Ship Calls Steady At Port of Houston Ship arrivals at the Port of Houston for 1994 are keeping pace with 1993 numbers, according to the Marine Exchange of the West Gulf. During the first six months of 1994, a total of 2,633 vessels called Houston private and public ter- minals, compared to 2,636 vessels during the first half of 1993. In keeping with recent tradition, oil tankers accounted for nearly one- third of the traffic, with a tally of 867. Breakbulk vessels represented 20 percent of the calls (533), and chemical tankers made up another 15 percent of the total, with a count of 399. The flags of 74 nations flew on vessels calling at Houston during the period. The Liberian flag was flown on 375 vessel calls, and the U.S. flag was displayed for 354 calls. Other frequently represented registries were Panama (285 calls), Norway (255 calls), the Bahamas (197 calls) and Cyprus (185 calls). TANK CLEANING COMPLETE SERVICES IN SHIP AND SHORE TANK CLEANING Services Available Worldwide COASTAL HYDRO SERVICE 619 BROADWAY ¯ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77012 Phone: (713) 926-3213 ¯ Fax: (713)923-5150 PROFESSIONAL DISCOUNT PHARMACY MARINE MEDICAL UNIT 407 OakStreet La Marque, Texas 77568 Serving Ports of Houston, Galveston, Freeport, Texas City, Beaumont to Brownsville Medical Certificate/Medicine Chest for Norwegian, Liberian, Panamanian U.S. and British vessels MedicalSupplies/ Prescription Drugs with Labels in English, Spanish,or Norwegian 24 Hour, 7 Daya week service Full Medical Services- Doctors,Dentists, Hospitals "WE TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEMS" Gregory A. Porter, R. Ph. (409) 938-7232 (71 3) 675-DRUG (3784) FAX (409) 938-8837 13
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Ship Calls SteadyAt Port of Houston
Ship arrivals at the Port of Houstonfor 1994 are keeping pace with 1993numbers, according to the MarineExchange of the West Gulf.
During the first six months of1994, a total of 2,633 vessels calledHouston private and public ter-minals, compared to 2,636 vesselsduring the first half of 1993. Inkeeping with recent tradition, oiltankers accounted for nearly one-third of the traffic, with a tally of867. Breakbulk vessels represented20 percent of the calls (533), andchemical tankers made up another15 percent of the total, with acount of 399.
The flags of 74 nations flew onvessels calling at Houston duringthe period. The Liberian flag wasflown on 375 vessel calls, and theU.S. flag was displayed for 354calls. Other frequently representedregistries were Panama (285 calls),Norway (255 calls), the Bahamas(197 calls) and Cyprus (185 calls).
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Incbcape Is AgentFor Algerian Line
Inchcape Shipping Services hasbeen named agent for Societe Na-tionale de Transports Maritime/CNAN in the United States andCanada.
The carrier, which is Algeria’s na-tional line, operates a liner servicefrom Houston, which is the serv-ice’s base port, and other U.S. Gulfports. Inchcape will manage theservice from Houston. Montreal isthe base port for the Canadianservice.Ports of Call
The service offers calls to ports inAlgeria and stops on inducement atMediterranean ports. Three multi-purpose vessels are deployed in theservice.
Inchcape also has received con-tracts to represent SNTM/CNAN insome European countries as well asthe Far East, which will make Inch-cape the carrier’s largest agency.
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Coastal TowingDoubles in Size
Coastal Towing Inc. of Houstonhas acquired a fleet of towboats anddouble-skinned inland tank bargesfrom Ingram Ohio Barge Co., a sub-sidiary of Ingram Industries Inc. ofNashville, Tenn.
The transaction nearly tripledCoastal’s fleet of barges anddoubled its fleet of towing vessels.The enlarged company is now oneof the nation’s largest tank bargecompanies with 130 barges and 34tow boats. Coastal Towing creatednearly 250 new Texas jobs in thetransaction and grew from 250employees to 500.
Coastal Towing is a privatelyheld, Houston-based company thatowns and operates towing vesselsand tank barges that transportpetroleum products along the U.S.Gulf Coast and on the U.S. inlandriver system.
Coastal Towing chairman Doyle Pickett, right, and Ed Griffin, president, place thecompany logo upon the exhaust stack of a recently acquired tow boat. The com-pany recently doubled its size with the addition of 16 towboats, 85 tank barges,and 250 personnel. Houston’s Coastal Towing now operates the nation’s largest"black oil" tank barge fleet.
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Hapag-Lloyd ScoresISO 9002 First
Hapag-Lloyd has become the firstcompany in the international trans-port business to obtain ISO 9002registration for its entire liner ship-ping product -- the door-to-doortransport chain.
