JULY, 1965 Houstondaily gainsstature as a distributioncenter. Its linksto internationaltrade--the Port of Houston andHouston International Airport (with People Spell HoustonIntercontinental Airport dueto beoperational in 1966)- Markets for makeit easyfor firmsto engage directlyand profitably in worldtrade Customers of throughHouston. Nearlyten million people live withina the Port of 300mile radius of Houston,and even thatportion falling within the Gulf Houston of Mexicois far morethan just an expanseof water. This access to the SevenSeas represents, instead, a highlysignificant portion of Houston’s total tradeterritory which stretches 500-Mif notonly into 23inland states but 300-MileRadiu~ aroundthe world.

2GO-I~ Morethan 4,000 ships in 1964called lO0-Mile at the Portof Houston,which handled Radius morethan 59 million tons of cargo to rankthird in thenation. "SerHng Internationaltraffic throughHouston America’s Heartla~d" InternationalAirport was up 14.67 percent in 1964over 1963.

Havea Lookat the Statistics!

WITHIN... POPULATION* RETAIL SALES BUYINGPOWER** 300-mile radius 9,921,729...... $12,898,260,000 $19,843,458,000 200-mileradius ...... 5,217,521...... 6,939,302,000...... 10,435,042,000 lO0-mile radius ...... 2,196,711 2,927,613,000 4,578,189,000 "1960U.S. Censusof Population *’1963 Sales Management’s"Survey of Buying Power"

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6 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE PORT OF HOUSTON

Official Publication Of the Harris County HoustonShip ChannelNavigation District

Volume 7 July, 1965 No. 7 DirectoryOf Officials FOR THE Port of Houston Contents PORTCOMMISSIONERS HOWARDTELLEPSEN, Chairman W. N. BLANTON,Vice Chairman Japanese Colony Here Honored ...... R. H. PRUETT 8 E. H. HENDERSON W. D. HADENII Maritime Markets Provide 35,000 Items To Ships ...... 9 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT J. P. TURNER, General Manager VERNONBAILEY, Assistant General Manager Southwestern Bell Elects President on SAMHOUSTON ...... 12 J. L. LOCKETT, JR., Counsel SAMUELB. BRUCE,Auditor TRAVISSMITH, Engineer and Planning Manager Meet lan H. P. Boyes ...... 13 RICHARDLEACH, Chief Engineer ROBERTW. RonINSON,Accounts Manager KENNETHW. STEPHENS,Personnel Manager The Houston Port Bureau Reports ...... 14 and World Trade Bldg. Mgr. T. E. WHATLEY,Administrative Assistant VINCENT D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Advisory Council Coordinates Port Safety Activities ...... Assistant 15 PUBLICRELATIONS DEPARTMENT Water Transportation Essential To Sinclair Refinery ...... LLOYDGREGORY, Director o/Information 16 TEDSUMERLIN, Editor of Magazine VAUaHNM. BRYANT,Director of International Relations Houston Steamship Agents ...... 30 SALESDEPARTMENT GEORCEW. ALTVATER, General Sales Manager Port of Houston Shipping Directory ...... 31 EDWARDP. MOORE, District Sales Manager FRANKWARD, Assistant 25 Broadway, NewYork, N.Y. Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ...... 32 HUMEA. HENDERSON,District Sales Manager Boardof Trade Building, Chicago,Ill. JOHNR. WEILER,District Sales Manager C. A. ROUSSER,JR., District Sales Representative THE COVER 1519 Capitol, Houston Heading across the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of Houston is the SINCLAIR OPERATIONSDEPARTMENT C. E. BULLOCK, Operations Manager TEXAS,the largest U. S. flag ship in the Sinclair fleet. For more about the T. H. SHERWOOD,Manager of Grain Elevator J. R. CURTIS,Terminal Manager cempany and how it depends on water transportation see Page 16. WALLACEJ. STACNER,Manager-Storage Warehouses CARL L. SHUPTRINE, Chief Security Ogicer W. E. REDMON,Maintenance Superintendent The PORTOF HOUSTONMagazine is pub- WORLDTRADE CENTER mission is given for the reproduction or use lished monthly and distributed free to mad. of any material, provided credit is given to EDWARDJ. FAY, Director time, industrial and transportation interests in the United States and foreign countries. Its the Port of Houston. EXECUTIVEOFFICES purposeis to inform shippers and others inter- Additional information or extra copies ot 1519 Capitol Avenueat CrawfordStreet ested in the Port of Houstonof its develop- this magazine may be obtained by writing Telephone CApitol 5-0671 merit, facilities, plans and accomplishments. The Port of Houston Magazine, 3005 Louisi- P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001 This publication is not copyrighted and per- ana Street, Houston, Texas 77006. JULY, 1965 It was Japanese Night at the Houston Japan has grown o~er the years until World Trade Club last month and more now it is larger than with any other than 200 members and their guests - single country, with a heahhy two-way including many of the Japanese trad- movement. Steamship sailings average ing colony- gathered to eat suki-yaki, nearly one a day and outbound tonnage hear Japanese songs and music and view includes cotton and petrochemicals while tilms on the enchanting Island Empire. inbound steel products along with all Consul General Hideho Tanakas and types of consumer goods are I)rominent items. his wife were the honored guests and the new Consul General---promoted to The Club was decorated in a Japa- Hon. Hideoho Tanaka, Consul Gen- (5msul (,eneral only rue davs before-- nese moti[ with many of the lad,,’ guests dressed in kimonos, attd ehopstieks, of eral of Japan, spoke briefly thanking praised the "spirit of friendship which course, were the order

