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PORT OF HOUSTON
JUNE, 1967ThePort of Houston’snew$800,000electric Pacecocraneis shown.Aninboundcontainer
is drivenaway,as truckswait with outbound
containersto be loadedaboardthe ship.
IF YOUNEEDCONTAINERS,
WHATDO CONTAINERS
NEEDPP
THE PORT OF HOUSTONHAS THE ANSWERS: Included amongthe lift cranes is the $800,000, 27-ton electric
Paceco Portainer crane. Although the crane is under lease to
¯ 150acres of marshallingarea
Sea-Land, Inc., it is a non-exclusive arrangementso that ves-
in whichto maneuver. sels of other lines maybe served, also.
¯ Opendocks. The unit is of an A-frame construction and stands 130 feet
¯ Threeheavylift cranes. high, movingalong the wharf on a track 30 feet wide. The lift
trolley raises 61 feet above the wharf level, and the boom
¯ Marginaltracks.
reaches 73 feet beyondthe water’s edge.
Writetodayfor Vital Information--
Check
itemsyoudesire~ Fabulous
50Miles AlwaysSpecifythe
[] BulkMaterialsHandlinE Plant [] AnnualReportZ PortMaEazine
NAME l)OllrI 1 O]lt" IIOIISrI’ON
COMPANY ADDRESS Serving America’s HearLland ¯ P.O. Box 2562 ¯ Houston, Texas 77001
Telephone CA 5-0671 ¯ Pride of the Gulf
CITY STATE ZONE
172
2 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINEMANCHESTER
Offers You
At The
Port of
HOUSTON
If you have shipping that needs fast, economical loading or
unloading facilities, you’ll save time and money by using
Manchester Terminal. Here it is easy for ships, trucks and
rail cars to load and unload cargo with no delay.
¯ Concrete wharves
¯ Two-story transit sheds
¯ High-density cotton compresses
¯ Automatic sprinkler system
¯ Large outdoor storage area
¯ Rapid truck loading and unloading
¯ Modern handling methods and equipment
For complete cargo handling service, use Manchester Terminal.
Manchester Terminal Corporation
P. O. Box 52278 General Office: CA 7-3296
Houston, Texas 77052 Wharf Office: WA6-9631
JUNE,1967 3GET YOURSHIP SUPPLIES
WhereStocks are Complete... More Than
50,000 Items On Hand
Complete deck & engine, provisions, electrical, steward ~L
sundries and fire protection departments.
TEXAS MARINoE
& INDUSTRIALSUPPLY
8050Harrisburg ° P. O. Box 5218 ¯ Telephone:713-WA3-9771
Houston,Texas77012
Dalton Steamship Corporation
SHIP AGENTS AND OPERATORS
TERMINAL OPERATORS AND STEVEDORES
Agents/or
FINNLINES
COLDEMAR LINE ¯ CONCORDIA LINE
N.Y.K. LINE ¯ POLISH OCEAN LINE ¯ JUGOLINIJA LINE
Seventh Floor, WORLDTRADE BLDG. HOUSTON 2, TEXAS
Cables "DALSHIP" ¯ Teletype 713-571-1421-1422 ¯ Telephone CA8-8661
10 LINES
Offices in GALVESTON, BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, DALLAS, NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS,
MOBILE and NEW YORK
INTRACOASTAL
& TRANSPORTATION
TOWING CORP.
HOUSTON
¯ GALVESTON
CORPUS
CHRISTI
FREEPORT
4 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINEThe
BANK
LINELtd.
Regular Service from
U. S. Gulf Ports to
Australia REGULAR
and FORTNIGHTLY
SERVICE
New
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GULF ¯ ATLANTIC ¯ CANADIANPORTS
¯ Brisbane CRISTOBAL (COLON) ¯ BALBOA
¯ Melbourne GUAYAQUlL ¯ CALLAO
¯ Auckland MATARANI ¯ ARICA
¯ Lyttleton ANTOFOGASTA¯ VALPARAISO
¯ Sydney SAN ANTONIO ¯ TALCAHUANO
¯ Adelaide SAILS
HOUSTON NEW ORLEANS
ALK June 3
¯ Wellington ISTINA
June 6
June 27 June 29
¯ Dunedin
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ZIMISRAEL
NAVIGATION CO.
