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February, 1964
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FEBRUARY,
3
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1964
FEBRUARY,
5
Clockwatchers ? ~,ta
Line captains have to be. They must maintain rigid
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and meet one deadline after another. That’s their job
because time is a precious commodity as the waiting
receiver of valuable goods is well aware.
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liners sailing from U.S. Gulf ports weekly to East
Coast South America, fortnightly to West Africa.
Of course they watch the clock to serve you better!
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Official Publication
Houston Channel
Of the HarrisCounty Ship District
Navigation
Volume6 February, 1964 No. 2
Of
Directory Officials
FORTHE
Portof Houston Contents
PORTCOMMISSIONERS
HOWARD TELLEPSEN,Chairman The Greeks Had a Word For It ......................... 8
Vice Chairman
W. N. BLANTON,
W. M. HATTEN Port of Houston $31.5 Million Expansion
Completes Program.............. 11
WILLIAMW. SHERRILL
B. H. PRUETT The Houston Port Bureau Reports .............................. 12
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Veteran Port Executive Is An Impressive Figure .....................
J. P. TURNER, General Manager 13
VERNON BAILEY, Assistant General Manager Nigerian EmbassyOfficials Visit Houston .......................
J. L. LOCKETT, JR., Counsel 14
B.
SAMUEL BRUCE,Auditor
TRAVIS SMITH,Engineer and Planning Manager Port HoustonSets Pace For Export of Wheat........................ 15
RICHARD LEACrI, Chie/ Engineer
ROBERT ROBINSON,
W. Accounts Manager Visitors See The Port of Houston ............................. 16
KENNETItW. STEPHENS,Personnel Manager
and World Trade Bldg. Mgr. NewsIn Views ...................................................
q’. E. WHATLEY, Administrative Assistant 17
D.
VINCENT WILLIAMS, Administrative Heavy Lifts Are Only A Small Problem ..........................
Assistant 18
PUBLICRELATIONS DEPARTMENT Harrison Line Features HoustonOnCalendar ......................... 20
LLOYD GREGORY, Director o/ln/ormation
TED SUMERLIN, Editor o/Magazine Houston Steamship Agents ................................... 30
M.
VAUGHN BRYANT, Director o/
International Relations Port of Houston Shipping Directory .............................. 31
SALESDEPARTMENT Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ........................
GEORGE ALTVATER,
W. General Sales Manager 32
P.
EDWARD MOORE, District Sales Manager
FRANK WARD, Assistant
25 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
A.
HUME HENDERSON, District Sales Manager
Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Ill.
Jot~N R. WEILER, District Sales Manager THE COVER
1519 Capitol, Houston
It wasfull speedaheadfor the American in
Plate Line’s TRANSGERMANIA
OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT the Ship Channel
the Gulf of Mexicoas it approached entranceto the Houston
C. E. BULLOCK, Operations Manager
T. H. SHERWOOD, Manager o~ Grain Elevator is to with
on a recentvisit. Now yourchance get acquainted this line onPage18.
J.
WALl,ACE STAGNER, Manager-Storage
Warehouses
L.
CARL SHUPTRINE, Chic/Security Officer
D. P. WALSH, Maintenance Superintendent
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FEBRUARY, 1964
THE GREEK~
HAr~A l’r
FOR
I
One o] the most important attd necessary groups in Hous-
ton’s entire joreign trade activity is its ConsularCorps--that
group o/people representing their homelandin this busy Port
city. Houston has one o/ the largest Consular Corps in the
United States with 31 nations represented here, twelve of them
with consulates general, eleven with consulates and eight with
honoraryconsulates. The following article traces the consular they opened up the first great period of international trade
service /rom man’s earl)" history to the present day, telling on muchthe same basis as we knowit today, with interna-
what consuls are, what they do, why they are needed and tional banking, standard units of measurementand foreign
manyother interesting items about this fascinating and im- branch offices. Soon sizeable alien populations were estab-
portant interm~tional group.--THEEDITOR of
lished in many the leading cities.
In the Greek city states, however, where the foreigner was
By CARL BOND deprived of all political rights, it was customary to require
International Relations Representative a domiciled alien to choose a local citizen to represent him
as a protector or prostates in judicial and political matters.
Buried somewherealong the shores of the eastern end of As trade and business relations continued to develop, na-
the Mediterranean are the remains of the first proxenus, the tions whosepeople had considerable foreign interests felt the
titular father of all the consular representatives today serving need of special commercialrepresentation in other countries.
the commercial and diplomatic needs of their homelands in A nation wouldthus contract an individual citizen of another
countries over the world. its
state to become official protector or proxenus, representing
Before Athens and her sister Greek city states established that nation in his own country. In modern Greek, the word
trading colonies within the cities and nations along the shores proxenusis still n~d for consuls.
of the Agean, the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas, trading Had Important Duties
between nations was carried on by trading expeditions.
Merchantswishing to trade with a foreign people organized The proxenoi had manyimportant duties and every effort
expeditions, generally well armed expeditions, to carry the was madeby the appointing state to get the highest calibre
goods to be exchanged. Arriving in an alien territory they representation in the foreign state. The proxenus or consul
would set up a market, trade their goods for local products, protected the nationals of the governmenthe represented and
and at the end of the trading would pack up and leave. No acted for themin legal and civic matters. He served as witness
additional contact was maintained between the trading groups for contracts and wills and he facilitated the sale of goods.
until the next trade caravan camealong. In many cases he served as a go-betweenin developing treaties
The Greeks changed all this. Establishing order in the between the country he represented and his native state.
eastern end of the Mediterranean following the Persian Wars. It is not knownif the proxenoi received direct payment
for their services but it is known that they had manyprivi-
leges. They had what we knowtoday as diplomatic immunity
Scenes of Early TradingExpeditions in case of conflict between their homecountry and the state
they represented. They had the right of free import and
export of all merchandise. They were given exemption from
certain taxes. Also, they could place over the doors of their
houses the arms of the state which they represented.
Following the Greeks came the Romans, and to them we
owe the word Consul. Since the greater part of the European
world was under the rule of Rome,it was not necessary for
any one locality to have representation in another area. All
matters of tra~le and civil obligations were handled from
or
Rome by a chief magistrate . . . a consul . . . appointed
by the governmentin Rome.