Mrs. R. W. Smith, along with her husband,head of R. W. Succulentsuki-yaki and other tempting foods were dished Smith & Co., freight forwarders, were hosts to morethan 50 up to the long line of guests. Thefood wasprepared jointly by guests including manyof the executives of Japanesefirms the World Trade Club’s Chef Bauer and his staff and Masami in Houston. Recently returned from Japan, Mrs. Smith worea Saito, whoalso doubledin brass as a singer of Japanesesongs. kimonoand is shownhere with her two daughters and their husbands.Left to right: Mrs. Smith, JamesMooring, Mrs. Travis Here are Mrs. K. Yamashitaand M. Enoki, headof Mitsui & Co. in Houston. Drummond,Dr. Drummond,and Mrs. Mooring.

Mrs. Hideho Tanaka won the evening’s main door-prize, an hibachi given by the Japan Food Corporation. Here World Mr. and Mrs. M. Sano, left, and Japanesevice consul T. Trade Club President Alex Finney handsover the prize and Takeuchi and Mrs. Takeuchi were amongthe guests and are in the background are Mrs. M. Enoki, wife of the head of here seen in the foyer of the Club awaiting the buffet. Mr. Mitsui & Co. in Houston and Mrs. M. Sano, who drew the Sano is also with the JapaneseConsulate General. lucky numbers.

8 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE FROM STEAKS TO CLEAN SHIRTS

Maritime Markets Provide 35,000 Items To Ships Here

"~’tlat’s the ship supply business like ? Well, man. let me tell you, its eom- petitixe, but its not rough like it was in the old days," sa}s one of the old time- ers in the business.

"Your runners had to meet every ship that came, in and you practically had to fight your way through your competi- tion to get aboard. Once you got on, you had to corner the captain and out-shout and out-promise the other boys to get the business," says another.

