Houston Pilots 6302 Gulf Freeway Houston,Texas 77023

INDEPENDENT GULFL,N= (Vinke & Co., Amsterdam,Managers) REGULARSERVICE to and from the CONTINENT

~g~r ZPPZ~T~ co RPORA~ZON General Agent U.S.A. Houston¯ Galveston¯ NewYork NewOrleans ¯ Memphis Baltimore¯ Philadelphia Refrigerated Space Available

DeputyPort Director GeorgeW. Altvater, center, and OperationsManager C. E. Bullock, left, were officially inducted into the National DefenseExecutive Reserveof the Maritime Administration at E.S. Binnings, Inc. ceremoniesin the Port of HoustonBoard Roomlast month. Arthur Brown, right, EmergencyPlanning Officer for the Gulf CoastDistrict of the MaritimeAdministration, madethe presentationof certificates Steamship Agents signed by Secretary of CommerceA. B. Trowbridge. He represented E. M. Hackman,Gulf Coast 711 FANNIN, SUITE 906 Director of the Maritime Administration. AItvater will be Port Controller for Houstonand Bullock DeputyController in the event of a national emergency.Federal Area Port Controller for all ports in Telephone:CApitol 5-0531 Texasis Houston’sExecutive Port Director, J. p. Turner. HOUSTON,TEXAS ~r C.T.O. LINE (Manila and Far East)

FRENCHLINE SWIFT/DIRECT SERVICE FROM (FrenchAtlantic) US GULF TO HANSALINE (Med./RedSea/Perslan Gulf) LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER GRANCOLOMBIANALINE Central America, Colombia,Ecuador, Peru Panamavia Cristobal HOUSTON¯ COTTON EXCHANGEBLDG. CAPITOL2-2259 - TWX- 910 881-2650 OFFICES NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON MEMPHIS GALVESTON . NEW ORLEANS , DALLAS GALVESTON MEMPHIS ST. LOUIS DALLAS YourVessel will be metat the Bar ancJ Piloted to the Port of Houstonby HOUSTON PILOTS 6302 GULF FREEWAY HOUSTON,TEXAS 77023

JANUARY,1968 21 BroadnaxNamed Port of Houston Sales Manager

Hemv M. Broadnax, former general sales manager and assistant to the general manager of the Port of Galveston, has been named general sales manager of the Port of Houston and assumed his new duties on January 2nd. A native of Houston, Broadnax grew up in Dallas and was graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1954 with a degree in Business Administra- Compania Sud Americana de Vapores tion. Following three years in the Air ExpressFreight Service From Force, which he left as a Captain in HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON the ]lcserves, he joined Waterman MOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS Steamship Corporation’s Dallas otllee. AND OTHERPORTS AS CARGOOFFERS Broadnax joined the Galveston TO Wharves as general sales manager four years ago, after four years with Water- ECUADOR¯ PERU man, and only recently left to become 1 BOLIVIA ¯ CHILE vice president--sales o[ Kelso Marine in HENRY M. BROADNAX 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Galveston. Tel. (212)943-8600 "We are pleased to have Mr. Broad- George W. Altvater, recently named Gulf Agents nax head up our sales department," deputy director of the Port, had headed STRACHAN SHIPPING CO. said J. P. Turner, executive director of the Port. "He brings wide experience in the sales department since joining the NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ MOBILE Navigation District in May of I959 and GALVESTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUIS port and steamship sales solicitation and CINCINNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITY he x~.ill continue to supervise all sales MEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ MILWAUKEE knows the trade thoroughly." activities in his new position. The Port has a district sales manager in Houston who covers the trade terri- ~~-~" tory to the north and west, aided by a GULF sales representative here; a district sales manager and assistant in New York, who C~’~ PORTS cover the eastern territory, and a district sales manager in Chicago covering the The .~hipping ¢[’orporelion Of India Lid. middle west. Broadnax is married to the former ALEXANDRIA¯ PORT SAID ¯ JEDDAH¯ DJIBOUTI ¯ BOMBAY ¯ COCHIN ¯ MADRAS ¯ CALCUTTA NewOrleans Galveston Houston Partieia Weber of Dallas and they have Jan. 15 VishvaKirti Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 three children, Bobby, Peggy and John. Vishva Maya Jan. 31 State of Punjab Jan. 27 Jan. 29 He is a member of the Galveston llotary Club and Traffic Club, the Houston World Trade Club and Kappa Alpha social fraternity. He is also a 32nd degree Scottish llite Mason and a member of the Episcopal Church.