Not only did the consul publish and enforce the decrees
from Romein the area where he was stationed; he was also
expected to represent the specialized interest of his locality.
The fall of the central Romangovernment in the Fifth
Century opened the way for the renewed development of
independent nations. Under the laws of the Visigoths, for
example, a sort of foreigners’ court was authorized to allow
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foreigners to be tried in accordance with their ownnational they were mainly limited to judgment of shipboard disputes.
laws by a representative of their homecountry. The Dutch and French were the first to codify their con-
It was not until the tremendous social and commercial up- sular regulations, beginning in the latter half of the Seven-
heaval of the Crusades created the great European trade teenth Century. The Germanconsular service was formalized
routes and market centers, however, that a real need for by laws passed in 1867. Great Britain, whose King John III
standardized commercial practices and consular representa- of England commissionedthe first royal consul to Italy in
tion became necessary. 1485, also enacted no legislation regarding consuls until the
About the Tenth Century consuls were established by the Nineteenth Century and did not circulate general consular
French, by Pisa and by Venice in the Levant. The functions instructions until 1846.
by
and duties of consuls in this early period as laid down the The first United States consul was sent to France in 1780
regulations of Barcelona in 1266 gave them "full jurisdiction and the first general legislation upon the consular service in
to order, govern, cite, regulate, punish and take any other this country was enacted in 1792. In 1924 the diplomatic
action with respect to persons who voyage from our shores and consular services were consolidated.
to place across the sea and establish their residence." Until the Twentieth Century, consular and diplomatic duties
and services were usually considered separate entities. Diplo-
Venetians First Used Title matic officers were generally higher ranked than consular
The Venetians apparently were the first to apply the old offieers and were expected to deal with the national govern-
Roman title of consul to their foreign representatives, giving ment on policy matters and general interest problems. Consuls.
them the designation of consul in partibus ultra marinis, or ahhough they often performed diplomatic duties, were ex-
overseas consul. Concurrent and closely related to the de- pected to deal with specific commercial problems, with ship-
velopment of the consular services was the development of ping, with seamen’s affairs and to work closer to the local
maritime codes. Since as much commerce as possible was population than did the diplomatic officer.
movedby water and most consuls were located in sea ports, In most countries a person entered either the diplomatic
most of their duties were connected with water commerce. service or the consular service and served his entire career in
The first code that specifically covers the work of consuls the same service. Nowmost nations have a single foreign
is the one knownas the Tables of Amalfi and probably dates office with personnel availahle to be assigned to posts in
from the Eleventh Century. Under this code captains depart- either service.
ing and returning must first visit the respective consuls and Although the proxenoi and the consuls of the Middle Ages
the consuls were empoweredto punish sailors who had not were generally citizens of the state in which they served and
carried out the terms of their employment.
The most famous code and one that truly laid the founda-
tions for today’s ocean trading practices is the Consolatodel
i
Mare, first published in 1492 in Barcelona. In a preface to
the Consolatoproper were instructions on procedures of select-
ing consuls. Aboutthe same time, in the north of Europe, the
Germanic maritime laws were coded in the Maritime Lawof
Wisby, a city on the island of Gothland in the Baltic.
The Code of Wisby and the Consolato were used to form
the commercial organization of the Hanseatic League. The
League, which dominated the maritime trade of all northern
and western Europe from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth
Century, maintained consulates in nearly 100 cities.
Upto the Sixteenth Century it was the practice to commis-
sion somenotable citizen of the city where a consulate service
was to be established, to be consul. After that time, the trend
was to appoint nationals of the country represented as consuls.
Powers and privileges of consuls varied. In areas where
property rights were respected, where aliens were not unduly
mistreated, where foreign nationals could mingle with the
local population, the powers of consuls were generally weaker
and dealt mostly with commercial matters. In other areas.
where protection of interests was more difficult, the consuls
were generally given more power. In
ConsularHeadquarters a Hanseatic City
Often, the rights and duties of a particular nation’s consuls not of the represented nation, all nations nowtry to appoint
were the subject of a treaty between countries. consular people from their own citizenry. The honorary
consul or consular agent is often an exception, being a citizen
Consuls Backed By Merchants
Most of the early consuls had been selected and were of a city but notaenough to warrant a full-time career officer
where given nation does need occasional repre-
sentation
backed by groups of merchants solely to protect themselves, being stationed there.
their property and their employees. Royal sanction to these
consuls was often given but their loyalty was to the merchant varies from nation to nationassignment of consular personnel
Recruitment, training and
association. By the middle of the Sixteenth Century, however, two patterns vis., officials arebut in generalpolitical or per-
follows one of
selected on a
the consuls were being commissioned by the government and sonal favoritism basis and sent to posts on the basis of their
had become official representatives of the state. personal standing with the homegovernment, or applicants
At the sametime the scope of the consuls’ duties was being are selected on a competitive basis and enter into the consular-
narrowed. Permanent ambassadors were now being appointed diplomatic service as a career, progressing on merit and
to the capitals of nations and were assuming muchof the ability.
diplomatic duties once wielded by the consuls. Whereas the The United States started its consular service with the
consuls had had the power to judge disputes between his political appointment system but shifted to the merit system
compatriots, the strongly nationalistic governments of the in 1906. For the first decade of United States history, when
period began restricting the consuls’ judicial powers until the nation was closely tied to Europe’s economicsystems, the
FEBRUARY, 1964
I~.S. was represented abroad by someof its most distinguished Commercial services probably require the greatest expendi-
citizens . . . BenjaminFrank- ture of time. The first thing a consul is expected to do is to
lin, John Adams, John Jay, make reports on general business and political conditions
Thomas Jefferson. But follow- where he is stationed. The reports are used by his government
ing the War of 1812, when and national business firms in planning further relations or
America began its great in- business deals. Often a given consul is required to make
land development, many of reports on a specific industry, market or local situation. Many
nations require consular verification of documentson goods
the foreign posts fell into the being exported to them.
hands of lesser men and the Consular offices are expected to assist in locating possible
service deteriorated. distributors of goods madein his homeland,or in discovering
With the renewed interest local goods or raw materials that may be needed at home.