For the first time ever, all areas par-ticipating in the transport chain havebeen registered simultaneously accord-ing to the internationally recog-nized ISO norm. Hapag-Lloyd hasintegrated into its quality system itsvessels, sales offices, dangerous goodsdepartments, ship management andoperating units, container steeringand technical departments and thepurchasing of subcontractor services.
Hapag-Lloyd received the certificatecovering the complete system fromGermanischer Lloyd after drafting11 quality manuals that provide abasis for systematic error avoidance.The internationally uniform processdescriptions are available round-the-clock from a central data processingbulletin board in German and English.
THE BEST ENDUREOur people were here to greet tile firs!
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(Continued from Page 1 I)boats assisted in one demonstrationas Williams Fire and Hazard ControlCo. of Texas unveiled the "MonsterMonitor," a nozzle capable ofshooting a stream of foam andwater more than 450 feet. The fireboats joined forces with fire trucksto pump 10,000 gallons of waterand foam per minute through thenozzle.
"This was truly a Texas-sizedemonstration," said White."Everyone took note of the factthat the truck on which the nozzleis mounted is painted with theslogan, ’Have Gun. Will Travel.’
"It is almost impossible todescribe how exciting thesedemonstrations are," adds White."And without the port’s supportthey would not be possible."Learning from Experts
Attendees also had the opportuni-ty to learn from experts in in-dustrial fire fighting. DwightWilliams, president of Williams Fireand Hazard Control, shared his ex-periences in extinguishing large firesin tanks, ships, refineries and in-dustrial plants. Jerry Craft, the firechief of EXXON’s huge refinery inBaton Rouge, La., told how his firebrigade controlled and extinguisheda fire involving more than 16 tanksand 600,000 barrels of flammable li-quid with the least amount of firefighting foam in the shortest time inhistory.
International guests includedBarry Browning, chief fire officerfrom the ESSO Refinery in Fawley,United Kingdom, who told how hiscrews successfully extinguished amajor fire on a super tanker at his
All-Water Service ListingThe Port of Houston Authority publish-es a listing of all-water carriers servingthe Port of Houston. This directory in-cludes all regular ports of call and listsagents and telephone numbers for morethan 100 vessel operating companies.The listings are updated every six months.To obtain your free copy of this usefulreference, please call (713) 670-2569 (800) 688-DOCK or write Customer Serv-ice, Port of Houston Authority, P.O.Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77252-2562.
refinery dock. Stewart Henderson,chief of the Montrose, Scotland,Offshore Oil Fire School, presenteda paper on how his school preparesindividuals to survive and controlfire and emergency incidents on off-shore oil platforms in the NorthSea. Trevor Perkins, commander ofthe Melbourne (Australia) FireBrigade described how his crewcontrolled and extinguished a largeflammable liquid fire in Melbourne’sharbor. The fire involved more than
30 tanks containing flammablechemicals and liquids.
John Jordon, a volunteer firefighter from Rhode Island, relatedhis experiences in fighting firescaused by the civil strife inHerzegovina. Jordon presented avideo and slide program on what itis like to fight fires while a battle isbeing fought around you.
For information on next year’s ex-position, please call IFW at (409)693-7105. []
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Fairplay Publishes Shipping DirectoryThe 1994-95 World Shipping Direc-
tory, just published by Fairplay Pub-lications Ltd., has been expandedto include more than 23,000 companylistings.
The latest edition of the directorycontains more than 1,000 pages of in-formation on all sectors of the worldmaritime industry, including ship-owners, ship managers, shipyards,suppliers, and towing, salvage, off-shore and dredging companies. Alsolisted are ship finance companies;marine insurance companies and P&Iclubs; maritime lawyers; shipbrokers;maritime organizations; consultantsand surveyors; maritime schools;classification societies; and portauthorities and operators.Easy to Use
The volume is extensively indexed,by company names, personal namesand vessel names. The contents ofthe book were produced from Fairplayin-house databases which are updat-ed daily.
Cover price for the directory is
99 pounds sterling or US$179.Copies may be ordered fromFairplay Publications Ltd., P.O. Box96, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 2TE,United Kingdom, or from Fairplay’sNorth American office (P.O. Box354, Germantown, New York NY12526 U.S.A.) or Asian office (200Cantonment Road, 05-01 South-point, Singapore 0208).
Fairplay Publications Ltd. is an in-
ternational publishing and informa-tion services company based in theUnited Kingdom. The companypublishes the marine trade journal,Fairplay International ShippingWeekly, and an assortment ofspecialized books and directoriesfor the world maritime industry.Fairplay also provides computerizedinformation products and servicesfor the shipping industry.
Really Roar?You bet they did!
And they’re gonna do it again!