General Agents Regular Israel Flag Service
BARCELONA¯ PIRAEUS ¯ ASHDOD¯ TEL AVIV ¯ HAIFA
BOYD, WEIR and
SAILS
HOUSTON NEW ORLEANS
SEWELL, Inc. QESHET June S June 8
New York
mmm
BLACK STAR LINE LTD., SEVEN STARS
AFRICA LINE
Gulf Agents Regular Monthly Sailings
MONROVIA ¯ ABIDJAN ¯ TAKORADI ¯ TEMA
STRACHAN
LAGOS/APAPA ¯ PT. HARCOURT
SHIPPING CO. SAILS
HOUSTON NEW ORLEANS
Houston - Galveston - Mobile BIA RIVER June 12 June 10
Memphis-New Orleans-Dallas
Chicago - Atlanta - St. Louis
Kansas City- Cincinnati
JUNE, 1967
5L1NEgLIMITED
Monday
is
Venezuela
Day. 40 VESSELS
SERVE
HELLENIC SHIPPERS
UNDER THIS
FLAG!
FrequentSailings
ExpressService
to andfromthe
MEDITERRANEAN
in Houslon. RED SEA
ARABIANGULF
ALCOA LINE TO VENEZUELA:
every Monday
and
from Houston .................
from New York .............. every Thursday INDIA
from New Orleans ............ every Thursday
every Monday
PAKISTAN
from Baltimore ................
from Mobile ................ alternate Fridays CEYLON
Calling at La Guaira and Puerto Cabello (All BURMA
sailings), Maracaibo, Guanta and Matanzas.
See your Alcoa representative for details or
Refrigerated Space
help in scheduling shipments. Deep Tanks¯ Heavy Lifts
Passenger Accommodations
HELLENIC
LINESLIMITED
1133 Int’l. Trade Mart Tower
New Orleans 70130
HoustonAgent
ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC.
711 Fannin Street, Houston CA 4-6075
LE BLANC-PARR,
INC.
616 CottonExchange
Building
Baltimore, Chicago. Cleveland, Mobile. New Orleans.
New York, Portland [Ore.] and St. Louis. CAAREA
2-2259
CODE
713
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PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
6PORT OF
IIOIISTON
Official Publication
Of the Harris County HoustonShip ChannelNavigation District
Volume 9 June, 1967 No. 6
DirectoryOf
Port Commissioners Con[en[s
AndStaff Sweden Is Active In Trade Here .................................... 8
FOR THE
Scene At The World Trade Club ..................................... 10
Navigation
District
Houston Was Built By Transportation ............................ 11
HOWARDTELLEPSEN, Chairman
R. H. PRUETT, Commissioner Bayport: Phenomenal Growth Has Been Recorded ................... 12
E. H. HENDERSON,Commissioner
W. D. HADEN,
II, Commissioner Father And Son Team Head Company Here .....................
W. C. WELLS, Commissioner 13
J. P. TURNER,Executive Director Allen’s Landing Is Transformed Into A Beautiful Park .............. 14
TRAVIS L. SMITH,III
Director o] Engineering and Planning The Houston Port Bureau Reports .............................
GEORCE W. ALTVATER, Managing Director o] 16
Trade Relations and Development
C. E. BULLOCK, Director o/ Port Operations Japan Comes Calling ............................................... 17
J. L. LOCKETT, JR., Counsel
S. B. BRUCE, County Auditor Port of Houston Entertains Oklahomans ...............................
VAUGaN M. BRYANT, Director o/ International 20
Relations
LLOYD GRE¢ORY, Director o/ Information Houston Steamship Agents .......................................... 30
RICHARD P. LEACH,Chie] Engineer
J. R. CURTIS,Terminal Manager Port of Houston Shipping Directory ..................................
K. P. RODEN, 31
Managero/ Grain Elevator
W. J. STAGNER, Manager,Storage Warehouses Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ................................
J. W. HATCHETT, Superintendent, 32
Bulk Materials Handling Plant
J. K. HENDERSON, Controller
J. T. WALL,Purchasing Manager
K. W. STEPHENS, Personnel Managerand THE COVER
World Trade Building Manager
C. L. SHUPTmNE, Chie/ Security Officer
W.E. Rr.UMON, MaintenanceSuperintendent Speedingacross the Pacific toward Houston is the Japanese Trade Fair Ship,
T. E. WrlATLEY, Administrative Assistant SAKURAMARU.See Page 17 for a full story about what you may see.
V. D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Assistant
SALES
OFFICES
EDWARD
P. MOORE,
District Sales Manager The Port o] Houston Magazine
FRANK WARD, ASSiStant
25 Broadway, NewYork, NewYork TED SUMERLIN, Editor
HUME A. HENDERSON, District Sales Manager Published monthly by the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Naviga-
Boardof Trade Building, Chicago,Illinois
JOHNR. WEILER, District Sales Manager tion District, the PORTOF HOUSTON Magazine is distributed free to maritime,
C. A. ROUSSER, JR., industrial and transportation interests in the United States and foreign coun-
District Sales Representative tries. This publication is not copyrighted and permission is given for the re-
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Port of Houston. Additional information, extra copies of the magazine or
EXECUTIVEOFFICES
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P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001
JUNE, 1967
7SWEDEN
IS ACTIVE IN TRADE
MOVING THROUGH THE
PORT OF HOUSTON
A BIT O~’ S’C~H)~:>, in fact a pretty good portion of tile
Swedish exporls that go to the Southwestern parl of the
[nited States enters the country through the Port of
Houston.
