JosephM. Hankins has beennamed man- agerof the importde- partment of A-M Cargo,Inc., a division of World Commerce Forwarding.Hankins, a licensed customs- house broker, pre- viously held positions with broker-forwarder organizations in Los AngelesandHouston. A. Bottacchi appoints Gulf & Eastern agents A. Bottacchi S.A. has announcedthe appointment of Gulf & Eastern Steam- ship and Chartering Corp. as Gulf agent. A. Bottacchi S.A., a private company, operates a regular Argentine-flag con- ference liner service betweenHouston ports and the east coast of South TheM/V PROJECT EUROPA, a unique ro-ro, heavy-lift ship, recently madeher maidenvoyage to the America, Bolivia and Paraguay. Gulf & Port of Houston,docking at Jacintoport.The Blaesbjerg vessel can handle ro-ro cargovia the stern Eastern’s offices throughout the U.S. rampor ship’ssides for units upto 2,000tons. Theheavy-lift capacityof the ship’sgear is 700tons, will be responsiblefor sales for the U.S. andthe holds canbe further usedfor supplementarycargoes of up to 14,800cubic meters.Service speedis 17knots, length is 453feet andbeam is 75feet. At the traditional plaquepresentation were, Gulfservices. from left, RichardB. Akkerman,general sales managerfor the Port of HoustonAuthority; Robert TheBottacchi delegation’s office in Gussie,U.S. Gulf managerfor InteroceanSteamship Corp.; DaveKeller, chartering managerfor NewOrleans will continue to have BlaesbjergAmericas, Inc.; CaptainHeinz Pinkepank; Fritz Knudsen,general manager for Blaesbjerg direct control over U.S. Gulf services. Americas,rnc.; andErnest G. FigueiraJr., vice presidentof InteroceanSteamship Corp. I.T.O. Corporation (FormerlyAtlantic & Gulf Stevedores,Inc.)
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April 1984 37 Bay-Houston names marinedivision head, other managers Appointment of Thomas A. Moran TARGET AIRFREIGHT Jr., as executive vice president of the Domesticand International marine division of Baby-HoustonTowing Air Freight Company, has been announced * IATACargo Agent by Cecil R. Ha- * Air Consolidator den, president. Formerly vice 404/991-2796 312/437-2380 713/4494949 213-776-6210 212/6565427 415/872-0550 president of ma- NEWYORK SANFRANCISCO ATLANTA CHICAGO HOUSTON LOSANGELES rine sales, Moran has been with Bay-Houston for INTERCONTINENTAL l0 years. A licens- ed officer in the EXPORT U.S. merchant marine and a CRATING, INC. former naval reserve officer, Moran "No Job Too Large or Too Small" began his career aboard tugs in New Yorkharbor, comingashore to workin SPECIALIZING IN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT operations and chartering for Boyd, OCEAN--AIR Weir and Sewell. He later joined the Job Site Crating Available Curtis Bay TowingCompany as a sales Quality WorkePersonalized Service representative in NewYork. 9300AIRLINE ¯ 445-2297 Moranholds a degree in business ad- ministration from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., with a major in ac- counting, and a bachelor of science degree in marine transportation from Texas A&MUniversity, where he was corps commander of the Texas Maritime Academy. Other Bay-Houstonappointments in- clude William(Bill) McDonald,who has been namedmarketing manager, marine division. Marc Bickhamhas becomeassistant marketingmanager, marine division. He joined the firm in 1981. L. Gene Autry has moved up to operations manager,marine division.