of the United States in foreign Frequently consulates are called uponto exhibit in trade fairs
trade at the beginning of the or at industrial exhibits. In all cases the consul and his staff
Twentieth Century the need are representing their homecountry in the eyes of the local
Benjamin Franklin for reform culminated in the population. Theyare expected to take part in social and gov-
ernmental functions, to make statements regarding their na-
merit system act in 1906 and the Rogers Act of 1924 that
combinedthe consular and diplomatic services. tion’s policies, to makespeeches, to discuss world affairs and
Selection of candidates for foreign service also varies be- to comment favorably about the city or nation wherestationed.
tween countries. It is a general conceptionthat the character- At one time consular officers were not paid salaries but
istics of the membersof a nation’s foreign service should were expected to receive their compensation from fees col-
reflect the temperament and personality of the nation as a lected for various services. This led to manyabuses and most
whole. For example, British and Belgian candidates for the nations nowpay foreign service personnel a fixed salary plus
competitive foreign service examinations generally cover the allowances.
spectrum of academic backgrounds while American candi- Rewarding Career
dates tend to be people who have gone to a college or uni-
versity that stresses political science and/or international Most people in consular work seem to find it rewarding.
relations. A booklet published by the United States Departmentof State
Oncethe candidate i~as passed the written and oral exami- entitled The U. S. Foreign Service . . . /1 Career/or Yot~ng
Americanstells prospective foreign service officers: "You’ll
nations that determinehis intellectual ability, personality and
physical fitness for the foreign service, the career pattern be paid well in the Foreign Service, but you won’t get rich--
becomesmuchthe same in all services operating on the merit you will he serving your country in a position of trust, thus
system. The youngforeign service officer first spends a rela- bringing a direction and a meaninginto your life which can-
not fail to be a source of deep personal satisfaction."
tively brief period working in the headquarters of his coun- Consularofficials and their staffs are granted certain rights
try’s foreign office, learning procedures, service jargon, and
acquiring general knowledgeabout how the service operates. and privileges by their host countries to help them carry out
their duties.
He is then assigned to someforeign post in a junior position.
Fromthen on he is rotated to some other position every two The agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna in 1815
regarding diplomatic missions generally form the basis of
to four years. His assignments are varied both as to location
and to activity. most consular privileges. In addition, manynations formalize
In the United States service he can expect to spend about the rights and position of consuls by treaty between nations.
sixty percent of his career in overseas locations and about Official consulate locations and property are generally con-
forty percent in Washington. Most services feel that consu- sidered inviolate. In times of disorder the host government
lar/diplomatic personnel should be returned to the home is expectedto protect the integrity of the consulate offices and
country periodically to reacquaint them with their own na- the physical well being of the consular staff.
Consular officials are usually exemptfrom local taxes, are
tional life and to refresh their contacts with headquarters.
Consularservices usually fall into two classifications . . ¯ sometimesgranted relief from certain police regulations, are
allowed uninspected passage through customs, are allowed to
individual services and commercialservices. A consul is ex- import materials and supplies for consular use from their
pected to provide all possible help to nationals of his country
when they are in his area. Help can range from assisting a homeland tax free, and are granted official recognition by
tourist find a goodlaundry to witnessing marriages to getting their host government.
for
his nationals out of jail to providing money passage home However, consular officers are responsible for their personal
for stranded travelers. debts and can be prosecuted in local courts for them.
Whena consular official is assigned to a post the head of
Helps Protect Citizenship his foreign office notifies the head of the host nation’s foreign
The consul is also available to help his nationals guard their office of the appointment.The host nation can accept or reject
citizenship rights by maintaining passports, by recording the individual in question without explanation. If, at any
births and otherwise helping people away from their home. time during the official’s tour of duty his conduct becomes
One of the oldest consular functions is that of helping and unacceptable to the host government, his government can be
protecting seamenand ships. Many nations require that ships asked to recall him, also with no explanation required.
flying their flag deposit the ship’s papers with the consul while The establishment of consulates is often the first movein
in port so the consul can verify that the ship is complying of
the development diplomatic relations betweentwo countries.
with regulation maritime laws and practices. Such action is regarded as evidence of friendship.
In times of civil disorder or natural calamity the consulate Conversely, offices can be removedfrom a country to show
is expected to provide a place of refuge and protection for displeasure over someaction on the part of the host govern-
its nation’s citizens. ment. Usually, of all the foreign service offices maintained
Consularoffices also give services to citizens of other coun- by one nation within the borders of another, the consular
tries. They issue visas for travelers to their country, they offices are the last to be closed.
distribute information and they will sometimes provide a In the event of war between two nations, all consular and
sanctuary for political or religious refugees, although the U.S. diplomatic personnel are granted safe conduct to their home-
diplomatic service does not extend this privilege. land.
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This strikin~ aerial photo
of tile Por! of Houston on a
busy day recently dramali-
call~ shows tile Navigalion
l)islricl’s new Wharves 23,
24 and 25 stretching down
along tile right side. The
open Wharf 23 and shedded
~harves 24 and 25, together
with shipside storage ware-
house 25-A at right represent
th(" last (’ollslru(’tion ¢~Oli|-
pleted by the Navigation Dis-
Iricl under its $31.5 million
expansion and improvement
begun seven years ago. Seven
other ne~ ~harves buih in
the program stretch on be-
hind tip Io the Public Grain
Elevator. There ,*ere 32 ships
in pnrl ~|len this photo was
laki~n,
HOUSTON’S MODERN bulk materials handling plant has ON
RAILRATES IMPORT crude rubber from Pacific Coast
increased in interest to importers with a new muhiple-car ports to Oklahoma, have been suspended by the Interstate
rate on lead concentrates to E1 Paso. The new rate will apply Commerce and
Commission set for investigation. This action
on shipments of 25 cars or more and will save importers 90c followed a petition by Houston Port Bureau.
a ton under the single car rate. Other 25-car rates are already
LOWER on
RATES heavier-loaded cars of imported green
coffee to destinations in Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, and
Oklahomago into effect from Port of Houston on February
18. The rate adjustment results from a Port Bureau coopera-
tive effort with coffee importers in winningrailroads’ approval
of 70,000-lb. and 80,000-lb. import rates to Omahaand
Kansas City and the rates are madeapplicable also to inter-
mediate points.