Houston has a small "colony" ~f first and second gem,ra-
tion Swedish Americans, but a large market for Swedish
products, rangiHg from automobih,s to toys to ¢aleulatlng
machines, exists among the many other Southwesterners who
have ¢tisco~ered the beauty, the durability and practical de-
sigt/ of products marked "Made in Sweden."
Swedish automol)iles the Volvo and the SAABand Swed-
ish copper and un~rked alloys have been the major items
of import through the Port of Houston. the I/hired States’
third largest port.
In 1965, the Port ~J[ Houston handled almost $4 million
Swedenparticipates actively every year in the International pavillion of worth of Swedish automobiles; $571,424 of copper and tin-
the Texas State Fair in Dallas, and during the ten years of the Houston worked alloys: $;~94,200 of pal)er and paperbtmrd; $210,046
International Trade Fair also maintainedattractive exhibits.
of iron artSwedishConsulGeneralTore Hoegstedt, surroundedby his staff, is
talking with Vice ConsulHenryLeo, observedby Commercial
Officer Joseph
RosenblumandMissChristinaFalkenberg,secretary.
81,178,101; s) nthctie resins attd other plastics, 81.230,810. in 1955 with a shipment of five cars. He expects to import
and raw cotton. $1.167.093. Other products included vege- and sell 3,600 Volvos in his 1G-slate netx~.ork of 65 dealerships
table oils, carbon black, fertilizers, petroleum products, non- during 1967.
ferrous ores such as zinc and lead. and various foods, includ- The SAAB autos are imported by Rocky Mountain Saah.
ing meats, rice and vegetables. l)enver, Colorado, through the Port of Houston for distribu-
Of course, where there is a port, Swedish ships arc to be tion in Texas and Western and Middle Western states.
found, and the Port of Houslon is no exception. Of the 3.805 Sandvik Steel opened a sales office in Houston less than
ships that called at the Port of Houston in 1965, 66 were a year ago.
[tying the Swedish tlag, and many others had been built in Cultural and social ties ~ith Sweden are maintained by
Swedish shipyards. people with Swedish backgrounds or interests through mem-
One of the leading Swedes in the Houston area is Ntis hership in several organizations. Tin, t~,o most active groups
Olof Scfeldt. who was awarded the Royal Order of Vasa, are Linneas of Texas and the Swedish American Culture
Knight First Class. bv King Gustav A&;lf in recognition of
Society.
Sefeldt’s successful introduction of the Volvo automobile into The Linncas of Texas is a ladies’ group while the Swedish
the United States. Sefeldt imported the Volvo to the U.S. American Cuhure Society is a family-type organization. Ac-
tivities include Swedish-style celebrations of such holidays as
Nils O. Sefeldt, a pioneerin the importationof the Volvoautomobile Saint Lucia Day and Mid-Summer’s Eve.
into the Southwest;stands by one of the modelsof the Gateborgfirm The Swedish government and industry are taking an active
as it comesoff the Swedish-American Line’s vessel VINGAHOLM. interest in the Southwest. The government, through the Con-
sulate (,enera] in Houston. has exhibited Swedish goods in
the Houston International Trade and Travel Fair and has
been particularly active in the Texas Slate Fair hcht in
Dallas each fall.
In 1966, the Swedish section was lbc largesl of all foreign
exhibits featured at the State Fair. displaying products from
twenty-seven Swedish companies over a fh)or space of 3000
square feet. Products ranged from contemporary folk art.
Brio toys, and Bahco cutlery to Sandvik sa~s. Addo cah’ulat-
ing machines, automobiles and Silva compasses.
Individual companies have participated in specialized trade
exhibits. The Stal-Laval Turbine Co. was the mosl recent
exhibitor, showing gas Iransmission lurbincs at the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Convention in Houston in
March.
The Swedish governmcnt has had consular rcprcscntation
in Houslon since 1950. The office, nm~ a Consulah, General.
has six people attached to il.
goushm was chosen more than a dozen years a,,-,,~ by the
Swedish Government when it x~.as seeking a location f(~r its
Consulate General for the Southern and Soulhweslern states.