38 Port of Houston Magazine New parent company, diversification told by Bulkfleet Inc. Bulkfleet Incorporated, the Texas- based marine companythat introduced heavyfuel-burning deep-notchedvessels to the UnitedStates, has consolidatedits interests, includinga first-class cruise line, under the nameSignet Corpora- tion, J. Barry Snyder, president and chief executiveofficer of the newparent companyhas announced. Operations consolidated through ac- quisition include cruise operations, bulk petroleumtransportation, and travel ser- vice entities as well as supplyand steam- shipentities. Signet Corporationwill serve as the holding companyfor BulkFleet Marine Corp., Signet Travel Group, Inc., and Signet Transportation Support Co. "The formation of Signet Corporation allows us to expand our petroleum vessel operation while diversifying ag- Flying a Liberian flag, the M/TBLACK MARLIN, of 40,302MTDW, made her first call in the Port of Houstonrecently. The574-foot tanker is equippedto carry mostbulk liquid commodities.Barber gressively into other key areas of the SteamshipLines, Inc., is the agent.At the traditional plaquepresentation were, from left, Earl R. marine and travel service industry," Smith,III, managerof full cargooperations for Barwil; Port CommissionerW.D. Haden, II; Captain Snydersaid. HelgeSvendsen; and John Aicher, owner’srepresentative.
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April 1984 39 Estupinanjoins A-MCargo International Cesar N. Estupinanhas joined A-M CargoInternational, Inc., a division of WorldCommerce Forwarding, Inc., as ocean export manager. Estupinanhas had20 years of opera- tions/managementexperience in the freight forwardingindustry. He has workedfor twomajor international for- wardersin San Francisco, Los Angeles and Houston.
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40 Port of HoustonMagazine TheM/V SKANDERBORG wasthe secondsister ship to call at the Port of At the traditional plaquepresentation, from left, wereJohn J. O’Dea,U.S. Houstonsince the acquisitionof NordanaLine by the DannebrogGroup of owner’srepresentative; CaptainRobert Jacobsen; David W. Simpson, Rungsted,Denmark. Service is betweenHouston and the Mediterranean. westernsales managerfor the Port of HoustonAuthority; Jim McNellie, All four shipsin this serviceare 443feet longand of 7,876DWT. Equip- traffic manager;and Alex Hjortnaes,project managerfor Dannebrog. mentincludes a stern hydraulicramp, a 120-tonderrick and36-ton crane. BarberSteamship Lines is the generalagent. THE PORT OF HOUSTONFOREIGN.TRADE ZONE #84
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April 1984 41 Newlyelected officers of Womenin Transportationand Shipping (WITS) treasurer;Shellie Carpenter of LeBlanc,vice president,programs; Marcia wereinstalled recently. Theyare, from left, GinnyScott Teagueof Haeckerof Ex CargoServices, secretary; and (not shown)Christi Brocato Sea-LandServices, Inc., vice president,membership; Reggie Kyle of In- of PoolDistribution, historian. WITSannually awards generous scholar- cotrans/GulfEurope Service, president; Carl JaneWick of W.R.Zane, shipsto areastudents. HEIGHTS BONDED WAREHOUSE 90 HIRSCHROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77020 675-7152 675-2039 675-2923 TELEX79-1919 Express/Full Container W OVERHEAD . PIPE STORAGE CRANES Service . STEEL STORAGE PALLETIZED MERCHANDISE ~r RAIL SERVED U.S. GULF TO~FROMWEST AFRICA -k CONTAINERSTRIP- -k DIRECT DISCHARGE GENERAL AGENTS PING g STUFFING SERVICE Southern Star ~r DOCK HIGH g ~24 HOURSECURITY GRADELEVEL Shipping Co., Inc. "k OUTSIDE STORAGE 212/867-3252 AVAILABLE "k LOCAL DRAYAGE 245 Park Avenue & DISTRIBUTION New York, NY 10167-0248 TWX: 710-581-4290 "k DRUM HANDLING Cable: Sostarship New York
