ Port Allen ¯ Nawiliwill Hilo ¯ Kahului

World Wide Cargo Services from All Coasts of the United States

j Baltimor¯ Galveston Norfolk Intercoastal Services Beaumont Houston Philadelphia and Long Beach Portland, Ore. Between Gulf Brownsville Los Angeles San Francisco Pacific Ports Bueolo Memphis Seattle Chicago Mobile Washington, D. C. From Pacific Lumber Cleveland New Orl .... Dallas New York Ports to Atlantic Ports I DetroitBoston COTIrON EXCHANGEBLDG., HOUSTON 34 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE For centuries Parisian fishermen have been drawn to the beautiful banksof the river Seine, as mucha symbolof France as the Eiffel Tower.

IN FRANCE... youreceive the best financial counsel throuohour affiliation with local banks

Whenyour foreign business is entrusted to our International Banking Depart- ment, you receive the benefit of our affiliation with large, competent, knowl- edgeable, local banks in every country of the Free World. Because of the local bank’s on-the-ground knowledge and experience, we get things done quickly Bankof the and efficiently. Our correspondents understand government policies. They know local business leaders. They keep abreast of local financial conditions. Members S of our international banking staff (the largest in the entire Southwest) make outhwest frequent trips to foreign capitals. Their continuing personal contacts maintain HOUSTON ¯ Member F D I C banking relationships abroad so necessary for serving all your financial require- ments overseas. Maywe put our international banking facilities to work for you? THE BANKWITH THE INTERNATIONALPOINT OF VIEW POSTMASTER:If not delivered in five days, return to P. O. Box2562, Houston1, Texas.Return requested. BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Houston, Texas Permit No. 5441

Long Reach Dock’s stiff-leg derrick hoists an assembled refinery unit aboard the SS CHRISTIANE. The Lummus Company built the unit for THISIS LONGREACH use in Guatemala. The electrically-operated derrick also made short work of loading the long, 118,320-1b. processing vessel shown in the foreground, which will be installed in the same refinery. United Fruit Company was the charterer and J. P. Harle Forwarding Com- pany was forwarder.

¯ Berthing+for 8 vessels Locomotivecranes, 75-ton derrick ¯ Marginalrail trackage Modernfreight handling equipment ¯ Simultaneoushandling 200 cars Coveredarea 1,400,000 sq. ft.