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Television and radar monitors give an outer space look to Center
Vessel
Movments A re On T V
...Also
On Radar And Radio
BY MIDDY RANDERSON
All phases of the U.S. Coast Guard’s
Houston-Galveston Area Vessel Traffic System noware in operation.
According
to Commander E.
Schneider, CommandingOfficer of the
System, the "good cooperation from
all concerned, industry, pilots and
towboat operators, has helped make
this system a success."
Movementsof all vessels entering or
shifting on the Houston Ship Channel
are monitored by VTSoperators in the
control room at the Coast Guard Port
Safety Station. Vessels maintain radio
contact with the operators from the
time they enter the system until they
dock or leave the Channel.
There are three sectors within the
system. The first, from the entrance to
the Channel to Redfish Reef, is
monitored by radio contact and radar.
The radar scanners are located at the
Galveston Coast Guard station and
transmit microwave signals to the
monitors in the control room at the
Vessel Traffic Center.
The Bayport Sector, from Redfish to
just past Baytown, and the Upper
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Channel Sector, from Baytown to the
Turning Basin, are monitored by radio
and closed circuit television.
Antennasrise high abovethe CoastGuardStation.
The four television towers, located
at strategic points on the Channel, each
hold two television cameras. The upper
camera is high enough to see over the
commonlow-lying fog that appears at
certain
times of the year. VTS
operators activate the focus and aim
the cameras and start the automatic
lens wipers by remote control.
On entering the system, a pilot or
towboat operator reports to VTS his
location and destination,
and the
name, size and speed of his vessel.
The Center computer which, like the
radar system, has been in operation
less than a year, then calculates the
speed of the vessel as it passes through
11 checkpoints on the length of the
Channel.
Commander Schneider
said the
computer calculates the vessel’s speed
and adjusts data after each checkpoint
has been passed. It has proved so accurate, he added, that many vessel
operators call in to ask what speed they
are going.
In describing the purpose of the
System, Commander Schneider said
Port of Houston Magazine
that "The VTS provides a degree of
order on the Channel, much like a
systemof traffic lights."
The success of the System is almost
impossible to quantify, he explained,
but added that he feels because of the
size and number of vessels now using
the Channel "it might be utter chaos
without the VTS."
More than 7,000 vessel movements
per month are monitored at the Center
not including the scheduled trips of the
Bolivar and Lynchburg ferries. "You
can’t quantify the numberof collisions
prevented, although we often hear that
an incident might have occurred if we
had not been monitoring traffic,"
Commander Schneider
said. "Approximately the same number of minor
incidents have been reported per year
as before the system went into
operation, but during that time both
the amount of traffic on the Channel
and the size of vessels have increased
by 10 per cent."
The Commander also emphasized
that the spin-off benefits of the System
just now are becoming apparent.
The Vessel Traffic Center operates
24 hours a day, always on the same
radio channel so that maritime agents
and industry officials as well as ship
pilots and masters know that they can
get in touch with one another if there is
an emergency.
"There is instant radio contact,"
CommanderSchneider explained, and
a familiar, sympathetic voice at the
VTS. "We’ll do anything to assist the
flow of traffic,
and sometimes that
means arranging for an ambulance to
meet a ship at the dock, relaying a
change of dock assignment, or letting a
mooring company know that a ship is
delayed."
He added that such time-saving
methods have to result in dollars and
cents savings for vessel operators and
management alike.
"We may be one of the few governmental agencies around actively encouraging people to use our services,"
he said.
The center is mannedby three sector
operators, a supervisory deck watch
officer whomonitors all sectors, and a
fourth operator on duty to provide
relief during the 12 hour watches.
Operators spend 12 hours on and 12
hours off for four days. They are not
allowed to eat at the consoles and need
periodic breaks to help themstay alert.
It is a high stress job, Commander
Schneider explained. The operator is
entering data in the computer, talking
April, 1978
Concentrationis essential for VTSpersonnel.
over the radio, monitoring a television
or radar terminal, and thinking--all at
the same time. He must be able to
think on his feet and make instantaneous analyses.
VTSoperators are selected for their
above average performance in previous
posts and for their communications
and operations skills. They must have
come recently from sea duty so they
will understand the language of the
working vessels.
