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Volume 16

Port CommissionersAnd Staff

FENTRESS BRACEWELL, ChairmanR. H. PRUETT, CommissionerW. D. HADEN, II, CommissionerE. JACK WALTON, CommissionerJAMES W. FONTENO, CommissionerJ. P. TURNER, Special Consultant to the Port

CommissionGEORGE W. ALTVATER, Executive Director

C. E. BULLOCK,Deputy Port Director--Operatlons

RrCHARD P. LEACH, Deputy Port Director--Engineering and Planning

MILTON K. ECKERT, CounselMICHAEL SCORCIO. Assistant to

Executive DirectorVAUGtfN M. BRYANT, Director o/

International RelationsHENRY S. BONNEY, International

Relations RepresentativeHENRy M. BROADNAX, Director o/

Trade DevelopmentC. A. ROUSSER, JR., Western Sales ManagerHUME A. HENDERSON, Midwestern

Sales ManagerWILLIAM H. LAWDER, JR., District

Sales RepresentativeJ. K. HENDERSON. ControUerK. P. RODEN, Manager, Grain ElevatorW. J. STAGNER, Manager, Storage WarehousesJOHN i~. SPOLL1N, Chie] EngineerALTON B. LANDRY. Personnel Manager and

World Trade Building ManagerJ. R. CURTIS,

Terminal Manager--North SideW. D. DIJNNAIIOE,

Terminal Manager--South SideR. J. SHIROSKY. Superintendent,

Bulk Materials Handling PlantL. T. FRITSCII, Purchasing AgentC. L. SIIUP’rRINE, Chic/Security OfficerA. J. M. VAN DE VEN

Maintenance SuperintendentLOUIS F. BROWN, JR., Chic~, Fire Protection

and Traffic Control OfficerC. G. SEAMAN, Superintendent, Sa/ety and

EfficiencyV. D. WILLIAMS, Administratire AssistantLLOYD GREGORY, Director o/ln[ormatioaS. G. FULLERTON, County AuditorNEW YORK SALES OFFICE25 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10004

Telephone: (212) 269-7747EDWARD P. MOORE. District Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, Assistant Sales ManagerEXECUTIVE OFFICE

1519 Capitol Avenue, Houston, Texas 77002P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001

Telephone: (713) 225-0671TERMINAL OFFICE

Telephone (713) 672-8221

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Official Publication ~~of thePort of HoustonAuthority

No, 2

Due to a printing company strike the February issue of the Port of HoustonMAGAZINE was so delayed that we have combined it with the Marchissue. Normal publication will resume with the April issue.

CONTENTS1971 Was Year of Greatest Progress at Port of Houston ...............

8Second Container Crane Is Dedicated.

............................... 12He’s Optimistic About Future Cotton Exports .......................

15Processing and Distribution Center Opened By Toyota ..................

16Tonnage In 1971 Smashes Records

................................ 18Pull Out Directory of Port Services

................................. 19Houston Port Bureau Reports

............................... 23Scene At The World Trade Club

............................ . ¯ - 24Statistics for October, 1971

..................................... 26Sailing Schedule for General Cargo Ships .............................

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THE COVERIt was a dramatic moment during the dedication of the Port of Houston’s

second container crane when these two container ships came abreast. TheSeaTrain Line’s VISURGIS is at the berth with the newest container crane whilethe Sea Land vessel HOUSTON is outbound with a full cargo of containersloaded upstream at the first container crane. See Page 12 for details.

The Port of Houston MagazineTED SUMERLIN, Editor

Published monthly by the Port of Houston Authority, the PORT or" HOUSTONMagazine is distributed free to maritime, industrial and transportation inter-ests in the United States and foreign countries. This publication is not copy-righted and permission is given for the reproduction or use of any originalmaterial, provided credit is given to the Port of Houston. Additional informa-tion, extra copies or advertising rates may be obtained by wri~ting the PORT OFHOUSTON Magazine, 3901 Westheimer, Houston, Texas 77027.

