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one container or a shipload, all cargo
at the Port of Houston is given the
speediest handling possible. This saves
you time and money and enhances our
reputation as being The Port of Service.
Special facilities are available to container
shippers. We have a variety of cranes from
the big Portainer to the six speedy mobile
cranes designed for container work. We are
also building a new container marshalling
yard to serve you better.
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FEBRUARY, 1970 5

Volume 14
Directory Of
Port Commissioners
And
Staff
FOR THE
Navigation District
HOWARD TELLEPSEN, Chairman
R. H. PRUETT, Commissioner
E. n. HENDERSON, Commissioner
W. D. HABEN, II, Commissioner
FENTRESS BRACEWELL, Commissioner
J. P. TURNER, Executive Director
GEORGE W. ALTVATER, Deputy Director
C. E. BULLOCK, Director of Port Operations
J. L. LOCKETT, JR., Counsel
HENRY M. BROADNAX, General Sales
S. G. FULLERTON, County Auditor
Manager
VAUGHN n. BRYANT, Director
Relations
o/ International
LLOYD GREGORY, Director o/ln]ormatlon
RICHARD P. LEACH,
Director o/Engineering & Planning
JOHN ROBERT SPOLLIN, Chie/Engineer
J. R. CURTlS, Terminal
K. P. RODEN,
Manager
Manager o/ Grain Elevator
W. J. STAGNER, Manager, Storage Warehouses
RICHARD J. SHIROSKY, Superintendent
Bulk Materials Handling Plant
J. K. HENDERSON, Controller
L. T. FRITSCH, Purchasing Agent
A. B. LANDRY, Personnel Manager and
World Trade Building Manager
C. L. SHUPTRINE, Chie/Security Officer
W. E. REDMON, Maintenance Superintendent
V. D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Assistant
SALES OFFICES
EDWARD P. MOORE, New York District
Sales Manager
FRANK WARD, Assistant
25 Broadway, New York, New York
JOHN R. WEILER. District
Sales Manager
HUME A. HENDERSON, District
Sales Manager
C. A. ROUSSER, JR.,
District Sales Manager
15!9 Capitol Avenue, Houston, Texas
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
1519 Capitol Avenue at Crawford Street
Telephone 225-0671
P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001
Official Publication
Of the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District
PORT OF
HOUSTON
FEBRUARY, 1970 No. 2
Contents
Two Steamship Men Honored On Retirement ........................... 7
M.V. Sam Houston To Carry On Tradition ............................. 10
Views Of The News Around The Port of Houston ........................ 12
His World Trade Club Presidency Outstanding .......................... 13
Legislative Group Attends Reception ................................... 14
Scene At The World Trade Club ....................................... 15
Ship Sails From Port To Probe Ocean’s Secrets .......................... 16
Statistics For November, 1969 ......................................... 18
The Houston Port Bureau Reports ...................................... 19
Houston Steamship Agents ............................................ 29
Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ................................ 30
Port of Houston Shipping Directory ...................................... 32
THE COVER
Construction crews are a familiar sight around the Port of Houston. Our cover,
which was taken recently, shows Wharves 30 and 31 in the foreground which
have just been completed, along with Wharf 29, an open wharf, which has a ship
alongside. The concrete pilings for a high rise bridge that will span the Ship
Channel are advancing rapidly on both sides.
The Port o] Houston Magazine
TED SUMERLIN, Editor
Published monthly by the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation
District, the PORT Or" HOUSTON Magazine is distributed free to maritime,
industrial and transportation interests in the United States and foreign countries.
This publication is not copyrighted and permission is given for the reproduction
or use of any original material, provided credit is given to the
Port of Houston. Additional information, extra copies of the magazine or
advertising rates may be obtained by writing the PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine,
1401 South Post Oak, Houston, Texas 77027.
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

"The Eyes of Texas" was given a thundering rendition by guests and the
head table following the invocation by Robert Deschner, chaplain of the
Houston Traffic Club and director of musk of the First Methodist Church,
shown leading the singing. Others, from left to right, are John T. Goodhue,
States Marine-Isthmian; Honorees Mr. and Mrs. Davies; Master of Ceremonies
Altvater, and Honorees Mr. and Mrs. Lott.
P Slnamship Men Hu, nured [In llelirmenl
Ninety years of service to the maritime imlustry by two of
Houston’s h’ading steamship figures were honored and recognized
by some ~100 colleagues last month when Joseph E.
Davies and Ashley Ward Lott were given a testimonial dinner
as they rounded out their careers with States Marine-Isthmian
Agency and Lykes Brothers Steamship Co.. respectively.
Both men were vice pre.sidents when they retired, and left
outstanding records of public senice in the maritime and
world trade field as well as outstanding records as executives
in their o~n companies.
Fourteen organizations got together to put on the testimonial
dinner to lhese two men who through the decades had made
so manv friends for themselws and their companies. Half a
dozen leaders in the maritime feld spoke out on their behalf
and told an appreciative audience of their foibles and virtues.
(;corgc W. Altvater, deputy director of the Port of Houston,
presided at th’~ gathering and recounted the parallels in the
maritime li~es of both honorees men uho started young in
the field and worked up through every phase of the steamship
agency busirress to reach their eminence of later vears.
