11-November Page 13 to 26 - Port of Houston Magazine Archives
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11-November Page 13 to 26 - Port of Houston Magazine Archives
Dixie Box & Crating OpensHouston Office For Sale The Dixie Group has expanded its Dixie Box & Crating companies to include a Texas office with headquarters in Houston. Jack Valos will be general manager of Dixie Box & Crating of Texas, which is located at 7206 Clinton Drive. The telephone number is (713) 672-4600. David Weidner has been appointed vice president of sales. Top Personnel Valos has worked in the maritime and transportation industries for 25 years, including 12 years with Dixie’s facility in Charleston, S.C. Weidner is a native of Texas and has 20 years of experience in the export packaging industry, most recently with U.S. Crating (formerly Rex Export Packaging) and the Seven Santini Brothers. Overseas Specialists Dixie Box & Crating, established in 1981 in Charleston, has six facilities that provide export packaging and marshaling services for overseas projects. Dixie’s staff includes degreed and certified packaging professionals. The company specializes in the design of product protection systems for equipment with unusual or unique requirements. Maersk Leases New Terminal in Taiwan Maersk Taiwan Ltd. has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau for the new Kaohsiung terminal. The new terminal is 234,000 square meters, twice the size of the current Maersk facility. It will be equipped with seven gantry cranes, some of which will accommodate post-panamax vessels, and will be capable of handling up to 11,000 containers a week. The new facility is expected to be ready for operation by spring of 1996. PORT DATA Morethan 79 million tons of import and export cargo movedthrough the Port of Houstonin 1993. 2 3.6114 Acres Deepwater Frontage Houston Ship Channel * Located on Manchester Avenueat Loop 610 Bridge * 563 feet of deepwaterfrontage . All utilities availableto site Rail served by SouthernPacific and P.T.R.A. O O O R.BI.HNS.N iT’~,.17 [ 7 T B R O K E R A (. E & E A N G R E A 1_* E S g A I t! Contact: Rob Johnson (713) 957-2552 Extension 110 Fax: (713) 957-0138 1716 Mangum, Suite 340 Houston, Texas 77092 CHANNEL f SHIP, BARGE& SHORETANKCLEANING FREE CONSULTING MARINE. INDUSTRIAL. COMMERCIAL 24 HOURSERVICES ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Chemical Cleaning Chemical Circulating Product Change Gas Freeing Boilers Piping Offshore Store Gangs ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Heat Exchangers Reactors Machinery Line Moling Vacuum Services Chemist Certificates Liquid & Solid Waste Disposal ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Buildings Warehouses Roofs Parking Lots Construction Painting Sandblasting Serving The Entire East & Gulf Coasts GULFCOAST(713) 452-6628 13 Gulfsbip Upgrades Houston Office ~the South Pacific Home DirectShippingServiceto Australia, NewZealandand the PacificIslands Blue Star~ Line One World Trade Center New York, New York 10048 1.800.221.8164 Gulfship Maritime Inc., a worldwide shipping agent, has located its headquarters in Houston. Gulfship Maritime and its Louisiana affiliate have been providing international shipping services for both the U.S. government and the private sector for more than 15 years. The company’s staff includes master mariners and chartering personnel fluent in six languages. Gulfship Marine Inc. of Louisiana specializes in agricultural product transportation. The Houston office specializes in project transportation for the oil and gas industry. Drilling rigs, refineries, pipelines and power stations are routinely transported to ports throughout Latin America, the Mediterranean, Russian Black Sea and Southeast Asia. In September, two Gulfship vessels loaded U.S. AIDrelief foodstuffs at Transcontinental Terminals in Houston. The cargo was destined for Soviet Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Ukraine. PROFESSIONAL DISCOUNT