In fact, Sweden was the first counlry to buy a permanent
residence for ils consular reprt’sentalive here- a practieu since
followed hy several other eotmtrics--and chose Houston be-
cause of ils port and strategic location to serve the fast-
.... . grins, trig Soulhern and Southwt’stern area.
JUNE, 1967 9SEENEAT WUFiLI1TBAI1EELUB
The Master, First Officer and Radio Operator of the M. V. HOEGH
CLIFF were guests recently of Strachan Shipping Co., line agents; at the
R. B. Mitchell, center, assistant vice president of Woodward& Dickerson, World Trade Club. Left to right are R. O. Davies, traffic manager, Strachan;
Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., met with Houston friends Louis Boney, Behrlng- Chief Officer G. Hauge; J. W. Allan, Houston manager, Strachan; Miss W.
South Ports Shipping, Inc., left, and George W. Altvater, Navigation Dis- Skorpen, Radio Operator; L. W. Homburg, vice president, Strachan; Jon
trict managing director of Trade Relations and Development, in the World I. Stie, Line Manager, Hoegh Lines, New York; Captain S. Kristensen;
Trade Club recently. and C. A. Bates, Hoegh Line manager at Strachan.
Port Commissioner of the Port of Oakland, California, George J.
Vukasin, right, and Mrs. Vukasin, toured the Port of Houston recently to
N. H. Grlssom, right, of Plicaflex, Inc., manufacturers of plastic wrapping study port development and policy. With them in the World Trade Club
tape for protecting pipelines, was the guest recently of E. H. Potter, left, is Travis L. Smith III, director of Engineering and Planning at the Port
and George Biehl, center, of Biehl & Company,steamship agents. of Houston.
~!!~!i!iii!il
!i~i Business and government meet together often in the World Trade Club.
Vittorio Sanguineti, right, Italian Trade Commissioner in Los Angeles, Here, following an informal meeting, are left to right, Edward T. Fecteau,
California, and Achille Archidiacono, Italian Trade Delegate to Houston Jr., director, Houston field office, U. S. Department of Commerce;Roy A.
met in the World Trade Club recently to discuss Italian trade activities. Clifford, managementconsultant, Houston; Fred D. McMurray, president,
Sanguineti opened the Italian Trade Commissioners Office in New Orleans Management & Personnel Services, Inc., blew Orleans; and Donald D.
in the late 1940’s. Grose, regional director, Small Business Administration, Houston.
10 PORTOF HOUSTONMAGAZINEHouston Built By Transportation
l-|ouston nmst attribute its dynamic we owe Jerry Turner, the port’s exvc-
growth to the nation’s sixth largest city utiw+ director. As a resuh, our Port is
to the development of transportation kept in an admirabh, positi,m to solicit
facilities. Newton Hoverstock, president
cargoes in free and Ol)t,+/ eoml)etitiorl
of the Houston Chamher of Commerce. +~+ith other ports."
toht approximately 100 members of the J. H. Branard, Jr.. president of the
Houston Port Bureau.
Houston Port Bureau. introduced the
Speaking at the annual meetillg, speakt,r attd atmotmceBayport. a th)rl of Houston facility and eoustruction under~%a’¢ on others. new area will be ideally suited to firms
on (,alveston Bay. and the adjacent Bay- The Port facility has been’developed as which require movement of bulk mate-
port Industrial Oexelopment, an indus- a 12-four-deep barge channel, l)rcdging rials between the Port facilities and their
trial park being developed bv the Hum- the channel to a 40-fool-depth by 30- plants.
ble Oil & Refining Co., ilave made foot-width will be started soon. The latesl firm to acquire property
major strides in the three years since the A 1,500-acre addition to the original in the Bayport Development, Big Three
developmenl was annomlced. Bayport Industrial Development of 7,250 Industrial (;as & Equipment Co.. has
The Industrial Park now has eleven acres was made in Vebruary. l,ocated started construction of a $7 million air
tenants with four plants in operation adjacent to the Bayporl Channel. the separation and steam generating plant.
Initial output of the Big Three plant.
some 1,300 ions daily of gaseous oxygen,
nitrogen and argon; 200 tons of lique.
fled gas; and an hourly supply of 600.-
000 pounds of steam, will go to the
Oxirane Chemical Co. Oxirane has a
multi-million dollar chemical plant under
construction at Bayport for the produc-
tion of t)ropyh’ne oxide.
Another recently-announced plant
project, on which site preparation has
started, is a $50 million petrochemical
complex being buih by Celanese Chem-
ical Corp. on a 1,000 acre site in Bay-
port.