Both men were presidents of the Propeller Club and of the
World Trade Associaton (now World Trade Club), and chairmen
of numerous maritime committees and campaigns, as
well as being active in the Propeller Club, the Traffic Club,
Cotton Exchange, Board of Trade, Houston and West Gulf
Maritime Associations, and Houston Chamber of Commerce.
At the time of his retirement Ashley Lott was vice president,
manager W~’st Gulf of Lykes Brothers, and Joe Davies was
vice president of State Marine-Isthmian Agency, a position
to which he was first elected in 1948--by States Marine Lines.
R. C. Poston, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., and a member of the Dinner
Committee, made the presentation of the appreciation and commemoration
plaque to Honoree Lott.
Alex Finney, former president of the World Trade Club and
a longtime friend, led off the speakcrs in praise of Joe Davies.
followed by Sam D. W. Low, former Collector ot! Customs. now
retired, and John T. Goodhue, vice president for sales coordination
of States Marine-Isthmian, down from New York for
the occasion.
Speaking on behalf of their good friend Ashley Lott were
Henry E. Schurig, president of tke frieght forwarding firm
bearing his name; V. A. Maudr, prominent cotton exporter.
and J. M. Lykes, Jr., executive vice president of Lykes Bros.
Steamship Co. for the West Gulf.
R. C. Poston, sales manager in the West (;ulf for Lykes,
presented Ashley Lott, his colleague of many years, with
a plaque commemorating the banquet, as w’ell as a portable
television set, and similar presentations were made to Joe
Davies by another long-time colleague, C. L Rankin, vice
president and manager of States Marine in New Orleans, and
formerly of the Houston office.
Besides the Port of Houston, organizations sponsoring the
dinner were the Houston World Trade Club, Propeller Club of
Houston, Texas Ocean Freight Forwarders Association, International
Longshoremen’s Association, Custom House Brokers
Association, Houston Chamber of Commerce, ltouston Cotton
Exchange, West Gulf Maritime Association, Traffic Club of
Houston, Women’s Traffic Club, Houston Freight Carriers Association,
Houston Pilots Association, Houston Council of
American Master Mariners Association, and Delta Nu Alpha,
transportation fraternity.
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C. L. Rankln, vice president, States Marine-Isthmian Agency, New Orleans,
presents his old boss Joe Davies with the plaque observing his long service
to Houston’s maritime industry.
FEBRUARY, 1970 7

James M. Lykes, Jr., executive vice president and director in charge of
West Gulf operations for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., attended the dinner
with his mother and was one of the principal speakers.
Paul Hedeman, Bethlehem Steel and president of the Houston Propeller
Club and a member of the Dinner Committee, is shown with Mrs. Hedeman
and Mr. and Mrs. George Anki, Maher & Co.
Greg B. Perry, Jefferson Chemical Co. and former manager of the
Houston Port Bureau, with Mrs. Perry; Nancy Maywald, executive secretary
of the Port of Houston and J. L. "Happy" Campbell, Southern Pacific Ca.
Alex Finney, Humble Oil & Refining Co. and former president of the
World Trade Club, with Mrs. Finney and Mrs. Alice Reynolds Pratt, regional
director of the Institute of International Education and Miss Martha Mewhirter,
assistant regional director of the liE.
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R. J. Wales, executive vice president, left, and W. D. Haden II, vice
president, right, of Bay-Houston Towing Co., flank a fellow towing company
operator, N. Claxton Rayzor of Suderman & Young Towing Co. Mr. Haden
is also a commissioner of the Navigation District.
Sam D. Low, farmer Collector of Customs and Sydnor Oden, Anderson,
Clayton & Co., both former presidents of the Houston World Trade Association,
with Henry E. Schurig, Jr., vice president af H. E. Schurig Ca., and
John Mayfield, long active in maritime circles and former head af the
Houston Port Bureau.
Hanoree Davies, center, with Ralph Massey, South Atlantic & Gulf Coast
District of the International Longshoremen’s Association, and Albert A.
Cisneros, general manager and director of the Port of Brownsville, formerly
with States Marine in Houston, who came up for the occasion.
T. E. Dugey, right, vice president of Biehl & Co., with Port of Houston
executives, from left, Kenneth Roden, manager, Public Grain Elevator; J. R.
Curtis, Terminal manager, and C. E. Bullock, director af Port operations.
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Port of Houston Executive Director J. P. Turner and Mrs. Turner are
flanked by vice presidents of States Marlne-lsthmlan Agency, Inc., C. L.
Rankin, of the New Orleans office and R. V. Le Grand, who replaces J. E.
Davies in Houston.
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Harold C. Hix, president of Manchester Terminal Corp., and Mrs. Hix,
with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Harle, J. P. Harle Forwarding Co., and Harold E.
Heard, vice president of Manchester Terminal Corp.
Capt. Pat Neely, presiding officer of the Houston Pilots Association, and
Capt. Roy Murray, past presiding officer of the same group, shown at the
dinner with their wives.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Canion, owner of Leslie B. Canion, customs house
brokers, and George D. "Buck" Buchanan, for twenty eight years with
Lykes Brothers and now a real estate broker.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Kuntz, local manager of Texas Transport & Terminal
Co.; Mr. and Mrs. Wiley R. George, manager of the West Gulf Maritime
Association, and Mr. and Mrs. Harris Emig, American Commercial Lines, Inc.
George W. Altvater, deputy director of the Port of Houston and Master
of Ceremonies at the testimonial dinner, with Mrs. Altvater and Honorees
Lott and Mrs. Lott.