1971 the year of greatest

PROGRESSat the Port of Houston

By Vaughn M. BryantDirector of International Relations

The year 1971 was "the year that was" at the Port of Houston.In every way it was a year of dramatic changes, progress and accomplishments. Perhaps at no single time

in the Port’s 57 year history have there been so many significant developments as those of the year just

completed. Briefly, the Port of Houston:;’ ’ (l) Hit an all-time new tonnage

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More than 125,000 cars imported

high of more than 69.3 million tons withaccompanying record gross revenuesfrom our own operations.

(2) Took over operation of theformer Long Reach Docks with theireight berths and transit sheds, storagewarehouses, equipment and other fa-cilities.

(3) Began work on Phase I of thedramatic Barbours Cut Terminal to ac-commodate the gigantic new barge-carrying and container ships which willsoon be entering our Port.

(4) Reorganized the administra-tive staff with the appointment of a newexecutive director, a special consultantto the Board and two new deputy di-rectors.

(5) By an Act of the Legidaturebecause a (ull-ttedged Port Authoritywith vastly expanded powers for fire,safety and naxigation control, and movedimmediately to implement this anthority.

(6) Built a million dollar containermarshalling yard and a million and aquarter dollar container crane to serveit and strengthen our position as theleading container por! in the Gulf.

(7) Let contracts for capital im-provements of more than two milliondollars including dredging and mooringfacilities at Barbours Cut and additionsto the container mardmlling yard.

(8) Completed arrangements widen and deepen Bayport to accomo-date dcepsea vessels and give the Portstill another deepsea lerminal.

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lC171 year of g reatest

PROGRESSat the Port of Houston

By Vaughn M. BryantDire6tor of International Relations

The year 1971 was "tile year Ellar was" at rile Port of Houston.

In every, way it was a year of dramatic changes, progress and accomplishnicnrs. Perhaps at no single rime

m tile Port’s 5;7 year history have there been so many significant developntenrs as those of the vear justcompleted. Briefly. the Port of Houston:

More than 125,000 cars imported

\, ,% (1) Hit an all-tinie new lonnagehigh of more than 69.3 million tons witha c c o m p a n y i n g record gross revenuesfrom ollr o%%’11 O] eralions

(2) Took .w’r -pcra/ion of thefornwr Long l{each l)ocks with theireight berths and Iransit sheds, storagewarehouses, equipment and olher fa-cilities.

(3) Began work on Phase I of diedramatic l~arbours Cut Terminal to ac-commodate the gigal t c new barge-carrying and container shilts ~hi(’h willsoon be entering our Port.

(4) l{eorganized the administra.live staff with the app(,intnlent .f a new(’xe(’utlvc dir(’(ior, a sp(’(’ial (’(msuhantto die l}oard and two new deputy di-rectors.

(5) lIv an Act ,>f Ihe l.,’gislaturebecause a (ull-tlcdgcd Porl Authoritywith ~asth expandd l)mvm.s for fin;.safely and na~igatil) contnll, and inl~ve([inmledial(.h-h, imldenleil/ this aulh.ritv.

(7) I.c! c,,rltr.:l(’ls [[)r capital inl-pr(~v(’nl(,nts (~[ nim’e than h~o million(h,llars in(’ludine (Ir(,dging and mo,,rillgfa(:ilitics tit 1,arllm,rs (:i,I and additionsto the container niarshallin,, W yard.

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(9) Continued its active, aggres-sive sales development program through-out the domestic trade territory andabroad.

(10) Set new records in the impor.tation of automobiles and in tonnage atthe bulk materials handling plant andcontinued to lead the nation in the im-portation of steel and exportation ofwheat.

(11) Latmehed a new public aware-ness program to bring to government,civic and social leaders a new apprecia-tion of the Port and its significance.

(12) Maintained our strong inter-national image with local consulates andvisiting business and government leadersfrom throughout tile world.

The 1971 tonnage was five per centgreater than 1970’s record-breaking 61,.6million tons and of particular signifi-cance was the 13 per cent inerease inthe Port’s foreign trade from 17 millionto mare than 21 million tens. Of this 21million tons of foreign trade five milliontons was in general cargo, which is themoney-making cargo and tile key to anyport’s operations. This was a 15 per centincrease over the 4.3 million tons offoreign trade general cargo handled theyear before.

