E.S.Binnings, Inc. Steamship Agents 711 FANNIN, SUITE 906 Telephone: CApitol 5-0531 HOUSTON, TEXAS

C.T.O. LINE (Manila and Far East) FRENCHLINE (French AtJantlc) HANSA LINE (Med./Red Sea/Perslan Gulf) GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Panamavia Cristobal

The S.S. JAMESLYKESwas the first ocean-going vessel refueled last month from the new Gulf Oil marine bunkering facility on the Houston Ship Channel. The new Gulf terminal, adjacent to the company’s exlstln~ marketing and LPGterminals, has storage capacity for 155,000 barrels of bunker "c" and 64,500 barreFs of heavy diesel fuels. Special blending equipment permits formulation of a wide range of marine fuels. Gulf’s marine bunkering service serves vessels at more than 150 ports in the U.S. and overseas.

OFFICES NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON GALVESTON MEMPHIS ST. LOUIS DALLAS

Cable Address"’RICE," Houston

KERRSTEAMSHIPCOMPANY,Inc. United States Gulf Ports to Spain. . . Morocco . . . Portugal . . . Philippines . . . Japan. . . Brazilian Ports . MediterraneanPorts Pakistan . . . India . . . Ceylon. . . Panama Canal and West Coast of South AmericaPorts

Clegg Bldg. 506 Caroline St.

Cotton Exchange Bldg.

Cotton Exchange Bldg.

HOUSTON

DALLAS

GALVESTON

INTRACOASTAL TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CORP. HOUSTON e GALVESTON CORPUS CHRISTI FREEPORT

SEPTEMBER,

1966

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UNITEDSTEVEDORING Division Ot

BEN H.

MARINE- CASUALTY - FIRE

States MarineLines, Inc. Cotton ExchangeBldg. CA7-0687

Cable: CA7-3374

MOORDEEN

915 WorldTradeBldg. CA8-5227

FEDERAL BARGE ton is the most The M/V A

MOORE

INSURANCE

"The floated the two he M/V UNITED STATES--9,000

Whatever FBL will

h,p.

Anderson To Head CunardLine Cunard Line commercial director Nick Anderson ~ill take over tile rumfin?: of the c,mapany’s operation in North America on January 1, 1967 when the present joint general managers. Vincent A. l)emo and Charles J. Moran, retire. An&,rson. age 39, has heen with Cunard sin(’c 1950and has served ira ~arious capacities at the company’soffices in L(mdon. Southampton. Liverpool and nex~ }ork. He was elected to the Cunard Line board in September of 1965. Anderson’s appointment will be officially described as Director of Cunard in North America, but he will be known in the United States as President of Cunard Line Limited in the United States and Canada. He will be based mainly at lhe company’s New York headquarters at 25 Broadway.

g the rivers--

FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC.

611 EAST MARCEAUS

FA ST SER VICE TO THE CONTINENT AND SCANDINAVIA

Containers Delivered l:ruehauf Division of Fruehauf Corporation tins delivered 200 containers and 50 truck-trailer ehas.sis to United States Lines of NewYork City to implement this steamship company’snew high speed containerliner shipping servme between East Coast ports and Europe. John Baker. vice president-sales, ~id the aluminumcontainers arc eight feet high, eight feet wide. 40 feet long with 2,233 cuhie feet of cargo space for transporting dry freight commoditieson land. rail or water.

AlternateService

WILHELMSEN LINES--SWEDISH AMERICAN HNE Regular Freight and Refrigerated Service FROM GULF PORTS to

LE HAVRE- ANTWERP - GHENT- ROTTERDAM BREMEN - HAMBURG OSLO- GOTHENBURG - COPENHAGEN - MALMO STOCKHOLM - HELSINKI- GDYNIA

STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY GENERALAGENTS Houston Office 1400 Cotton Exchange Bldg.

CA 8-1431 Other Offices Galveston,NewOrleans, Mobile, Miami, Port Everglades, Jacksonville, Savannah, Dallas, Memphis, St. Louis, KansasCity, Chicago,Atlanta, Cincinnati New York Agents BarberSteamship Lines, Inc.- Furness,Withy& Co., Ltd.