E. J. Romano, vice president of Texas Marine and Industrial Supply Co.;
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Wells, sales manager of the same organization; Mrs.
Romano; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson, Anderson Petroleum Transportation
Co., and Gordon Waddell, president of Texas Marine and Industrial Supply,
with Mrs. Waddell.
Felton Overbey, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Mrs. Robert H. Blair;
Mrs. Overbey and Mr. Blair, traffic manager of Dalton Steamship Ca.
FEBRUARY, 1970 9

The Port of Houston’s inspection vessel
SAM HOUSTON got a new skipper
last month--her third since she came off
the ways and was christen~ed back in
late July of 1958--even as she headed
toward her half millionth passenger in
a saga of sightseeing that has carried
her a distance more than five tim’es
around the world.
Former Chief Engineer O. Shepphard,
a twenty year veteran of the Navy’s
submarine service and an ’cmploye of
the Navigation District since 1961,
took over the helm January 31 from
Henry J. Gibson who resigned to become
a member of the Houston Pilot’s Association.
In doing so Gibson followed t’he SAM
HOUSTON’s first skipper, Roy Faulkner,
who also is now a member of that
select group of pilots who bring the
thousands of big ships in and out of the
Houston Ship Channel annually.
The five-man crew of the SAM HOUS-
TON keeps busy throughout the year
carrying the tens of thousands of visitors
from all over the nation and the world
who come to make the trip down the
Ship Channel to see the Port of Houston
and the vast industrial complex lining
its shores.
As a member of the famed "Texas
Navy," which has the venerable Battleship
TEXAS as its flagship (now permanently
moored in iLs own slip at the
San Jacinto Battlegrounds on the Ship
Channel), The SAM HOUSTON each
year carries the Governor of Texas to
that seat of Texas independence where
M.V SAM i IOUSTON
Port of Houston’s Inspection Vessel Gets
New Master To Carry On Tradition
Founded 5,500 Trips Ago
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he reviews the hundreds of small pleasure
craft comprising the "Texas Navy"
which pass in review on April 21, anniversary
of Texas’ victory over Mexico
at th’e Battle of San Jacinto.
The SAM HOUSTON i~s the only ship
of its kind in the country, as no other
port authority maintains a vessel to take
the public on complimentary regularly
conducted tours of its port and facilities.
Over the years the lO0-foot long, ste’el
hulled, air conditioned and diesel powered
sleek white craft has gained fame
and favorable comment for the Port
from those who have come to ride on her
on one of the more than 5,500 trips she
has made.
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Captain O. Shepphard takes the skipper’s cap from retiring Captain Henry J. Gibson, who now becomes a member of the Houston Pilots Association.
l)aily except Monday tile SdM
HOUSTON puts out from her mooring
place at the h’ead of the Turning Basin
to make her two hour run down to
Green’s Bayou and return, showing visitors
the busy cargo w’harves of the Port,
ships flying flags of all nations which
are discharging am] loading cargo, and
giving a ck~se-hand view of the more
than three billion dollars ~orth of p’etrochemical,
refining, stecl and other industry
located ahmg the busy Ship
Channel.
Usually two trips are made each day,
trot reservations must be made in advance
and trips are only scheduled on
request of groups and if sufficient persons
are signed up to go. Capacity of the
vessel is 100 persons per trip and in an
average year anyw’here from 28 to 40
thousand passengers will be accommodated.
Sim:e the SAM HOUSTON made her
first trip back in mid 1958, she has
carried upwards of :130,000 people and
thus is headed toward the half-million
mark within the next two or three years.
She has logged more than 12&000 miles,
more than five times the distance around
the world, and she has carried, literally,
princes and paupers.
Her guest lists over t’hc years have
included princes, presidents, ambassadors,
ministers of state, giants of industry
and commerce, high ranking military
officers of many lands, to name a few.
They have also included tens of thousands
of Texas and Houston school children,
Scout troops, civic dubs, church
groups and just plain sightseers interested
in seeing Houston while visiting
here.
The SAM IIOUSTON is.. in effect, the
Show Window of the Port and through
it people learn of the Port of Houston
and its significance to the economy of
Houston, Texas and the entire Gulf
Coast. Children and adults alike, who
might otherwise know little about their
Port, thus become het~er-informed citizens.
Not only does the Navigation District
provide the SdM HOUSTON but, for
those unable to make the trip, the Dis-
triet has provided an oK-ervation platform
at the ’head of na;igation, overlooking
the Turning Basin just above
Wharf Nine. Also. a tour route, marked
by arrows, is available for Sunday sightseers
who wish to drive through the
Port’s installations.
The friendly crew of the SAM HOUS-
TON provides a running: eomm’entary
for visitors during the course of the trip
and serves hot coffee and cold soft
drinks with the compliments of the Navigation
District. Visitors are also provided
a color postal card of the vessel
in order to write home and tell friends
about Texas’ biggest port.
Submariner S hepphard, who saw four
action-packed years of patrols and sinkings
in the Pacific during World War II,
looks for a much quieter billet as skipper
of the SAM HOUSTON. But, as he
comments, "No work could he more interesting
than coming in contact daily
with the thousands of people from all
over the world to whom it is our pleasure
to show the Port of Houston from
the decks of this vessel."