Southwest Latex has announced that
it will build a plant on a 10-acre site
it recently purchased. Other companies
owning land in Bayport, but which have
not announced building plans, are Lock-
heed Aircraft, with 500 acres, and Petro-
lite Corp. with 85 acrcs.
The four plants now in operation in
Bayport are Shaffcr-Bayport, a division
of Shaffer Tool Works; Haldor Topsoe,
Inc.; the former Retzloff Chemical Co.
plant, recently purchased by Velsicol
Chemical Corp.; and American Cryo-
genics, Inc. Humble Pipe Line Co. l]as
an oflice-warchouse facility in operation
in the area.
The Bayport Terminal has seen both
inbound activity and an outbound move-
merit. The first inbound shipment came
in June, 1966, when a large adaptor
ring used to hoht spacecraft in simu-
lated [light at the nearby N.A.S.A.
MannedSpacecraft Center, was delivered
by barge from Alabama.
The first outbound shipment consisted
of three 93-ton storage vessels, manu-
factured at Shaffer-Bayport. The vessels.
measuring 168 feet long by 16 feet in
. . ![ ! diameter, will he used by Texas Molten
+
Sulphur Transport to carry butadiene
The first outbound cargo from Bayport consisted of a 93-ion storage vessel fabricated at Baypori. and other bulk chemicals along the
Two other tanks were loaded on the same barge and will be used to transport bulk chemlcals along Gulf Coast.
the Oulf coast.
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
12Another In A Series Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum
Meet D. and Don Hancock
Falher and Sun Team
HeadEnmpany Here
By LLOYD GREGORY
Information Director
Do~ H.XNv air" through its office at Houston International Airport.
w’ith wigs for milady from West (;ermany a notahlc article.
Don Hancock summedit Ul): +’ll’s art exciting, challenging
husiness. +~ith ne~ problems coming up every day."
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hancock live at 7607 Fairdah,. They
are members of ~estminster Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hancock. and their son, Gregory Ncon
Hancock. 6 mmflhs old. live at ’1+327 Rosebud. R. D. AND DON HANCOCK
JUNE, 1967
13Allen’s Landing was once a busy port area.
ALLEN’S LAN DI NG
WasOnceThe Port of Houston.TodayThe Site
Is Transformed
Into A BeautifulPark.
Former Port Commissioner W. N. Blanton spoke.
It ~.as 130 ,;ears ago that Augustus C. and John K. Allen
pushed aside (he weeping willow boughs and stepped ashore"
from their small boat.
After a hazardous journey up the tiny. winding Buffah,
Bayou. the Alh’n Brothers decided that the ideal townsite
was at the confluence of Buffalo and White Oak I:~ayous.
Thev had a surveyor by the name of Gai] Borden, who
later became famous in the milk industry, drive the stakes
marking the streets for the proposed town.
Advertisements throughout the East attracted scores of
people to the ne~ town, which had been named in honor of
Sam Houston. the man who h.d a small army Io victory mer
the Mexican forces to gain Texas’ freedom.
As lhe population of Houston and the Sul’romlding area
grm~., it became necessary for small trading xessels to push
their wa) up Buffalo Bayou to unload merchandise. Many
of the old boats missed the hm.nsite on their first visit to
Houston. After unloading food, tobacco and clothing the small
vessels would load a few bales of cottlm for the relurn voyage.
Very quickly the Mien Brothers drove some pilings along
the bank of the bayou and made a wagon road Io facilitate
the movementnf cargoes. This ~as the site of the first Porl
of Houston.
For many years the lamting on Buffalo Bayou served the
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
14community’s m’eds for ~ater transportation. Tfic city was
built around this thriving little port at the foot of" Main
~Ircet.
In 191~ the port facililies ~vme moved downstream ahoul
fixe miles to Constitution Bend. xxhich still remains as Ihe
head of navigalion and is the ~orht-famous Turning t/asin.
Naturally ~hcn the port ~as moxcd, the area around
Alh,n’,, Landing once more became Ov(wgril",xn ~ith weeping
wilhm lrces and ~ceds. although the city’s population con-
lintn,d to grm~ until today it ranks as the sixth largest city in
the [ nih,d States and is Queen City of the Gulf Coast.
Last w,ar a group of citizens proposed that tfic site of
AIhm’s f~anding sfiouht hc hcautificd and made into a puhlic
park. so thai In!Hi’( ~ generations would he exposed to this hit
of Houston’s history. On Lahor Day, Septemhcr 5. 1966.
the ~i]lnw boughs were once more pushed aside and the pub-
lie ~as imit(,d t(1 visit the area of the proposed park. Scores
of ph’asurc hoats and a large barge moved in to Allen’s Land-
ing. ]{ands and (’omhos mm’rtained the crowd. Houstonians
~er~’ ask~,d to contribute $50.000 to make the park.