It takes six months to fully qualify
and they undergo approximately eight
weeks of basic classroom training and
on the Channel experience. They must
know each industry on the Channel as
well as all the hazards and aids to
navigation, and pass a test similar to
the one given maritime pilots.
They then spend about four months
at the Center acting as operators under
supervision before they start standing
regular watches.
The Coast Guard requires that all
operators have frequent eyesight and
blood pressure check-ups. Every six
months or so they go back out on the
Channel to meet in person their radio
contacts and refresh their memories of
the Channel and industries.
The Houston VTSwas only the thira
in the nation, and the first to use
television. CommanderSchneider said
that manyof the lessons learned at the
Houston Center will be implemented in
other systems across the country.
Sophisticatedelectronicsequipment
displaysvital information.
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Freight Handlers, Stevedores
Entertained A t Trade Club
ThePort of Houston Authority
recently sponsored a luncheon at the
World Trade
Club for local
stevedoring and freight handling officials. The purpose of the party was to
thank the firms for their continued
support of the Port of Houston and to
let them becomebetter acquainted with
the Port Authority staff. The following
photos are of some of the guests at the
luncheon. Identifications are from left
to right.
Guy Graves, General Stevedores;
Charles Alcorn, Atlantic and Gulf
Stevedores; W.D. Dunnahoe, Manager
of Port Operations, Turning Basin,
and Ralph Barkin, General Stevedores.
Fred Dinges, Port Authority Market
Analyst; A.W. Tiedt, Port Stevedoring;
Guido de la Rua, Port Stevedoring;
and Paul Estachy, Southern Stevedoring.
.....
Don Pratka, Strachan Stevedoring;
Adrian van de Voorde, Strachan
Stevedoring,
F.W. Colburn, Port
Counsel; Peter Phillips, Texas Contracting Co., and B.J. Bartlett, Gulfwide Stevedoring.
Jack Lewis, Southern Stevedoring;
T.E. Dugey, Shippers Stevedoring;
R.L. Larson, Auto Terminal Stevedoring;
Dick Cromwell,
TTT
Stevedores
of Texas, and C.A.
Rousser, Port Authority Director of
Trade Development.
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Port of Houston Magazine
Bill Casey, Young and Co.; R.P.
Leach, Port Authority
General
Manager; O.J. Kneisler, Gulf Stevedoring, and J.R. Curtis, Director of
Port Operations.
George Strange,
Houston Port
Bureau; Charlie Jacobs, Atlantic and
Gulf Stevedores; Merlin Clark, James
J. Flanagan Stevedores; ChuckBullock,
Port Authority Associate General
Manager, and Ernie Sepulveda, Young
and Co.
J.K. Henderson, Port Authority
Controller; George W. Altvater, Port
Authority Executive Director; Tony
Boyle of Auckland, New Zealand,
Columbus Maritime Services Ltd., and
William Robb, Young and Co.
Bill Cook, Port Authority Western
Sales Manager; Jules Verberne,
Strachan St~vedoring, and James Hatches, Interocean.
Steve Turner, Port Authority Sales
Representative; Larry Carreker, James
J. Flanagan Stevedores,
and Jack
Moran, Interocean.
April, 1978
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I.C.C. ORDERSDATAON MINI-BRIDGE:The Interstate
CommerceCommissionordered the nation’s railroads to
provide steamship lines data to file with the Commission
which showsthe cost of their handling of mini-landbridge
traffic. If the railroads throughthe steamshipline do not file
this information with the Commissionto showthat the rail
portion of the mini-landbridge rate is compensatory,the
applications for relief from long andshort-haul provisions of
the Interstate Commerce
Act will be denied. This action
resulted froma join petition seeking relief, filed by the
Houston Port Bureau, Port of Houston Authority, State of
Texas, Port of Galveston and the NewOrleans Traffic and
Transportation Bureau. The Commissiondenied proposals
by the railroads and mini-bridge operators that any
application for this Fourth Section Relief be done on a blanket
basis. The I.C.C. stated in their decision, the least amountof
information to be provided would be the expenses for
coverage of ton mile and car mile expense. The Commission
has ordered the railroads to file the cost data with the
steamship companies; since the steamship companies
normally file the "Fourth Section Applications" with the
Interstate CommerceCommission and such data showing
whether or not the rate is compensatorymust nowbe filed
with the application. If such informationis not filed the I.C.C.
will reject the application, furthermore, a blanket Fourth
Section Application can be filed.