FEBRUARY, 1970 ! |

Views of
The News
Around The
Port of Houston
Members of the Texas Pilots Association met
in Houston last month to discuss how to serve the
shipping industry more effectively. Among the
guests at a luncheon in the Hotel Sonesta, in the
top photo, are George AItvater, deputy director
of the Port of Houston; Commander AI Rose,
Coast Guard Captain of the Port; Colonel Franklin
Moon, district engineer, and E. H. Henderson, port
commissioner for the Port of Houston. Below, representing
the various pilots groups are Captain
Tom Gibson, Matagorda Pilots; Captain Sherman
Wetmare, Galveston-Texas City Pilots; Captain
Fred Herbert, first vice president of the American
Pilots Association and president of the Aransas-
Corpus Christi Pilots; Captain Patrick J Neely, Jr.,
presiding officer of the Houston Pilots; Captain
Don Willett of Brownsville and Captain R. C.
Brown of Port Arthur.
Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, second from left, former Lord Mayor of London British Consul in Houston; John E. Whitmore, chairman of the Board of the
and presently a director of the Burston & Texas Commerce Bank, Ltd., of Texas Commerce Bank; Ben Love, president of Texas Commerce Bank, and
London, is shown on the upper deck of the inspection vessel SAM HOUSTONNeville
Burston, chairman of the Burston & Texas Commerce Bank Ltd.
during a visit to the Port. With him are, from left, Hon. John Stafford,
Shown here are some of the Dart earth-mover trucks being assembled for
Bethlehem Steel Corporation by Mesaba in its yard leased from the Port of
Houston and located adjacent to and directly behind the Port’s wharves.
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Mesaba only recently began to specialize in this service to other companies
with heavy equipment to be shipped overseas.
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

Another In A Series
Meet Matrisclanl
His W,urld Trade Eluh
Presidency llulstandinq
By LLOYD GREGORY
Information Director
WHEN H. R. (~,’I.t_TT) ~,’IATRISCIANI on March 2, 1970,
steps down as president of the World Trade Club he can look
back on two one-ycar terms of distinguished service.
The World Trade Club is in the magnificent World Trade
building, Texas at Crawford. The club, opened in 1962, has
been a boon to men "in the trade" at the Port of Houston. It
has been blessed in its presidents: Andre A. Crispin, Alex G.
Finncy, Jr., Joe E. Davies and Mr. Matrisciani.
Tire club has had strong support from Port of Houston
officials and the Consular Corps.
The club has 525 members, Who during the last 22 months
have been addressed by three foreign consuls, four U.S.
government officials, five foreign trade commissioners, one
foreign port director, and three members of overseas governments.
The club specializes in "nights" honoring countries served
by the Port of Houston ; notably, Great Britain, Scandinavian
countries, Germany, Japan, France, the United States, and
many others.
Club directors are J. P. Turner. Desmond Barry, Svcnd
Hansen, M. B. Abernathy, Andre A. Crispin, Capt. W. L.
Farnsworth, and Joe E. Davies.
President Matriseiani had high praise for his directors and
Henry M. Broadnax, general sales manager of th’e Port of
Housion. who has been in charge of club "special activities."
Mr. Matriseiani is a special assistant in public relations
for the Southern Pacific Company. He was born Sept. 7, I920
in Brooklyn, and was graduated from high school in 1938.
He enlisted in the Air Corps, and studied at the radar school
in Boca Raton, Florida, and at the army liaison intelligence
school in Chicago.
Mr. Matriseiani’s first job with Southern Pacific was cashier
at Taft. Texas. During the Korean war, he was promoted to
head clerk of passenger traffic at Houston. He was transferred
to Victoria in 1952, and worked in the superintendent’s office.
In 1956, he was named associate editor of the SP Bulletin;
advanced to employe relations representative, 1958, and named
to bis present position in 1962.
A splendid speaker, thc personable "Matt" annually averages
around 35 engagements before fraternal, civic, and professional
groups. He has studied at the Newspaper Institute
of America in New York, and at the Public Relations seminar
at Purdue University.
Mr. 3Iatrisciani is truly % man for all seasons." He is a
free lance writer, specializing in operatic history. Other hobbies
include cycling, billiards, bridge, cooking, and prize
fighting, with lhe late Rocky Marciano his favorite.
Among his awards: Distinguished service, U.S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce; community serxice, Victoria Junior
Chamber of Commerce; Klein award in 1956 from the News=
paper Institute of America for outstanding political editorial;
transportation man of year in Houston foi" 1964.
Miss Helen Ann Pribvl of Victoria and Mr. Matrisciani
were married in 1941. ~’beir children are: Mrs. Judy Rene
Bell, I-niversity of Texas; Julie Ann, at Stephen F. Austin
Uniw’rsity; Lisa Marie, student at Longfellow elementary.
The Matriseianis are members of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic
church. They live at 9210 Linkmeadow.
FEBRUARY, 1970
Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum
H. R. MATRISCIANI
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Legislative Group Attends
Reception At Trade Club
Port Commissioner E. H. Henderson, right, shown with Representative
Jim Clark, chairman of the Traffic Safety and Fire Protection Administration
Committee, left, and Harris County Commissioner E. A. "Squatty" Lyons.
Leslie Appelt, Ship Channel realtor and a developer of Jacintoport,
left, with Marvin Hurley, executive vice president of the Houston Chamber
of Commerce, L. G. Schulte, Austin, and State Representative Jamie Bray.