Tile remaining tonnage at the Port ofHouston was that moving by harge onthe local and inland waterways and thetremendous movement of hulk petroleumfrom local refineries to the East Coast.Deepsea coastwise tommge ran abouthalf a million tons over 1970 at 2l mil-lion Ions and barge traffic ran ahont 1.5million tons ow’r 1970 at 25.5 milli,mtons.

The foreign trade tonnage reflectedthe dedicated efforts of the trade devel-opment staff with sales representativescovering tile East and West Coasts, Mid-America and Ihe Soulhwest. The exe(’n-tive director and director of trade de-velopment followed uI) a 1970 Europeantrade development trip wittl a similarvisit to Japan in the Spring of 1971 foreonferem:es with exporters and importersthere. Japan is Honston’s wincipal trad-ing partner, followed hv \Vest Germany.

Taking ow’r operation of the LongReach Docks was effeeted January 1st of1971. five years after the purchase ofthis facility from the (,ulf Atlantic \Varc-house Co. of the Anderson, Clayton Com-pany and a lease-back of the propertyfor five )ears.

The Barhours Cut Terminal projectwas announced in August of 1970 andthe Port Authority proceeded to ohtaintile neeessarv remaining land and todraw plans f(~r a terminal which wouldserve the giant container and barge-carrying shills with their great lengthand deep draft. Tile Director of Engi-neering and Planning and the Director

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40,000 visitors toured Ship Channel

Track and swimming pool completed for seamen

of Operations toured the principal con-tainer terminals of Europe in March toacquaint themselves further with the newconcepts and the requirements of thesenew ships, and by mid-year plans wereready and contracts let for the initialdredging and construction of the facility.The Port Authority is particularly proudthat its own engineering staff drew theplans and specifications and providedthe necessary criteria for the BarboursCut Terminal without the need of callingin an outside engineering firm.

The dredging and construction inPhase I of ,the Barbours Cut project wasright on schedule at year’s end and thenecessary channel and pier will be readyin June to receive the first giant barge-carrying ship when it calls at Houston.

In May J. P. Turner, the Port’s ex-ecutive director for more than fourteenyears who had guided the Port of Hous-ton through its period of greatest growthand development, asked to be relieved ofhis executive duties and to be retainedas a special consultant to the Board.George W. A~tvater, who had been withthe Port of Houston for twelve years assales manager and thcn director of tradedevelopIncnt, before becoming deputydirector, was named executive directorand C. E. Bullock, director of operationsand Richard P. Leach, director of plan-ning and development, were nameddeputy directors. Henry M. Broadnax,director of sales, was named director oftrade development.

The legislative act creating the Portof Houston Authority and giving itgreater powers over safety, fire controland navigation which was passed inApril, went into effect August 29, ninetydays after adjournment of the Leg-islature. The Port Authority adopted anew seal and named a chief fire protec-tion and fire control officer and a super-intendent for safety and efficiency tooperate within the framework of itsgreater powers.

An unusually high number of im-ported automobiles in 1971 was due inpart to increased sales by distributors inthis area and also because of the WestCoast strike, which saw thousands ofcars diverted to Houston wh.en bothJapanese and European manufacturerscould not unload their vehicles there.The Port handled more than 125,000units, which is more than all the otherGulf ports combined.

For years Houston has been the na-tion’s leading port for the importation of

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steel, due to the tremendous demand inthe Southwest and, particularly, becauseits open wharves are so adaptable to theefficient handling of this bulky cargo.In 1971 the Port handled more than onemillion tons of this commodity. Houstonhas long been the nation’s leading wheatport and has, in fact, more shipsidegrain elevator storage capacity--up-wards of 26 million bushels--at its fivegrain terminals along the Ship Channelthan any port in the world. The bulkmaterials handling plant--the first andonly one in the West Gulf~has increasedits business ewry year, topped by thisyear’s amazing total of more than oneand one half million tons moved.

In December the Port announced anagreement with the Friendswood Devel-opment Company of the Humble Oil andRefining Company to proceed with a $19million widening and deepening of theBayport project off Galveston Bay, whichwill he wholly financed through revenuebonds purchased by Humble. This willprovide a deepsea facility 36 feet deep,with a 300 foot wide channel, ownedand operated by the Port of HoustonAuthority to serve the giant Bayportindustrial complex.