Help came from many sources. Travis L. Smith. 1[1, Din,c-
tot of engim,cring and plam~ing for the Navigation District,
supervised t|w engineering ~ork and some of the construction.
Companies and individuals contributed money, trade unions
,,,upplicd ~.orkmen, gardeu clubs and landscaping firms took
care of the planting of grass and trees.
In mid-May, hundreds of Houstonians turm,d out again.
this time to dedicate flu" park at Alh’n’s Landing with festiv-
ities that lasted a full week. ~
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Allen’s Landing has come full turn. It started out as the
town’s commercial center. Today it has started out anew as
the focal point for the bcauification and rehuildina of the
city’s ¢/1¢t cenh,r. It is a beautiful tribute to those hardy pio-
m’ers whose s~eat amt hard work 130 vcars ago started a Mayor l.ouie Welch and Chamber of CommercePresident Newton Hover-
stock spokeat the dedication.
small town on the path that has made it the nation’s third
ranking port. Houston.
Part of the openingday crowdat Allen’s LandingPark.
o
JUNE, 1967
15SERVERAL IMPORTANT GRAIN rate matters Gulf ports because this system affords
are being progressed by the Southwestern ocean carriers as well as transcontinental
railroads which could materially affect rail lines an opportunity to divert export
the flow of this important commodity to and import shipments which would normally
Houston and other Gulf ports. By indepen- flow through the Gulf ports to Pacific
dent action, the M-K-T Railroad has Coast ports. Port Bureau General Manager
W. E. Fincher and A. J. Carubbi from the
office of the Texas Attorney General
represented Texas interests at the hearing.
-,- .r
UNDER CONSIDERATION by the railroads
are two reduced port handling charges at
Port of Houston. A charge of 9¼¢ cwt. is
proposed on shipments of beer when pal-
letized on wing-type pallets with maximum
base dimensions of 54 inches by 66 inches,
gross weight not less than 2,000 pounds
and on shipments of gravel, sand or shell
palletized on wing-type pallets of the same
maximum base dimensions, gross weight not
published a reduced export proportional
rate of 26½~ cwt. applying on grain and less than 1,600 pounds.
grain products from St. Louis, Missouri
and East St. Louis, Illinois to Houston, A RAILROAD RATE APPLICATION, Southern
Galveston and Texas City, Texas. Originally Ports Foreign Freight Committee Docket No.
slated to become effective May 15, this 9568, is being considered to amend export-
rate has been voluntarily postponed until import tariffs applying from and to Houston
July 15, 1967, after numerous protests and other Gulf ports to provide that port
from varied interests were filed with the terminal charges in connection with rates
Interstate Commerce Commission. published in those tariffs will be assessed
The Rock Island Railroad Company has against the same weight as that on which
published new reduced export rates on whole the line-haul rate is charged. Purpose of
grains from Southwestern and Midwestern the proposal is to assure that additional
origins located on its line to Houston and port terminal charges apply on the actual
other Texas ports it serves. These rates weight of the shipment, but not less than
represent the first so-called multiple-car the carload minimum weight.
grain rates of widespread application ever
published by a Southwestern rail carrier. SOUTHWESTERN MOTOR FREIGHT BUREAU,
Purpose of the rates is to combat motor published rates for the general cargo
competition in the Southwest and motor- common carrier motor lines operating be-
barge competition experienced in the Mid- tween Houston and Southwestern points, has
west. Reductions average 25 to 30 percent approved a six per cent rate increase to
below the present single car rates. be applied on all less-truckload, Any Quan-
Maximum free-time is limited to 24 hours tity and minimum charge traffic. An effec-
for loading and 48 hours for unloading. tive date has not been announced for the
Effective date is set for June l, 1967. increased.
HOUSTON PORT BUREAU~ INC. and other A CORRECTED RECOMMENDED REPORT and
Gulf Port interests presented testimony in order of an Interstate Commerce Commission
a hearing before the Federal Maritime Com- hearing examiner has been made in Ex Parte
mission in New Orleans the week of May l, No. 253 concerning public notice of pro-
in F.M.C. Docket 65-31 covering an inves- posals initiated by individual members of
tigation into the lawfulness of Overland rate conferences, bureaus or other organi-
and 0CP rates. Witnesses offered testimony zations in which other members are given
to show that the rates are harmful to the an opportunity to join.