PHARMACY MARINE MEDICAL UNIT 407 OakStreet La Marque,Texas77568 ServingPortsof Houston, Galveston, Freeport,TexasCity, Beaumont to Brownsville Medical Certificate/Medicine Chest for Norwegian, Liberian, PanamanianU.S. and Gregory A. Porter, R. Ph. British vessels Medical Supplies / Prescription Drugs with Labels in English, Spanish, or Norwegian 24 Hour, 7 Day a weekservice Full Medical Services- Doctors, Dentists, Hospitals "WE TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEMS" (409) 938-7232 14 (713) 675-DRUG (3784) FAX(409) 938.8837 Texas American Shipping Is 10 Years Old Recently, executives of Texas American Shipping (TAS) gathered to watch the loading of 26,000 metric tons of bagged flour and other project cargo onto the M/V TARPONSEALANE at Jacintoport Terminal. This loading was the final shipment in a multi-shipment contract between TASand the supplier. This year TASis celebrating its 10th anniversary; the company began worldwide operations in 1984. Today, it operates a fleet composed mostly of handy size bulkers and tweendeckers specializing in the transportation of bagged goods, oil field equipment, pipe and other project-related cargoes. In 1991, TAS was purchased by Fednav, headquartered in Montreal. "Fednav, the largest ship owning and operating company in Canada, wanted to diversify its operations from the traditional business that was focused around the Great Lakes," notes Ted Winter, executive vice president of TAS. Fednav is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. T.A.S. executives expect the bagged flour shipments to continue. "Demand for the product in Yemen should insure a continued flow of this commodity through the U.S. Gulf for months to come," says Winter. "Loading this cargo with the spiralveyors keeps production high and costs relatively low. Texas American Shipping staffers pose witha pieceof oil-related equipment. Shown(from left) areKarl Sondermann, TedWinter, EdwardDavidson andJoseph Thornton. SpecializedTransportation Local or World-Wide DAVENPORT MAMMOET HEAVY TRANSPORT INC. COMPLETE MOVEMENT- FACTORY TO FOUNDATION ¯ Self PropelledModularTransporters ¯ HeavyHauling- Local & Long ¯ Super HeavyHauling ¯ Storage Yard ¯ Hydra Jacking Systems ¯ Gantry System ¯ OceanTransport ¯ Rail Transport& Tiedown ¯re ~ GASS~ Houston 713-369-2200 1-800-767-4285 Fax 713-369-2099 15 Master Plan ,o..°.oooomoIoloio.o.°..oI.eI.I.ee.ooJo- (Continued from Page 3) Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is the United States’ largest single containerized cargo market in Latin America, representing 5.5 million tons of containerized cargo annually. Approximately 30 percent of this cargo moves through U.S. Gulf ports. Houstondoes not currently offer ocean carriage to Puerto Rico but handles the majority of containers moving through Puerto Rico. "The cargo for Puerto Rico is in Houston, and research shows a Puerto Rican service could enjoy sizable savings by calling at Houston," says Williamson. "We’re working to let carriers know they could reap substantial benefits by serving Puerto Rico via Houston." Addressing the issue of real estate, the Master Plan emphasizes the need to maximize use of the Port Authority’s existing real estate holdings. The Port Authority owns more than 2,700 acres of property that have been or can be developed for commercial use. Of this land, 850 acres are not currently leased; some must be reserved for expansion of PHAfacilities. The task of the Port Authority in the years ahead will be to attract tenants and develop alternative uses for the remainder of the unleased property. Real estate and transportation specialists interviewed for the Master Plan suggested several possibilities for development, including dockhigh, rail-served warehousing for storing plastic pellets, storage for tank cars and resin pellet rail cars, and a bulk-to-non-bulk transfer facility. All told, the Master Plan recommends expansion and improvement projects at various Port Authority facilities