During the year the Port Authorityembarked on a program of Port toursaboard the inspection vessel SAM HOUS-TON for civic, business and politicalleaders of all the communities in thecounty, for Houston and Harris Countyofficials and for state legislators, theConsular Corps, shippers through thePort of Houston and others. The vesselannually carries upwards of 40,000 peo-ple on tours of the Ship Channel andthese range from school children to min-isters of state from overseas.

The Port maintained its active inter-national relations program and closeliaison with the Consular Corps, portsthroughout the world and visiting busi-ness, governmental and civic leaders. Itsupported the Houston InternationalSeamen’s Center by providing eightacres of prime land on a hill behind thewharves where there is a soccer field,swimming pool and temporary recrea-tion buildings for the more than 200,000seamen who visit Houston annuallyaboard more than 4,000 ships.

In the year ahead the Port Authorityplans a continued drive to get morecargo and move more tonnage, to im-prove existing facilities and to build newones, to meet the challenges of trade asthey appear and to give the Port thevigorous direction it needs to stay in theforefront among the great ports of thisnation and the world.

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More containers shipped than ever

Heavy machinery exports were important

Leads nation in steel imports

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S~cond Container Crane Dedicated By The First

ContainerPort of The GulfThe Port of Houston dedicated its new $1.5 million con-

tainer crane the end of January with impressive ceremonieson Open Wharf 29 even as tile tirst vessel in a new full con-tainer service between Houston, Northern Europe and theU.K. was discharging and loading on its maiden voyage.

More than 200 city and county officials, shippers, steam-ship agents, foreign forwarders, l’ahor leaders and others en-gaged in Houston’s foreign trade gathered on a cold, clearclay to hear Port Commission Chairman Fentress Braeewellproclaim Houston’s pre-eminence as "The ContainerPort ofthe Gulf."

Exeeutive Direcltor C, corge V’;’. Ahvater presided on thebunting-draped speaker’s platform and cited Houston’s leader-ship in answering the challenge of the container boom by pro-viding not one but two container cranes as well as containermarshalling yards and other facilities.

The whole container mow~’ment got its start in Houston,he recalled, back in May of 1956 when the SS M.4XTON ~fthe lhen Pan-Atlantic Steamship Co. discharged and loadedcontainers here on its maiden run from Elizaheth, N.J. Inthe 16 years since, the contalm’r concept has proliferated untilit has revolutionized cargo handling all over the wmld.

Chairman Bracewell called it "a happy time for us hereat the Port of Houston" and said it was a feeling the Port"wants to share with all of you here today who. collectivelyand individually, deserxe much of the cr~dit for our joy.;’

He cited the record-smashing tonnage totals racked up bythe Port last year ~ith m’w highs ill lotal tonnage, foreigntrade, general cargo foreign trade and in several commoditiessuch as automobiles, steel and grain. (See page 18.)

The dedication ceremonies folhmed close upon three

Cutting the ribbon to put Container Crane No. 2 officially into serviceis Port Commission Chairman Fentress Bracewell. From the left are Commis-sioner James W. Fonteno, Commissioner R. H. Pruett, Chairman Bracewel[,Commissioner E. Jack Walton and Executive Director George W. Altvater.

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significant developments ill Houston’s foreign trade picture inJanuary.

These were the release of the record-smashing tonnagetotals, Houston’s selection by the COMBI Line as the WestGulf terminal ill its forthcoming U.K./North Europe servicehy giant new barge-carrying vessels, and Houston’s selectionas the only U.S. terminal ill SEATRAIN Line-container divi-sion’s new full container service hetween U.K./North Europeports and the (;ulf.

The COMB[ Line announcement was made by Biehl & Co.,U.S. general agents for lhe COMBI Line. and said the firstvessel, the BILDERDYIR, is expected in Houston in earlyJune to inaugurale the new multi-million dollar harge-shipand container terminal being built by the Port of HoustonAuthority &mnstream at Barbours Cut.