16 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINEManufacturers
Proudly
Display
Exports
In Big
Floating
Fair
Calling all businessmen, importers, wholesalers, buyers[
If you haven’t made a recent buying trip to Japan, you
can see an exciting exhibit of thousands of items a~ailable
to American merchandisers at the Japan Industry Floating
Fair which will be in Houston June 9-13.
Japan has assembled aboard the SAKI.:RA MAR~. more
than 8000 items of Japanese manufacture, ranging from wood
products to highly sophisticated electronic equipment, to dem-
onstrate the variety, scope and quality of exports.
The Floating Fair will visit nine United States and two
Canadian ports on this tour, starting at San Francisco and
continuing to Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, NewYork.
Montreal, Portand Seattle and Vancouver in that order. This
is the seventh Floating Fair sponsored by the Japanese.
During her four days in Houston, the SAKURA MARl:
will be at City Dock 25 and will be open by invitation to
businessmen on June l0 and 12 and to the general public
on Sunday, June 11.
Invitations Are Out
Elaborate plans have been made for the vessel, which
selected Houston as one of only seven United States ports
of call on this, her first visit to North America. Houston’s
strong trade with Japan, accented by the location here of
more than a dozen Japanese trading companies, helped in-
fluence this decision.
Dalton Steamship Company, agents for lhe SAhl:RA
MARl.: in the Gulf of Mexico, is in charge of invitations
and has sent out thousands locally and throughout the South-
west trade territory. Trade delegations are expected from
as far away as Dallas, Ft. Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa
and other trade centers of the area.
Any businessman wishing 1o visit lhe SAKURA MAR~:,
and who has not received an invitation may receive one
by getting in touch with the Dalton agency. Admittanee to
the ship is by invitation, but in the case of the general publie
invilation cards will be issued at the gate on coming into
the Port.
Optical InstrumentsAre Popular The Japanese ship will arrixe at 8 a.m. on June 9 to a
JUNE, 1967 17years and has made 71 port visits in 62 countries on every
continent except North America.
In discussing the development of the Floating Fair, a
spokesmanfor the Fair Association explained that the con-
cept of a floating fair is closely related to the special geo-
graphical, industrial and economicconditions of Japan.
"Japan is an island nation with a huge population of 100
million persons, and it is a nation poorly endowed with
the natural resources needed to sustain an expanding indus-
try," he said. "It is natural, therefore, that Japan must em-
phasize and depend on trade with the nations of the ~orld.
Sea trade is ~ital to maintaining Japan’s industrial growth
and to ensuring the prosperity of the Japanese people."
In the course of Japan’s economic reconstruction in the
years following World War IL a significant shift from an
emphasis on light industry to heavy industry has occured
with a resulting change in the nation’s trading pattern. At
one time this was centered on such light industria products
as textiles and sundry goods but now it is focused on an
extensive range of machinery perfected through Japan’s pro-
ficiency in technology.
In this situation, say the Floating Fair sponsors, it wouhl
be highly advantageous for Japan to participate in all the
trade fairs held throughout the world in order to introduce
Japanese machinery as a whole and to promote machinery
exports. However,it is difficult, if not impossible, to take
ThepopularJapanese
tea ceremony part in every trade fair held abroad.
L-nlike textiles and sundry goods, it is not practicable
to mail samples of machinery, thus creating a handicap,
since it is important for prospective customers actually to
welcomeof tug whistles and a demonstration by the fireboat inspect machine and observe its quality and performance
Captain Crotty as she swings in the Turning Basin. A press before concluding a contract.
conference will bc held early in the afternoon, with a formal Tradition of Japan
opening and ribbon cutting that evening by Houston Mayor
Louie Welch, attended by government, business and civic Consequently, Japanese industrialists felt it absolutely
leaders. necessary to find some way to display their machinery, and
hit upon the idea of creating a "floating fair." It was felt
During the business visits, which will be from 10 a.m. that such a fair would encompassthe tradition of Japan as
until 5:30 p.m., Saturday and Monday,representatives of a shipping and trading nation, the high state of Japanese
the various exhibitors will be ou hand to discuss and dem- shipbuilding and the broad range of the nation’s industrial
onstrate their products, take orders or arrange for further technology.
meetings. Some300 or more representatives arc traveling with
Thus, in 1956, the first Japan Industry Floating Fair left
the ship while others are flying from port to port to await Japan on a voyage to Southeast Asian nations, loaded with
the vessel’s arrival.