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42 Port of HoustonMagazine Delta Lines namesmarketing, pricing executives Three key administrators have been namedat Delta SteamshipLines, Inc., a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Cor- poration. Richard A. Simpson, who formerly headedmarketing and sales at Delta’s NewYork headquarters, is the newvice president of sales and marketingat the corporate office in NewOrleans. TheodoreH. Ellis, whocomes from a major motorcarrier wherehe served as vice presidentof national sales, is serv- ing as vice president of sales at Delta’s / NewYork office. / KennethN. Tice, who headed inter- national pricing for Crowley’s Carib- bean Division, has movedto NewYork as assistant director of pricing. Croft & Scully relocates Croft &Scully Co., Inc., international Flying the Germanflag, the M/VBERNHARD S of CostaLines recently madeher maidenvoyage to freight forwarders, has relocated its the Port of HoustonAuthority’s BarboursCut Terminal. She connects Houston and the Mediterranean Houston office. The new address is andhas a lengthoverall of 385feet, a beamof 58feet andis of 5,214MTDW. Strachan Shipping Com- 12777Jones Road, Suite 370, Houston, panyof Texasis the agentfor the 426-TEUship. At the traditional plaquepresentation were, from left, Texas77070, telephone (713) 890-4995. Capt. HerbertBarmann and James Hare, assistant managerof BarboursCut Terminal. INDUSTRIAL & MARITIME CLINIC HUGO R. GONZALEZ & ASSOCIATES CompleteStaff of Consultants HOURS: MONDAYthru FRIDAY 7:30 AM TO 11 PM Sat. 8 AM TO 5 PM Tour Our Clinic 13125 EASTFREEWAY At Your Convenience HOUSTON,TEXAS 77015 (713) 453-5646
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April 1984 43 Touringthe Port of Houston’sTurning Basin area aboard the M/V SAMHOUSTON recently SOMEPEOPLE SAV WE BUILD wasthis contingentfrom JGC(U.S.A.), Inc., project logistics firm. Fromleft are DavidW. Simpson,western sales managerfor the Port of OURBOIIES TOO WELL. HoustonAuthority; JunnosukeKobayashi, vice presidentof procurementfor JGC;Sakai Kawa, project managerfor Mitrans Corporation; KiyotakaHonda, procurement manager for JGC, an(] Hir’oshiAnezaki, senior traffic coordinatorfor JGC.
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TheMexican-flag ship M/VTOLUCA, a 575-foot long, 67-foot wide, traditional maidenvoyage ceremony are, from left, HaroldBenoit, vice 16,130-DTWTvessel of the MexicanLine, madea maidenvoyage to the presidentof ValorStevedore Co.; JohnBritton, senior vice presidentof Port of Houstonduring March. This generaland container cargo ship, OceansInternational Corp., agentsfor the line; Capt.Juan M. Arellano operatingat a speedof 151/2knots, is offering servicefrom Houstonto Cruz;William Colburn, director of administrationfor the Port of Houston North Europeevery 21 daysfrom ManchesterTerminal. Pictured at the Authority;and J.M. Russell,vice presidentof OceansInternational Corp.
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46 Port of Houston Magazine HadenMarch article information updated The article on Port Commissioner W.D.Haden, II, which appeared in the Marchissue of this magazinecontained some outdated information. Commis- sioner Hadensaid he is no longer a director of Red WingPeat, Western Peat or Rice University Associates, as the article stated. He continues as chairman of the board of Bay-HoustonTowing Co. and also of MichiganPeat, WhitemanTow- ing Company, Inc., and the W.D. HadenCo. He is also a director of G&H Towing Co. of Galveston and holds numerous other civic and business volunteerpositions.
SHIPVIA Atlantic ExpressLine hasbegun direct, lO-dayservice from Houstonto Belize, Guatemala,Hon- THE PORT duras,El Salvadorand Nicaragua, offering through bills of ladingto all inlandcities. A maidenvoyage plaquewas recently presentedto the masterof the line’s small ro-ro vessel,the M/VFREEPORT EX- PRESS.The ship has a capacityof 118TEU and accommodates rolling stockand general cargo. Sail- OF HOUSTON ing schedulesfor the independentservice are publisheddaily in the "Journalof Commerce".Shown at the traditional maidenvoyage ceremony are, fromleft, RichardB. Akkerman,general sales manager of the Port of HoustonAuthority; Capt.Gordon Price; andCarlos-Rogelio Rios, line manager,Americas, for BarberSteamship Lines, agents for Atlantic ExpressLine.
