PORTHOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP. 6917 NAVIGATION BLVD. ¯ P.O. BOX 9296 The destroyer USSGOODRICH, an Atlantic Coast radar picket ship HOUSTON11, TEXAS visited the Port of Houstonfor the long Fourth of July weekend.Here, WA1-4168 at left, it enters the Turning Basin, all handson deck, while the "Sing U. S. CUSTOMBONDED Out Houston" choral group in the foreground greets the 200-mancrew, SPECIALIZINGIN IMPORT& EXPORTHAULING including some 31 Annapolis midshipmen. Below, CommanderHarry E. Hunt, captain of the GOODRICH,and Greg Seaman,left, Port of Houston TRUCKSAND CARGO INSURED NavigationDistrict representative, inspect the Maiden Voyage plaque BONDEDPERSONNEL presented to the vessel by Junior Chamberof CommerceVice President Call Us on Your Local Transport Problem Robert Bacon. Eachyear the Junior Chamberof Commercearranges trans- portation and activities for the crewsof U.S. naval ships visiting the port. byDUringitsstaythedestr°yerhad°penh°useeachaftern°°nf°rinspecti°nthepublic. ~ i)Biill.jal ii~ .....: ~IrlI~STEAM SHI p ~~ CORPORATION Ship Agents & Term~ha~ Operators WESTGULF EASTGULF 7th Floor WorldTrade Center 2300International TradeMart Houston,Texas 77002 NewOrleans, Louisiana 70130 Tel: CA8-8661 ¯ TWX:713-571-1=1.21 Tel: 524-0701° TWX:504-822-5024 Cable "DALSHIP" ~m mumum, lmumu m Nil / GULFAGENTS FOR / | C~.DEMAR COLDEMARI.I ~ELINE¯., oGu~ )NCORDIA CONCORDIAAGENTS LINEF(]RLINE ¯ FI¯ FINNLINES ~NLINiS gg IIJ JUGOLINIJALINE° N.Y.K.LINE o POLISHOCEAN LINES OFFICESIN: BeaumontDallas GalvestonMemphis ¯ Mobile ¯ NewYork Port Arthur¯ In MexicoCity--Agencia TransoceanJca de Vapores, S.A. J \ S HI P S UP P L I E S You never experience a delay when you order from Texas Marinebecause we carry one of the nation’s largest stocks of maritime supplies. Wehave special departmentsfor deck & engine,provisions, electrical, stewardsundries and fire pro- tection under one roof to give you quick service. TEXASMARINE & INDUSTRIALSUPPLY COMPANY 8050 Harrisburg ¯ P. O. Box 5218 ¯ Telephone: 713-WA 3-9771 Houston, Texas 77012 f AUGUST, 1968 21 CreoleLine Serves ::i)i~iz_ Inc. Port For 45 Years Stevedore=’A Subsidiary of NORTON,LILLY & CO., INC. Tile May issue of the Port of Houston MAGAZINE, in a story announcing the opening of sailings by tile Saguaro Lille. unwittingly stated /his was the ~mlv CONTRACTING&CONSULTING STEVEDORES direct service offering direct West and East bound sailings l~tqwccn halian ports GENERAL, BULK & GRAIN CARGO HANDLING and U. S. Gulf ports. The Creole Line. "with headquarters CAR & BARGE LOADING and UNLOADING in Genoa. has been offering direct ser- vice to and from tim Gulf and halian NEW ORLEANS ports for 68 years and b~’t~c~,n Houston and Italian ports for more than 1.5 years. 1338 INTERNATIONALTRADE MART TEL: 522-6101 ~See P~,rt ~f Houston MAGAZINE, May, HOUSTON GALVESTON 1962.) 203 MARINEBLDG. 