a vast variety of Japanese products consisting mainly of
Sixty-one exhibitors with more than ,I00 exhibits are listed machinery. The Fair was an immediate success. It attracted
in the Fair’s catalog. A numberof the exhibits are representa- attention throughout the world and demonstrated the ad-
tive of particular industries ,such as the Japan Bicycle Pro- vantages of mobility.
motion Institute and the Japan CameraIndustry Association, The first, second and third fairs were carried aboard con-
or of govermnental districts such as the HyogoPrefectural verted cargo vessels, but it soon becameapparent that there
Government and the Hokkaido International Trade and In- was a need for a w~ssel designed specifically as a fair ship,
dustry Promotion Association. to provide more space for exhibitions and more comfortable
To Help Economy passage within the ~essel for visitors. Thus, in October 1962,
the S’4KUR’4M’4Rb’ was completed in time for the fourth
Tile Fair ship is sponsored by the Japan Industry Floating fair, and has been exclusively employed in all subsequent
Fair Association, whose purpose is "to promote understand- fair cruises.
ing and trade relations between North America and Japan."
Association officials have said it is hopedthat the tour "will The first Fair, aboard the TokyoShipping Co., Ltd. _ll/S
better acquaint the American and Canadian peoples with NISSHOM.4RU, was visited by 120,880 people during its
Japan’s industry, economy and technology by way of show- 79 day cruise to Saigon, Bangkok, Rangoon, Colombo, Bom-
ing products which are deemedmost likely to contribute to bay, Karachi, Singapore, Djakarta, and Manila.
the living and economyof those two countries." The second Fair, held on the M/S "4TL’4S M.4RU, owned
The Floating Fair has gone on six tours in the last 10 by O.S.K. Line, had 220,870 visitors in the Central and
18 PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINESouth American ports of Callao. Valparaiso, Buenos Aires,
Montevideo. Santos, Rio de Janeiro, La Guaira, Sanlo Do-
mingo. Havana. Barranquilla, Balboa. and Aeapuleo.
Over Big Down Under
The next trip for the Fair, this time on N.Y.K. Line’s
31/S AKI MARUwas to Y~’ellington. Auckland, Brisbane,
Sydney. Melbourne. Adelaide, Port Swettenham. Singapore,
Bangkok. Saigon. Manila, Hongkong, and Keehmg. On this
trip, in 1960. some 202.] lg visih~rs toured the Fair ship.
The S.4KURA M4RU was ready for the Fourth Fair
~xhieh was shmxnto 191.315 visitors in Jidda, Beirut. Latakia.
Istanbul, Athens. Casablanca. Tunis. Tripoli. Alexandria, Port
Sudan. I)ar es Salaam. and Mombasa in late 1962 and early
1963.
For the fifth Fair, the SAKURAMAR(; went to Europ~,,
stopping at (;enoa, Barcehma, Le Havre, London. Rotterdam. ;~
Hamburg, Copenhagen, Oslo, Gi~teborg, Antwerp, and Lisbon
and receiving 173.789 visitors.
Flower arrangementsdemonstrated
The European trip was in the summer .f 1961 and was
followed in the fall of 1965 by a return trip to Southeast
Asia.
, Ports of call on the sixth voyage were Keelung, Djakarta display area, drives the vessel at a maximumspeed of 19.1
Rangoon. Madras, Colombo, Cochin, Bombay, Calcutta, Port knots and at a cruise speed of 17.5 knots.
S~.~ettenham, Singapore, Bangkok, Hongkong, and Manila. She has a crew of 16 officers and 60 men and accommo-
The ship had 200,503 visitors on this trip.
dations for 152 passengers. The majorit} of personnel who
One of a Kind man the exhibits travel with the ship for her whoh, ~oyage.
The SAKURA MARUis the only ship in the world built The ship has a banquet hall for 500 guests, a VIP room,
for exclusive use as a floating fiber. Costing $7.5 million, a lounge for business talks, a cocktail lounge and verandas.
it has dual manual and remote control systems and is com- The upper-deck and the hohts are connected by three esca-
pletely air conditioned. It has no conventional funnels, a fact lators, and an eh’vator is instalh,d between the boat-deck
that-attracted attention in shipping circles throughout the and the holds, passing through smen decks.
worht as epoch-making at her launching iu 1962.
Master of the SAKURA MARl is Capt. Tashio Komboya-
The SAKI/R4 MARI/’s 9,800 horsepower main diesel, shi. He and his ship will sail early on June 13 for Ne~
~hich is located aft in order to leave open the most efficient Orleans.
A crowdboardsFloating Fair in Copenhagen
JUNE, 1967
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Black, Sevialls & Bryson on the right. Weiler is
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Mr. and Mrs. Lou Rada on the left and Mr.
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