Cable Address "RICE," Houston KERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY,Inc. UnitedStates Gulf Portsto Spain. . . Morocco. . ¯ Portugal. . . Philippines. . . Japan. . . BrazilianPorts . MediterraneanPorts . . . Pakistan. . ¯ India . . . Ceylon. . . Panama Canal and WestCoast of SouthAmerica Ports Clegg Bldg. Cotton Exchange Bldg. 506 Caroline St. Cotton Exchange Bldg. HOUSTON DALLAS GALVESTON

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE 22 AN AMERICAN FLAG FREIGHTER Every 10 Days Fast, efficient cargo handling FromGulf Ports to Panama*,the West Coast of South America GULF & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIPCO.

831 Gravier Street, NewOrleans, Louisiana In other cities contact Lykes or Grace

*SouthboundNew Orle=ns/C. Z. cargo sublect to special Booking arrangements.

SINCE 1914 Export and Domestie Crating Miss Lynne Watkins Farwell slams a bottle of champagne into the bow of the cargoliner SS DELTABRASIL during the vessel’s christening in mid- OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS Decemberat The Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries. Delta Brasll is one of five automated cargo vessels under construction by Ingalls for Delta Steamship Lines. Others in the launching party, from left, were: Mrs. Asahel W. Cooper, Jr., matron of honor; Ellis B. Gardner, Senior Vice-President of Litton Industries and President of Ingalls; Captain J. W. Clark, President of Delta Line: Vasco Leitao da Cunha, Ambassadorto the United States from Brazil; and E. M. Hockman, Gulf Coast Director, U. S. Maritime Administration. TRANSFER& STORAGE CO. 812-20 Live Oak St. Phone FA 3-2323

Shipping to South Africa?.. Ship the preferred way, via Safmarine’s direct scheduled service by men who know their business and the country best. Remember--on your next shipment save time and money ¯. ¯ go direct !

Keith Cook, left, senior trade comm;ssioner for the Australian Govern- ment in New York City, visited businessmen in the Houston area recently. He was entertained at lunch in the World Trade Club by C. A. Rouser, district sales representative for the Port of Houston.

_/~_..SOUTHAFRICAN MARINE CORP. [N.Y.] Representatives of Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc., of New York, management 17 BatteryPrate , NewYork. 10004 * Dlgby4-8940 CHICAGOOFFICE: 327 Soulh LaSlrll Street consultants, were in Houston recently making a survey of the steel market FROM:HOUSTON, GALVESTON, NEW ORLEANS, SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON. in the Southwest. Shownhere on the Navigation District’s inspection vessel BALTIMORE,PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK. TO: CAPETOWN.PORT ELIZABETH, SAMHOUSTON, are Eduardo D. Prado, left, and Lemont K. Richardson, ~-AST LONDON,DURBAN, LOURENCO, MARQUES AND BEIRA. who were making the survey. JANUARY,1968 23 a111

Alberto Gnecco, Italian trade representative in Mexico City, left, talks with Achille Archidiacono, Italian Trade Delegate to Houston, in the World Trade Club. Gnecco has been instrumental in establishing Italian trade exhibits in Mexico and is now being transferred to Caracas, Venezuela, to assumetrade development duties there.