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REGULAR SERVICE to andfromthe

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Houston¯ Galveston¯ NewYork NewOrleans ¯ Memphis Baltimore¯ Philadelphia Refrigerated

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PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINE

Pressure vessels await loading beside the M.S. ATLANTICBREEZEfor shipment to the Gulf of Suez where they will be part of a $20 million project to build a harbor with storage and tanker loading facilities, pipelines, an operations base, and crude oil processing equipment near the town of Rasgharab. The project is a joint venture between Pan American Petroleum Corporation and the Egyptian Petroleum Corporation. The pressure vessels were part of approximately 460 tons of equipment manufactured by Brown and Root, Inc. Star Forwarders, Inc. handled forwarding on the total shipment of some 3,000 tons. Biehl and Companywere ship’s agents.

Somewhat out of place amid the imported compact cars on the Port of Houston wharves, a veteran Parisian bus from the Place de L’Opera awaits the last leg of one of its strangest journeys: a trip to the Nelman-Marcus Companyin Dallas to participate in the store’s upcoming French Pageant. The 33-year-old veteran (it was built in 1933) arrived on the CHRISTOPHERLYKES and is being handled by CommonMarket Forwarders, Ltd.

WE’RE No.1 TO THE MIDDLE EAST. Direct service from HOUSTON to the RedSea, Persian Gulf,. India, Pakistan, or wherever your cargo is going in the Middle East. Call CA 4-6075 and get a quick decision on your cargo booking. No red tape. See what it’s like today. ~ ~EN/.RA / ~U/Fu~, 711

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Things happen when you call SEPTEMBER, 1966

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AN AMERICAN FLAG FREIGHTER Every 10 Days Fast, efficient cargo handling from Gulf Ports to Panama*,the West Coast of South America GULF & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIPCO. 831 Gravier Street, NewOrleans, Louisiana

In other cities contact Lykes or Grace *Southbound NewOrleans/C. Z. cargo subject to special Booking arrangements.

Working Partner with ~ thePortof Houston~ Helping develop the HoustonGulfCoast area

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t~ HOUSTON LIGHTING& POWER COMPANY

Arnuls Mattes, center, departing vice consul of Germany, and Dr. Heinznorbert Holl, left, new German vice consul who replaces him, were guests of David B. Esterson, right, British vice consul (Information), recently at the Houston World Trade Club at a farewell lunch for Mattes.

Phone:SO2-3191 SO2-3861

Nite: SO3-4090 SO3-2545

GULF COASTSUPPLY CO. Mechanical Equipment SpareParts -- MarineSpecialties 16th and Water Streets

Galveston, Texas

SINCE 1914 Export

and

Domestic

Crating

OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS

PORT HOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP. 6917 NAVIGATION BLVD. ¯ P. 0. HOUSTON11, TEXAS

BOX 9206

WA1.4168 U. S. CUSTOMBONDED

SPECIALIZING IN IMPORT& EXPORT HAULING TRUCKS ANDCARGO INSURED BONDED PERSONNEL Call Us on Your Local Transport Problem

TRANSFER & STORAGE COo 812-20 Live Oak St.

Phone FA 3-2323

N. Y. K. LINE Three Sailings per

DALTONSTEAMSHIPCORP.

WARREN PETROLEUM CORPORATION V

NATURAL GASOLINE GULF WARRENGAS Tulsa, Oklahoma

Houston, Texas

Gulf General Agents Cable Address:"Dalship" Offices In Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ Beaumont ¯ Port Arthur ¯ Dallas ¯ New Orleans ¯ Memphis ¯ Mobile

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ShipVia Port of Houston PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINE

Two Colombian port officials will pursue a two-months’ training program at the Port of Houston under the Puertos Amigos program of the Organization of American States and the American Association of Port Authorities. Jalme Pieschacon, left, is assistant to the head of the operations division of the ColombianPorts Authority in Bogota, the capital. Next to him is Edgardo Rosales, director of port operations at Barranquilla, and at right ~s Hon. Marino Saicedo, Consul General of Colombia. They are shown with their host, C. G. Seaman of the Port of Houston operations department, who has arranged their program.