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48 Port of Houston Magazine Commissionvotes $10,000 for Seamen’sCente, r To help the Houston International and voluntary paymentsoff, that source Authoritydonation, $5,400will be used Seamen’s Center through a difficult of revenuehas declined. to pay for repair of the center’s bus. The period, the Port Commissionvoted in A burglary in December1982 cost remainingfunds will help the center to Marchto contributed $10,000 to the the center $14,000in uninsuredlosses. continue normaloperations. center. Then there were two forced clos- A numberof fund-raising activities The Houstoncenter, a not-for-profit ings-15 days due to Hurricane Alicia also are being plannedto assist the cen- organization, is considered one of the and eight days due to freezing weather ter in repairing hurricane damage,up- largest and most successful seamen’s in December--thatheightened the cen- gradingfacilities and continuingnormal centersin the world.It is the onlyone in ter’s financial woes. Of the total Port operations. the U.S. that operates a chaplain train- ing program. The center, operated almostentirely by volunteers, is a home- away-from-home for thousands of crewmenfrom across the world who TELEX visit the Port of Houstoneach year. An International 8, Domestic In recommendingthe contribution to Message Service Bureau the center, RichardP. Leach, executive director of the Port of HoustonAuthori- Why pay for a telex machine you don’t always use? ty, cited several unfortunate occur- We Can Save You Money fences that have placed the 11-year-old facility on the brinkof financialcrisis. Emergency service for telex owners Normally 30-40 percent of the ~r~:~’~A’;dih~ Call us when your machine or line is down! center’s operatingcosts are generatedby a voluntary paymentsystem; each ship Illl Tel ~ dockingat the port is asked to pay $40 ------’------, 713-529-8320 to the center. Withfewer ships calling
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April 1984 49 The M/V MINGOCEAN, one of seven fully con- tainerized vessels in YangMing Line’s service to the Port of Houston, recently madeher maiden voyage to Barbours Cut Terminal. Like her six sister ships, she has a length overall of 685 feet and a breadth of 104 feet and is of 31,209 MTDW.TEU capacity is 1,919. Yang Ming is a majorcarrier of synthetic resins, cotton, chemical cargoesand metal scrap. Solar Shipping Agency, Inc., is the generalagents. At the traditional pla- que presentation were Capt. Lee Shin and David W. Simpson, western sales managerof the Port of HoustonAuthority.
Fleet management E.S. BINNINGS, INC. conference slated Ship Agents, Stevedores, Terminal Operators in ChicagoApril 25-27 Grancolomblana -- Colombia The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia The Maritime Administration will NYK Line (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) StarmanShipping Ltd. --Heavy Lift Service World Wide host the 1984 Fleet Management AmericanHeavy Lift Shipping Co. -- American Flag Heavy Lift Service TechnologyConference at the Sheraton HOUSTON,TEXAS--World Trade Building ...... (71:3)225-0531 Plaza Hotel in ChicagoApril 25-27. NEWORLEANS, LOUISIANA--Whitney Bank Building ...... (504)586-0700 It will be the fifth annualconference GALVESTON,TEXAS--U.S. National Bank Building ...... (713) 762-8423 of the FMTprogram, which has been MOBILE, ALABAMA--800Commerce Building ...... (205) 4:33-2616 ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI--817 Olive Street ...... (314) 241-5294 established to improve productivity, CABLE ADDRESS DALLAS,TEXAS~Cotton Exchange Building ...... (214) 748-8856 profitability, and the competitiveposi- MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE--Cotton Exchange Building ...... (901) 527-6511 tion of U.S. water transportation com- panies through application of advanced computer/communicationstechnology. Amongthe presenters at the 1984 conferencewill be oceancarriers, inland waterwayoperators, and carrier associa- tions. Representativetopics for presen- tations and panel discussions will in- clude operations planning, shipboard computerapplications, vessel energy TR AN S NAVE conservation,strategic planning,ship-to- "The" EcuadorianLine shore communications, intermodal equipmentcontrol, electronic data inter- DIRECT OCEAN SERVICE BETWEEN change, and shipboard personnel train- ing. ECUADOR/PANAMA/PERU AND For additional information, contact THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF Joedy Cambridgeat Simat International Ltd., 729 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Washington,D.C.; (202) 628-4747.