L. T. Wilson, manager of the Shell Refinery on the Ship Channel, left,
with Mrs. Wilson; John Carter, Austin attorney and legal advisor to the
Committee; and Houston City Councilmen Homer Ford and Larry McKaskle,
and State Representative Bill Swanson, Houston, vlce-chalrman of the Committee.
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Gus F.
Mulseher was honored at a reception in tile World Trade
Club last month, a/tended by government, civic and business
h’aders, on the eve of hearings in Houston by the Texas
House Study Committee on Traffic Safetv.
Mutscher addressed the hearings the following (lay. which
were attended by representatixes of the multi-billion complex
of heavv industries located ahmg the S’hip Channel. as well
as bv Navigation District officials, Coast Guard officials, city
alld eOUlllV officials and others interested in traffic safety on
the Ship (]hannel.
Scenes here were taken during the reception.
Port Commission Chairman Howard Tellepsen, left, with House Speaker
Mutscher and J. P. Turner, executive director of the Harris County Houston
Ship Channel Navigation District, chat during the reception.
Port Commissioner Fentress Bracewell, second from left, and Houston
City Councilman Frank Mancuso, second from right, are shown flanked by
Richard P. Leach, left, director of engineering & planning of the Navigation
District, and George W. Altvater, deputy director of the Navigation District.
State Senator Chris Cole and Mrs. Cole are shown here with Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur W. Stout, Jr. Mr. Stout is general manager of Todd Shipyards’
installation on the Ship Channel at Greens Bayou.
14 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE

5EENEAT THE WORLB TI~AI-IE GLUB
Texas Governor Preston Smith, center, is shown
at the World Trade Club just prior to a speech
to the Regional Export Expansion Council where
he also presented certificates to new REEC members.
On the right is REEC Chairman Ray R.
Brimble, officiating at the meeting, and on the left
is Deputy Chairman, Colonel Henry Sherman.
The January meeting of the World Trade Club was joined by members of
the Houston Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors and International
Business Committee, with an eight-man delegation from the Johannesburg,
South Africa, Chamber of Commerce as guests of honor. Shown here, from
the left, are H. J. Van Der Merwe, general manager of the Johannesburg
Chamber of Commerce; J. W. Van Zyl, managing director of Irvin & Johnson,
Ltd.; G. S. Muller, general manager, Netherlands Bank of South Africa; R. M.
Mitchell chairman, Retail Section, Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce;
Captain A. Chaviaris, master of the Arabian Mediterranean Line’s M/V
ARGOSEA, center right, accepts an aerial plaque of the Port of Houston during
recent ceremonies in the World Trade Club observing the maiden voyage
of his ship to the Port. Participating in the presentation, from left, are
Atef GamaI-Eldin, secretary general of the Arabian-Amerlcan Chamber of
FEBRUARY, 1970
D. Blackhurst, assistant general manager, Standard Bank of South Africa,
Ltd.; Julius G. Skaaren, chairman of the Houston Chamber’s International
Business Committee; E. J. Smith, president of the Johannesburg Chamber and
featured speaker on South African economic development, trade and investment
opportunities; A. G. Buckley, manager, International Division, Barclay’s
Bank; Svend Hansen, president of Hansen & Tidemann, Inc., and honorary
consul of South Africa in Houston; and K. H. Kirchmann, chairman of
Italian Boy Cosmetics, Ltd.
Commerce, Houston and representative of the Arabian Mediterranean Line,
parent company of the vessel; Andy Saab, Houston Junior Chamber of
Commerce; Eric Icsel, president of Aqua Steamship Agency, agent for the
Arabian Mediterranean Line; Captain Chaviarls; A. Dobra, general manager
of .the line, New York; and Captain N. Skarvelis, owner of the ARGOSEA.
15

Ship Sails From Port To Probe Ocean’s Secrets
Following a familiarization cruise up
the Houston Ship Channel from Galveston
last month, the Oceanographic Research
Vessel ALAMINOS docked at the
Port of Houston Turning Basin for two
and one-half days of public tours and
inspeetion before returning to her duties
as Texas A. & M. University’s major
oeean-going ship for scientific research
into the secrets of the deep.
The ALAMINOS, 180-foot sister-ship
of the ill-fated PUEBLO seized by North
Korea in 1968, ’had as guests on the familiarizafion
trip U.S. Congressmen Bob
Casey of Houston and Olin E. Teague of
College Station, as well as State Representalivc
t{av Lemmon. chairman of the
Texas Legislature’s newly-formed Interim
Study Committee on Oceanography,
and Texas A. & M.’s president,
Earl Rudder.
Other distinguished guesls included
Clyde H. Wells. president of A. &. M.’s
Board of Directors; Robert Mderdice,
exceutixe director of the Interim Study
Committee on Oceanography; Dr.
Sammy Ray, director of the Marine
Laboratory at Galveston; Dr. James
The Oceanographk Research Vessel ALAMINOS
is shown as she docked at the Port of Houston for
a weekend-long open house for tours and inspection
by the general public following her first
research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico for 1970.
Observing procedures used by Texas A&M oceanography scientists in examining sea floor cores are,
from left, State Representative Ray Lemmon of Houston, chairman of the Texas Legislature’s Interim
Study Committee on Oceanography; Earl Rudder, president of A&M University; Frank Chmelik, assistant
chief scientist aboard the R/V AI.AMINOS; and U.S. Congressmen O~in Teague of College Station
and Bob Casey of Houston.