COMPLETETESTING AND INSPECTIONSERVICE ¯ Analytical Chemists ¯ Testing Engineers ¯ Materials Inspectors ¯ Cargo Surveyors ¯ Spectrographic Analysis

Compania Sud Americana de Vapores ExpressFreight Service From

HOUSTON¯ GALVESTON MOBILE ¯ NEWORLEANS AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGOOFFERS TO

ECUADOR¯ PERU BOLIVIA ¯ CHILE 29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Tel. WHitehall 3 8600

SHILSTONE TESTING LABORATORY

SHiP VIA PORT OF HOUSTON

1714 WEST CAPITOL AVE., HOUSTON Offices: Houston, NewOrleans, Corpus Christi, Baton Rouge Representativesin all major cities

Deppe Lin

Gulf Agents

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CO.

NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ MOBILE GALVESTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITY MEMPHIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ MILWAUKEE

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All Cotton Ports and Markets

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,.HELLENIC L1NEg LIMITED

A reception was held on the M.V. CARTAGENA DE INDIAS recently for Houston area shippers. From the left are OwenJ. Woggenspack, Houston office manager for E. S. Binnings, Inc.; Ignacio Restrepo, Southern Representative for Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A,; Captain Paulino Echevarria; Consul General Marina Gaicedo of Colombia, and Consul General Jarge Benzaquen of Peru. The Grancolombiana Line regularly sails from the Port of Houston to Central America and the North and West Coast of South America.

40 VESSELS SERVE HELLENICSHIPPERS UNDERTHIS FLAG!

Frequent Sailings ExpressService to andfromthe MEDITERRANEAN RED SEA ARABIANGULF and INDIA PAKISTAN CEYLON BURMA

CABLE: MAHCO

FBM 2187

M. G.

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Customhouse Brokers-- Foreign Freight Forwarders Members: Custom Brokers & Forwarders Association Sanlln Building New Orleans 12, Louisiana Telephone: 529-5941 TWX-504-822-5340

of America, Inc. 802 World Trade Center Houston, Texas CApitol 4-8101 I"WX-713-571-1283

Putyourfreightin Cunard’shands Fast, regular service between Liverpool, Manchester, London, Glasgow and Gulf ports in ships of the Cunard and Brocklebank fleets.

125years of "Know-how"

Refrigerated Space DeepTanks¯ HeavyLifts Passenger Accommodations HELLENICLINES UMITED 319International Trade Mart NewOrleans 12

Houston Agent

LE BLANC-PARR, INC. 616 Cotton ExchangeBuilding

CAAREA 2-2259 CODE713 28

CunardLine, NewYork: 25 Broadway Funch,Edye& Co. Inc., NewOrleans: Gulf GeneralAgents, 442CanalStreet, SanlinBldg. Offices and Agents in all major cities

in the U.S. and Canada

PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

HarrisonLine HasCentennial The Harri~n Line. Liverpool, England, the oldest steamship line serving the Port of NewOrleans. celebrated 100 years of service to the port on August 25, at a reception given by Le Blanc-Parr, Inc., U. S. general agents for the line. After having run tile bh)ckade during the Civil War, the line began its regular service with the sailing of the Fire Queen, famed blockade runner, on August 25, 1866. During the colorful 100 years, through four major wars, the line has continued its service, uninterrupted, and has provided as many as 54 sailings a year. Harrison today operates a fortnightly service from all Gulf ports to Liverpool/Manchester, England. and Glasgow, Scotland, with on-carriage to the various other United Kingdomports.

LONGHORN TRANSFER SERVICE,

NAME REPRESENTATIVES Thor Eckert &Company,Inc., General Agents in the United States of Skips A/S Viking Line providing independent, regular service betweenU. S. East Coast ports, Venezuela and Trinidad, has appointed the Chicago, Cleveland and Milwaukeeoffices of the United States Navigation Co., Inc. as sales representatives for tile Viking Line.

S.C.I. BUYS FIRM The Shipping Corporation of India has assumed operation and management of the Jayanti Shipping Co., Inc., providing regular monthly service between U.S. and Canadian Pacific gulf ports and India. Norton, Lilly & Company, Inc., LI.S. general agents for S.C.L lines will be general agents for Jayanti also.

INC.

SPECIALIZI NG~IMPORT/EXPORT TRUCKING 7112 Avenue C Houston, Texas WA 6-2661 "Perfection in Performance is AchievedOnly by Experience"

GULF PORTS CRATING CO.