512 U.S. NAT’L. BANKBLDG. \Vc sim’crt, lv regret this ovt’rsight and TEL: 222-9601 TEL: 765-9463 hc’rcl}y wish to recognize the long and faithful scrvi(’e of tim Creole Line to the L 1 ¯ q ports of th~ Gulf and, especially, tf~ the Port of Hm~shm. last and [requent / Deppe Line’Belgian Line between the Gulf and North Europe n/7 J-~r~ idemann, Inc./Sfeamship Agents All Cotton Ports and Markets TexasTransport & TerminalCo., Inc. Cable Address SteamshipAgents 11thFloor, 711Fannin St. TEPJ~INALHOUSTON (Established1895) Houston,Texa¢ 77002 Tel: CA5-5461 TEXPORTS STEVEDORE COMPANY, INC. Contracting Stevedores CREOLE LINE CUNARD BROCKLEBANK SERVICE HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE South Africa North European Ports Italian Ports United Kingdom East India-Ceylon-East Pakistan P. N. D JAKARTA LLOYD LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE North Aft-lean, Red Sea and LLOYD BRASILEIRO Y-S Line Indonesian Ports Brazil Japanese Ports WYSMULLER OCEAN TOWAGE VENEZUELAN LINE WESTWIND AFRICA LINE & SALVAGE COMPANY West African Ports Venezuelan Ports Houston, Texas Brownsville Texas Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, La. New York, N.Y. Corpus Chr sti, Texas St. Louis, Mo. Charleston, S.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Galveston, Texas Baltimore, Md. Chicago, Ill. Dallas, Texas Boston, Mass. Savannah , Ga. r4 22 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE Side by side, these two submarines moored off Brady Island on the Houston Ship Channel represent two different eras of submarining. In the foreground is the World War II vintage sub, the U.S.S. CABRILLO, long used by Naval Reserve submarine personnel for training and now destined as a memorial undersea craft in Galveston. Taking the CABRILLO’splace for train- ing purposes is the U.S.S. CAVALLA, a more modern submarine which has an external and internal layout similar to present day nuclear submarines. Independenceis the key to low-cost shippin8. Orient OverseasLine offers three regular express services from U.S. Atlantic & Gulf Ports to the Far East & SoutheastAsia, includin8 direct sailings betweenNew York andManila. One of the newest members of Houston’s Cargo vans, reefer and deep tank world trade community is George Van Haght, a spaceavailable. native South African who recently was ap- pointed assistant vice president of South African Marine Corporation of New York (Safmarine) IH’lh/linU i | and assigned to the Port of Houston as llaison officer between the firm’s New York headquarters iJ"~ ~|UPIGgTI and its Gulf agents, Hansen and Tideman, Inc. ~lllfllllllpl’""~ Van Haght is a veteran Safmarine employee i.,iilllnil~i OVERBEARLINE ] of 17 years, previously having worked in per- sonnel and as a buyer in the freight sales divi- sion of the company. He says he is looking for- GULF AGENTS ward to the mid-August arrival in Houston of New Orleans (504) 524-6751, Galveston (713) 765-9401, Houston (713) 224-7531 Safmarine’s newly launched, 511-foot S.A. CON- GENERAL AGENTS STANTIA on its maiden voyage. thor eckert company, inc. 19 Rector St., New York 10006 ¯ Telephone: DI 4-8686 AUGUST,1968 23 \ The Orient OverseasLine’s newest vessel, the 12,000 ton M/V LING the traditional maidenvoyage plaque presented by the Navigation Dis- YUNG,was in Houston last month on its maiden voyage and was the trict and the HoustonJunior Chamberof Commercefrom JayceeRon Stone. site of a gala welcomingcelebration arrangedby LoneStar Shipping Co., Behind him is Captain Stone, P. A. Grana, president of Lone Star Ship- agents for the Line. Capt. M. Y. Stone, representative of Orient Overseas ping, and Rufus Arriage, far left, executive vice