I.C.C. SERVESJURISDICTIONORDER:In a case arising
out of a dispute concerning jurisdiction by regulatory agencies
over international through rates, the Interstate Commerce
Commissionhas issued an order which affirms the contention
of the Federal Maritime Commission,in its Docket No. 7755, Trailer MarineTransport Corporation-joint single factor
rates, Puerto Rican trade; that Trailer MarineTransport
Corporationmust file copies of its tariff with the Federal
Maritime Commission,as well as the Interstate Commerce
Commission.The order I.C.C. Docket 36791, Rejection of
Trailer Marine Corporation’s Tariff MF-I.C.C.No. 4, served
by the Interstate CommerceCommissionon February 13,
affirmed an action taken by its Section of Tariffs which
declined to take exclusive jurisdiction over the joint, single
factor through motor-water rates between the United States
and Puerto Rico. The I.C.C. claims although Part I of the
Interstate CommerceAct gives the Commissionexclusive
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jurisdiction over joint single factor throughrail-water rates
betweenthe United States and Puerto Rico, Part II of the Act
gives the Commissionjurisdiction over commercebetween
anyplace in a state, and anyplace in another; or between
places in the same state through another state, whether such
commercemoveswholly by motor vehicle, or partly by motor
vehicle and partly by rail, express, or water. In addition, Part
U of the Act defines the term state, as any of the several states
or the District of Columbia;and the term "United States"
meansthe several states and the District of Columbia;
therefore because of this specific definition, the Commission
does not have exclusive jurisdiction over joint motor-water
rates to the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico.
COMPANIESBACKRATE CUTTINGBILL: Several U.S.
Flag Steamship companies have backed legislation designed
to deal with rate cutting by state controlled merchantfleets.
This new bill (H.R. 9998) proposed by Representative John
M. Murphy, D-NewYork, hopes to preserve competition
amongall carriers engaged in U.S. commerceand help
stabilize the rate-makingpractices of steamshipcarriers by
forbidding rate cutting whichis currently disrupting
international trade, and harming the U.S. Flag Carriers. The
Chairmanof Sea-LandService, Inc., one of the largest U.S.
Flag carriers, endorsed the bill but urged that it be amended
by several additional steps. Other carriers such as Delta
Steamship Lines backed the measure but also hoped that
other matters wouldbe taken up and dealt with by this bill
such as overtonnaging and related malpractices.
MOTOR
CARRIERS FILE
INCREASES: The 10 major
carrier rate bureaus in the United States have filed for 7 per
cent increases in their rates with the Interstate Commerce
Commission.These increases will hopefully cover anticipated
increased costs caused by the third year of the three teamsters
union contract which takes effect April 1. The major bureaus
which affect Houstonand the surrounding areas are the
MiddlewestMotor Freight Bureau which covers traffic from,
to and within the southwest and midwestwith the exception
of the East and West Coasts. Traffic to and from the west
coast and the RockyMountainarea is covered by the Rocky
MountainMotor Tariff Bureau. Both these bureaus will
increase their rates April 1.
Port of Houston Magazine
NOR WAY
Houston’s first Consul General of
Norway, Harald S. Midttun, says his
country’s emphasis on the importance
of shipping and oil was the deciding
factor in Norway’s decision to open a
Consulate General in Houston.
"For our purposes," he explained,
"Houston is the most important city in
the Gulf." He added that 20 Norwegian companies
have opened
Houstonoffices in recent years.
Mr. Midttun’s territory covers the
states of Texas, Mississippi, Alabama,
Louisiana, Florida and the Virgin
HARALD S. MIDTTUN
Islands and Puerto Rico. He also is inspector of the consulates in Jamaica,
Haiti and the Bahamas.
A native of Bergen, Mr. Midttun
received Bachelor and Master of Law
degrees from Oslo University, and is a
graduate of the Norwegian Diplomatic
School.
He has served in Norwegian foreign
missions in The Hague, Ankara,
Athens, Genoa and Washington D.C.
as well as twice being posted to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo.
Mr. Midttun has participated
in
several international conferences and
was a member of the Norwegian
Delegation to the regular session of the
United Nations General Assembly in
1971.
In Washington, he served as Norway’s cultural representative and hopes
to make this Consulate General a
clearing house for cultural exchanges
as well as for commercialactivities. He
is accompaniedin Houston by his wife,
Liv.