A FAVORABLE and
REPORT order in I.C.C. 34076 (Mobile
Rice Case) has been handed down by Division II of the
Interstate CommerceCommission denying Mobile complete
rail rate parity with West Gulf Ports on export rice traffic
from Arkansas. The Houston Port Bureau intervened actively
in this case defending Houston against charges of preferred
rate treatment and offered testimony and exhibits at public
hearing. The Division II order upheld Houston’s contentions
on brief and exceptions.
in effect from Houston on zinc concentrates to Texas, Okla-
homaand Arkansas destinations and offer similar savings.
Multiple-car rates on smaller shipments are also available on REDUCTIONS IN split-delivery charges are in process. South-
ern Port railroads reduce effective February 13 from 25c cwt.
various other commodities, both for export and import.
downto 15c cwt. on the 2nd, through 5th deliveries, coupled
* *
with a maximum per-delivery charge of $40.00. Texas and
REDUCED RAILROAD grain rates to Houston from origins in Louisiana railroads have approved an identical reduction.
Southwestern territory is the only remaining origin area
Texas and Oklahoma, previously ordered cancelled by the
interstate Commerce Commissionupon a complaint of undue which requires assessment of the higher charges and correc-
preference of this port, are nowin process of reconsideration. tive action is expected in forthcoming railroad meetings.
These reduced rates were published by the railroads to meet
extensive truck competition to Houston which does not occur
at other Texas ports and this reopening gives account to the COTTON RATES applying from origins in Arizona and New
unusual degree of highway activity to Houston. Mexico to export movements via Port of Houston will be
reduced to the level of present domestic rates upon railroad
approval of a joint shipper-Bureau proposal. Application of
FREEPORT, TEXAS RATE equalization with Houston has equal rates to cotton intended for domestic and export markets
t)een suspended by the Federal District Court for the Eastern will result in Houston reductions of $1.15 on 50,000 lb.
Division, Northern District of Illinois, pending consideration minimumcars and $1.05 on 65,000 lbs. down to $1.00 on
of an order of the I.C.C. by a three-judge federal court. 50,000 lbs.
12 MAGAZINE
PORTOF HOUSTON
No. 48 in a Series Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum
Purl
V~leran ExeculivP.
Is AnImpr.ssivnFiqur.
By LLOYD GREGORY
Director of Information
T HOSE 5IEETING ttlM for the first time take a second
look at Vernon Bailey, assistant general manager of
tile Port of Houston. And General Manager J. P. Turner’s
right hand manis an arresting figure. Take a look at Vernon
Bailey:
He is 6 feet. 4 inches tall; weighs 215; is gray-haired; his
cheeks are ruddy; his eye-brows are heavy; his voice rum-
hies.
You’d never guess the relaxing hobby of this very mas-
culine gentleman. It’s playing the organ! The fact his wife
is an accomplished musician mav have something to do
with this.
Looking downthe vista of nearly 36 years with the Port
of Houston, Mr. Bailey said:
"Working for the Port of Houston has been a stimulating,
challenging, and a most rewarding experience.
"Many of the outstanding men of Harris county have
served as navigation and canal commissioners of the Harris
County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District. Its been
wonderful working with these men, whoserve without salary.
I have fine memories, too, of the dedicated men and women
who have been employed by the Port of Houston during
the last 36 years."
Mr. Bailey has handled many of the details of acquisi-
tion of land along the channel, lie figured in the buying of
land along the north bank of the channel; also in the ac-
quiring of the land on Green’s Bayou for building the bulk
materials handling plant.
"Our port commissioners had the foresight to buy this
undeveloped land," Mr. Bailey pointed out. "Wharves 23,
24 and 25 ha~e just been completed on the north side of
the channel, and there is room for six or seven more docks
in the Turning Basin area."
Mr. Bailey was born near Ardmore, Oklahoma, then in
Indian Terrltory, Dec. 12, 1895, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William C. Bailey. His family came to Stowell, Texas, in
1910, and then to t]ryan in 1912.
"Mydaddy was a Baptist deacon; hence, I was graduated
from the Bryan Baptist Academy,"Mr. Bailey recalled.
After service in World War I, Mr. Bailey got a job with
the Texas A & MExtension Serviee at College Station.
On Christmas Day, 1921, Vernon and Miss Gladys Ruth
Broach were married in Bryan. The vivacious Mrs. Bailey
takes a keen interest in Port affairs, helping her husban~l
enterlaln distinguished visitors aboard The SamHouston.
flagship of the Port of Houston.
Mr. Bailey went to work April 18, 1928, as a clerk in
the office of" H. J. Scott, superintendent of wharves of the
Port of Houston. He worked his way steadily up the ladder
to his present important post, on two occasions serving for
some time as acting general manager.
Mr. Bailey is past president of the Texas Ports Associa-
tion, and o( the Gulf Ports Association; a past director of
the American Association of Port Authorities; a member
of the Worhl Trade Clut, and Houston Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Barley have two children, Mrs. B. L. Hardv
and James Vernon Bailey, both of Austin, and three grand-
ehihlren. Both of their children are graduates of The Rice
University.
The Bailers llve at 8]23 Park Terrace. They are mem-
bers of Parl~ Place Methodist church. VERNON BAILEY
FEBRUARY, 1964 13
Officials Visit Houston
NigerianEmbassy
More and more Houston. ils Port and multiph, other at- (’,~)d~in -~laimla ()rLxeghula. counsellor of Emhassv.
Iraelions ¢m the ac’ademie, industrial and husine~s scene is the group ~hich irwluded ~,lozie \’{.achuku and Sameul (1.
hecoming a "’must" on the llst of prominent state visitors ()gunjuyighe. both third secretarivs. \~,’athuku is the vounge,"
from o~erseas touring the United Stales to acquaint them- hrother of Jaja x,X,aear and are assisled bv the Port of" Houston. the ]nstituh’
After being graduated from Balliol College, Oxford. ()n-
of Inh,rnational l~:dueati’on, Ihe foreign relations department
~eghula serxed in lhe British colonial service until Nigeria
of the (:hamher of Commerce and various olher offices dur-
reteived its independence in 1960. ~sht’n he joined Ihe
ing their slav.