that would total $264 million through the year 2000. The bulk of the funding -- $210 million -- would come from the Port Authority’s traditional sources of revenue, such as operating revenues from PHAfacilities and general obligation bonds approved by voters in 1987 and 1993. A portion of the remaining S54 million could be raised from increased leasing activity and federal ISTEAfunds, if approved. [] Celebrating50 YearsOf Continuous Service 1944-1994 Foreign Trade Export Packing Company EXPERIENCE- SERVICE- STABILITY 1350 Lathrop St. ,, Houston, Texas 77020 (713) 672-8211¯ Fax: (713) 671-6499 OceanI Air I Export Packing I Freight Forwarding 16 InchcapeSelected As Blue Star Agent HPHFHAIIIAEM K COTPY~HHqECTBY Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has been selected as the Blue Star Line (BSL) agent for the U.S. Gulf Coast. ISS is now handling all BSL operations and customer service activities in the Gulf for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands trade. The selection of ISS enables BSL to provide Gulf shippers with consistent and personalized service in this important market, according to Harold Kern, BSLassistant vice president for the Gulf and Midwestregions. "Down Under" Since 1933 Blue Star Line has served the "Down Under" trade since 1933. Seven Blue Star vessels now sail the Pacific Basin, offering the greatest number of port calls and highest level of service available in the trade. Cargo to and from the U.S. Gulf Coast moves through Houston’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal. Bookings can be made through Blue Star Line in Houston at (713) 956-3700 and in New Orleans at (504) 529-4600. If you can find a better export packer, use them! PERSONALSERVICE -¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ REASONABLECOST Project Space/ Office SpaceAvailable 40,000 Square Feet and 40 Dock High Doors Seven Acres of Outside Storage / Secured & Lighted ComputerizedTracking / Turn Key Capability . Mhi paccMa’rpnaaeM Off-Site Specialist / NewMaterials PoecmoKarnosu~l He0cB0eHHI~pblHOK /l.n~ AMepmcaHCKO~ llpO~]~ ........... :::: : ¯ MunpaBeTCTByeM I r~ g T0pmsoronaprnepa pany Inc. 2334 Gulf Terminal Drive ¯ Houston, Texas 77023 Phone: (713) 926-1880 ¯ Fax: (713) 926-1778 THEBESTESDURE O ur people were here to greet Port of Houston few years after century. transformed the first management team a the dawning of the twentieth We were here when dredging Buffalo Bayou into the Houston Ship Channel and we’ll be here to greet the Courtesy, Port of Houston twenty-first century, too. E Ye-popping changes in technology continue to carry us along with and sometimes ahead of trends we learned long ago that in shipping. But companies who serve better, serve longer. THE BEST ENDURE. T he next time you or an associate yourselves help move cargo; find looking for a ship agent to containerized, breakbulk or project, call us. We’ll be here. As always. m #I£HL& CO., 15C 5200 Hollister RoadHouston,Texas77040 (713) 690-7200 Fax (713) 895-3090 Telex 794220 or 166129 ~ A Memberof ultiport Ship AgenciesNetwork 17 Giant Reel Loaded Using WoodhouseTerminal ROIRORamp A reel of cable 25 feet in breadth and 35 feet in diameter was loaded aboard a barge recently using the RO/ROramp at the Port of HoustonAuthority’s Woodhouse Terminal. "This proved to be a cost-effective way to get this mammoth piece aboard the barge," noted Mike Cicero of Davenport Mammoet, coordinator of the shipment. "Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring worked closely with us to keep this movementcompetitive from both an economic and a service standpoint." The cable is madein Houstonby Multiflex Corp. and will be laid in the Gulf of Mexico. NortonLilly International Inc. 2 Northpoint Dr., Suite 900 [] Houston, Texas 77060 (713) 447-0800 [] Fax: (713) 931-2601 [] TLX: 6868758 Norton Lilly Blasco ......................... Representing: Black Sea/ Pakistan China/Far East China OceanShipping ................ Central America Concorde Line ...................... Flota Mercante Grancolombia ..... Colombia / Equador Europe / Mediterranean N LX/The Norton Line .......... Pan American Independent Line ........ Brazil / Uruguay/ Argentina Shipping Corp. of India ........................ India Kerr Representing: CCNI................. CGM ..... Chile / Peru/ Bolivia / Colombia A us tralia / Africa / Mediterranean/ Caribbean Torm Lines .............. Mediterranean / West Africa United Arab Shipping Co ...... Middle East/ Pakistan/ Far East / Dubai 25 Offices To Serve You ]8 COSCO Makes A Difference Polish OceanLines EnhancesService Significant changes have been made to Polish Ocean Lines’ (POL) Atlantic and Gulf services, according to Barry Indig, vice president of sales and marketing for Gdynia America Line, POL’s North American general agent. "We’re announcing enhancements to POL’s cargo services between the United States and Europe," Indig said. "These changes have been made with the goal of improving these services for our customers." Vessel Added With the sailing of the M/V MSC RAFAELAin early October, a fifth vessel was added to the South Atlantic and Gulf Service, and calls were added in Wilmington, N.C.; Charleston, S.C.; and Miami. The port rotation for the new fixed-day weekly service is as follows: Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Wilmington (inbound), Charleston (inbound), Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Charleston (outbound) and Wilmington (outbound). "It is important to note that, even though Wilmington will now be served on our South Atlantic and Gulf Service, the Port of Wilmington will continue to be part of POL’s North Atlantic tariff," explained Indig. North Atlantic POLhas also enhanced its North Atlantic Service, with four vessels making fixed-day weekly calls in Antwerp, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Le Havre, Boston, New York (inbound), Baltimore, Norfolk and New York (outbound). Another five vessels call in a weekly fixed-day service in LeHavre, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven and Antwerp, NewYork (inbound), Baltimore, Portsmouth, New York (outbound) and Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Blessing In Disguise? That cargo youcan’t Palletized Truckinginc. "Since 1969" One of Houston’s Most Complete Local Transportation Companies Specialists ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ on All Types Volume Freight Shipments Winch Trucks 11-Axle Siebert Trailers Heavy Hauling Low Boys-3 & 4 Axle Floats/Stretch Floats 40’-42’-45’-48’-50’ Vans Containers/Piggy Backs Family Owned & Operated ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Complete Project Movements U.S. Custom Bonded #CHL 171 Import-Export Direct Discharge Oil Field Machinery & Pipe Rig Moving Warehouse Movements Member TMTA & TSA & ATA Storage Available At Our Terminal Protected By The Latest Electronic Security System Radio Dispatched 225-3303 Fax: 228-5841 MC#148279 RRC#36152 2001 Collingsworth HOUSTON’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. Mitsubishi is the undisputed champion when it comes to heavy materials lifting, handling and moving at thePortof Houston. That’s because ourforklifts are designed for maximum reliability, operatorergonomics and easeof service.Soevery shift’s a winning round. CalltheMitsubishi dealer thatdelivers thebenefits: ArrowLift. Andaskfor an on-sitedemonstration, to seewhatMitsubishi forkliftscandofor you. \ | ~ I~.,~5~~ ~e,ver m~ght ~’-U:~rTZA I.