Mr. Midttun praised the work of
Houston’s longtime Honorary Consul
of Norway, Port Commissioner W.D.
HadenII, and said that Mr. Hadenwill
continue to work closely with the consular office.
April, 1978
New Consular Officials
Assigned To Houston
VENEZUELA
Benjamin Ortega, Houston’s vibrant
Consul General of Venezuela, came to
Houston after spending five years as
Venezuelan Consul in Miami.
After receiving his education in
Maracaibo and Trinidad, Mr. Ortega
established a correspondence school
MEXICO
Armando F. Beteta, Houston’s new
Consul of Mexico, felt right at home
when he moved here recently
from
Mexico City to take up his first consular post.
Mr. Beteta had lived in Houston for
three months in 1971 while training in
BENJAMIN ORTEGA
for nursing theory m Caracas. The
curriculum
was developed by his
cousin, a physician, and, since nurses
were very much in demand in
Venezuela, the school enjoyed great
ARMANDO F. BETETA
the credit department of Texas Commerce Bank, and had spent four summers in Dallas taking courses at the
Southwestern
Graduate School of
Banking and studying international
and comparative
law at Southern
Success.
More than 18 years ago Ortega and Methodist University.
Althoughthis is his first venture into
his wife and four children moved to
consular
work, Mr. Beteta says his
Miami where he continued to administer the school which had grown to background in law and commerce
encompass 18 offices.
When the helps him cope with activities at one of
Venezuelan government asked him to the busiest Mexican consulates in the
assume the post of Consul in Miami, United States.
He studied law at the University of
Ortega says he discovered he truly liked
the diplomatic service and sold the Mexico and accounting at the Banking
and Commercial School in Mexico
business.
He was promoted to Consul General City, where he taught several law and
for the post here and says he enjoys economics courses.
Mr. Beteta enjoys playing tennis and
working in this very busy office. He
noted that there are more than 2,000 his 12-year-old son, Armando, is his
Venezuelan students at schools in his favorite partner. Mr. Beteta’s wife,
four-state territory of Texas, Oklahoma, Margarita, son, and daughter, Carmen, age nine, will join him in
Kansas and New Mexico. His office
issues 1,000 visas per month to people Houstonat the end of the school year.
planning
to visit
Venezuela on
The new consul will be seeing lots of
business.
Ortega added that apTexas tourists in his office this summer
proximately 30 Venezuelans per week as they prepare for exotic Mexican
come": for medical treatment in the vacations. But his favorite vacation
manyhospitals here.
spot is San Diego, California.
The Ortegas’
youngest son is
"The weather is wonderful,"
he
studying engineering at Texas A&M said. "And the children love to go to
University.
Disneyland."
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Port of Houston Magazine
New Bridge Over
Channel Is Near
The Texas Turnpike Authority has
retained four engineering firms to
develop plans for a $90 million toll
bridge over the Houston Ship Channel,
with completion scheduled for 1982.
Final step before construction is
issuance
of bonds, tentatively
scheduled for May.
The four-mile-long bridge is to be
located about seven miles east of the
Loop 610 bridge and will be located at
the east side of the Port of Houston’s
Bulk Materials Handling Plant,
The proposed 750-foot-long channel
span, with a maximumheight of 175
feet, will have four lanes and link Interstate 10 with Texas 225. The bridge
will connect with the proposed Beltway
8 East.
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KERR ADDS TWO
Kerr Steamship Company,Inc. announces the addition of
two new members to its Midwest Region headquarters in
Chicago. Douglas A. Jumisco has joined Kerr as General
Sales Manager-Midwest Region and Alan T. Pariser as
Operations Manager, Tramp Department.
Galleon Shipping Corporation Joins Conference
Gerald J. Flynn, Chairman of the Far East Conference,
announced that Galleon Shipping Corporation, represented
by Nedlloyd, Inc., has joined the Far East Conference which
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Copenhagen, Combi Line
Lykes Continent
Gothenburg,Helsinborg~ Reykjavik, etc.
Orbis Liner Service
Sea-LandService
AGENT
StrachanShipplngCo.
Moram
Norton, Lilly
:ies,lnc.
Biehl & Co.
Lykes Bros. SSCo.