Nigerian |’oreigrl serxice.
Typical of many ~ere three ~flk’ials ~f the Nigerian Em- Ttw three arrived from Tennessee ~here they had visited
hassv ~h, ~ere in }-]l~ustorl for a ~hirl~ind two-day visil lhe Tetmessee Valley Authority. From Houst(~n they ~ent
in mid-Jantlary ~hich included visits to tx~o universities. t~, MNhourne. Floricta. to see [he National Aeronautics and
a tour of Ihe Ship Chamwl. visil I- a modern, automated Space Administration installation at (:alW Kennedy before
~il refiner~ and an ~xemng in the home of a Houston family. returning to \l{ashingto..
Godwin A. Onyegbula, center, counsellor of embassy, Em- Dr. Kenneth Pitzer, left center, president of Rice University,
bassy of Nigeria, along with Samuel O. Ogunjuyighe, left, and was host to the Nigerian Embassy grmip at lunch at the Rice
Facuhy Club during their visit to the campus. Also in attend-
Alozie N. Wachuku, both Third Secretaries of Embassy, view auce were Howard Thompson, head of table, director of de-
the Houston Ship Channel front aboard the Navigation Dis-
trict’s inspection vessel SAMHOUSTON. velopment; Dr. Frank Hole, professor of anthropology and
Dr. Clark P. Read, professor of biology: all of Rice.
A special coffee was held by the University of Houston in Farris Bhu’k of the Office of Development, University of
Ihe Faculty Club for the Nigerian visitors. Here the Embassy Houston, center, co-ordinated the University tour of time Ni-
men are shown witlt Dr. Philip Hoffman, president of the gerian Embassy visitors and was host at a luneheon in the
University, left of center, and Dr. Walter P. Allen, international President’s dining room at time University for the visitors and
student advisor, right of center. In addition to the coffee time time three Nigerian students attending the University. Shown
Nigerians were given a special tour of the geology department bere on tbe can;pus in left to right order are Clement Diet,
where a special discussion ou the geology of Nigeria was given student : Ogunjuyighe: Augustine Okpah, student ; Block: On-
them. yegbula: Bassey Bassey, student; and Wachuku.
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
14
1
Port HoustonSets Pace
For ExportShipments
\Vheat growers and shippers are looking to the Port of
Houston this spring as government-hacked shipments of the
golden grain begin to move to Russia and other Communist
nations and expanded facilities come into play at the na-
tion’s leading wheatporl.
More than 78.391,000 bushels of wheat were shipped
hv Houston’s Public Grain Elevator and the Continental
(;rain Company’s elevator here, combined,in 1963 to top all
other ports. In 1964 the new 6.5 million bushel elevator
of the (,oodpasture Terminal and Elevator Companyhas
already started handling shipments, also.
Las{ year was the first with the Public Elevator’s new
2.5 milli’on bushel expansion, which brought its toal capacity
to 6 million bushels and shipments of nearly 50 million
bushels of wheat. The 1.5 million bushel Continental elevator
shipped the remainder.
Also under construction at the Port of Houston is the
3 million bushel elevator of the Equity Export Corporation
of Enid. Okla.. which, when completed, will give Houston "Both of these grains come from the great Midwestern
a 17 million bushel dockside elevator capacity. Only Port- corn belt and are not available to us." Sherwoodsays. "’The
laud. Oregon. with a 20 million bushel capacity, will have grain moves by barge downthe Missouri and the Mississippi
nlore. Rivers to NewOrleans from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri. Illi-
nois and the other states in the area.
3 Booked through February The Port of Houston’s great wheat shipments, on the
The Navigation District’s Public Grain Elevator is booked other hand, originate primarily in north Texas, Oklahoma.
solid through February though none of it is booked for eastern Colorado and Kansas and come in by truck and
Russia. says Thurman Sherwood, elevator manager. He does rail ear to the local export elevators.
expect increased wheat shipments, however, as the result of
other elevators being tied up with the Russian shipments. Fourth in Total Grain
Continental Grain Companyhas received export licenses Houston ranked fourth nationally in total grain shipped
from the Department of Commerceto sell and ship grain with 89,441,000 bushels. The 11 million bushels of grain
to Russia and some of it is expected to move out of its thus handled over and above the wheat shipments was pri-
Houstonelevator. Continental also has elevators in several marily grain sorghums, Sherwood said.
other ports. Destrehan was second nationally in total grain handled
In making the amlouncements of grain and wheat ship- with 153,409,000 bushels and another Louisiana port. Port
ment totals based on U. S. Department of Agriculture figures Allen at Baton Rouge, was third with 105,441,000 bushels.
for 1963. Sherwood said that "no delay is being experienc.ed Houstonfollowed and then Portland with 87,242,000 bushels.
by shippers at the Port of Houston as is the case at some The addition of the Goodpasture Terminal to the Port
ot" the other leading grain ports." of Houston’s dockside elevator capacity raised the Port from
He said that "our efficient facilities are moving grain number six to number three nationally in this category
rapidly and handling ships in an orderly fashion" and behind Portland and NewOrleans, the latter’s four el.evalors
cited instances where more than 700,000 bushels had been totaling more than 16 million bushels. Completion of the
loaded on a vessel in a nine hour period. Equity Elevator should rank it second, however, with a 17
In 1963 wheat shipment totals, Portland, Oregon, with million bushel capacity.
74.757.000 bushels was second to Houston followed by New Other leading grain ports are Baltimore, with three ele-
()rleans with 63.498.000 bushels. Destrehan, Louisiana, just vators offering a nine million bushel capacity, and Norfolk
upriver from NewOrleans, was fourth with 53.974,000 and Galveston, each with two elevators and eight million
bushels, and Gah, eston fifth with 50,:{06,000 bushels. bushel dockside capacities.