Sharp, president of Gulf [ niversities Research
Corporation; Dean John C. Calhoun,
Jr. of A. & M.’s College of Geoscience;
Dr. Richard A. Oeyer, head of
A. & M.’s Dcpamnent of Oceanography;
\
>,..
Captain Henry Rowe, head of Galveston
Communil~ College’s Marine Science
l)epartment; and I)r. Arnold H. Ihmma.
chief scientist for the first ocean research
Irlp in 1970. made by the 4LA-
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MINOS just prior to the Houston Ship
Channel familiarization cruise.
The Ship Channel cruise and the open
house at tile Port of Houston Turning
Basin. says Dr. Gcyer, were meant to
help familiarize Houston-area citizens
~ith A. & M.’s (meanographie facilities
and to explain the University’s
tiw:s ill this field.
objcc-
Texas A. & M. is the state’s onlv institulion
of higher learning with deepsea-going
capabilities. Its Oceanographic
Department, ahmg x~ith several other
allied oceanographic institutions, will be
headquartered in the near future on 100
acres

The following statistics on imports and exports through the Port of Houston
STATISTICS
were
derived from the U.S. Bureau of Census data. Individuals and companies desiring
commodity data may obtain more detailed information from the World Trade
Library at the Port of Houston.
NOVEMBER 1969 FOREIGN TRADE CARGO MOVEMENT THRU THE PORT OF HOUSTON
BY COUNTRY OR AREA OF ORIGIN OR DESTINATION
IMPORTS INTO HOUSTON EXPORTS FROM HOUSTON
Country Liner Tramp Tanker Total Tons $ Value Liner Tramp Tanker Total Tons $ Value
Canada 271.1 3,776.2 598.5 4,645.8 658,458 38.0 5,937.6 .0 5,975.6 185,801
Mexico 2,101.4 96.4 .0 2,197.8 1,451,892 5,963.8 5,118.1 .O 11,081.9 1,305,575
Guatemala 100.0 154.0 .0 254.0 200,176 2,226.2 .0 .0 2,225.2 343,256
British Honduras .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 115.2 .0 .0 115.2 13,676
Salvador 364.5 .O .0 384.5 268,127 798.0 .0 .0 798.0 239,587
Honduras 358.7 205.1 .0 563.8 217,755 1,358.2 .0 .0 1,358.2 264,935
N icaragua 41.6 .0 .0 41.6 38,868 512.8 .0 .0 512.8 239,299
Costa Rica .4 .0 .0 .4 300 571.6 1,322.5 .0 1,894.1 361,720
Panama .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 356.8 12.7 .0 369.5 119,561
H a i t i .O .0 .0 .0 -- 20.2 224.8 .0 245.0 44,664
Dominican Republic .5 209.4 .0 209.9 123,361 822.3 18.8 3,556.9 4,398.0 1,029,702
Caribbean Area 18.9 1.5 13,080.5 13,100.9 245,414 22,117.4 1,028.1 495.9 3,641.4 1,146,418
North America Subtotal 3,277.1 4,442.6 13,679.0 21,398.7 3,204,351 14,899.5 13,662.6 4,052.8 32,614.9 5,294,194
Colombia 1.355.8 .0 .0 1,355.8 901,014 4,585.5 4,353.9 25,595.2 34,534.6 3,394,869
Venezuela 254.4 3,354.6 48,404.6 52,013.6 984,251 8,157.6 887.8 3,920.6 12,966.0 4,185,869
Guyana & Surinam .0 .2 .0 .2 2,067 76.8 92.8 .0 169.6 97,963
Ecuador 65.0 .0 .0 65.0 70,386 2,732.9 1.7 .0 2,734.6 530,383
Peru 313.6 .0 .0 313.6 352,560 2,176.9 909.8 .0 3,086.7 1,077,344
Bolivia .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 793.0 .0 .0 793.0 355,886
Chile 281.0 11,204.4 .O 11,485.4 94,226 4,797.1 127.8 .0 4,924.9 1,844,729
Brazil 5,607.9 3,726.7 .0 9,334.6 6,047,439 13,233.6 130,359.5 4,384.9 147,978.0 8,832,927
Pa rag u ay .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 76.1 .0 .0 76.1 50,628
Uruguay .O .0 .0 .0 -- 561.5 .0 .O 561.5 132,936
Argentina 15,849.8 .0 .0 15,849.8 441,678 3,029.4 .0 6,811.4 9,840.8 4,319,100
South America Subtotal 23,727.5 18,285.9 48,404.6 90,418.0 8,893,621 40,220.4 136,733.3 40,712.1 217,665.8 24,822,634
Iceland .0 .0 .O .0 -- 40.1 .0 .0 40.1 7,780
Sweden 124.2 897.5 .O 1,021.7 440,356 4,462.9 .0 1,080.4 5,543.3 753,355
Norway 78.1 42.9 .0 121.0 92,795 250.9 273.8 .0 524.7 1,059,339
Finland 342.3 10.4 .0 352.7 101,175 139.0 .0 .0 139.0 37,854
Denmark 330.7 133.3 .0 464.0 519,065 302.7 .0 .0 302.7 92,604
United Kingdom 3,286.0 1,158.1 762.0 5,206.1 4,201,461 4,972.7 809.2 7,869.0 13,650.9 3,725,436
Ireland .8 1.6 .0 2.4 3,512 172.3 20.6 .0 192.9 49,736
Netherlands 2,002.1 169.7 .0 2,171.8 553,106 8,754.3 7,841.2 14,109.3 30,704.8 3,533,001
Belgium 7,963.2 4,663.2 .0 12,626.4 1,708,876 4,666.0 38,391.4 4,304.0 47,361.4 4,693,191
France 4,852.4 5,768.0 .0 10,620.4 2,362,389 4,070.9 2,527.1 1,708.7 8,306.7 2,440,740