GULF AGENTS WEST COASTLINE, INC. 1113 INTERNATIONALTRADE MART TOWER I NEWORLEANS, LA. 70130 524-6751 NEW YORK GALVESTON HOUSTON 706 U.S. NAT’! BANKBLDG. 817 WORLDTRADE CENTER 17 BATTERYPLACE

C. T. O. LINE CompagnieMaritimes Des Chargeurs Reunis Seasoned travelers, a truck load of polo ponies patiently wait on a rainy Saturday morning to board the M. V. PHILIPPINE BATAAN for passage to Manila. The ponies, raised and trained in the United States, belong to a Manila Polo Club and have played the polo circuit an the Direct fromU. S. Gulf Continent, in England and the United States and are returning to the Philippines to finish out the season. After a winter on a ranch near Manila they will make the rounds again next year. Shipper was L. Nixon, Mid- RegularIndependent Service land, Texas, with the consignee being John DeLeonin Manila. Ayers Steam- ship Company, Inc. are agents for the Maritime Company of the Philip- To pines vessel in Houstonand other Gulf ports. HONG KONG--MANILA--AND FAR EAST D/ILTON Regular Liner Service To STEAMSHIP SINGAPORE--D JAKARTA--BANGKOK PENANG ~~~U~CQRPQRATIQ. Ship Agents & Terminal Operalo s

E. S. BINNINGS, INC. WESTGULF EAST GULF Gulf Agents 2300 International Trade Mart 711 FANNIN, SUITE 906, HOUSTON,TEXAS 7th Floor World Trade Center Houston, Texas 77002 NewOrleans, Louisiana 70130 Tel: CA 8-866] ¯ TWX:713-57]-1521 Tel: 524-0701 ¯ 7WX: 504-822-5024 Cable "DALSHIP" Offices GALVESTON--NEWORLEANS--DALLAS--MEMPHIS ST LOUIS

General Agents for North America and the Caribbean OFFICESIN: Beaumont ¯ Dallas- Galveston ¯ Memphis ¯ Mobile ¯ New York BLACK DIAMOND S/S CO., 2 BROADWAY, N. Y. Port Arthur ¯ in Mexico City--AgenciaTransoceanica de Vapores, S.A.

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE 24 "WeWould Rather Lose Sleep ThanLose Your Business" 24-HOUR SERVICE SHIPREPAIRS and CONVERSIONS (Excluding Drydocking) At Repair Berth or LoadingBerth Floating Derrick Barges Up HEAVYLIFTS to 275 Tons LONESTAR MARINE SALVAGE COMPANY (Formerly Port HoustonShipyards, Repair Division) 1". J. "Whitey" Bryant, President & General Manager T. J. Bryant, Jr., Vice President & Assistant General Manager 7200 S. Harbor Drive, Houston, 77081 Phone: 713WA6-9601

Twenty five members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy of the U.S. Department of State made a two-day visit to Houston last month including a tour of the Ship Channel and Port aboard the SAMHOUSTON in the photo below. The group was led by Ambassador G. Lewis Jones and met with Houston business and civic leaders while here. The Senior WARREN PETROLEUM Seminar is the most advanced program of studies in international relations and foreign policy offered by an agency of the U.S. Government and each session is a ten month’s course composed of an honor group of some 25 CORPORATION senior officials, half of them State Department career men being groomed for top-level assignments and the other half nominated by the various V branches of the Armed Forces and various government agencies. Edward 1". Fecteau, Jr., director of the Houston Field Office of the U.S. Depart- ment of Commerce, made local arrangements for the visit. NATURAL GASOLINE GULF WARRENGAS

Tulsa, Oklahoma Houston, Texas

N. Y. K. LINE Three Sailings per Month to JAPANESE PORTS DALTON STEAMSHIP CORP. Gulf GeneralAgents CableAddress: "Dalship"

Offices In Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ Beaumont¯ Port Arthur ¯ Dallas ¯ New Orleans ¯ Memphis¯ Mobile The Port of Houston Chapter of The Council of American Master Mariners was presented its charter at its December meeting at the Warwick Hotel by Captain James Moley, right, past national president of the organization to Captain Walter F. Farnsworth, Jr., president of the Houston group. On the left is Capt. Robert F. Stap, Gulf Coast regional vice president. The Council was formed in 1936 and is composedsolely of licensed ship masters. The Port of Houston Chapter is the first one to be chartered in this area. WorkingPartner with thePort of Houston PORTHOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP. Helpingdevelop 6917 NAVIGATION BLVD. ¯ P.O. BOX 9296 ~ ,~ HOUSTONii, TEXAS the Houston- WA1-4168 ~ I~ U. S. CUSTOM BONDED GulfCoast area /~_~_~ SPECIALIZINGIN IMPORT& EXPORTHAULING TRUCKSAND CARGO INSURED BONDEDPERSONNEL Call Us on Your Local Transport Problem ~ HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY

JANUARY,1968 25 Blanlon Dies

emherlO~me[~’’~~issi°nerof William N..lanton, teen years a Commissioner of the Port of Houston and for thirty eight years one of Houston’s greatest civic leaders. O During his long service as Naviga- tion and Canal Commissioner Mr. Blan- ton dedicated himself to learning as much as he could about other ports in order to exchange ideas and to inform his fellow Commissioners of port de- velopments dsewhere in the world. He traveled on various occasions to tbe ports of Europe and Latin America, Mediterranean and Middle East, the Far East and to Australia and New Zealand ports, everywhere, he carried tile story of tile growth and development of the Port of Houston even as he was gather- ing information from his host ports. Mr. Blanton also visiied several United States ports, dosdy followed the activities of the American Association of Port Authorities and often attended its annual meetings. When he retired from flw Board of W. N. BLANTON Navigation and Canal Commissioners in early 1966, he outranked all members of his last tasks on the Port Commission bay/ was arranging for an oftieial history of of the Commission in poim of years of the Port of Houston to be written. service. His fellow Commissioners (The definitive work, written by Dr. adopted a resolution of praise for his long, unselfish service and later in the Marilvn Sibley, is being published by the 13niversity of Texas Press and will year honored him at reception and din- ner attended bv hundreds of his many be out this spring, dedicated, appropri- friends. ately, to the man responsible for its being written.) "Bill" Blanton was that type o[ hu- Early hi his career with the Houston man dynamo who infused energy and Chamber of Commerce Mr. Blanton euthusiasm into any organization with RBORAND COASTWlSI which he was connected. He came to helped organize the Houston Fat Stock Houston in 1929 to take over the Cham- Show. Now the Houston Livestock Show, it is one of the biggest events of ber of Commerceafter a notable record [~ its kind, attracting thousands of entries, in such work which began in 1917 at and buyers from all over the nation, Merkd, Texas, and then carried him to Latin America and the rest of the world. Weatherford, Amarillo, Shreveport (La.) Mr. Blanton was active throughout his and Longview. When he came to Houston it was the life in the Methodist Church, chairman of the board of Allen Military Academy third city in Texas. When he stepped down from heading the Chamber of in Bryan, chairman of the San Jacinto >. State Park Commission and trustee of 2 Commerce in 1951 to go into private the Houston Foundation. business Houston was not only the larg- Although his private business ventures est city in Texas but in the entire South carried him into oil and banking, he and the Port of Houston was third in found time from his busy days to dedi- the nation. Mr. Blanton was an ardent historian cate long hours to the Port of Houston and throughout his life was active in the and the work of the Commission. He { Sons of the Republic of Texas, his fam- was a member (ff the Commission over ily having been among the first settlers the 1957-67 decade of the Port’s in the original Austin Colony. He was greatest growth which saw nearly $40 a Knight of San Jacinto, an order million spent on new construction including eleven new wharves, the World founded by General Sam Houston, and active in the development of the San Trade Building, a bulk materials plant HOUSTON Jacinto Battleground as a state shrine. and numerous other improvements. The comment was made at the time GALVESTON In his later years Mr. Blanton had of his death that "the Port never had CORPUSCHRISTI become fascinated with the history of the Port of Houston and its growth from a finer commissioner nor one more dedi- FREEPORT a steamboat landing at the foot of Main cated and devoted to the port and city. When Mr. Blanton left the Board, he TEXASCITY Street on shallow, twisting Buffalo Bayou J into the great world port it is today. One didn’t leave the Port" PORTOF HOUSTON MAGAZINE 26 Ship Agencies - GENERALSHIP REPAIR - POANGRAELECTRIC COMPANY UNITEDSTEVEDORING Machinist,Boiler Makers,Riggers, Electric, Diesel & RefrigerationService Division Of Consolidate BUSINESS PHONEWA 1-0526 Night Numbers States MarineLines, Inc. Cotton ExchangeBldg. Funch, Edye & Co., Inc. and Furness, MI 9-6340 NE 3-3852 Withy & Co., Ltd. have announced that CA7-0687 CA7-337’4 certain of their agency interests will be consolidated and eontimmd in tile name of Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., with of- flees at New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Norfolk. New Orleans, Galveston, Houston, St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco. T. J. Royden, T. A. Dromgool and C. S. Larsen of Funch, Edye will join FEARNLEY& EGER, asia, Norway the local board for the U.S.A. of Fur. Fast Freight, Reefer, DeepTank and PassengerService hess, Withy & Co. with the present members T. E. McSherrv and W. F. George U.S. GULF / FAR EAST SERVICE Harris, director and" general mauager of Regular Sailings From: Furness, Withy. The main Funch, Edge agencies con- HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON ¯ BEAUMONT cerned are: Blue Sea Line. Elder Demp- MOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS ster Lines, Ltd., Scandinavia-American Line, and in the Gulf, the Nordana Line. ALSOOTHER TEXAS PORTSAS CARGOWARRANTS These will c.ntinne to he handled as at MANILA ¯ HaNG KONG ¯ BANGKOK ¯ SAIGON ¯ SINGAPORE present. D JAKARTA ¯ PORT SWETTENHAM ¯ PENANG ¯ BELAWAN DELl Funeh, Edye & Co.. will continue to GeneralAgents operate, hut solely in the ship brokering Agents: and chartering fi’eld under the supervi. FEARNLEY& EGER,INC. BIEHL& COMPANY sion of A. D. Pinto, vice president. 29 Broadway, NewYork, N. Y. 10006 Sixth Floor, WOPJ.DTRADE BLDG., 344-3770 HOUSTON,TEXAS The merger will he effeetive Febru- CApitol2-9961 ary l.