Mercury Shipping
SeaLand,Inc.
RUSSIA
PORT RANGE
LINE
Atlanlicargo
Black Sea Shipping
Baltic Shipping
Combi Line
Lykes Continent
Sea-LandService
Leningrad
Odessa
UNITED
AGENr
Strachan Shipping Co.
NortonLilly & Co.
Moram
BiehJ& Co.
Lykes Bros. SSCo.
Sea-Land,Inc.
KINGDOM
LINE
Atlanticargo
Baltic Shipping
Central Gulf
CombiLine
Harrison Line
Lykes Continent
Norwegian American
Sea-LandService
PORT RANGE
London,
Southampton, Felixstowe,
Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Aberdeen,
Dundee, Glasgow, Grennock, Leith,
Grangemouth,Manchester, Etc.
MEDITERRANEAN,
ADRIATIC
PORT RANGE
Iberian Peninsula, including Bilbao,
Oporto, Lisboa. Cadiz, Barcelona,
Alicante, and others, as well as Marsallies,
Genoa, Naples, Leghorn,
Venice, Rijeka, Piraeus, Haifa, Istanbul,
Alexandria, Algiers, Benghasi, Black
Seaports and others.
AGENT
StrachanShipping Co,
Moram
Central Gulf Lines
Biehl & Co.
Phillips Parr, Inc.
Lykes Brbs. SSCo.
NortonLilly
SeaLand.Inc.
AND AEGEAN
LINE
Black Sea Shipping
ConsteHationLine
CNANLine
Hellenic
Italia/Costa
Jugolinijia
Jugooceanija Lines
Koctug Line
Lykes Mediterranean
Nervion
Nordana
Costa Line
Sea-LandService
TormLine
Turkish Cargo Lines
Uiterwyk Line
ZimIsreal
AGENT
NortonLilly & Co.
AyersSSCo.
TTTShip Agencies
HellenicLines’, Inc.
StrachanShipping Co.
Dalton Steamship
Gulf Coast Shipping
Biehl & Co.
Lykes Bros. SSCo.
Kerr SteamshipCo.
BarberS.S. Line
StrachanShipping Co.
Sea-Land,Inc.
Kerr SteamshipCo.
ThuleshipInc. of Texas
Uiterwyk Corporation
Inter-Gulf Agencies
LINE
AGENT
Black Star Line
CompagnieZairoise
Dafra
Delta
Mid-Ocean Line
NAWAL
Nopal Line
Nordana
US AFRICALine
WestwindAfrica
Strachan Shipping Co.
Roberts Steamship
Kerr SteamshipCo.
Delta SteamshipLines
NortonLilly
E.S. Binnings, Inc.
Oivind Lorentzen
BarberS.S. Line
Nordship Agencies
TTTShip Agencies
SOUTH AND EAST AFRICA
PORT RANGE
Capetown to Port Sudan range including, Durban, Lourenco Marques,
Dar-Es-Salaom, Djibouti, Aqaba, Mom.
basa, Port Elizabeth and others.
LINE
Hellenic
Lykes African
South African Marine
AGENT
Hellenic Lines, Inc.
Lykes Bros. Steamship
Hansen & Tidemann
CARIBBEAN AND EAST COAST
CENTRAL AMERICA
PORT RANGE
North Coast South America, East Coast
Central America. Mexico and Caribbean
Islands including La Guaira. Santa Marto, 8arranqull~a, CristobaJ. Puerto
Limon, Paramaribo, Barbados, Puerto
Cabezas, Puerto Cortes, Kingston.
Aruba, Willemstad. Port-au-Prince. Vera
Cruz. Tuxpan, Tampico, Coatzacoalcos,
Progresso, Puertocabello, Maracaibo,
Santo Tomos,Port of Spain.
LINE
Alcoa Line
Armagua
Armasal
Arian
Delta Line
EccaLine
Flomerca Line
Frota Amazonica
Grancolombiana
Lykes Caribbean
Namucar
Hispan Line
Honduran
Mexican Line
Royat Netherlands
Sea-LandService
Venezuelan
Tecomar
AGENT
Dalton SteamshipCo.
Hansen & Tidemann
Uiterwyk Corporation
Roberts SteamshipCo.
Delta SteamshipLines
Nordshlp Agencies Inc.
LoneStar Shipping
TTTShip Agencies
E.S. Binnlngs,Inc.