Ahvater called tile announcement "great news for dm Portof Houston which eh’arb" proves the need for our BarboursCut faeilitv." He said dr;’dging and construction for the firstpier was :’right on schedule and we’ll be ready for theBILDERI)}K when she arrives."

The BILI)ERI))K was launched at Hob,~ken. Belgium, inNovember and is the lit’st of lw. giant, 875 foot long. 43,000ton vess,qs ulrich will t,e in this service. The other, the_~IUNCHFN. ~ill I,egin ,;ervice here in September. Both will

First container to be lifted by the new Container Crane No. 2 after thededication ceremony was off loaded from the VISRUGIS, one of Seatrain’scontainer vessels now sailing between Houston and Europe.

carry up to 83 lighters, or barges, each with a capacity of370 tons, and will have a 510 ton gantry crane to unload /tiebarges over the stern of the mother shill in a maximum timeof 15 minutes each.

In the COMBI Line service the lighters can reach points oforigin or destination on or near navigable waters on lheMississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Arkansas Riversystems in the United States, and on the Rhine, Weser,Sehehte and Thames River systems in Europe and the UntiedKingdom. Direct shipments on the U.S. intracoastal water-ways system from Browns~ilh,. Texas. Io A1)alachicola,Florida, and from Jacksonvilh,. Horida. to Wilmington, N.C.,are also possible.

In making SEATRAIN’S atlnouncenlent ill mid-JanttaryThmnas F. Cermack. assistant vice president of tile containerdixisi(m said tin’ first xessel ~xas already enroutc to Houstonand wmdd discharge and h)ad containers beginning January31st. Accordingly, the new container crane was dedicaled on/hat day during the n..n recess as it worked the SI:ATRAINvessel.

The SEATRAIN service to the (;ulf will make tile trip t.North Europe ports in 13 t. 11 days, calling a! Bcmerha~en,Ccrmany; Rotterdam. The Nelherfands. and Greenock, nearGlasgow, ill lho United Kingdom.

The VISURGIS, which inaugurated Scatrain’s H,ustonservice, carries 209 of the ll) h,.t contaim,rs and will lw

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joined by the company’s new TRANS IDAHO, a larger ves-sel capable of loading or unloading 481 of the 40 foot units.The vessels have a speed of 18 knots.

Seatrain Lines is a full container service developing thecontainer concept, according to Cermack, and also operatesout of the East Coast to Europe and Puerto Rico and plans tooperate soon from the West Coast to the Far East.

In his remarks Chairman Bracewell pointed to Houston’srecord 53,000 containers handled in 1971 and predicted thatthe Port will double that figure, or more, in 1972.

"Tile SEATRAIN service gives us our first direct full con-tainer service to any foreign ports," Executive DirectorAltvater said of the new service, noting that Houston has hadfull container service by SEA LAND to the East Coast and toEurope through trans-shipnlent there, as well as heavy andincreasing container traffic on vessels carrying both con-tainers and "break-bulk" cargo.

Tile crane itself, and the reason for all the ceremonies, wasofficially dubbed Houston Container Crane No. 2, comple-menting the other container crane which has been in opera-tion since early 1966 under lease to the SEA LAND Serviceon Wharves 16 and 17. These are the first two and still theonly two container cranes operating in the Gulf.

The new facility, which was built by Pacific EngineeringCompany (PACECO), has a container loading capacity of tons and can handle either 20 foot or 40 foot containers, ftcan be modified quickly to handle loading or unloading ofother heavy cargo up to 50 tons.

Houston Container Crane No. 2 will operate over ninewharves, from Wharf 23 to Wharf 31, and will be run by aconsortium of 14 steamship operators and stevedoring com-panies, which has been organized as Terminal ServicesHouston, Inc. Lewis W. Homburg, vice president of StrachanShipping Co, is president of the group and R. E. Berkefeld,vice president-West Gulf of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.,is chairman of the board.

Dedicating the towering Container Crane No. 2, is Port CommissionChairman Fentress Bracewell who pointed out that the only containercranes operating on the Gulf coast are in Houston, the ContainerPort ofthe Gulf.