PromotionsListed John J. O’Neil was named assistant "K" New York sales manager, and Thomas LINE G. Mora, assistant New York traffic KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. manager of Hansen & Tidemann, Inc., according to a recent announcement by Richard Paddon, executive vice pres{- THREEMONTHLY SAILINGS dent in charge of the steamship agt~ney’s New York office. Houston,Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile Hansen & Tidemann, Inc., are chartering brokers and stevedores as well as ON INDUCEMENT steamship agents. The company main- PortArthur, Beaumont, Orange tains principal offices in Houston, New York and New Orleans, with branch of- Yokohama,Nagoya, rices in all major U.S. and Mexican Gulf ports, South Atlantic ports, and Dallas JAPAN Osaka, Kobe and Memphis. Taiwan,Hongkong, Bangkok, Manila

GULF AGENTS PromotesTwo Men KERRSTEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC. Longhorn Transfer Service, Inc., and CLEGGBUILDING, 506 CAROLINE its affiliate Hahn Mo~ing & Storage Co., HOUSTON,TEXAS 77002 Inc., have elected Henry L. Hahn III GALVESTON DALLAS NEW ORLEANS MEMPHIS and Earl G. Stone. Vice’Presidents, ac- 311 Cotton Exchange 411 Cotton Exchange Clegg Bldg., 56 S. Front St. cording to an ant~ounecment made by Building 320 St. Charles St. Henrv L. Hahn, Jr.. President. Lon,~- horn Transfer Service, Inc.. is a short "K’"LINE New York INC. line commoncarrier specializing in the GENERAL AGENTS trucking of import and export freight. 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10006 JANUARY, 1968 27 Houston Ship Channel’s drydock, owned by Todd Shipyards Corporation, has returned to its home at the Todd yard at the junction of Greens Bayou and the Ship Channel after a two year’s absence~ Todd transfered the drydock from Hous- ton to New Orleans in 1965, to replace a drydock damaged in Hurricane "Betsy" and returned ii" following the repair of the NewOrleans uniL The Houston drydock is capable of accom- modating vessels up to 545 feet long, 84 feet wide, and with drafts to 17 feet, 6 inches. First vessel to be lifted in Houston was the S. St GIBBESLYKES, above. The same vessel was lifted in Naw Orleans, marking one of the few times that the samevessM has been lifted by the same drydock in two different cities, in two different states, on two separate occasions within the space of two years.