NewOrleans. however, was the nation’s leader for total The Public Elevator has a top ship-loading rate of 80,000
grain shipped, the Department of Agricuhure figures showed. bushels an hour, Continental reports an over-all average
handling 221,049,000 bushels of grains of all types, of ship-loading rate of 17,000 bushels an hour, and Goodpas-
this. 98,000.000 bushels in corn and another 51,000,000 ture, 50,000 bushels an hour maximumwith an expected
tmshelswere in soy beans. doubled rate to 100.000 bushels an hour by year’s end.
1964
FEBRUARY, 15
The Central Bank for Cooperatives of Washington, D.C., Leslie, Tampa, Fla.: A. !- Farnllam, Springfield, Mo.; Frank
held its annual meeting for officers and stockholders in Hous- D. Stone, Minneapolis, Minn.: and Dr. Howard G. Diesslin,
ton last month and various of the delegates toured the Houston ~’est Lafayette, Ind. Right are Tom Hall, assistant vice presi-
Ship Channel as guests of the Navigation District during tbeir dent; D. Scott, vice president and treasurer; Homer Smith,
stay. Many of the Cooperatives are large shippers of wheat president, and B. F. Viehmann, vice president and secretary,
and the visitors showed keen interest in the Port of Houston’s all of Washington, D. C., and Water Petersou, Chappell,
expanded shipside grain elevator facilities. In photo at left
Nebraska.
are Bank directors Wilmer Smith, Wilson, Texas; John T.
Visitors See The
Port of Houston
~ - .......
Fifteen participants in an American Society of Engineering
Edneators meeting at the Texas Agrieuhure and Mechanical
College and their wives included a trip down the Houston Ship ABOARD THE SAM HOUSTON
Channel aboard the Navigation District’s inspection vessel SAM
in
HOUSTON January as part of a survey of engineering activ-
ities in the Houston area.
A former Prime Minister of Finland and present chairman Abdulla Nassir AI-Ghoson of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of
of the Finnish Agrarian Party, Vieno Johannes Sukselainen, Communications, Ports and Lights Administration viewed the
was guest of the Navigation District abroad the port inspection Houston Ship Channel as part of his training in Houston
vessel SAM HOUSTON January.
in Sukselainen was traveling under the LIMited States Department of State’s foreign specialist
in the United Slates as a participant in the Foreign Leader exchange program. AI-Ghoson spent two days studying port
Exchange Program of the United States Department of State activity in Houston and two days in Galveston as part of a
tn study ¯ political and governmental institutions. The Institute three month tour of United States ports. A second member of
of International Education programed his activities while in the Saudi Arabian team, Abdullaziz Sand Hazzani, secretary of
Houston. Sukselainen, left, was accompanied by Kyosti V. the Ports and Eights Administration, was delayed in San Fran-
Anttila, a State Department escort-lnterpreter, right. cisco due to illness.
16 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
B. W. Fincher of Austin, Texas, right,
with more than 35 years of experience
in railroad freight traffic and operations,
has joined the Houston Port Bureau
offices in the ~orld Trade Building with
Norm~,n Avenell, center, chairman of the
board of the Bureau, and Bureau Man-
ager Greg B. Perry. Carl Parker is also
an assistant general manager in the Port
Bureau. Frank Kenfield, another assist-
ant general manager, has joined the
Houston Chamber of Commerce as head
of its transportation department. Fincher
for 29 years was with the Texas and
Pacific Railway and since 1957 has been
with the Railroad Commission of Texas
as transportation rate analyst and assist-
ant direetor of the rate division. In the
latter work he conducted hearings in
rate and passenger fare matters, analyz-
ing testimony and making rcconnnenda-
tions to the Railroad Commission. He is
licensed to practice before the Interstate
Corn nwree Commission.
NEWS
IN
VIEWS
Ten pre-engineered Stran-Stcel Corp.
buildings, representing about one million
pounds of steel, were shipped from the
Port of Houston to Nassau to house the
new Bacardi International, Ltd. $2 Mil-
lion rum distillery near Nassau. Pictured,
left to right, are George M. Krobn,
foreign trade specialist, U. S. Department
of Commerce, Houston, and Julius
Skaaren, manager of export sales fur
Stran-Steel, Houston. The buildings were
fabricated by Stran-Steel Corp. and its
subsidiary, Metallic Building Co. Built to
withstand hurricane winds, the Stran-
Steel buildings were chosen because of a
saving of an entire month iu the steel
delivery schedule, and because they per-
mitred substantial savings in materials
costs.
A striking impressionistic oil mural
depicting Houston and its Port and the
close inter-relationship between the two,
was unveiled last month in the World
Trade Club as a permanent memorial to
the late Murray Greenberg, young world
trade leader who died of a heart attack
in late 1962. He was the assistant di-
rector of the Houston International
Trade and Travel Fair and had been
active in the World Trade Association,
Worhl Trade Club and Junior Chamber
of Comn;erce international relations. The
painting was done by Lamar Briggs,
Houslon artist, (second from right) and
accepted by Greenberg’s widow, (above),
who is flanked by Andre Crispin, behind,
president of the World Trade Club, and
Larry Huse, director of the Fair. On the
right is William B. Black, Jr., past presi-
dent of the fair and on the left William
Brewster, World Trade Club Director in
charge of decorations, and Alan New-
house, president of the World Trade As-
sociation.
FEBRUARY, 1964 17
sible by a contract to deliver the entire
$73 million petrochemical complex
being erected in Argentina by Petro-
quimica Argentina, S. A., BuenosAires,
better knownas PASA.
The PASAproject is being under-
taken by five United States firms Con-
tinental Oil, Cities Service Co., U. S.
Rubber Co., Fish International and
Witco ChemicalCo., Inc.
PASA awarded to American Plate
Lines an overall contract covering not
only the PASA shipments from the
United States, but also from Mexico,
the United Kingdom and Continental
Europe.
Aware of the economic trend en-
couraged by United States investors in
Latin American industries and secured
by the substantial PASA contract,
AmericanPlate Line last Mayinitiated
its regular monthly independent service
from East Coast ports and the Port of
The TRANSGERMANIA, the AmericanPlate Line’s sleek vessels, is en Houston to Argentina.
one of
route from the Port of Houstonto South American ports. To overcome obstacles such as the
unloading problems in some South
American ports, American Plate Line
employedexperienced heavylift special-
ists who,in addition to advising the line
in general cargo handling and stowage
problems, studied particularly the ship-
ping of PASA’sextremely heavy pieces.