West Germany 7,263.2 6,243.6 7.2 13,514.0 6,418,661 20,718.8 .0 3,886.1 24,604.9 4,668,924
Austria 194.2 .0 .0 194.2 213,686 67.9 .2 .0 68.1 72,350
Czechoslovakia 907.5 658.9 .0 1,466.4 151,389 215.5 .0 .0 215.5 80,000
Switzerland 26.4 52.7 .0 79.1 54,028 758.1 167.5 .0 925.6 276,365
Spain 1,377.3 17.1 .0 1,394.4 735,585 682.7 .0 1,012.9 1,695.6 601,215
Portugal 374.5 36.8 .0 411.3 128,051 308.3 .0 .0 308.3 108,807
Italy 2,794.1 8,092.5 10,017.8 20,904.4 2,172,603 8,92~.3 334.2 1,157.5 10,416.0 2,200,436
Yugoslavia 135.2 .0 .0 135.2 107,395 491.6 .0 .0 491.6 665,705
Greece 9.9 .0 .0 9.9 8,368 638.1 .0 .0 636.1 299,860
Rumania 22.9 .0 .0 22.9 7,100 1,170.6 .0 .0 1,170.6 1,002,213
Turkey .0 .0 .O .0 -- 752.6 .0 .0 752.6 500,267
Eastern Europe 185.3 .0 .0 185.3 36,427 797.0 .0 .0 797.0 381,378
Other Europe .3 .0 .O .3 898 701.5 .O .0 701.5 44,536
Europe Subtotal 32,270.6 27,846.3 10,787.0 70,903.9 20,016,926 64,058.8 50,365.2 35,127.9 149,551.9 27,295,092
Iran 16.0 .0 .0 16.0 800 4,510.0 .0 8,436.8 12,945.8 3,835,567
Israel 19.2 .0 .0 19.2 28,728 2,463.1 35,060.5 .0 37,523.6 3,650,494
Jordan .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 290.0 .0 .0 290.0 158,841
Other Near East 3.6 .0 .0 3.6 22,996 425.8 .0 .0 425.8 141,123
Arabia &. Persian Gulf 9.7 325.9 .0 335.6 236,834 19,285.1 .0 .0 19,285.1 5,101,749
India 2,251.8 868.3 .0 3,120.1 1,145,589 7,342.5 .0 .0 7,342.5 1,101,734
Pakistan 1,558.1 874.0 .0 2,432.1 996,119 682.6 .0 3,900.1 4,582.7 1,024,296
Thailand 114.2 .0 .0 114.2 35,449 181.0 .0 6,980.9 7,161.9 629,373
South Vietnam 5.0 .O .0 5.0 1,470 4,307.9 .0 9,411.4 13,719.3 1,376,564
Malaysia 1,471.2 634.5 .0 2,105.7 192,095 34.4 109.3 .0 143.7 105,185
Singapore 243.9 .0 .0 243.9 80,760 3,223.5 135.7 1,189.1 4,548.3 1,492,733
Indonesia .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 11,081.2 4,810.5 .0 15,891.7 3,543,086
Philippines 586.5 .0 .O 586.5 146,777 1,637.5 .0 7,185.3 8,822.8 854,657
Korea Republic 98.2 123.9 .0 222.1 131,963 1,263.4 307.8 462.9 2,034.1 2,791,501
Hong Kong 263.5 3.4 .0 266.9 259,127 443.9 .0 1,736.0 2,179.9 261,296
Republic of China 184.4 1.6 .O 186.0 111,170 16.2 .0 .O 16.2 46,152
Japan 8,127.1 29,676.8 .0 37,803.9 9,519,228 11,365.2 63,111.0 29,219.9 103,696.1 9,593,498
Nansei Nanpo Islands 127.3 .0 .0 127.3 25,684 8.9 .0 .0 8.9 18,009
Other S. &. S.E. Asia 168.9 189.5 .0 358.4 302,065 605.1 48.0 224.0 877.1 1,504,898
Asia Subtotal 15,248.6 32,697.9 .0 47,946.5 13,236,854 69,167.3 103,582.8 68,745.4 241,495.5 37,230,756
Australia 4,781.0 .0 .0 4,781.0 1,269,579 6,198.5 3,920.1 3,469.0 13,587.6 11,081,148
New Zealand .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 2,086.4 .0 .0 2,086.4 444,017
Pacific Islands .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 695.9 .0 .0 695.9 106,299
Australia-Oceanla Subtotal 4,781.0 .0 .0 4,781.0 1,269,579 8,980.8 3,920.1 3,469.0 16,369.9 11,631,464
%ibya .5 .0 .0 .5 2,809 1,999.4 3.6 .0 2,003.0 3,674,828
Egypt .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 227.6 .0 .0 227.6 610,476
Other Northern Africa 113.1 .0 .0 113.1 68,922 6,671.9 153.8 3,440.2 10,265.9 2,691,068
Ivory Coast 1,756.9 .0 .0 1,756.9 811,321 1OO.0 39.8 .0 139.8 26,456
Ghana 134.9 .0 .0 134.9 17,021 3,250.1 135.8 .0 3,385.9 501,939
Nigeria 61.1 .0 .0 61.1 63,979 16,449.6 15,575.0 .0 32,024.6 2,439,775
Liberia .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 3,076.5 9.9 .0 3,086.4 605,997
Congo 643.2 .0 .0 643.2 339,503 1,216.9 .0 .0 1,216.9 147,437
Angola 760.0 .0 .0 760.0 512,043 947.1 .0 .0 947.1 666,251
Other Western Africa .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 926.8 31.9 .0 958.7 210,068
Ethiopia 1,087.2 .0 .0 1,087.2 746,6;4 35.7 .0 .0 35.7 16,009
Uganda 1,932.6 .0 .0 1,932.6 1,130,642 2.1 .0 .0 2.1 4,968
Kenya &. Tanzania 183.4 .6 .0 184.0 113,117 263.1 .O .0 263.1 110,814
Mozambique 940.3 .0 .0 940.3 151,712 784.0 .0 .0 784.0 242,903
Republic of South Africa 570.5 5.2 .0 575.7 172,425 9,608.8 119.0 1,115.7 10,843.5 2,751,661
All other Africa 3,679.3 .O .0 3,679.3 2,119,567 484.5 .0 .0 484.5 287,661
Africa Subtotal 11,863.0 5.8 .0 11,868.8 6,238,705 46,044.1 16,068.8 4,555.9 66,668.8 14,988,311
Port of Houston Totals 91,167.8 83,278.5 72,879.6 247,316.9 52,860,036 243,370.9 324,332.8 156,663.1 724,366.8 121,262,451
