Customs District director namedW.D. (Don) Sherman, previously district director

Customs in Portland, Oregon, has been appointed districtdirector of the Houston Customs District.

Sherman began his career with U.S. Customs in 1961 as aCustoms Examiner in Boston. He has been honored withnumerous Customs awards for exceptional performance.

Sherman is a native of Connecticut. He is a graduate ofthe University of Connecticut and the University ofMichigan, where he earned election to Phi Beta Kappa.

Hellenic American elects SismansonHellenic American Agencies Inc. has elected Evans U.Sismanson as president.

Sismanson assumes the presidency after having spent overa quarter of a century in the shipping business with Hellenicmost recently as senior vice president of Hellenic AmericanAgencies Inc.

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June 1983

WATSON GRAY (U.S.A.), INC.MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT

General Petroleum Product V/IsCasualty Monitoring of TankerCondition and Valuation Port Operations

Surveys Crude Oil Washing MonitoringOn Hire/Off Hire Surveys Squeeze Dry OperationsBunker Surveys Inert Gas OperationsStability Trans-ShipmentMarine Consultation Bunker SurveysHatch and Cargo Stowage Surveys General SupervisionGrain Surveys

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International offices in Mexico, Europe, West Africa,Middle East and Far East. Inquiries via Houston office.

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RIISE SHIPPING, INC.

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52 Port of Houston Magazine

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After several years in the freight forwarding in-dustry, Elba De Melo has opened her own com-pany under the name of Texas Cargo, which willbe consolidating, crating and forwarding cargooverseas, and is located in the southwest area ofthe city. Ms. De Melo received her businessdegree from Bogota Business College and has at-tended international traffic, banking andmarketing courses at the University of St. Thomasand University of Houston. After working with theU.S. Department of State (AID) overseas in Co-lombia and Afghanistan, and with the Italiangovernment, she settled in Houston. She is amember of the ITMA and HACA organizations inHouston.

Norton, Lilly namesLatin sales manager

Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc. has ap-pointed Robert H. Jackson as generalmanager, sales and marketing, for theLatin American division.

Jackson has many years of experiencein Latin American trade having spent 14years with Moore McCormack Lines invarious executive capacities, mostrecently as assistant vice president ofmarketing and sales.

J.F. Moran Co. shiftslocation in Houston

J.F. Moran Co., Inc., customhousebrokers and international freight for-warders, has moved near Houston Inter-continental Airport and expanded itsservices.

The new location at 770 Bradfield,Suite 575, includes 3,000-square-feet ofwarehouse space for handling air andocean freight.

An information-packed manual describing the na-tion’s third largest port complex will be published thisfall! This is the only comprehensive and widelydistributed annual publication that details Houston’sport & industrial facilities, services and companies.

Don’t miss out on this excellent opportunityto advertise your company and its services!

PUBLISHERGulf Commerce International, Inc.

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June 1983 53

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When San Francisco’s cable cars resume their travels up and down the city’s steep hills next year,they will be riding on steel rails transported by Lykes Bros. S’~eamship Co., Inc., through the Port ofHouston. The cable cars have been out of service since September of 1982 while the systemundergoes renovation. The system is scheduled to reopen in May, 1984. French-built rails for therenovation were stowed in Seabee covered hopper barges that were loaded on board the S.S. DOC-TOR LYKES for the transatlantic voyage. The rails were unloaded in Houston and transferred toSouthern Pacific rail cars for the overland trip to San Francisco. The rails weigh one ton each and are60 feet long. The agent for the ship was Maurice Pincoffs Inc., of Houston, a 102-year-old internationalmarketing and distribution company that deals in steel, energy-related and agricultural products.

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54 Port of Houston Magazine

Another new vessel owned by the China Ocean Shipping Company, theM/V QING HE, called at Houston recently on its maiden voyage. The vesselwas built in West Germany and launched this year. The QING HE is 558feet long with a 93-foot beam. The 18,734 d.w.t-rated vessel has a con-tainer capacity of 1,153 TEU. The ship is part of COSCO’s all-water, directservice from the U.S. Gulf to the People’s Republic of China. Shown at thetraditional maiden voyage ceremony at Barbours Cut Terminal, are Sun

Yugang, purser; Edward J. Klauke, operations manager of the Gulf regionfor Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc., which provides support services in Houstonfor COSCO; Paul Jones, manager of CALCO Ship Agency, Inc., U.S. andCanada general agents for COSCO; J.R. Curtis, director of operations forthe Port of Houston Authority; Captain Deng Wei, and Tom Kiger, WestGulf general manager for Norton, Lilly.