ColdemarNames

FBM 2187 CABLE: MAHCO NewPresident Coldemar Agencies, Inc. has announced that effective l)ccember 29. 1967. \V. James Oelsner resigned as M.G. Maher&Co., Inc. presi&*nt and director. Arturo Lince of CustomhouseBrokers -- ForeignFreight Forwarders Panama. R. P., one of the principal stockholders of the ColdemarLine, has assumed the duties of president and Members: Custom Brokers & Forwarders Association of Ameri~, Inc. John V. Mikorski has been named G(’e Sanlin Building 802 World Trade Center president. Houston, Texas NewOrleans 12, Louisiana Coldemar lane services Colombian CApitol 4-8101 Telephone: 529-5941 and Panamaports with a weekly serxice TWX-504-822-5340 TWX-713-571-1283 from U. S. Atlantic ports and a monthly serxicc from U. S. Gulf ports. Oelsner will continue as an officer and director of Oceanic Operations Corpora- tion and as director of West Indies Transport Co.. Inc. GULFPORTS CRATING CO. Export Packing Commercial--Military Boxing~Crating--Processing HOUSTON:1600 N. 75th St., WA3-5551 CONTRACTING&CONSULTING STEVEDORES NEWORLEANS: 2731 Chartres, 945-7975 LONGHORN GENERAL, BULK & GRAIN CARGOHANDLING TRANSFERSERVICE, INC. SPECIALIZING---IMPORT/EXPORTTRUCKING CAR & BARGE LOADING and UNLOADING 7112 Avenue C Houston, Texas WA 6-2661 "Perfection in Performanceis AchievedOnly NEWORLEANS by Experience" 1338 iNTERNATIONAL TRADE MART TEL: 522-6101 GALVESTON BEN H. MOORE HOUSTON INSURANCE AGENCY 203 MARINE BLDG. 512 U.S. NAT’L. BANK BLDG. BenH. Moore- William C. Moore TEL: 222-9601 TEL: 765-9463 MARINE-CASUALTY - FIRE t Cable: MOORDEEN s t 915 WorldTrade Bldg. CA8-5227 s ! PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINE 28 Uiterwyk Opens OfficesHere Jan C. Uiterwyk Company. Inc., steamship agents with home ot}iees in Tampa. Florida. has opened an ottice in Houston with a service office in Galves- ton. The Houston operation will })e mauaged by Jan D. Uiterwyk. vice president and general manager, and Frank $. l)eevev. ~i(’~’ president and manager of traffic and sales. The company aels as It. S. general agents and port agents for the following liner services: Contramar Line. the Continent to (,ulf Pm:ts; Azta Line, be- tueen Cull Ports and East and ~’est Coasts of Central America: Flomerea (;ulf Service. belween C.ulf Porls and the Eas! Coast of (,uatemala and Hon- duras: and dw Blue l{ibb,m Line he- t~een lhe 1. S. Eas! Coast and Carib- Frank S. Peevey, left, and John D. Uiterwyk look over ship sailings ~romPort of Houston. beautlw ()oslPorts. AllanticThe coral,any Liin ’ alsoa lramp represenls opera-

li,m in Carild)ean v~alers. ()ttiees I’m" [Siler~,,k iu Houshm~ill l,e at 71l l:annin Sire.el. lelephone num- FastRegular Cargo Service ber (IA 7-9365. HOUSTON,NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE WEEKLY COMPLETETESTING AND to La Guaira*, Curacao*and Trinidad* INSPECTIONSERVICE FORTNIGHTLY ¯ Analytical Chemists * Testing to Maracaibo*, Aruba, Guanta, Barbados, Engineers Georgetown* and Paramaribo* ¯ Materials Inspectors *Fortnightly from Mobile ¯ Cargo Surveyors ¯ Spectro- Agents: graphic Houston, Mobile, NewOrleans, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dallas, Kansas City, Analysis Memphis, Atlanta ...... STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit ...... SHILSTONETESTING LAVINO SHIPPING CO. LABORATORY Baltimore, Norfolk ...... RAMSAY, SCARLETT & CO. 1714 WEST CAPITOL AVE., HOUSTON OfFices: Houston,New Orleans, Corpus Ilogalfldherlands Sfeamship Uompang Christi, BatonRouge Representativesin all majorcities 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10004