LykesBros. SSCo.
TT.I" Ship Agencies
NordshipAgencies Inc.
Seatrain Agencies
Biehl & Co.
Strachan Shipping Co.
SeaLand,Inc.
TTTShip Agencies
Strochan Shipping Co.
AGENT
Strachan ShippingCo.
Delta SteamshipLines
TTT ShipAgencies
Ayers Steamship Co.
NortonLiHy"
Biehl & Co.
Oivind Lorentzen
Smith & Johnson
Roberts Steamship
NortonLilly
WEST COAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA
PORT RANGE
Ports ~romCentral Americato Chile ineluding Acajutla, Corinto, Buenaventura, Puntarenas,La Libertad, La Union,
Balboa, Manta, Paita, Caffao, Antofagasta, Valparaiso, San Antonio,
Guoyaquik Talcahuano,IIo.
AUSTRALIA
LINE
Armagua
Armasal
Chilean Line
Ecuadorian Steamship
Grancolombiana
Lykes West Coast
Mamenic Line
Navimex Line
Peruvia~State Line
GalapagosLine
AGENT
Uiterwyk Corporation
Uiterwyk Corporation
TTTShip Agencies
Ayers Steamship Co.
E.S. Binnings, Inc.
Lykes Bros. SSCo.
Biehl & Co.
Oivind Lorentzen
Roberts Steamship
NortonLilly
AND NEW ZEALAND
PORT RANGE
including Sydney~Melbourne, Adelaide.
Fremanffe and other major Australian
ports and Auckland, Wellington and
other major NewZealand ports.
LINE
Bank& SaviHLine
ColumbusLine
FescoLine
AGENT
Strachan Shipping Co.
Kerr Steamship
Moram
INDIAN OCEAN, PERSIAN GULF,
ARABIAN SEA, RED SEA
PORT RANGE
Rangefrom Aden to Calcutta including
Duwait, Korramshar, Bombay, Madras,
Karachi, Bandar Abbas, Bangladesh,
Bahrain, Basrah, Jeddah,etc.
WEST AFRICA
PORT RANGE
All principal West Coast Ports from
Dakar south including Abidian, Lobito,
Port Porcourt, Boualo, Tema, Luanda,
Monrovia, Matadi, Lagos, Port Gentil,
Point Noire, Freetown.
LINE
Argentine Lines
Delta Line
Frota Amazonica
Holland Pan American
Lloyd Brasileiro
Mexican
Nopal Line
Peruvian AmazonLine
Peruvian State Line
CompanhloMaritima Nac.
LINE
American Export
Arya Line
Aspen Steamship
Baltic & BlascoLine
Barber Line
Cast North America
Central Gutf
Concordia Line
Djakarta Lloyd
HansaLine
Hellenic Line
HoeghLine
Iran ExpressLines
Maersk
Marine Transport
MegaLine
Nedlloyd
Pacific Far East
Pakistan Shipping
P & O Strath
Saudi National Line
Sea-LandService
SCILine
Scindia Line
Star Line
United Arab Shipping
Waterman Line
AGENT
WitkesShipping S.S. Line
NortonLilly
Olympic Shipping
Moram
BarberS.S. Line
Oivind Lorentzen
Central Gulf Lines
Dalton SteamshipCo.
Roberts Steamship
E.S. Binnings,Inc.
Hellenic Lines, Ltd.
StrachanShipping Co.
Uiterwyk Corporation
Maersk Steamship
Marine Trans. Services
Ayers Steamship Co.
StrachanShipping Co.
MTSAgencies Inc.
NordshipAgencies Inc.
Roberts Steamship
Smith & Johnson
Sea-Land,Inc.
NortonLilly
Biehl & Co.
AIItrans Int.
Kerr SteamshipCo.
Waterman Steamship
FAR EAST
PORT RANGE
All principal ports of Japan, Korea,
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia,
Philippine Republic and Malay Peninsula,
including
Hang Kong and
Singapore.
LINE
Barber Blue Sea
China Merchants
China Union
Dailchi ChuoLines
Djakarta Lloyd
Eddie Shipping Agency
Evergreen Container
FescoLine
Hoegh Line
K Line
Korea Shipping
Lykes Orient
NYKLine
Orient Overseas
Philippines
Phoenix Container Line
Relta SteamshipCo.