~111 keep someone from going hungry. I I ~’~ I~1 I1~111~) ~" z7~l L ~[,/ Houston Food Bank (713) 223-3700¯ Fax: 223-1424 MITSUBISHI FORKLIFT TRUCKS ArrowLiftSystems, Inc. 6495 Rupiey Circle ¯ Houston, TX 77087 ¯ 713/649-LIFT Copyright1994,MCFA All rights reserved 19 ITC Celebrates Zero Defects Day TANK CLEANING COMPLETE SERVICES IN SHIP ANDSHORE TANK CLEANING Services AvailableWorldwide ¯ Tank cleaning, chemical cleaning, dry cargo, hold preparation ¯ Ship’s crew assistance available with consulting and equipment ¯ Dirty water and slops disposal ¯ Paint preparation by high pressure water blasting and painting ¯ Line moling to clean plugged or dirty lines ¯ Gas freeing for hot work or change of cargoes, such as oil to grain, chemical to chemical ¯ 15 water blasting units available from 10 GPMat 10,000 P.S.I. to over 100 GPMat 3,000 P.S.I. with multi-gun operation ¯ Port-to-port cleaning References available ¯ Please call for your next cleaning quote. COASTAL NYDRO SERVICE 619 BROADWAY " HOUSTON, TEXAS 77012 Phone: (713) 926-3213 ¯ Fax: (713) 923-5150 Intercontinental Terminals Co. recently celebrated its seventh ZD(Zero Defects) Day at its Deer Park liquid storage terminal. The annual family outing honors ITC associates for their commitment to quality and safety. Each year the company’s Opportunity for Improvement (OFI) Awards Program recognizes the best ideas for removing obstacles that stand in the way of doing a job better and more safely. Each winner receives a U.S. Savings Bond from ITC president Stephen Miles. This year’s winners were Glenn Godfrey, John SzulewsM, Gary Stegall (winner of two awards) and Mike Brougham, who received the grand prize. SzulewsM has won five OFIs in five years, and Broughamhas received three during the same period. ITC and its affiliate companies provide a full range of terminal services and specialized facilities for the storage of petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals. q COASTAL CARGO CO., INC. KNOWS HOUSTON ¯ NEWORLEANS ¯ MOBILE ¯ PASCAGOULA Regardless of the final destination, if it’s being moved througha majorGulf port, CoastalCargo canhandleit-offering shippersandcarriers competitiveadvantages that are uniquein the region. ¯ Productive breakbulkcapabilities. ¯ Full serviceterminalsin majorGulfports. ¯ Highlyexperienced andefficient workforce. ¯ Heavy lift handling facilities. Coastal Cargo Company, Inc. Stevedores/Terminal Operators ¯ Houston 13609Industrial Road,Gate5, Houston, TX77015 713-455-6092, FAX:713-455-3599 L 20 Paseagoula PortRoad,WestBankFacility, Port of Pascagoula Pascagoula, MS39568 601-762-0208, FAX:601-762-0213 A Jackson Kearney Group Company New Orleans 4500N. GalvezStreet, New Orleans,LA70117 504-943-1835, FAX:504-942-2606 Mobile Alabama StateDocks,Administration Building, Room 111, Mobile, AL36602 205-432-9728, FAX:205-432-2626 d HoustonPort Executives Brief Congressmanon Ship Channel ImprovementProject Congressman TomBevill of Alabama recently visited the Port of Houston while in townon other business. Port of Houston Authority (PHA)representativeshadthe opportunity to brief Bevill on a proposalto widen and deepenthe HoustonShip Channel andenvironmentalprojects that stem fromthai proposal.Bevill is chairmanof the HouseSubcommitteeon Energy and Water Development,which reviews and makesrecommendations for appropriations on various waterwayandenergy projects. Above: Bevill (center) is briefed onthe ship channel project by Port of HoustonCommissionersRobertGillette (left) andCoC. Smitherman. Left: Bevill (center) toured the port aboard the PHAfireboat M/V FENTRESS BRACEWELL. PHAExecutive Director Tom Kornegayis on the left, and Ned Holmes, chairman of the Port of HoustonCommission, is at right. M/V MERIDADischarges Transformer Boundfor North Dakota Anelectrical transformerweighingapproximately4.5 tons wasdischargedat the Port of HoustonAuthority’s Turning BasinTerminalrecently. Thetransformer anda 20-fool open-topcontainerfilted with parts arrived in Houstonaboardthe M/V MERIDA and wasmovedby rail to Edgley,NorthDakota.At this point, a special truck delivered the shipmentto a nearbyplant for installation. Nacional Line, operator of the MERIDA, coordinated land transportation as well as water transportation. JamesJ. Flanagan Stevedoressupervisedthe dischargein Houston. Port of HoustonAuthority Hosts Annual Reception in San Francisco A Port of HoustonAuthority delegationrecently traveled to SanFrancisco to host a