Someof these are as large as 100 feet
in length, a diameter of 12 feet and a
HEAVY LIFTS weight of 120 tons each. One problem
was discharging those heavy pieces at
Rosario, Argentina, where shore cranes
ARE ONLYA SMALLPROBLEM are restricted to a maximumof 95
metric tons.
Ships employed by the American
Plate Line are modern, large and fast
FOR THE AMERICAN PLATE LINE motor vessels, ranging from 7,500 to
13,000 tons, total deadweight. They
are chartered by the company on both
long and short term basis.
Theyare selected for their suitability
for the South American trade and all
vessels are equipped with heavylift gear
that enables the handling of heavylift
PLATELINE, which ing certain difficuhies peculiar to those pieces in the most economical manner.
T HE AMERICAN
now makes regular monthly calls ports. Typical of the American Plate Line
vessels in the M. V. TRANSGER-
to the Port of Houston, has a new ap- Ships flying the AmericanPlate Line
flag, equipped especially to carry extra- MANIA, which visited the Port of
proach to inter-American shipping Houston during January, bringing to
heavy equipment from U. S. ports to
which results in a considerable saving U. S. ports a full cargo of Volkswagens
Argentina, also have been geared to
to shippers. carry exceptionally large cargoes of from Hamburg, Germany, and depart-
Dedicated to helping industry with automobiles, grain and ofher merchan- ing with the usual load of heavy equip-
its shipping problems to some South dise. ment and general cargo for South
American ports, American Plate Line American Plate’s special approach to Americanports.
has geared itself especially to overcom- inter-American shipping was made pos- Built in Germany in 1954, the
18 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
TRANSGERMANIAis considered an
ideal vessel for the South American
trade. She is a modern, 11,800 td~
vessel with a service speed of 111/2 to
15 knots.
She is equipped not only with modern ~
ii~iiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiii
gear, including a heavylift boom, but
also is grain-fitted and has especially
iustalled collapsible car decks. Those
ear decks made it possible for the
Transgermania to deliver more Volks-
wagens than other vessel of comparable
size could have carried.
In addition to her technical suit-
ability, the M. V. TRANSGERMAN1A
has moderncabins and other facilities
for 12 passengers.
The special approach of the Ameri-
can Plate Line to the inter-American
service lies not only in the solution of
such technical problems of carrying ex-
ceptionally heavy and long pieces, but
also in establishing a "one-way" line,
and utilizing the relatively lucrative
freight rates paid for grain cargoes SvendHansen,left, president of Hansen,Tidemann, Inc., is discussing American
from the River Plate to Europe. R.
Plate Line schedules with Joachim Kirsten, executive vice president of Nautilus
Shipping and Trading Company.
The Independent Plait. lane, another An AmericanPlate Line ship was taking on some bulky and heavy cargo when
regular independent liner service, op- this picture wastakenat the Port of Houston.
erating since 1956 from Continental
Europe to Argentina, owns a substan-
tial interest in American Plate Line,
giving tltc newer line a firm background i
of experience. The personnel thus are
particularly familiar with the various i
aspects of Argentine shipping.
Jean Alvarez de Toledo, president of
American Plate Line, also is managing
director of the Independent Plate Line.
The New York office of American
Plate Line is headed by Joachim R.
Kirsten, executive vice-president of
Nautilus Shipping and Trading Co.,
Ltd. Kirsten came to the United States
in 1954 from Germany, where his
family has been in the shipping busi-
ness for more than 150 years.
AmericanPlate Line’s vessels at Ar-
gentine ports are supervised by an af-
filiate, Agencia Fletamar S. and C.,
Buenos Aires, headed by Patricio
Murphy, an Argentinian of Irish de-
scent, who has been well known in
Argentine shipping circles for more
than 40 years.
Hanscn and Tidemann, Inc., are the
general agents for the American Plate
Line and maintain major offices in
Houston, New York and New Orleans.
1964
FEBRUARY, 19
On for 1964
HarrisonLine FeaturesHouston Calendar
The Port of Houston is being fea-
tured this year on a calendar published
bv the famed British shipping company
oi Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., (Har-
rison Lille) of Liverpool which is being
circulated by the thousands to shipping
companies, exporters, importers and
similar offices all over the world.
It is a handsome reproduction of air
oil painting by the famed British mari-
time artist John Stohart, S.M.A., show-
ing one of the Harrison Line vessels
moving out the Houston Shipping Chan-
nel as it passes tire Battleship Texas and
the San Jacinto Monument at the Bat-
tlegound.
Every yea k tire Harrison Line’s calen-
dar features one of tire company’s ships
painted in some famous world port
served bv the Harrison Line. In 1963
it was the Port of London, for example,
but this is tire first recognition by the
company of a Gulf port.
The 1961 Calendar w+ssel is the new
m/v TACTICIAN (all Harrison Line J. P. Turner, center, general managerof the Port of Houston, holds one of the
Harrison Line calendars for 1964 featuring the Port, flanked by Peter Phillips,
~essels are named for some occupation, president of LeBlanc-Parr, Inc., agents, and George Ahvatcr, the Port’s general sales
such as JOURNALIST, AI)VENTURER. manager who is distributing the calendars to Port of Houston offices in New York
E\PLORERI which features bridge and Chicago and through them, to customers throughout the Port’s trade territory.
forward and engine aft with special dar and hopes Io obtain the loan of available to friends of tire Port of Hous-
heavv lift booms anfidships. Artist Stobart’s painting for a few ton eifher by writing direct to Mr. Phil-
Peter Phillips, president of LeBlam’- months to hang in the World Trade lips in the Cotton Exchange Building
Parr, Inc., agents for the Harrison Club for the benefit of members aml or to the office of International Rela-
1,ine, was instrumental in putting tire guests. tions at the Port of Houston, P.O. Box
Port of Houston on the Harrison calen- Copies of tire handsome calendar are 2562.