"Most of the ships that came to Hous- Trucksfrom four dif- ton in the old days were tramps that ferent marinesupply and might never come back. That made it service companiesline up at hard to build a reputation with one ship By CARL D. BOND shipsidein the Port of or with one captain. You had to take International Relations Houston.Each ship spends them as they came. Representative an average of $15,000 while "Now, more and more ships are in in the Port of Houston, liner service and you can count on them makingjobs andprofits for returning. Also, the owners, with today’s hundredsof people. rapid, world-wide communications sys- tems, are keeping a closer control on mercial laundries and work on com- line’s office to the ship supplier to be ships’ buying practices, "even on the munications equipment is done by ready for delivery upon the vessel’s ar- tramps." electronics companies. rival at port. The bulk of consumer goods and me- A large order for a vessel making a So go the comments by people in the chanical replacement items comes from long voyage, such as to the Far East, ship supply business at the Port of Hous- marine supply houses and ship chand- may run 75 or 100 pages long. It will ton. And ship supply is a big business lers, however. A fully stocked marine cower every item to be used for the op- for Houston. Reports show that the supply company will have up to 35,000 eration of the vessel and for crew and average for ship spending is $15,000 items on its shelves or in its warehouses, passenger comfort. The orders for U. S. per vessel, covering all expenditures for ready to go on ship at short notice. ships are often called by telephone from supplies ranging from fuel to mechani- Since most buying for vessels is con- New York to the ship supplier where cal equipment to needles. Multiplying trolled by the home office, the ship sup- they are taken by electronic recorders that $15,000 by the 41940 ships arrivals pliers and chandlers have agents who and then transcribed and cross-checked at the Port of Houston in 1964 gives a represent them in the major shipping against the recording for accuracy. probable $62,940,000 spent by ships in countries of the world. Many of the Other vessels have their orders made Houston last year. U. S. flag lines control purchasing out up on board to be given to the su,pplier’s In addition, major Houston suppliers of New York so the Houston area marine representative or "runner" who comes service ships as far away as Beaumont suppliers maintain agents there, too. aboard as soon as the ship docks and and Corlms Christi. American ships tend to buy more receives boarding clearances. Some ship supplies and services are items in U. S. ports (those under the That’s when the fun begins, according provided by concerns with specific serv- federal subsidy system are required to to the men in the business. ices. Obviously the oil companies supply do so) than do foreign flag vessels, and Sometimes a w’ssel will be in port for fuel, ship’s laundry is handled by eom- often have orders sent directly from the only eight hours or less. Tankers are JULY, 1965 seldom in port for more than a day. But, regardless of how short a tiine the ship will be in, the supplier has to process the order, collee, t the needed items from his own stocks or from outside manu- facturers or distributors, truck every- thing to shipside in time to be loaded, and finally get signatures from the cap- tain and other officers who have received things for their departments. Even with 35,000 items on hand, it seems that there is always something wanted that the supplier does not stock. Then he has to go out into the open market to find it. Often tankers will be in only during night hours when most regular stores arc closed, so finding the required article becomes a real treasure hunt. Items stocked and supplied to ships The future in marinesupply order taking. RufusPeckham, office managerat Texas fall into three general areas: provisions, Marine Supplystudies an order received via ’Data Fone," an electronic telephone deck stores and consumables and engine transmitting device that picks up data from IBM cards and transmits it to the re- room supplies. The chief steward is re- ceiving instrumentin a matter of split seconds,eliminating error andtime-consuming sponsible for provisions, the first mate transcribing. for deck stores, and the chief engineer for engine room items. The captain, of course, is responsible for everything. The U. S. Department of Agricuhure requires that meat supplies purchased in foreign countries while the vessel is in port be sealed up. This is to prevent certain livestock diseases from entering the country’. Tobacco and liquor stores are placed under lock and seal by the Customs service. These items, for con- sumption out of the country, do not have taxes paid on them and their use while tile vessel is in port is carefully con- trolled. The supplier must know and follow all regulations about such things. Half or more of the vessels that come to Houston have their laundry done here. Time, as always, is a big factor and only a firm especially geared to fast, efficient service and with a knowledge of the methods and problems of ship re- O. R. Kolsto, left, representativeof Cross& Company,Inc., calls on Chief Steward quirements can expect to do the job. Henry Andersonof the M.V. GRETESKOU as soon as the Norwegianvessel docks The usual ship’s laundry consists of to get the ship’s order. Cross& Co. wasstarted by Mrs. MaudeDavis Crossin 1921. sheets, towels, napkins, pillow cases, and table cloths. Many European vessels in- dude work clothing, shirts and pants. The average ship has about 30 to 40 bags of laundry to be done. One laundry owner who specializes in ship work says that he spends more than $400 a month on natural gas to provide steam and hot water. Deck stores include such things as rope and cable, paint and cleaning sup- plies, blocks and ladders, hand tools and anchors, and light bulbs. The marine suppliers amt chandlers carry extensive stocks of foreign-made electrical com- ponents and other items with specifica- tions differing from similar items manu- factured in the United States. A salesgirl at the NeptuneStore fits a shirt on a seamancustomer as ownerMinnie Tile chief engineer buys lubricating Vitembwatches from behind the counter. The NeptuneStore is knownthe world over oils, replacement parts, small motors and by seamenwho buy clothing and supplies for themselves, get presents for their other items needed to keep the ship’s families andgirl friends, andsometimes receive their mail there. power system operating. 