president of Lone Star. Line with headquarters in NewYork, was on hand, and manyHoustonians At right, Captain Huangsports a Texas hat received from County Judge recognizedanother old friend in the newship’s master, Capt. S. Y. Huang, Bill Elliott, while Chinese Consul General T. K. Chu beamsapproval. who brought in the Line’s former flagship, M/V. RUYUNG, on her maiden GeorgeW. Altvater, deputy director of the Port of Houston, was master voyagehalf a dozenyears ago. In the photo at left CaptainHuang receives of ceremoniesat the presentations. HOUSTON:,,,,,, link in the chain of Lykes 6 trade routes Generations of LYKESshipping experience are back of today’s outstanding service to the ~~ ~ export-import trade. Our new cargo fleet is amongAmerica’s finest an N E S fastest with more 20-knot ships than any other single privately-owned fleet in the world. They ~~ are regularly and dependably scheduled. ’v ~ ¯ LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC. Cotton Exchange Bldg., Houston, Texas Offices and Agentsin the United States and in Principal World Ports U. K, LINE ¯ CONTINENTLINE ¯ MEDITERRANEANLINE ¯ AFRICA LINE ¯ ORIENTLINE ¯ CARIBBEANLINE STEAMSHIP AGENTS & BROKERS 6TH FLOOR WORLD TRADE CENTER ESTABLISHED1905 HOUSTON,TEXAS PHONECA 2-9961 REPRESENTING FERNLINE ................................ GULF/FAREAST OZEAN/STINNESLINES .SOUTH ATLANTIC/CONTINENTALEUROPE NOPALLINE ............... GULF EAST COASTSOUTH AMERICA BARBERMIDDLE EAST LINE ................ GULF~MIDDLEEAST NOPALWEST AFRICA LINE ................ GULF/WESTAFRICA FARRELLLINES ............................ GULF/AUSTRALIA HAMBURGAMERICA LINE ......... GULF/CONTINENTALEUROPE MARINEEXPRESS LINE ...... GULF/EASTCOAST CENTRAL AMER. NORTHGERMAN LLOYD ........... GULF/CONTINENTALEUROPE KSC NEWYORK LINE .................... GULF~JAPAN/KOREA OZEAN/STINNESLINES ............ GULF/CONTINENTALEUROPE INTERNATIONALTOWING SERVICE GULF/MEDITERRANEAN L. SMff & CO.’s ............. SIDARMALINE ....................... SMIT-LLOYD,N.V ...................... SUPPLYBOAT SERVICE MAMENICLINE .... GULF/WEST& EAST COASTCENTRAL AMER. SCINDIA STEAMNAVIGATION CO., LTD ............ GULF/INDIA C. CLAUSENSTEAMSHIP CO., LTD.. LIVESTOCKCHARTER SERVICE HOUSTON¯ NEW ORLEANS¯ GALVESTON¯ BEAUMONT¯ ORANGE¯ MOBILE ¯ BROWNSVILLE CORPUSCHRISTI ¯ MEMPHIS ¯ DALLAS CABLEADDRESS: BIEHL, HOUSTON¯ TELEX077-412 ¯ TWX910-881.1711 24 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE ANNUAL REPORT IS OFF THE PRESS The Port ot7 Houston’s Annual Report for 1967 has been published and is avail- able to anyone interested in the operations of the port. Requests for copies should be addressed to the Executive Director, The Port of Houston, P. O. Box 2562. Houston, Texas 77001. Two f -- --( GULF / EVERY MONTH The ~hipping ¢’orporation Of India Ltd. TO ALEXANDRIA¯ PORT SAID ¯ JEDDAH¯ DJIBOUTI ¯ BOMBAY¯ COCHIN ¯ MADRAS¯ CALCUTTA NewOrleans Galveston Houston STATE OF WEST BENGAL Aug. 14 Aug. 17 VISHVA VIR Aug. 26 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 STATE OF MADHYAPRADESH Sept. 7 Sept. 10 R. G. (Roy) Gonzales, well-known in Houston and Texas maritime shipping circles for many years, has been appointed manager of the Houston office of Caldwell & Co., one of the largest and oldest freight forwarding firms in