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June 1983 55

Delta Bonded Warehouse Co._I

5534 Armour Dr., Houston, Texas 77020(713) 675-2533 * TWX (910) 881-1514

U.S. Customs Bonded SpaceFreight Consolidation/DistributionU.S. Bonded Trucking, Bonded CourierShrink & Stretch Wrapping & PalletizingFacilities: 80,000 Sq. Ft., Railroad Siding, Sprinkler System,Central Reporting Burglar Alarm

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Linda Faulkner recently joined Posey Interna-tional, Inc., to head up marketing and sales forthe licensed customhouse broker and interna-tional freight forwarding firm. Faulkner is a nativeHoustonian with nine years experience in thetransportation industry. Before joining Posey, sheworked for a local truck line, serving five years inadministration and two years ~n sales. Posey’s16,000-square-foot customs bonded warehousefeatures two lO-ton overhead cranes. The com-pany is located at 7218 Clinton Drive in Houston,telephone (713) 672-1985, telex 792-940.

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56 Port of Houston Magazine

Nedlloyd beginscalling at Aqaba

Nedlloyd Inc., agents for NedlloydLines has announced that it has extend-ed its Houston to Middle East service toinclude Aqaba, Jordan, on a 17-day fre-quency.

Nedlloyd Lines uses four modernro/ro containerships, in the service.Mini-landbridge service to the MiddleEast is available from Seattle, Portland,San Francisco and Los Angeles viaHouston.

Paktank completes terminal projectPaktank Corporation has completed a

$20 million expansion project at its DeerPark terminal on the Houston ShipChannel.

The expansion, begun in early 1982,increases Paktank’s storage capacity byone million barrels, creating a combinedstorage capacity of 5,182,000 barrels atthe facility. A third ship dock also hasbeen built which increases capacity tothree ship and 12 barge positions.

The terminal is Paktank’s largestpetroleum, petrochemical and chemical

st6rage facility in the United States.With a combined storage capacity of 11million barrels, Paktank Corporation isone of the largest independent liquidtank storage companies in the UnitedStates.

T. Smith appoints assistant VP

Stephen L. Pfeiffer has been namedassistant vice president, corporatedevelopment, of T. Smith & Son, Inc.,stevedore contractors.

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June 1983 57

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ALSO FOR SALE OR LONG TERM LEASE:2.4 Acres less than a mile from port maingate, on Barbours Cut Blvd., with rail; cleared& level. Call Mitch at our office for details.

The transportation industry in Houston recently selected a court com-posed entirely of queens to help celebrate National Transportation Week.Shown above are Effie Hinds of C & H Transportation Co., Inc., Ms. Land,(left), and Teresa Vest of Alamo Express, Inc., Ms. Sea. Ms. Air and Ms.Transportation are shown in the photo on the page at right. U.S. Secretaryof Transportation Elizabeth Dole was the guest speaker at a luncheonwhich capped the week’s events.

58 Port of Houston Magazine

The various segments of the transportation industry in Houston observ-ed National Transportation Week last month with Trans Expo 83, a publicexhibit of transportation equipmment and services at the Union Stationdepot¯ Mayor Kathy Whitmire of Houston cut a ribbon to open the event,which drew an estimated 10,000 people. Shown at the presentation of aproclamation of the week are, from left, Mildred Irby of Phillips PetroleumCo., president of the Women’s Transportation Club of Houston; JaniceThroop of Red Arrow Freight Lines, Ms. Air; John Shideler of Shideler &

Express/Full ContainerService

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Associates, chairman of the Houston observance of NTW; Mayor Whit-mire; Karen Huffman of Pecten Chemical Co., Ms. Transportation; andEdie Baughman of C.S. Greene & Co., Inc., freight forwarders, chairmanof external activities for NTW. Standing behind Mayor Whitmire is AubreyElliott of St. Regis Paper Co., president of the Transportation Club ofHouston. The other queens selected by transportation clubs in observanceof the week are shown on the page at left.

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Located centrally in the Houston/Galveston area Kh¢ is your 24 houra day seven day a week High Seas Public Coast RadiotelegraphGateway to Ships Worldwide.

Edna H. Murray, Manager

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V.A. Miller & Company recently held a well-attended reception to celebrate the fourth an-niversary of the founding of the customsbrokerage and a move into new offices at thesame address. Virginia Miller, owner of the firm,is shown seated. Among those attending were,from left, Robert Givens of the law firm of Givens,Kelly & Shaw; Terry Bride of Foster-WheelerEnergy Corp., Mike Hargreves of Empire-UnitedStevedoring Co., Anne Harrison of First City Na-tional Bank, Karl Birkner of K-FOB Enterprises inDallas, Annalore Birkner, and Harry G. Kelly ofGivens, Kelly & Shaw.

The National .Shipping Companyt~ ~t’m o | t4 | A I’ll I~ I ~ The only Saudi line with Saudiv¯ ~wv,w ¯ ~.,aoww ~ Arabian Governmentparticipation

General Agents U.S. Gulf AgentsF.W. Hartmann & Co., Inc. E.S. Binnings, Inc.