SERVING

Export Packing Commercial---Military Boxing~Crating~Processing 1600 H. 7$th ffdtreet

THE GULF COAST,

HOUSTON

MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN

GALVESTON

329 Port of Houston World Trade Building Phone: CA 7-1128

CORPUS CHRISTI Cargo Dock No. 9 P.O. Box 1837 Phone: TU 4-8791

U.S. Natl. Bank Bldg. Phone: SO 3-2428 Cable: SANDY

WA 3-5551

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I louston Steamship Agents ABAUNZA STEAMSHIP AGENCY CORP. 203 Marine Bldg., CA 2-9601 China Merchants Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Lauro Line Shipping Corporation of India ALCOA STEAMSHIP 711 Fannin, CA4-6075

COMPANY

AMERIND SHIPPING CORP. 110 Marine Building, CA 7-5335 American Export and Isbrantsen Lines Cargo Ships and Tankers, Inc. Fabre Line Independent Gulf Line Seaway Shipping Corp. Ship Services, Ltd.; U.S. Bulk Carriers, Inc.; Western Agencies, Inc. AYERS STEAMSHIP CO., INC. 509 World Trade Building, CA7-3261 Constellation Line Ferrarhos Lines Korea Shipping Corporation, Ltd. Maritime Companyof the Philippines BIEHL & COMPANY 6th Floor, World Trade Building, CA2-9961 Fern Line Nopal Line (Northern Pan American) Nopal West Africa Line Hamburg American Line Insco Lines, Ltd. North German Lloyd Ozean/Stinnes Lines Sidarma Line Mamenic Line Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Barber Middle East Line L. Smit & Co.’s Smit-Lloyd, N.V. C. Clausen Steamship Co., Ltd. E. S. BINNINGS, INC. 711 Fannin, CA5-0531 C. T. O. Line Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S. A. (Grancolombiana Line) French Line Hansa Line BLETSCH STEAMSHIP CO. 1316 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 7-0215 Cobelfret Lines Orient Mid-East Line BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP CO. Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA8-1451 Berth Agents--Sce States Marine-Isthmian Agency CANADIAN-GULF LINE, LTD. P. O. Box 5355, WA1-4196 Canadian-Gulf Line, Ltd. Montreal Shipping Co. Stockard Shipping Co. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORP. 711 Fannin, CA 4-6075 Central Gulf-Mediterranean Line Central Gulf-Red Sea Line Central Gulf-Persian Gulf Line Central Gulf-India/Pakistan Line Central Gulf-World Wide Full Cargo Service DALTON STEAMSHIP CORP. 7th Floor, World Trade Building, CA 8-8661 Boomerang Cargo Line Coldemar Line Concordia Line Jugoslavaska Linijska Plovidba Lineas de Navegacion Mambesas N. Y. K. Line Polish Ocean Line 3O

DEEPSEA AGENTS, INC. Cotton Exchange Building, CA4-9798 Stevenson Lines DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. 1300 Texas Avenue, CA7-5101 Delta East Coast South America Line Delta West Africa Line FOWLER & McVITIE, Cotton Exchange Building, Antilles Shipping Co. East Asiatic Co. Lines

INC. CA4-9795

FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. 814 World Trade Building, CA 7-1521 Blue Sea Line Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd. London Mexico Line Scandinavian American Line Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank, Ltd. Nordana Line GULF COAST SHIPPING 313 Marine Bldg., CA5-0869 Cathay Navigation Co. Ltd. Dovar Lines Eddie Steamship Lines, Inc. Jugooceanija Lines Retla Steamship Co., Inc. Tica Lines

CORP.

GULF MOTORSHIPS, INC. 1316 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA7-0215 China Union Lines Wallenius Lines HANSEN & TIDEMANN, INC. 16th Floor, Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA3-4181 Corporacion Peruana de Vapores, S. A. Deppe Line/Belgian Line Federal Commonwealth Line Federal Pacific Lakes Line Interocean Line Iranian Shipping Lines, S.A. Irish Shipping, Ltd. Jayanti Line Pacific Far East Line South African Marine Corporation, Ltd. Surinam Navigation Company LE BLANC-PARR, INC. Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA2-2259 Harrison Line Hellenic Line LONE STAR SHIPPING, 1505 Texas Avenue, CA4-7531 Azta Line Continental Lines Contramar Lines Flomerca Line Gulf Lines, Ltd. Gulf Caribbean Line Orient Overseas Line Torm Line

INC.