10 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE Navigational and communication elec- tronics are nominally under the care of the first officer, but with the radio op- erator handling the ordering of supplies and service. Individual seamen need personal sup- plies, too, and an active group of sea- man’s supply stores located in the dock area caters to their needs. Representa- tives of the stores meet the ships, provide transportation to and from the store, exchange foreign currency, give infor- mation, and, in the case of a few of the store owners, help the sailors by giving advice on things to do and not do. The port supports one bum boat or store boat . . . a small craft that plys the length of the Ship Channel carrying items for sale to seamen. Many of the tanker berths and the private company docks located along the Channel are not ° handy to stores so the bum boat pro- A quick trip to the 0 freezer roomto inspect a box of prime meat is madeby Captain Jack Farmer,left, of the Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific DredgingCo. and JohnH. vides razor blades, washing powder, Schumacher,manager of food division, TexasMarine and Industrial SupplyCompany. clothing and the other personal items Themarine supply houses stock as muchfood as the largest supermarket. seamen may need. Most of the ship’s supply business at the Port of Houston is handled by firms that were started in the late 1920’s or the 1930’s. However, people familiar with the waterfront report that there is a large turnover of firms and individuals who enter and quickly leave the ship supply business. As one executive of an old line ship supplier said, "Today’s ship officers know price, quality of merchandise and service better than 99 per cent of )our shore people. If a fly-by-nighter comes in offering impossible deals, they can quickly spot him and he’s soon out of business." In late 1964, an effort was made to form a ship suppliers association. Prime purpose of the association would have been to act as a sounding board before state, local and national legislative and The final act of the ship supplydrama is carried out by Captain Ernesto Rouxof the Argentine steamship RIO BELGRANO,center, as he signs receipts for Enrique civil administrative bodies and to make Kolodnyof StedmanMarine SupplyCo., right. The ship’s Chief Engineer, left, had a concentrated promotional effort to just given his approvalfor the engineroom supplies delivered by Stedman. build the Port of Houston into the major provisioning port in the Gulf of Mexico. It was felt that by gaining relief from certain state taxes on items sold for ship- board use, as is done in Louisiana and other states, Houston ~ould be in an advantageous position to increase tre- mendously the city’s economy from ship supplying. Plans for a world-wide advertising aud publicity program were also dis- cussed by the group, but nothing has been finalized. Although Houston is third port in the natiom it is a young port by Euro- pean standards and many of the foreign ship owners apparently do not realize that it has provisioning facilities equal to, or better than those of other ports. A pallet load of caf6 au lait . . . in its unpreparedform of drip groundcoffee Organizational plans for the associa- and cannedmilk . . . is loaded onto a StedmanMarine SupplyCo. truck by fork- tion have not yet been completed, but lift tractor. Theneed for speedand efficiency in getting suppliesto the ship makes the general feeling is that as the industry use of modernmaterials handling equipmenta necessity for the marine supply in- matures the association will be formed. dustry. JULY, 1965 11 Membersof the Board of Directors and other officers of the Southwestern Bell the other non-Board member present TelephoneCompany, together with their wives, prepare to board the Port of Houston’s was J. Hardin Smith, secretary-treasurer inspection vessel SAMHOUSTON at the San Jacinto Battleground for the trip up the from Southwestern’s headquarters in St. Ship Channelto the Turning Basin, passing the sprawling multi-billion dollar industrial Louis. complexand the busyPort andits facilities. Other Board members besides those already mentioned include C. Ross Anthony of Oklahoma City; Dutton SOUTHWESTERN BELL ELECTS Brookfield of Kansas City, Mo.; Ned M. Fleming of Topeka, Kansas; William A. McDonnell of St. Louis, Mo.; Harold F. PRESIDENT ON SAM HOUSTON Ohlendorf of Osceola, Arkansas; Ethan Presidents have traveled on the SAM Texas, until recently vice president for A. H. Shepley and Edwin J. Spegel, both HOUSTONin the past, but no president Texas, and after July 1st president of of St. Louis; Robert G. Storey of Dallas, and Charles A. Thomas and C. Powell had ever been elected aboard the Port Bell’s Chesapeake and Potomac division. of Houston’s inspection vessel until the In addition to Lindholm and Hoverstock, Whitehead, both of St. Louis. Board of Directors of Southwestern Bell iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~i~i!~!~!i!iiiiiiiiiiiiiii~i~iii!i!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiii!i!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~i~i!~!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiii!i!iiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiii~!iiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~i~i~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiii~i~iii!~!iiiiiiiiiiiiiii~i~i~!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~i~i!~!iiiiiiiiiiii~iiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiii~ii!iiiiiii~i~iiii~iiiiiiiiiii~ Telephone elected theirs recently. During the Board’s Annual Meeting, LEIF GARDLING, new commercial which was held as the group made its officer for the Consulate General of way up the Ship Channel, Richard A. Sweden, replacing Kurt Johnsson, ar- Goodson of St. Louis was elected presi- rived in Houstonjust in time for a June dent succeeding Edwin M. Clark, also, wedding. Gardling had been in the of St. Louis. United States on a Swedish government The thirteen Board members, together grant to study department store oper- with three other company officers, were ation when the Swedish foreign office guests of Port Commission Chairman asked him to take over the Houston com- Howard Tellepsen, also a Southwestern mercial officer’s post. He spent four months in and nine Bell Board member, arid of N. K. Hover- stock, Southwestern Bell’s general man- months in San Francisco, where he mei ager for South Texas, as they gathered a Swedish nurse, Birgitta Jonson, who in Houston for the first Board of Di- was also on a study tour. Theywere mar- rectors meeting ever held here by the ried in Houston on mid-summer’s eve, Bell division, which embraces the five June 26. The 27-year-old Gardling was states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma born in Falkoping, Sweden, and had and Arkansas, besides Texas, and repre- workedin the textile industry and bank- sents about one tetrth of the huge Bell ing before joining the TempoDepart- systenl. ment Store chain training program. He A special guest was William L. Lind- wasassistant to the managerof the chain holm, former general manager for South whenhe cameto the United States. 12 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE No. 61 In a Series Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum

Hgs Sleamship Manaq.r Fnr Crispin Eompany

By LLOYD GREGORY Director of Information

TIlE _MEN P, ItO MAKE the Port of Houston ]]tlm are a colorful, interesting group, but none has a more intriguing baekgroumt than lan H. P. Boyes, who has just been named manager of steamslfip operations for The Crispin Company. Mr. Bow’s. a lean, affable Scotsman, studied painting for )cars, a,,a ,,as a serious artist who exhibited and soht his work in . For neath’ eight years. Mr. Boyes serw~d with the. British armed forces, mainly in the Middle East, and attained the rank of lieutenant cohmel. The Crispin Company. Andre Crispin president, has enjo>ed steady growth for 16 years as an importer of steel. drilling pipe, and high pressure boiler tubes, mainly from Belgium, , and Japan. Mr. Crispin, born in Belgium, is honorary Belgian consul i n Houston. Mr. Boyes, born February 7, 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, is now in the process of becoming a naturalized American. "But I married a Yankee." he said proudly. Mrs. Boyes is the former Patricia Tostlcbe front Wooster, Ohio. The Boyes live at ]43 Warrenton Drive. They have five children, Stuart. 13; Liza, ]0; Andrea, 8, John, 7; and Dara, 4. Only Liza has inherited her father’s talent as a painter. Stuart plays the cornet. Mr. Boyes attended Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland: Birmingham College of Ar( and the Slade School of Art in London before going into military service. In 1947, he at- tended London College of Commerce, and then took a two year course in shipping practice, sponsored by the British government, and given by H. G. Mann & Sons, London, Ltd. His first job was assistant manager of the ship management departinent of Phs. van Ommermen, London. This company promoted him to operations manager, and transferred hint from London to New York. Front 1953 through 1957, Mr. Bores worked for Louis l)revfils Lines, and its various subsidiaties. He was vice presi- den{ and treasurer of l,ouis Dreyfus & Cie -Phelps Agency, lnc, when in 1958 he became manager of the European divi- sion of Texas Transport & Terminal. Co., Inc. and was sta- tioned in New Orlcans. From 1960 to March, 1965, Mr. Boyes was stationed in Houston as general manager, Texas. and local manager of Texas Transport & Terminal and the Texports Stevedore Co. Mr. Bow’s is a member of the World Tradc Association, Texas Association of Steel Importers, Houslon Chamber of Commerce, Houston Club, is second vice president of the World Trade Club, and a member of Memorial Presbyterian (~hurch. Tennis, golf. swimming, gardening, model shiphuilding, stamp collecting, chess, and. of course, painting, are among the hobbies of this man. who brings extraordinary drive to his new and challenging position. IAN H. P. BOYES JULY, 1965 13 REDUCEDPORT CHARGES at Port of Houston apply uniformly for account of all rail are effective on three new commodities. carriers at all Gulf and South Atlantic Aluminum Ingots, Pigs or Slabs banded ports. The new rule will require loading together in less than 2,000 lb. units to all cars furnished to the specified mini- enable handling by fork-lift trucks will mum weight, except that the last car can be handled across the wharves at 8¼ cents be considered as the overflow car and may contain weight less than specified minimum weight.

HOUSTON PORT BUREAU’S petition for recon- sideration in the Corpus Christi cotton complaint case (ICC Docket 34409) has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, requesting re-examination of evi- dence adduced in this proceedin3, request- ing correction of errors and omissions in the Division 2 decision, and asking that present rates be found lawful and the com- plaint be dismissed.