Starts First Automated For Lykes
Johnson Ship
President Lyndon B. Johnson pushed
a remote control button in the White
House in Washington January 16 to
start construction of tire nation’s most
highly automated merchant ship, the
S. S. LOUISE" LYKES, at Avondale
Shipyard, Inc., in NewOrleans.
The vessel is the first of eight sister-
shills to be built for Lykes Bros. Steam-
ship Co., Inc., at a cost of $82 million
with a centralized engine room control
system designed and built by Westing-
house Electric Corp.
Using all electric system designed for
the occasion. President Johnson pushed
tile button Whichset in motion a special
power circuit to the shipyard where an
electric wehling machine was activated for making construction of automated of tile nation’s merchant marine and
to ~eld tile ship’s keel section marking ships possible. the maintenance of job security for our
start of construction of the ship. S. B. Turman, chairman of Lykes, offieers and seamen," Tin’man said.
President Johnson’s remarks beamed said agreements reached with the NMU The development is expected to save
through a public address system at the and the MEBA will permit a reduction the federal government 816 million in
shipyard climaxed an hour-long cere- of crew size from a normal complement operating subsidies during the life of the
mony where spokesmen for labor, gov- of 47 men to 32 on each ship, a reduc- eight ships.
ermnent and industry praised the team- tion of some 30 per cent. The first ship will be ready for service
work of Lykes, Avondale, Westinghouse "This agreement made the shills in April, 1965. The other vessels will be
and the National Maritime Union and economically feasible and we consider it delivered at varying dates with the last
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association a significant step toward a resurgence one entering service in March of 1966.
20 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
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Twenty-seven "Big John" hopper cars with a 200,000 pound grain capacity un-
~ stAR
Shipping
,nc,
loaded at the Navigation District’s Public Grain Elevator in mid-January. The huge 1808 Petroleum Bldg., Houston
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe hopper cars carry almost twice as much as a standard Galveston ¯ Brownsville
boxcar, yet they can be unloaded in about half the time. The new cars have roller Corpus Christi
bearing wheels and are plastic lined for cleanliness. Of particular importance to the U.S. Representative
shipper is the low loss of grain in transit, amounting to only 20 or 30 pounds, of JANC. UITERWYK CO., INC,
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So. Side Turning Basin
ORIENT OVERSEAS LINE
Service To
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FEBRUARY, 1964 21
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Agents
Steamship
1114 AVE.
TEXAS BLDG.
CApitol
Telephone: 5-0531
HOUSTON,TEXAS
C.T.O.LINE
and East)
(Manila Far
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East)
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FRENCH LINE
Atlantic)
(French
Beaming proudly, Rear AdmiralChester L. Harding, commander, First Coast Guard
HANSA LINE District, stands next to his wife at the christening of the cutter VIGILANT.The
(Med./Red Gulf)
Sea/PerIian I-lardings’ daughter,Mrs. Gall HardingBogucki,on right, wasMrs. Harding’s matron
GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE of honorfor the ceremony.
America,
Central Colombia, Peru
Ecuador,
via
PanamaCristobal
OFFICES
Cutter Isin the waters of the Hous-
CoastGuard DILIGENCE, Launched
Tile new United States Coast Guard
NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON cutter ton Ship Channel following christening
VIGILANT,eleventh Coast Guard
MEMPH IS GALVESTON
ST.LOUIS DALLAS vessel and launching ceremonies at the Todd
to bear the name, joined her two
sister Shipyards Corporation Houston Divi-
and
vessels, the RELIANCE the
sion.
Sponsoring honors went to Mrs.
Chester L. Harding, wife of Rear Ad-
of
miral Harding, Commander the First
Coast Guard District, Boston. The
Hardings’ daughter, Mrs. Gall Harding
Bogucki. served her mother as matron
of honor during the christening.
Owners, Operators, Agents The VIGILANTwill be stationed at
United States Flag Vessels Boston, Mass.. homeport of one of the
Regular Sailings FromU. S. Gulf Ports to Continental Europe, previous VIGILANTS. Her commanding
officer has not been designated, but
East Coast of United Kingdomand Scandinavia-Baltic LCDR Robert C. Staneliff. now execu-
STATES MARINE LINES---Berth Agents tive officer for the Coast Guardresident
inspector group stationed at Todd,
O~ices In All Principal Gul[ Ports Houston, has been named the vessel’s
executive officer-designate.
The RELIANCE, first of a proposed
fleet of 23 vessels of the new class is
FastFreight, Deep and
Reefer,TankPassenger Senice expected to begin sea trials in the near
future. The 210 foot vessels are classed
as medium range cutters and have a
design speed of 18 knots maximum, 15
knots cruising with a 5000 miles range
at cruising speeds. A helicopter landing
deck on the vessel will greatly extend
JOlm SERV]C~ its rescue and search capability.
U.S. GULF/FAR ’~ tg°,,
F°om;ey O,Io, No,~,~y Homeport for the DILIGENCE will
EAST SERVICE A. K. Klaveneu & Co. A/S
Lysaker, Norway be Key West, Florida. RELIANCE will
THREE MONTHLY SAILINGS FROM: operate out of Corpus Christi.
HOUSTON* GALVESTON * BEAUMONT
MOBILE * NEW ORLEANS ToddGetsBig
MANILA ¯ HONG KONG ¯ SAIGON ¯ BANGKOK ¯ SINGAPORE Order For Scows
D JAKARTA ¯ PORT SWETIrENHAM ¯ PENANG¯ BELAWANDELl Todd Shipyards Corporation Houston
FREQUENT CALLS AT TEXAS OUTPORTS AS CARGO WARRANTS Division has received an order for rift)
1550 ton steel deck scows exceeding
*OENTS,
OENE~L &EGER,
FEARNLEY INC. $3 million from the Colonial Sand &
Stone Co.. Inc.
NEW
YORK,
39 BROADWAY, N.Y. DI. 4-3770
The vessels will be delivered in
Agents: BIEHL & COMPANY "piggyback" fashion, four at a time.
Sixth Floee, WORLDTRADE BLDG., HOUSTON, TEXAS, CApitol 2-9961 Delivery will begin in March, 1964,
and be completed in March, 1965.
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