fast and frequent Deppe Lin elgian Line between the Gulf and North Europe

u~r idemann, Inc./Steamship Agents All Cotton Ports and Markets

JANUARY, 1968 29 HOUSTONSTEAMSHIP AGENTS

ABAUNZA STEAMSHIP AGENCY DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. SEA.LAND SERVICE, INC. 1300 Texas Avenue, CA7-5101 8402 Clinton Drive, OR2-6651 CORP. Delta East Coast South America Line Truck Trailer Coastwise Service 203 Marine Bldg., CA2-9601 STATES MARINE-ISTHMIAN (See Norton, Lilly & Co.) Delta West Africa Line FOWLER& McVITIE, INC. AGENCY, INC. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY Cotton Exchange Building, CA4-9795 Cotton Exchange Building, CA7-3374 711 Fannin, CA 4-6075 Maersk Line Agents For AMERIND SHIPPING CORP. The East Asiatic Co., Ltd. Bloomfield Steamship Co. 110 Marine Building, CA7-5335 Antilles Shipping Co. Isthmian Lines, Inc. American Export and Isbrantsen Lines Isthmian-Gulf-Mediterranean Service FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. Isthmian Gulf-Red Sea/Persian Gulf Service Cargo Ships and Tankers, Inc. 814 World Trade Building, CA7-1521 Fabre Line Isthmian Gulf.India/Pakistan Service Blue Sea Line Isthmian Gulf-Hawaiian Service Independent Gulf Line London Express Service Seaway Shipping Corp. States Marine Lines, Inc. Scandinavian American Line States-Marine-Continental Service Ship Services, Ltd. ; U.S. Bulk Carriers, Nordana Line Inc. ; Western Agency, Inc. States Marine-Far East Service James W. Elwell & Company GULF COAST SHIPPING CORP. States Marine-Mediterranean Service Western Tankers Corporation 204 Marine Bldg., CA5-0869 States Marine-World Wide Full Cargo Clipper Marine Corporation China Merchants Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Service Westwaters Management, Inc. Eddie Steamship Lines, Inc. STATES SHIPPING AGENCY Colonial Tankers Corporation Jugooceanija Lines 912 World Trade Bldg., CA 5-0357 Retla Steamship Co., Inc. Atlantic Shipping Company,S.A. AYERS STEAMSHIP CO., INC. Transamerican SS Corp. 509 World Trade Building, CA7-3261 Edm Van Meerbeeck & Co., S.A. Constellation Line GULF MOTORSHIPS, INC. STRACHAN SHIPPING CO. Maritime Companyof the Philippines 1316 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA7-0215 Cotton Exchange Building, CA 8-1431 Ocean-Wide Shipping Co., Ltd. China Union Lines Argentine Lines Cobelfret Lines Bank Line BIEHL & COMPANY Chilean Line 6th Floor, World Trade Building, CA2-9961 Wallenius Lines Hoegh Lines Fern Line HANSEN & TIDEMANN, INC. Mexican Line Nopal Line (Northern Pan American 16th Floor, Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA3-4181 Mitsui-OSK Lines, Ltd. Nopal West Africa Line Agrimar De Panama Nedlloyd Line Hamburg American Line Belgian African Line Royal Netherlands Line Inseo Lines, Ltd. Corporacion Peruana De Vapores Swedish-Atlantic Line North German Lloyd Deppe Line/Belgian Line Unterweser Reederei Ozean/Stinnes Lines Federal Commonwealth Line Wilhehnsen Lines Sidarma Line Federal Pacific Lakes Line TEXAS TRANSPORT & Mamenic Line Fred. Olsen Interocean Line Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Manchester Liners Limited/ TERMINALCO., INC. Barber Middle East Line Irish Shipping Limited llth Floor, 711 Fannin. CA5-5461 L. Smit& Co.’s Moran International Towing