TEN PERCENT INCREASE in switching charges to be filed. The nation’s railroad’s have received special permission to depart from the Interstate Commerce Commission’s tariff rules for the purpose of filing on statu- cwt., effective . Rice in packages tory notice at lO per cent increase in weighing 50 ibs. or over unitized on wing- switching charges. In effect, it permits type pallets, weighing 1,600 ibs.or more the tariff publishing agent to issue a will be handled across thewharves at the blanket supplement to outstanding switching same rate and Petroleum Naphtha in 55 tariffs in order to make the increase ef- gallon, drums, on pallets, loading 4 or fective. A railroad spokesman advised that more drums per pallet will also have the the supplements had not been filed yet and lower charge available. Wharfage charge on that he did not know when they would be. export and outbound movements of Petroleum Naphtha in palletized units will be reduced to 2 cents-cwt. All of the above charges COTTON RATE COMPLAINT. Southwestern will be effective July 7. Compress and Warehouse Association has filed a complaint with the Railroad Commis- sion of Texas against present Texas mileage PROPOSED ELIMINATION of promiscuous scale rates on cotton between points within loading privilege was the subject of a Texas. The complaint seeks to have special meeting of Houston Port Bureau established a lower mileage scale of rates and other Gulf port representatives who to apply on cotton moving in 65,000 pound met with the railroads in Chicago on May lots from producing origins to interior 26. The railroads were urged to reconsider warehouses and compresses for storage under the proposed elimination of the promiscuous government loan. The proposed mileage scale loading privilege on import traffic handled would have the effect of favoring interior direct from ship to rail car by ship’s points on storage cotton over storage at tackle. It is our understanding that the the ports. The Bureau will be represented railroads have proceeded with publication at the public hearing protecting Houston’s of the rule change in all rail tariffs to interest in this matter. 14 PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINE of uther organizations and individuals A D VISOR Y C 0 UNCIL interested in fire safety. With their help, the Advisory Council secured pass- age of the "’No" Smoking" Ordinance through City Council. COORDINATES PORT ()ther projects to which lhe Safety and Advisory Council has contribute~t include such programs as the adoption of bridge-to-bridge radio for ships in SAFET Y A C TI VITIESthe Houston Ship Chamwl. the removal of a middle-ground shoal in the Chan- nel left bv a bend-easing project, the The spra~ling shipl.)ing-industrial-re- Outstanding among the l)rojects changing })f certain aids to navigation fining eomph.x that lines the Houstun where the Council has taken full initia- in tile Channel. and the redesign, for ship channel makes up all expanding. tive was the passage of a new "No safe ship eh.aranee, of a high h,vel fast moving o iant that sometimes has Smoking" mdinanee for thc port area bridge t(, he huih across the Ship growing pains. Situati,ms arise where by the Houston City Council. Although Channel. responsibility and authority have not there had hcen an ordinance on the The Council has joim-d in thc effort been defined but where action or leader- City books for years concerning smoking to maintain clear shipt)ing lanes through ship is required. in warehouses and cotton sheds, with a the offshore oil rid(Is on the steamship It is her(, thai lhe Port Safet} and slight reference made about port area routes along the Texas-Louisiana coasts. Advisory Council steps in to plug the smoking, little effort was made to en- Several years ago the Port Safety ~ap in the lexee of individual and gov- force it because of its "lack of teeth." and Advisory Council joined forces will1 ernmental autlmritv. The Council, un- The Port Safety and Advisory Coun- tile Marine Safety Steering Committee den the organizati]mal sponsorship of cil, working through the Captaill of the that had been hohting Marine Safely the [-nited States Coast Guard Captain Port who serves as secretary for the Schools for tug and coastal seamen of the Port. is made up of administra- organization, canvassed officials of other since 1956. tive representatives of industry and gov- ports around the world for information l:nder their joint efforts the scllools about laws. procedures and enforcement ernmental agencies that are connected have continued and in all, some 827 with the uelfare and security of the practices to control port area smoking. men from Port Arthur to Aransas Pass Port as a x~hoh’. The Advisory Council then drafted have studied ruh,s of the road for in- Having m~ administrative authority, all ordinance for presentation to the land waterways, western rivers and in- tile Council nmst operate and carry out City Council and by dint of extensive ternational waters; radar navigation; its policies through persuasion. Because promotional work obtained the backing fir(, fighting, and first aid. it does have representation from the major organizations along tile Ship A special called meeting of the Port Safety and Advisory Council to discuss Channel. however, the Council serves navigation aids in the HoustonShip Channel with the Coast Guard recently was as an effective sounding hoard in reach- attended by Rear Admiral James D. Craik of New Orleans, Commanderof the ing the ears of authoritative bodies. Eighth Coast GuardDistrict, and his staff. Meetingin the conferenceroom of the HoustonPilots Association, the Council proposedcertain lighting changesin the Without authority and without money channel navigation aids and heard the Coast Guardsplans for modernization of ¯ . . no dues are paid . . . the Council aids in the Channel¯Shown here are, left to right, CaptainL. R. Murray, Jr., Hous- has successfully worked to promote a ton Pilots; R. E. Stapp, HumbleOil and Refining Co., marinedivision; AdmiralCraik; number of safety projects. CommanderOttis H. Abney, U.S.C.G.; and Lieutenant Neal G. Nelson, U.S.C.G.