Liberia ReopensHouston Consulate
The Republic of Liberia has re-opened a consular office in Houston,with Fred Rodell as honorary consulgeneral. Rodell is a native of Ger-many, but has lived in Houston forseveral years.
The new Liberian consul was bornin Germany, educated in Italy andimmigrated to the United States inthe late thirties. He has been activein local professional, civic, culturaland social organizations and served asthe honorary consul general of Panamain Houston for several years.
The addition of the Consulate Gen-eral of Liberia brings the currentnumber of consulates in Houston to57. The city has the fifth largestconsular corps in the nation and thelargest in the Southwest.
"Houston is proud that so manycountries have established con-sulates in our city," said Mayor BobLanier. "It speaks highly ofHouston’s prominence in the inter-national arena. I am pleased to seeLiberia represented once again inour international community."
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Proceeds benefit theHouston International & Barbours Cut Seafarers Centers
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Gary EscoffierHeads NOCS Group
Gary Escoffier has been namedpresident and chief executive officerof New Orleans Cold Storage &Warehouse Co. Ltd. (NOCS Group).
Escoffier most recently was vicepresident of operations for theNOCS group and was responsiblefor all warehouse operations at thecompany’s facilities in Houston,New Orleans and Charleston, S.C.,as well as NOCS Inspection ServicesInc. and NOCS Transport Ltd.
He joined NOCS in 1976 andworked in various positions, in-cluding assistant superintendent ofNOCS’ Airline Highway warehouseand superintendent of the com-pany’s Nashville Avenue warehouse,both in New Orleans. He wasnamed manager of all the com-pany’s warehouse operations in1985 and vice president of opera-tions in 1988. He oversaw the start-up of the NOCS South Atlanticfacility in Charleston and the WestGulf operation in Houston.
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¯ Highly experienced and efficient work force.¯ Productive breakbulk capabilities.¯ Heavy lift handling facilities.
Coastal Cargo Texas, Inc.
StevedoresA Jackson Kearney Group Company
13609 Industrial RoadHouston, TX 77015
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M/V HUMBOLDTCURRENT Joins BHP’sU.S. Gulf ServiceThe M/V HUMBOLDT CUR-RENT, sailing for BHP Interna-tional Marine Transport Inc.,recently made its maiden callat the Port of Houston Authori-ty’s Woodhouse Terminal. Fourmultipurpose vessels aredeployed in the service, whichoffers sailings to Chile, NewZealand and Australia. Gulf &Atlantic Maritime Service Inc.is general agent for theservice.
~~~lFrank Mohn Houston IncFRAMO
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Wallenius Lines, marking the com-pany’s 60th year in business and theopening of its Houston office.
Olof Wallenius started the line asa tank shipping company in 1934.Later, the company became apioneer in the transportation ofautomobiles and the roll-on/roll-offconcept. The carrier designed thefirst true car-carrying ship in the
Obsertes 60th Annitersary
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mid-1950s. Pure car and truck car-riers with flexible ramps and deckswere another Wallenius innovation.A History of Growth
Over the years, the Walleniusfleet has transformed from smallbreakbulk vessels to ships with 13decks that can carry rollable cargoor cargo that can be made rollableby using wheeled trailers. ManyWallenius ships have a 200-ton
¯ 500 Top Derrick Barges
¯ 34 Lines GoldhoferTransporters with a1,140 Ton Capacity
¯ 36 Lines NicholasTransporters With A 972Ton Capacity
¯ Ship Channel FacilityWith Rail Access
ramp capacity and height clearanceof 20 feet. These vessels havetransported yachts, motor boats,generators, airport bridges,helicopters, construction andagricultural equipment and a widerange of automobiles.
Wallenius operates a fleet of 30pure car and truck carriers, eachranging in capacity from 3,000 to6,200 vehicles. The line transportsapproximately one million vehicleseach year, accounting for 14 per-cent of the world market. Door-to-door service -- from factory todealer -- is available.Houston Office
Wallenius Lines North America(WLNA), a wholly owned subsidiaryof Wallenius Lines based in Wood-cliff Lake, N.J., has offices in severalU.S. cities. The Houston location,which opened in February, isWLNA’s newest office and is locatednear the Port of Houston Authori-ty’s Barbours Cut Terminal. RickCaauwe, who previously worked inWallenius’ Baltimore office, is portmanager in Houston. Vicki Morganjoined the Wallenius staff inHouston as customer servicemanager.
The address for Wallenius’Houston office is 403 N. 10th St.,La Porte, Texas 77571. Thetelephone number is (713)471-6375, and the fax number is(713) 471-1514.
From Barbours Cut Terminal,Wallenius offers all-water transporta-tion to Keelong, Taiwan, andYokohama, Japan, and intermodalservice or transshipment to otherports throughout the world.