CONTAINER SERVICES FROM PORT OF HOUSTON

Line Destination AgentGulf Container Line United Kingdom Furness, WithySea-Land Service North Atlantic Sea-Land Service

MediterraneanSeatrain Line Continent Seatrain Line

PARTIAL CONTAINER SERVICES FROMPORT OF HOUSTON

Yamashita-Shinnihott Line Japan Texas Transport & TerndnalAtlantic Gulf Service Continent Strachan

Scandinavian PortsMitsul OSK Lines Japan StrachanArgentine Lines A~gentina St rachanBank Line New Zealand Straehan

AustraliaChilean Line Chile

Peru StrachanEcuador

Nedlloyd Line Persian GulfRoyal Netherlands Venezuela Strachan

Netherlands Antilles StraehanTrinidad

Trans-Mex Line Mediterranean StrachanAtlantic Shipping Co. Containers (Inbound only) States ShippingLloyd Brasileiro Brazil Roberts Steamship Co.Zim Israel Israel l.one Star Shipping

Lykes Bros. Africa Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.EuropeMcditerraneanFar EastUnited Kingdom

Maritime Co. of Philippines Philippines Ayers Steamship Co,nong KongJapan (Inbound only)

Independent Gulf Line Germany (Outbound only) Norton, LillyFrance (Inbound only)

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Line Destination AgentHarrison Line United Kingdom Phillips-Parr

(Outbmmd only)"K" l,ine Japan Kerr Steamship Co.Nervion Line Spain Kerr Stcantship Co.Kuwait Shipping Co. Persian Gulf Kerr Steamship Co.ttelh’nic Lines M~diterranean Ihdlenic Lines

South and East AfricaR~d Sea and Persian GulfIndiaPakistanBurmaCeylon

China Merchants Steam Nationalist China Gulf Coast ShippingNavigation Co. Japan

Cattainer Line Belgium (Inbound only) Gulf MotorshipsSouth African Marine Corp. South Africa ltansen & TidemannDeppe/French/Belgian Line Conlinental Europe nansen & TidemannDelta Lines East Coast South America l/tlta Lines

West AfricaNYK Line Japan Dalton Steam~hip Corp.Conco~dia Line Persian Gulf Dalton Steamship Corp.Alcoa Steamship Co. Venezuela Dalton Steamship Corp.Jugolinija Line Mediterranean Dalton Steamship Corp.Polish Ocean lane Poland Dalton Steamship Corp.nansa Line North Continental Europe

Persian Gulf E.S. BinningsCentral Gulf Lines (via Lash Barges) Central Gulf Steamship

United Kingdom/Continent Corp.MediterraneanPersian Gulf

India/Pakistan

Combi Line Continental Europe Biehl & Co.Sidarma Line Mediterranean Biehl & Co.Barber Line Philippines Biehl & Co.

nong KongThailandSingapore

Nopal Line Brazil Biehl & Co.

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Another In A Series

M~ei Hans Boh/m.nnHe’s I]plimislic/th..lFulure EulIun Exp,urls

BY LLOYD GREGORYInformation Director

H ANS BOHLMANN, president of Reinhart Company, cottonmerchants, says scientists must continue to find new

uses for cotton if that fiber ever is to approach tile loftystatus it once enjoyed.

Mr. Bohlmann, who has served as president of the TexasCotton Association and of the Houston Cotton Exchangeand Board of Trade, said:

"Cotlon is the only fiber that ’breathes’, and men arediscovering the nutst comfortable shirts are all cotton, or aminimum of 30 per Clmt cotton combined with a syntheticmaterial, such as polyester.

"Shirt makers have found they can manufacture, a washanlt wear shirt made entirely of cotton.

"The big problem is that cotton, priced at 37 cents apmmd for next March delivery, may price itself out of themarket, due partly to two short crops in a row."

On May 15, ]874. a group of Houston business menformed the Houston Board of Trade. On June ]2, 1874, theorganization was re-named Houston Cotton Exchange andBoard .f Trade. with C. S. Longcope, a steamboat operatorfrom PhiladclplHa elected president.

Bv 1895, Houston was the world’s second largest cottonmarket. In 1897. the city had 33 coUon firms and thatseason handled more than a million bales.