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INCENTIVE PER DIEM FEE FOR BOXCARS. The
I.C.C. has served its interim report in
Ex Parte No. 252, Sub. 1 wherein it has
proposed a scale of incentive per diem
charges ranging as high $12.98 per day on
some new and expensive boxcars. These
incentive charges would apply over and
above the normal per diem rates during the
period September 1 through February 28 each
year and are pointed toward alleviating
car shortages in the western zones in the
fall and winter months. The Commission
stated that the higher incentive per diem
fees (paid by the railroads for the use of
rail cars on their line which are owned
by other railroads) should encourage the
return of the cars to their owners. That
failing, the steady flow of funds to the
owner lines covering per diem on their cars
being held and/or used by other lines
will permit the owner lines to purchase
additional plain boxcars. The Commission
also proposed that receipt of such funds
by the owner lines as resulting from this
action be earmarked that such funds
eventually find their way into the purchase,
building or rebuilding of general
service unequipped boxcars. This arrangement
will permit the non-owner lines to
either increase their car ownership and
return non-owned cars more promptly or to
pay the incentive charge which would permit
the owner lines to purchase more cars.
This action was authorized under Public Law
89-450 effective September l, 1966, and
Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.), Chairman
the Senate Commerce Committee ordered the
Commission to issue a report on the action
taken to implement the law with respect to
the critical boxcar shortage. Several
western Senators have also been urging
immediate action to relieve the critical
boxcar shortage causing wheat to pile up in
the producing states. Meanwhile the rail
carriers are conducting hearings contemplating
the increase of demurrage charges
to double that presently effective.
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION in Case
24971, Increased Rates and Charges From,
To and Between Middlewest Territory, required
the motor carriers to refund an
estimated 6.5 million dollars in overcharges
representing money collected on an
ex parte increase that was later found not
justified. The motor carriers are declining
the overcharge claims and their legal representatives
have indicated they believe
that the I.C.C. has no jurisdiction to
order any portion of a rate refunded, and
that the I.C.C. order was therefore without
legal basis. Final action on this case
will probably be tied up in the courts for
a lengthy period of time.
I.C.C. PUBLISHES LETTER on new concealed
loss and damage rules: The I.C.C. has published
a letter entitled "Explanation of
Regulations of Common Carriers as to
Settlement of Claims for Concealed Loss or
Damage" which is available to shippers
who write to the Commission’s Bureau of
Traffic, Washington, D. C. The rules, which
went into effect August l, 1969, limit
the carrier liability for concealed loss
and damage claims and set forth numerous
restrictions on the filing of claims. A
proceeding was instituted in December by
more than 300 shippers and receivers petitioning
the I.C.C. to issue a declaratory
order on the lawfulness of the rules.
The proceeding was docketed as No. 35198,
Jurisdiction Over Concealed Loss and
Damage Claim Rules, Regulations and Practices
of Regulated Carriers.
WESTERN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION is the name
of a new organization recently formed in
Western Territory comprised of various
railroad associations, traffic committees
and bureaus in Western Territory. Principal
organizations involved were formerly
known as the Association of Western Railways,
the Executive Committee of Western
Railroad Traffic Association, Western
Weighing and Inspection Bureau, and a number
of freight bureaus and committees.
James M. Souby, Jr., Chairman and Counsel
of the Executive Committee of Western
Railroad Traffic Association, will serve as
President and chief executive officer of
the new Association.
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