17 Battery Place 7th Floor, World Trade Bldg.New York, N.Y. 10004 1520 Texas Avenue

(212) 425-6100 Houston, Texas 77002

RELIABILITY-- That’s what it’s all about.The National Shipping Com-

pany of Saudi Arabia offers along-lasting commitment to theexporters, freight forwarders,and importers shipping betweenthe U.S. Gulf, East Coast, and

lhe Middle East...the kind ofreliability that only a Saudi own-ed shipping line can guarantee.

F.W. Hartmann & Company,Inc., with over 30 years in thetrade, has been entrusted with the

General Agency for the U.S.A.Each ro/ro ship has a capacity

of 1250 teu’s...a stern ramp thathandles loads up to 1,000 tons...aramp opening that accom-modates cargo up to 23 feet highX 40 feet wide.

60 Port of Houston Magazine

DUTCHHARBOR

KETCHIKAb

~HILADELPHIA

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JACKSONVILLE

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When it comes to comprehensive service, KerrSteamship Company, Inc,, has the edge over itscompetitors hands down, The professional person-nel staffing our extensive network of offices in themajor ports and hinterland market cities of NorthAmerica are in constant communication to cut thered tape out of your cargo movements. If you need

a bill of lading released in Anchorage, Dallas orMiami, we can do it, If you have a special cargohandling problem in Boston, Baltimore or BritishColumbia, we can solve it, If you have a sales leadin Charleston, Chicago or Cranford, we can pursueit, No matter where you are, or what your problemis, we’ve got you covered.

RR STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC.

Steamship Agents, Terminal Operators, Stevedores

Suite 5130, One Shell SquareNew Orleans, La, 70139Telephone: (504) 566-0500TWX: 810-951-5030

American General Tower, Suite 15002727 Allen ParkwayHouston, Texas 77019Telephone: (713)521-9600. TWX: 910-881-2753

June 1983 61

E.S. BINNINGS, INC.Ship Agents, Stevedores, Terminal Operators

Grancolomblana -- ColombiaThe National Shipping Co. of Saudi ArabiaStarmen Shipp|ng Ltd. --Heavy Lift Service World WideAmerican Heavy Lift Shipping Co. -- American Flag Heavy Lift Service

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Representatives of the Ethiopian MarineTransport Authority (EMTA) recently toured Portof Houston Authority facilities as part of amanagement training program. Shown are KinfuZinabu, head of the Port of Assab work shop;Getachew Mikre, head of finance for EMTA;Robert Crandall, general manager of marine ter-minals for the Port of Oakland; J.R. Curtis, direc-tor of port operations for the Port Authority;Feleke Tessema, head of purchasing and storesfor EMTA; Israel Tekle, head of legal services forEMTA; Nega Negere, head of maritime manage-ment for EMTA; Jerry D. Kotecki, Port Authoritymidwestern sales manager, and SeifuHaileyesus, head of foreign purchasing for EMTA.

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62Port of Houston Magazine

Time is money.Those who understand the true meaning of this expression are the

ones that profit from it. Inbesa America’s modern industrial terminalfacility can save you both time and money.

Our Jacintoport waterfront location has the docking capabilities tohandle vessels up to 770 feet in length. Steel or project cargo can behandled in a time-efficient manner by our two large dockside gantrycranes, which have the capacity to lift 25 metric tons each. Whetheryour cargo is to be loaded or discharged from the vessel, InbesaAmerica can provide you with ample warehouse or storage space ineither our 87,000 sq. ft. three-bay metal warehouse or our outsidestorage yard which covers an area of 800,000 sq. ft.

Remember that time is money and Inbesa America has thereputation for saving you both.

Location: 16335 Peninsula Blvd., Channelview, TexasLand Area: 29 acres located at JacintoportDock: Length: 502’, Draught: 31’

All waterfront property has been dredged, so vessels up to770’ long can be berthed at dock.

Warehouse: 3-bay metal buildingLength: 402.5’, Width: 216’Width of each bay: 72’ Surface: 87,000 sq. ft.

Dockside Each crane has the lifting capacityCranes: (2) of 25 metric tons each.

Inside 4-20,000 lb. overhead cranesCranes: (5) 1-40,000 lb. overhead craneOutside 800,000 sq. ft. compactedStorage Yard: All property is fenced, with 24-hr. on site security.

There are twd railroad tracks at dockside.

P.O. Box 190Channelview, TX 77530(713) 452-0063 / Telex: 792633

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In what may be maritime history. Bay Houston Towing Compan), christened the four newestmembers of the fleet all on the same day. Left to right." The Captain WD. Haden, the W.DHaden, 11, the Barbara H. Neuhaus and the Mark K

AFAMILY AFFAIR.

The biggest harbor towingcompany on the Texas Gulf Coastis no faceless corporation. It’sBay-Houston Towing. And it’sowned and operated by theHadens, a family that has beeninvolved in the towing businessfor over 100 years.

That’s why their fleet of dieseltugs, all the way up to the 4,200-

horse-power Captain W.D. Haden,bears family names.

Doing the j ob better thananyone else can is more than achallenge.

It’s a family tradition.

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