Scindia Line
Sea Express Service
SCILine
ShinwaKaiun Lines
To Peng
Terukuni Kaiun
Toko Kaiun Kabushiki
Waterman
Yang Ming
YSLine
Zim Line
AGENT
Barber*S.S. Line
Gulf Coast Shipping
Gulf Motorships
Fritz Maritime
Roberts SteamshipCo.
Gulf Coast Shipping
Hansen & Tidemann
Moram
StrachanShipping Co.
Kerr SteamshipCo.
Ayers Steamship
LykesBros S.S. Co.
Oivind Lorentzen
Lone Star Shipping
Ayers Steamship Co.
Kerr SteamshipCo.
Gulf Coast Shipping
Dalton Steamship
E.S. Binnings, Inc.
NortonLilly
Fritz Maritime
Oivind Lorentzen
Fritz Maritime
Fritz Maritime
Waterman Steamship
Maxi-Marine
TTTShip Agencies
Intergulf Agencies
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Transportation
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Commercial Zone
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The newly-enlarged Houston Commercial Zone and Terminal Area, in
which transportation
rates are
negotiable, is shownon this mapwhich
was prepared by the Houston Port
Bureau. The Interstate
Commerce
Commission, made this possible by a
decision in Ex Parte No. MC-37(Sub.
26) on April 19, 1977, which is being
contested in the Eighth Circuit U.S.
Court of Appeals. In the meantime,the
I.C.C. decision results in an enormous
territory
which is exempt from
regulation of the I.C.C., which normally requires a Public Convenience
and Necessity Certificate. The I.C.C.
only requires that the carriers meet
safety regulations. Therefore transportation charges within this zone are
negotiable. For additional information,
contact the Houston Port Bureau,
World Trade Building, Houston, Texas
77002. The telephone numberis (713)
228-7447.
, Bayport Terminal
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Central Gulf Goes
To Middle East
Central Gulf Lines will inaugurate in
April a fully containerized, direct-call
monthly service between Houston,
U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports and the
MiddleEast, said E.C. Faerber, Vice
President in Houston.
The companyinitially will place in
service on the route two 1977-built
sister-vessels, each equippedto carry a
multi-hundred mix of 40-foot containers, 20-foot containers and 9 ft. 6
ins. high units. The two vessels, M/l/
HOLLY and M/V HEMLOCK,carry
four deck-mounted cranes that can
provide complete loading and
dischargingin ports wherethis service
wouldbe required.
Mr. Faerber said the newly-outfitted
container vessels will call on a direct
and regular basis, with no transshipments, from U.S. Gulf and East coast
ports to Jeddah, Dammam,
Dubai and
BandarShahpour.The first vessel will
be the HEMLOCK
which will be in
Houstonon April 24.
H&TCentralizes
Chartering Here
GREENOCK/HOUSTON.
Weekly.
Direct Containerships.
O10.dayCrossing.
nly by CombiLine.
Servingthe whiskytrade.
The chartering department of Hansen and Tidemann,Inc., has been centralized in the company’sHoustonoffice to provide closer coordinationwith
industry based in the U.S.A.
The Houstonoffice will serve as a
coordination center for the chartering
activities
of H&T’s 23 offices
throughout the United States and
Mexico.
John Moyell, Vice President, has
been relocated from the NewYork office to oversee these activities. Mr.
Moyellhas been with H&Tfor 13 years
and has a total of 18 years in transportation.
Serving the worldwide charter
market has been an important function
at H&Tduring much of its 42-year
history. Knowledge
gained in this field
is an integral part of the company’s
sales, traffic, operations, and cargohandling performance.
GULF
PORTS
CRATING
CO.
ExportPacking
Commercial--Military
Boxing--Crating-=Processing
HOUSTON:1225 McCorty
MEW O~LEANS: 1717 Tchoupltoulas
675-9101
525-9936
JExport Packers Association of Houston, lnc
INTEGRITY
ANDEXCELLENCE
IN EXPORT
PACKING
MEMBERS:
BEHRING INTERNATIONAL
EXPORT PACKERS
BRAND EXPORT PACKING, INC.
CROWN EXPORT PACKING CO.
C & N EXPORT PACKING, INC.
GULF PORTS CRATING CO.
HOUSTON EXPORTS CRATING CO.