reception for current and prospectiveusers of Houston’spublic docks. Members of the Trade Development Division also visited the offices of several shippers in SanFrancisco. Above:Fromleft, DavidLoo, LDSTruck Lines; Rainer Lilienthal, PHA;and Edward Dickerson,U.S. Military Traffic ManagementCommand. Right: HoustonPort Commissioner RobertGillette welcomesguests to the reception. Left: Heidi Gann, BHP International Marine, discusses business opportunities with Andy Ott, PHA. M/V YUCATAN,New TMMVessel Calls at Barbours Cut Container Terminal The M/VYUCATAN, a state-of-the-art container vessel, called of 2,400 TEUsand is equippedto handle 45-foot-long containers recently at the Fentress Bracewell BarboursCut Container Teras well as 20-foot and40-foot boxes. Sheis the third newvessel minal while on its maidenvoyage. Shownon the ship’s bridge are addedto TMM’sNorthern Europeservice in recent months. The Capl. Gabriel Barba (right) and Port of HoustonCommissioner YUCATAN has an integrated bridge system which reduces the Robert Gillette. The YUCATAN, which is operated by Transporta- numberof crew required to operate at top efficiency. cion Maritima Mexicana(TMM--MexicanLine), has a capacity MSC Adds Two Vessels To South American West Coast Service Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has addedtwo vessels to its service belweenthe U.S. Gulf/Atlantic coasts and South America. MSC’s M/V MERCHANT PATRIOT and M/V FRANCESCA recently made their maidenvoyagesto Barbours Cut Container Terminal. Thesix ships in the service call at ports in Chile, Peruand Ecuador,makingthis the only independentweekly service to the South AmericanWest Coast. Above:Aboardthe FRANCESCA in Houston are (from left) Tony Leblanc and Blanca Vasquezof MSC;Rainer Lilienthai, Port of HoustonAuthority; Capt. Siviero Giusepre, master of the vessel; Darlene Ruiz of MSC;and Chief Engineer Castellano Domenico. Left: On hand to welcomethe MERCHANT PATRIOTto Houstonwere (from left) JamesIlardi and Elena Escamilla of MSC,Capt. Robert Cotter, master of the vessel, and RainerLilienthal of the Port of HoustonAuthority. i~~ ~ ii ii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil Export 011 Rig Loadedat Wharf 32 in Turning Basin Terminal Weeksof preparation precededthe export of a huge oil rig at the Port of HoustonAuthority’s Turning Basin Terminal. JamesJ. FlanaganStevedores, Schroder Marine Services and Daher America worked closely with Enfab, manufacturerof the rig, and with PHApersonnel to prevent problemsin the complicated project. Piecesof the rig wereshippeddirectly to Wharf32 as it wastakenapart at Enfab’srig site on Mills Roadand Highway249. No packing was required. The rig was loaded aboard the M/V CYGNE, operatedby Unishippingof Paris, and then sailed for Angola, whereit will be reassembledby Foramer,a Frenchdrilling firm. Offshore from Angola, the CYGNE will be met by a self-propelled barge larger than the vessel. Therig will be dischargedto the barge, which is equippedwith a 100-ton crane. The largest item in the shipmentwasa 97-foot-long mast that weighed72 metric tons. Other major pieces were 32 feet wide, just two feet less than Gate1, the only accessto this part of the terminal. Theentire shipmentweighed871 metric tons and totaled nearly 7,000 cubic meters in volume. Wharf32 wasdesigned to accommodate large project shipmentslike the Enfab rig. . \ \ \ \ \ NO W IN HOUS TON! || II Hi II1! ABB Turbocharger Inc. 4111 Cedar Boulevard Baytown, Texas 77520 24 Hr. Tel: (713)383-7145 Fax: (713)383-7142 Providing the only ABBTurbocharger (formerly BBC)factory-authorized service and repairs in the Houstonarea. ¯ 24-Hour Field & Emergency ShopService ¯ Expert ShopServicesIncluding: ComputerizedRotor Balancing Shaft Repairs& Metalizing ¯ Original Factory-Sourced ABBParts ¯ GenuineABBReconditionedParts Including: Bearing Assemblies,Lubrication Pumps & Turbine Blades ¯ ABB’sWorldwide-Honored Warranty NOW LOCAL... 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