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC. Cotton Exchange Building, 3rd Floor, CA 7-7211 Gulf & South American S.S. Co. Lykes African Line Lykes Caribbean Line Lykes Continent Line Lykes Mediterranean Line Lykes Orient Line Lykes United Kingdom Line Farrell Lines

KERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC. 506 Caroline CA7-0165 Columbus Line Australian Service Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Japan-Korea-Formosa, Hong Kong Lloyd Brasileiro Line Brazil Nervion Line Spanish Mediterranean North Spain, Portugal SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC. 8402 Clinton Drive, OR2-6651 Truck Trailer Coastwise Service STATES MARINE-ISTHMIAN AGENCY, INC. Cotton Exchange Building, CA 7-3374 Agents For Bloomfield Steamship Co. Gulf-West Coast Ukay Service Gulf.European Service Isthmian Lines, Inc. Isthmian Gulf-Mediterranean Service Isthmian Gulf-Red Sea/Persian Gulf Service Isthmian Gulf-India/Pakistan Service Isthmian Gulf-Hawaiian Service States Marine Lines, Inc. States Marine-Continental Service States Marine-Far East Service States Marine-Mediterranean Service States Marine-World Wide Full Cargo Service STRACHAN SHIPPING CO. Cotton Exchange Building, CA8-1431 Argentine Lines Bank Line Chilean Line Hoegh Line North Africa-Middle East Mexican Line Mitsui OSKLines, Ltd. Nedlloyd Line Royal Netherlands Line Swedish-American Line Wilhelmsen Lines TEXAS TRANSPORT & TERMINAL CO., INC. llth Floor 711 Fannin, CA5-5461 Booth Line P. N. D jakarta Lloyd Holland-America Line Mexican Line Navigazione Aha Italia (Creole Line) Yamashita-Shinnihon Line Union of Burma Five Star Line C. A. Venezolana de Navegacion (Venezuelan Line) Westwind Africa Line Wysmuller Ocean Towage & Salvage Company TRANSATLANTIC SHIPPING AGENCY, INC. 1326 Cotton Exchange Bldg., CA 4-5805 Atlantic Shipping Company, S.A. Edm van Mecrbeeck & Co., S.A. Ferro Union Corporation Unimar GmbH UNITED FRUIT COMPANY Freight Traffic Department 908 World Trade Bldg., CA5-3597 United Fruit Company WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. Cotton Exchange Building, CA3-4546 Waterman Steamship Corporation WEST COAST LINE 817 World Trade Building, CA3-4549 Black Star Line Seven Stars Line Turkish Cargo Lines Thule Ship Agency, Inc. West Coast Line Zim Israel Lines PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

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using walkie-talkies to give you even faster fueling! ’, Your fueling instructions are radioed instantly from the Humble terminal to pipeline crews on the docks. This innovation at Port Houston is a logical development in Humble’s continuing effort to give the very best bunkering service possible. In practically every instance we can have fuel moving from our pipeline into your vessel’s tanks within a few minutes after receiving your fueling schedule- and this can be done regardless of weather conditions. For the fastest delivery of the "World’s First Choice" fuels and lubricants specify Humble.

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IN DENMARK... YouReceive TheBestFinancial Counsel Through OurAffiliationWithLocalBanks

Whenyour foreign business is entrusted to our International Banking Department, you receive the benefit of our affiliation with large, competent, knowledgeable, local banks in every country of the Free World. Because of the local bank’s on-the-ground knowledge and experience, we get things done quickly and efficiently. Our correspondents understand government policies. They know local business leaders. They keep abreast of local financial conditions. Members of our international banking staff (the largest in the entire Southwest) make frequent trips to foreign capitals. Their continuing personal contacts maintain banking relationships abroad so necessary for serving all your financial requirements overseas. May we put our international banking facilities to work for you?

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Heavy bales of cotton are easily loaded aboard the SS SPRUCEBANKat Long Reach Docks. The cargo is destined for Sydney, Australia. Stone forwarding Company is forwarder; Strachan Shipping Company is agent; J. R. Tindall Cotton Co. is shipper.

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