INTERNATIONAL
EXPORTS PACKERS
KAINER EXPORTS CRATING, INC.
UNIVERSAL EXPORT PACKERS, INC.
WORLD EXPORT PACKING CO., INC.
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Shownat the World Trade Club are, from the left, Lewis Hoffacker,
Ambassador Pierre Malve, Fred Dinges, Market Analyst, Port of
Houston, and Bernard Murphy, Executive Director, HoustonWorld Trade
Association.
During a coffee break are Michael Scorcio, Executive Secretary to the
Port Commission,Port of Houston: Paul Hedemann,President, Houston
World Trade Association: Ambassador Fernand Spaak, Ignace van
Steenberge, Consul General of Belgium, and Bernard Murphy, Executive
Director HoustonWorld Trade Association.
ConferenceHighlights Future of EuropeTrade
"Tomorrow’s Trade and Investment
European Community Commission to
Opportunities
with Europe" was the U.S. discussing in his keynote addiscussed at Houston’s Fourth Annual dress, The European Community: A
World Trade Conference recently held NewPartner of the U.S.
at the World Trade Club of Houston.
Other speakers included Zygmunt
The conference was designed to ex- Nagorski, author and Director of the
plore Trade opportunities
with
Members Meeting Program of the
Europe, and was presented under the Council on Foreign Relations,
who
chairmanship of Lewis Hoffacker,
discussed The Challenge of EurocomDirector of the Houston World Trade munism; Anthony C. Albrecht, Director
Association
and
Consultantof OECDEuropean Communities and
International Affairs with Shell Oil.
Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs,
The Conference was notable for the U.S. Department of State, who spoke
high standard of speakers which inon the U.S.-European
Community
cluded Ambassador Fernand Spaak,
Relations; W.D. Eberle, businessman
Head of the Delegation
of the
and President of the U.S. Council of
the International
Chamber of Commerce; Stephen W. Bosworth, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State For International Resources and Food Policy,
U.S. Department of State, and Ambassador Pierre Malve, Head of the
Delegation of the Commission of the
European Communities to the United
Nations,
who also spoke on The
European Community.
The conference was sponsored by
the Houston World Trade Association,
and Co-sponsored by the Houston
Chamber of Commerce, Port of
Houston Authority, with other citywide organizations.
PAYVERY
LITTLE
ATTENTION
TOTHISHYSTER
TRUCK.
Hyster believes that if more thought and care go into
the design and construction of its lift trucks, you can
pay less attention to maintenance and repair once
it goes to work on your dock.
Take the Hyster 1980 SpaceSaver,
for instance. Someunusual
features are built in to keepit
running longer and reduce
expensive downtime. Like
an exclusive cooling system
that virtually eliminates
wasted air flow and the
chance of overheating. And
a High-Energyignition
system which requires no points or condensers. Even
most wear parts are lubed for li/e.
The 1980 SpaceSaver packs a lot of power
into a short turning radius. Andit does so with
reduced noise levels. Stewart & Stevenson is
your exclusive distributor for all Hyster lift
trucks. That means you’re assured 24-hour
service and a large inventory of local parts.
We’dlike you to take a quick look at
Hyster lift trucks in person. You may
never have to pay muchattention to lift
trucks again.
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C. Jim Stewart & Stevenson, Inc.
Material Handiing Division
1701 Preston Avenue
Houston, Texas 77002 713/223-1363
Branches: Beaumont, Corpus Christi,
April, 1978
Galveston, Harlingen, San Antonio
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Dalton Names Carter
Peter L. Carter, formerly Vice President & General
Manager-West Gulf for Dalton Steamship Corporation, has
been appointed Executive Vice President of the company
and all its affiliates,
J.H. Dalton, President and Chairman
of the Board, announced. Mr. Carter’s responsibilities will
encompassall offices of the entire organization.
Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Jr., formerly Vice President &
General Manager-East Gulf, has been appointed Senior Vice
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President of the Dalton organization. Both Mr. Carter and
Mr. Fitzsimmons have had extensive backgrounds in all
phases of the steamship industry, aggregating some 50 years
of experience.
Tanker Firm Expands
In a moveto further strengthen their marketing position,
Odfjell and Westfal-Larsen (of Bergen, Norway) have jointly taken over Delta Pacific Navigation Ltd., with offices in
Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Transport Solutions
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