JULY, 1965 15 WATER TRANSPORTATION

A VITAL FACTOR IN SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY’S INTEGRATED OPERATIONS

After Sinclair Refining Companyde- America. evidenced lhe importance that cided several years ago that its tankers Texas has had for the Sinclair organi- should be named for places important zation almost from its start in 1916. to the company, rather than for execu- The largest of the company’s five re- tives, there was no contest in names fineries is in Houston, and its largest when the next ship was ready for petrochemical plant is in nearby Chan- launching in 1963. nelview. The greatest single part of Sin- That ship automatically became the SINCLAIR TEXAS. This largest U.S. clair’s oil production comes from Texas, A Sinclair tanker plowsa furrow across flag ship in the Sinclair fleet; and first and mncb of it moves by pipe line to the ocean. major bridge-aft tanker ever built in Houston for shipment by tanker. Other

;ii! Twotankers take on cargo at Sinclair’s Houstonrefinery.

parts of the integrated oil organization panded along the Atlantic seaboard, and tankers" in 1953 and a third of the has sizeable operations in the state. launched eight tankers. These ships were same class in 1955. The ships are of Originally an Oklahoma and Kansas among the largest of their time, having 25,000 tons each and have speeds of based company, Sinclair found its way capacities of 80,000 barrels each. A 18 knots. In 1957, a larger tanker of to the sea within a year of its birth. pair of tankers were added to the fleet 32,900 tons was placed in service. It acquired two small tankers of 28,- in 1.930 and 1931. The three "Baby Supertankers", the 000 barrels capacity in 1917 and in Ten years later, Sinclair built ten of P. C. SPENCER, the M. L. GOSNEY, the same year built four others of 33,- the most modern tankers yet launched and the P. W. THIRTLE, all call reg- 000 barrels capacity each. None of the ularly at Sinclair’s Houston refinery. --four of 12,000 tons each and six of The sister vessels are 604 feet, seven new ships saw service with Sinclair, 17,000 tons each. The United States inches long and, in line with Sinclair’s however, going right into government entered the war before the last of the tanker design practices, have their pro- service to meet World War I needs. ships was commissioned and the ships pulsion machinery aft. Sinclair then converted three conven- saw practically no Sinclair service un- The 32,900 DWTJ. E. DYER is also tional freighters into tankers by cutting til after the war was over. The entire a frequent caller at Houston, carrying them in half and inserting a fifty-foot fleet went to the War Shipping Admin- gasoline and heating fuels to the East section in each to make ships of 33,- istration and operated in all parts of Coast. 000 barrels capacity. the world. During the war, seven Sin- Sinclair maintains one vessel for use The Sinclair refinery on the Hous. (’lair tankers were sunk, and 91 sea- as a dry cargo ship, mainly to carry ton Ship Channel went into operation men lost their lives. chemicals and drummed petroleum prod- in 1919. with a daily capacity for re- The tankers that rejoined the emn- ucts. Currently the SINCLAIR SUPER- fining 1,000 barrels of etude. Today, pany fleet were supplemented by two FLAME.one of Sinclair’s older vessels, the same refinery has a capacity of ]7d,- purchases from the government’s sur- is being used for this service. How- 000 barrels daily. phls stock in 1946. ever. the SHELDON CLARK is being The company started a ship building With a need for additional tonnage, converted from tanker service for this program in 1921 as operations ex- the company built two "baby super- use and as soon as the rebuilding is

JULY, 1965 17 A tug nudgesa tanker into its dockat the Houstonrefinery. conlpleted, she will take over tile SU- The U.S. flag tankers transport crude many of these barges loading refined PERFLAME’s work. oil from Gulf Coast ports to the Sin- petroleum products or petrochemicals The eompany’s petrochemical plant clair refinery at Marcus Hook, Pa., out of Houston. Sinclair barge service out of Houston at Channelview provides much of the on the Delaware River and delixer re- cargo for the dry cargo vessels. fined products from the Houston and is typified by the barge Birmingham In addition to these American flag Marcus Hook refineries to bulk storage that is in regular service to Birming- terminals along the Atlantic Coast. The ham. Alabama. by way of the Houston ships, Sinclair in reeenl years has built five tankers abroad to serve its foreign foreign flag ships mow~crude oil from Ship Channel, the [ntraeoastal Water- way, and the Warrior River, hauling operations. The latest is the SINCLAIR Sinclair properties in Venezuela. Co- COLOMBIA. completed early this year lombia. and Libya. and refined petroleum products. in Japan. products from a Sinclair retinerv in ()ther barge routes earry refined pe- Venezuela. At present Sinclair operates a total troleum produ(’ts or petrochemicals of 14 ocean tankers with a total of ld6,- The (’ompany also operates fiw~ tugs from Houston to points on the Missis- 389 tons. and 21 barges on the inland water~ays, sippi River ~aterwav system.