Corporation Anco Tanker Parcel Service Smit-Lloyd, N.V. Pacific Far East Line Cunard Brocklebank Service C. Clausen Steamship Co., Ltd. South African Marine Corporation P. N. Djakarta Lloyd Marine Express Line Surinam Line Holland-America Line Farrell Lines Navigazione Aha Italia ( Creole Line) KERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Yamashita-Shinnihon Line E. S. BINNINGS, INC. INC. Union of Burma Five Star Line 711 Fannin, CA5-0531 506 Caroline CA7-0165 C. A. Venezolana de Navegacion C. T. O. Line Columbus Line Australian Service (Venezuelan Line) Flota Mereante Grancolombiana, S. A. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Westwind Africa Line (Grancolombiana Line) Japan-Korea-Formosa, Hong Kong Wysmuller Ocean Towage & Salvage French Line Lloyd Brasileiro Line Brazil Company Hansa Line Nervion Line Spanish Mediterranean TRANSATLANTIC SHIPPING CO. North Spain, Portugal BLETSCH STEAMSHIP Vega Line AGENCY, INC. 332 Shell Bldg., CA5-1939 1326 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA4-5805 Orient Mid-East Line LE BLANC-PARR, INC. Belgo-American Line Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA2-2259 Ferro Union Corporation CANADIAN-GULF LINE, LTD. Harrison Line Unimar GmbH P. O. Box 5355, WA1-4196 Hellenic Line JAN C. UITERWYKCO., INC. Canadian-Gulf Line, Ltd. LONE STAR SHIPPING, INC. Montreal Shipping Co. 711 Fannin, CA 7-9365 Stockard Shipping Co. 1505 Texas Avenue, CA 4-7531 Contramar Line Orient Overseas Line Azta Line CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP Torm Line Flomerca Gulf Service CORP. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP Blue Ribhon Line 711 Fannin, CA4-6075 CO., INC. Oost Atlantic Lijn Central Gulf-Mediterranean Line Cotton Exchange Building, 3rd Floor, CA7-7211 Saguaro Line Central Gulf-Red Sea Line Gulf & South American S.S. Co. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY Central Gulf-Persian Gulf Line Lykes African Line Freight Traffic Department Central Gulf-India/Pakistan Line Lykes Caribbean Line 908 World Trade Bldg., CA5-3597 Central Gulf-World Wide Full Cargo Service Lykes Continent Line United Fruit Company DALTON STEAMSHIP CORP. Lykes Mediterranean Line WILKENS SHIPPING CO. 7th Floor, World Trade Building, CA8-8661 Lykes Orient Line Cotton Exchange Building, CA7-4395 Coldemar Line Lykes United Kingdom Line Waterman Steamship Corp. Coneordia Line Farrell Lines WEST COAST LINE Finnlines NORTON, LILLY & CO. 817 World Trade Building, CA3-4546 Jugolinija Line 203 Marine Bldg., CA2-9601 Black Star Line N. Y. K. Line Jayanti Shipping Co., Ltd. Seven Stars Line Polish Ocean Lines Lauro Line Turkish Cargo Lines Shipping Corporation of India Thule Ship Agency, Inc. DEEPSEA AGENTS, INC. INC. West Coast Line Cotton Exchange Building, CA4-9798 RETLA STEAMSHIP CO., 313 Marine Building, CA7-3108 Zim Israel Lines Stevenson Lines 206 Marine Bldg., CA5-0869 Marchessini Lines Retla Steamship Co., Inc. PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE 3O ..J . . .

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Part of a shipload of rice from CometRice Mills is loaded aboard the SS TILLIE LYKESat Long Reach Docks. The ship- THISIS LONGREACH ment is bound for Singapore. Bennett Forwarding Com- pany was forwarder.