Cotton lllaycd a major role in the development of the Portof Houston; for example, in the 1923-2:1, season, the Port ofHouston for the first time exported more than one millionbah’s. Houston had re.re cotton-compressing facilities thanany other port or city in the world.

Mr. Bohlmann and other Houston cotton men believe cottonwill stage a comeback. "One has to be an optimist to be in thisbusiness," Mr. Bohlmann said.

Hans Bohhnann has spent his adult life in the cotton busi-ness. His father represented Anderson Clayton cotton com-pany in Bremen, Germany, when the father died. The sonwas then 16.

The young man three years later came by freighter toHouston. He went to work on the docks in the classing roomsfor Anderson Clayton. All such work was done by hand, butnow there is in addition a nlicr.naire, a machine which teststhe strength and maturity of the fber.

Mr. Bohlmann worked 18 years for Anderson Clayton--four years in Mexico. In 1952, he organized the Swiss-ownedI/einhart Company, buying the firm in 1960. Vice-presidentis E. F. Graves, who is president of the Houston Cotton Ex-change and Board of Trade.

Mr. Bohlmaml credits the National Cotton Council (Maidof Cotton) and the Cotton Producers Institute with "helpingto sell the public on using more and more cotton." He saysJapan is the bc~t customer for cotton raised in this country.

Golfing and hunting are Mr. Bohlmann’s favorite sports.He has a farm near Bellville, "where I raise cattle anddoves." He is a member of these clubs: Houston Country,World Trade, and Tejas.

In 1945, the beautiful Miss Genevieve Morrow, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Wright Morrow of Houston, and Mr. Bohl-mann were married. They have four children, Genny, HansWright, Margo, and Jonathan.

The Bohlmanns are Episcopalians. They live at 3203Avalon.

Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum

HANS BOHLMANN

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Hundreds of new Toyota cars are lined up in the assembly lot of thenew Toyota processing center in the Port of Houston industrial park beforebeing shipped to interior points after servicing. The new servicing buildingcan be seen in the far background.

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processing and

distribution

center opened

by toyota

Toyota, n]anufacturcr of one of Japan’s most popular auto-mobiles and a big exporter to the Port of Houston, opened a$2.5 million new car processing (:enter in the Port of HoustonIndustrial Park last month and a $3 million, five-state dis-tribution center in the western part of the city.

Gulf States Toyota, Inc., serving lll dealers in the fivestates of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Missis-sippi, will operate the two facilities which are owned byToyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., In(’., headquartered in Torrance,Calif.

Gulf States Toyota has had a renlarkably fast rise, as re-tlected by its increased imports through the Port of Houstonand sales which rose from 6’!~00 units in 1965 to more than35,000 units last year.

The new car processing center is located (:lose to openwharf 29 at the Port where the automobiles are unloaded anddriven directly to the 16.6 acre tract on which the center islocated.

As the ears arrive at the center they are de-waxed, washedand thoroughly inspected. There is an automatic washraekwith six stalls and two paint booths for refinishing and repairof any nlinor damage to the vehicles.

Eventually the new processing center at the Port will becapable of installing certain major accessories such as airconditioning systems, radios, vinyl tops aInt even truck beds.The eenler, itself, sits on approximately 20,000 square feet ofthe 16.6 acres, which are paved, lighted, fenced and patrolledfor storage of up to 3,000 vehicles.

As many as 350 vehicles per day can be processed at thecenter and loaded aboard highway and rail transporters forshipment to dealers over the five-state area.

Gulf States Toyota’s annual payroll now exceeds $I million

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Top ranking Toyota officials in the United States were in Houston lastmonth for dedication ceremonies of the new car processing center locatedin the Port of Houston’s industrial park adjacent to its wharves. Here, IwaoKodaira, right, director and executive vice president of Toyota Motor Sales,USA, Inc., of Torrance, Calif., is shown with, from left, Sidney N. Goddard,Toyota port property administrator; Port of Houston Deputy Director-Op-erations C. E. Bullock, and Ikuro Yamaguchi, executive coordinator of salesfor Toyota-USA. The parts department above stocks 20,000 different itemsvalued at more than $4 million, ff.elow is the preparation center which canhandle 350 cars daily.