A barge load of petrochemicals movesalong the inland waterways.

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18 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE C. T. O. LINE CompagnieMaritimes Des Chargeurs Reunis Directfrom U. S. Gulf RegularIndependent Service

To HONG KONGmMANILAmAND FAR EAST

Regular Liner Service To Export traffic managers of two chemical companies that SINGAPOREmDJAKARTAmBANGKOK ship through the Port of Houston were recent guests aboard the Navigation District’s inspection vessel SAMHOUSTON. PENANG Shownhere with George Altvater, sales managerof the Navi- ~r gation District, left, are Robert A. Brady, export traffic man- ager, Cyanamid International, Wayne, New Jersey; Morris E. S. BINNINGS, INC. Abe, export traffic manager, DiamondAlkali, NewYork City; Gulf Agents and DuaneHitchcock, terminal manager, Green’s Bayou Plant, 711 FANNIN, SUITE 906, HOUSTON,TEXAS DiamondAlkali, Houston. ~r Offices GALVESTON--NEWORLEANS--DALLAS--MEMPHIS ST LOUIS ~c General Agents for North America and the Caribbean BLACK DIAMOND S/S CO., 2 BROADWAY, N. Y.

Captain Arne Skogly of the Iranian Lines M.V. REGO,cen- ter, received a maiden voyage plaque from Robert R. Brandes F of the Houston Junior Chamberof Commercein recognition of J the ship’s first voyageto the Port of Houstonrecently. Charles LINK TO Gee, left, represented Hansenand Tidemann,Inc., ship’s agent, ! during the ceremony. J

A great and growing market on the move! South Africa is on the move and so is Safmarir-e More... and moremodern . . services and facilities are parl of a growthpattern at Safmarine that continually enlarges the picture of what we are doing for shippers and consigneesin 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, The Bank of Nova Scotia recently had a change of guard DURBAN, LOURENCOMARQUES AND BEIRA in its Houston office with H. G. McGinnbeing movedto Chi- cago and W. G. Bagshaw coming in to replace him. Shown GULF AGENT:Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. ¯ Corpus Christi, Ddras, Gglveston, here are, left to right, Bagshaw; John S. Proctor, deputy Houston, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, Sabine District. chairman and executive vice-president, Bank of NovaScotia, SouthAfrican Marine Corporation (NeY.) , Canada; McGinn; and G. E. Roberts of the Bank’s 17 Battery Place ¯ Dlgby 4-8940 ¯ New York, N.Y. 10004 Houstonoffice. CHICAGOOFFICE: 327 South La Salle Street JULY, 1965 19 Cunard Sleps Up GlasgowService FromGulf Porls

Increased freight service from United States (;ulf ports to Glasgow, Scotland, has been announced by the Ctmard lane. Cargo liners from Gulf ports to Glas- gow as well as Liw’rpool and Man- chester are now available on a fort- nightly basis. Cunard also offers direct London serv- ice from Gulf ports with tbrce sailings monthly. Funch, Edye & Co., Inc. are general agents for the Cunard Line in the Gulf. E.S. Binnings, Inc.

Steamship Agents 711 FANNIN, SUITE 906 Telephone: CApitol 5-0531 HOUSTON, TEXAS Direct ship to double-deckerrail car loading of tractors wasperformed at the Port ~r of Houstonfor the first time recently by Lykes Bros. SteamshipCo., Inc. The David Brown tractors were manufactured in and were imported by the Ozark C.T.O. LINE (Manila and Far East) Tractor and ImplementCo. for shipment to Springfield and KansasCity, Missouri. A ~r special rampwas built by Lykes to load the tractors on the lower deck of the Burling- FRENCHLINE ton Lines-Frisco Railroad cars. Tractors for the upper decks were lowered directly (FrenchAtlantic) from the TYSONLYKES to the rail cars. The total shipment of 128 tractors, 94 assem- bled and 14 in boxes, was handled by Maher and Co., Inc., customs brokers and HANSA LINE (Med./Red Sea/Persian Gulf) freight forwarders. Lykes predicts that such shipmentswill be on a monthly basis, in- ~r volving about 1200tractors a year. GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE

Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru ROSTER PUBLISHED Panamavia Cristobal BEN H. MOORE A new roster and by laws of the INSURANCE OFFICES World Trade Club and Association has MARINE - CASUALTY- FIRE been distributed to members. Additional NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON MEMPHIS GALVESTON Cable: MOORDEEN copies may be obtained at the Associa- ST. LOUIS DALLAS 915 World Trade Bldg. CA 8-5227 tion headquarters in the World Trade Building.

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