Hansen& TJdemann,Inc. --Gulf Agents Houston (713) 626-4255 ° New Orleans (504) 586-8755 SoutheasternMaritime Co. --South Atlantic Agents Fritz Maritime moves Savannah(912) 232-5581 ° Charleston (803) 722-8451 Fritz Maritime Agencies has Jacksonville (914) 353-8201° Atlanta (404) 351-8176 Farovi ShippingCorp. --Miami Booking Agents relocated its office to 909 Wirt Road, (305) 373-4765 Houston. The new phone number is (713) 957-1883. 5O Port ot HoustonA,lagazine Houstonwill be oneof the stopsfor SouthernPacific steamlocomotive World’sFair. Beforecoming to Houston,the train will be in SanAntonio on 4449on a cross-countrytrip from Portland,Oregon, to NewOrleans, for May23. After its Houstonstop, the train will bein DallasMay 28-30. More the 1984World’s Fair. Thetrain will be ondisplay in HoustonMay 25-26 than 7,400miles will be coveredon the roundtrip, makingit the longest andtickets will be sold for the trip fromSan Antonio through Houston to steamlocomotive excursion in modernU.S. history. For informationon NewOrleans. The engineis the sameone that pulled the American tickets for the trip fromSan Antonio to NewOrleans, which includes the FreedomTrain in 1975-1976as part of the nation’s BicentennialCelebra- Houstonstop, contactthe Gulf CoastChapter, National Railway Historical tion. Thetrip is designedto drawattention to westernand southwestern Society, P.O.Box 457, Houston,Texas 77001. cities andstates servedby SouthernPacific andto help publicizethe f IIIlSSal wneeBl& O0 00’ DiRECTTRUCK SERVICE FOR MARINE CONTAINERS AND GENERAL COMMODITIES BETWEEN ALL U.S. PORTSAND ABOARD! ALL U.S. POINTS The newly renovated Rodeway Inn Downtown invites the maritime community,including agents, steamship lines and merchantseamen to dock with us while in Houston. Located in the heart of downtown, the RodewayInn offers you the BEST at a reasonableprice. Socome ashore and visit the TERMINAL LOCATIONS BALTIMORE...... RodewayInn Downtown. Special group and cor- 301-485-1220 porate rates are available. For more information CHARLESTON...... 803-552-2970 please call (713). 224-4511,X 383. HOUSTON...... 713-452-3201 JACKSONVILLE...... 904-353-9342 MIAMI ...... 305-592-1835 MOBILE...... 205-438-2706 NEWARK...... 201-589-1480 NEWORLEANS ...... 504-947-6264 NORFOLK...... 804-460-4654 RICHMOND...... 804-788-4739 SAVANNAH...... 912-964-2225 PHILADELPHIA...... 800- 772-3699 CORPORATE OFFICE N. ATLANTICSALES I 1076 HARRISBURGPIKE OFFICE j P.O. BOX810 ONE WORLDTRADE I CENTER I CARLISLE,PA 17013 [ SUITE8519 ] [ (800)233-4440 N.Y., NY10048 J (212)432-1866 11~00)233-7565 I JOHN PAPALIA ~" April1984 51 DUTCH HARBOR
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