~ilh 100 emph,y~,es according to President Thomas Friedkin,who ~~aF, Oil hand for the ~q)ening cerentonies along ~ith[wao Kodaira. executive vice president of Toyota Motor SalesU.S.A. Others present were A. J. Duderstadt, vice presidentand general manager, and It. A. Bracken, vice presidentaml assislant general manager of Gulf States Toyota, andTatsuro Toyoda, assislaut vice president, and J. F. McGraw,national sales manager of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.

The Gulf Stab> Toyota headquarters building and partswarehouse in the western tmrt of Houston is in the new Belt-way development and buih ml half of a 10-acre tract. Thebuilding has ~P,.0(}0 square feet of office space and 100,000square feet of parts ~arehousing. It contains more than 20,-000 different parts valued at $~ million.

The headquarters and ~arehouse facility is the first eon-strueti~m in the l~ehway development which is a d00 acretnasler-i)lanned muhi-use development, with the northernpr, q~erty line running along the Souther, Pacific right-of-way.

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Tonnage

In 1971

Smashes

Records

Cargo of all kinds moving through the Port of Houston in 1971 contributed to setting a newtonnage record, but one of the spectacular increases was in automobile imports, which were 35 per-cent above 1970.

The Port of Houston smashed cargorecords on all fronts in 1971 as itamassed a gigantic total of more than69.3 million tons to top last year’s previ-ous high by nearly five million.

In making the dramatic announce-ment, Port Commission Chairman Fen-tress Bracewell said the Port had:

Scored a foreign trade record with 21million tons of exports and imports tobeat 1970’s record by more than 23 percent.

Topped 1968’s record 1,725,000 tonsof imported steel with a total of 1,760,-000 tons to reconfirm Houston as thenation’s leader in this category.

hnported an all-time high of i27,000foreign ears for a tremendous 35 percent jump over 1970’s previons recordof 93,500 units.

Shipped 8.7 million tons of grainfrom its five grain elevators, 6.4 millionof it wheat to continue its world leader-ship as a wheat port.

Handled 1.6 million tons at its bulkmaterials plant for a 24 per cent in-crease over last year’s record.

"This has been a tremendous yearfor the Port of Houston and these

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figures are a tribute to the public andprivate wharves over which this cargomoved," Bracewell said.

"In addition, it is a tribute to Hous-ton’s labor climate which was favorablein the face of long and costly strikes onboth the East and West coasts," headded.

Foreign trade general cargo, whichis estimated to generate some $30 worthof economic activity in a port for everyton moved, was up 700,000 tons at bet-ter than five million. Of this, three mil-lion tons was in imports reflecting thenational foreign trade pattern of moreimports than exports.

The heavy grain exports dominatedthe foreign trade bulk cargo picturehowever, as exports ran three to oneover bulk imports with 12 million tonsshipped and four million tons broughtin. Other bulk exports, after the 8.7million tons of grain, were in minerals,fertilizers, and refinery and chemicalproducts.

Cargo moved over Port Authoritywharves, alone, came to 10.2 milliontons of which five million tons was ingeneral cargo. This was a 40 per centjump over 1970’s total cargo handledand a 47 per cent jump over the PortAuthority’s general cargo tonnage.

Much of this increase was attributableto the Port Authority having taken overoperation of the eight wharves at theLong Reach Docks, which it had ownedfor five years but which were being op-erated by the previous owners untilJanuary 1st of 1971.

However, the Port Authority didregister a better than one million tonincrease in bulk cargo bandied with ahalf million ton jump in grain, mainlywheat, and 650,000 ton increase inother bulk.

Of the Port Authority’s general cargosome 4.2 million tons was in foreigntrade and the remainder domestic,largely container traffic moving coast-wise between Houston and Elizabeth,New Jersey.

The other main categories of Port ofHouston tonnage--deepsea coastwisebulk and domestic barge traffic--showed little change.

Deepsea coastwise tonnage came to21.4 million as compared to 21.7 millionin 1970. Internal barge traffic was uptwo million tons over last year at 23.5million tons and local barge traffic wasdown nearly one million tons from lastyears 3.4 million.

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