That cargoyou can’tdeliver mightkeep someonefrom goinghungry.
Houston Food Bank(713) 223-3700Fax: 223-1424
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Union CarbideCommends Fritz
Fritz Companies Inc. has beennamed Supplier of the Year byUnion Carbide Corp., a worldwideindustrial company.
Each year, Union Carbide recog-nizes suppliers that achieve ex-cellence on Union Carbide’s globalrating system. Fritz was recognizedfor its performance during 1993 inthe areas of electronic data inter-change, documentation and cus-tomer service. Union Carbide worksprimarily with Fritz’s Houston staff.Sign of Commitment
"This is the first time a freightforwarder has received our highestratings, and this exemplifies Fritz’scommitment to the transportationindustry," said Ken Vander Schaaf,Union Carbide’s manager of interna-tionai transportation services.
"We are honored to be given thisaward, which we believe is a directresult of hard work and dedica-tion," said John Carr, regional direc-tor for Fritz in Houston. "To be
Members of Fritz’s Houston staff display the Supplier of the Year Award theircompany received from Union Carbide Corp. Union Carbide recognized Fritz forexcellence in the areas of electronic data interchange, documentation andcustomer service.
recognized as a top supplier il-lustrates Fritz’s commitment to meetour clients’ needs and our commit-ment to customer satisfaction."
Fritz Companies Inc. offerstransportation logistics services suchas customs brokerage, international
air and ocean freight forwarding andwarehousing and distribution for theinternational movement of goods.
Fritz’s headquarters are located at706 Mission Street, San Francisco,Calif., 94103. The telephonenumber is (415) 904-8360.
Norton Lilly International Inc.2 Northpoint Dr., Suite 900 [] Houston, Texas 77060(713) 447-0800 [] Fax: (713) 931-2601 [] TLX: 6868758
Norton Lilly Representing:Blasco ......................... Black Sea / Pakistan
China Ocean Shipping ................ China/Far East
Concorde Line ...................... Central America
NLXtThe Norton Line .......... Europe / Mediterranean
Pan AmericanIndependent Line ........ Brazil / Uruguay / Argentina
Shipping Corp. of India ........................ India
Kerr Representing:
CCNI ................. Chile / Peru / Bolivia / Colombia
CG M ..... Australia /A frica / Mediterranean / Caribbean
Torm Lines .............. Mediterranean / West Africa
United Arab Shipping Co ...... Middle East/ Pakistan/Far East / Dubai
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Port of Houston AuthorityHosts Annual HoustonReceptionThe Port of Houston Authorityrecently held its annual receptionfor customers and supporters withoffices in the Houstonmetropolitan area. Shown here aresome of the representatives of thetransportation industry whoattended.Top left: From left, John Wentz Jr.,Greater Houston Port Bureau; Ar-turo Gamez, PHA; M.J. Walsh,Ryan-Walsh Inc.; and R.B. Akker-man, Eagle Transportation Serv-ices Inc.Top right: Port Commissioner BettiMaldonado and Alexander Arroyos,Dynamic Ocean Services Interna-tional Inc.
Above: From left, DanielMarrero, PHA; MaricelyBarraza, TransoceanicShipping Co.; Betty Ver-non, Eagle TransportationServices; and Rudy Bar-raza, F.M.W. Transporlkon.tot Inc.Left: H.S. Thorne, Ryan-Walsh Inc.; Roy Gonzalez,Gonzalez InternationalServices; Frank Fogarty,Inchcape Shipping Serv.ices; and Port Commis-sioner Howard Middleton.
New Mexican Line Vessel Calls at Barbonrs Cut Container TerminalThe M/V SONORA recently called at the Port of Houston left) Jimmy Jamison, PHA; Capt. Carlos Angulo, vessel master;Authority’s (PHA) Barbours Cut Container Terminal while Rainer Lillienthal, PHA; Ignacio Gomez, TMM; Gerardo Juarez,its malden voyage. The vessel is the second new container TMM; and Ronnie Russell and Michael Mueller, both ofvessel to be added to Mexican Line (TMM’s) Houston service Oceans International. The ship has a capacity of 2,394 TEUs.in recent months. Shown at a plaque presentation are (from Oceans International is agent for the TMM service.
Dutch Researchers Introduce Book atPHA Executive OfficesA professor from Delft University in TheNetherlands and several Dutch researcherswere in Houston recently to discuss innova-tions in shipping liquid chemicals. Reportson the research of Professor Niko Wijnolst,naval architect Ernst Vossnack and severalof Wijnolst’s graduate students were pub-lished recently in a book titled Innovations inChemicals Shipping: Ports and SlopsManagement. Speaking to members ofHouston’s chemical transportation industry,the researchers discussed the time thatchemical tankers spend in port in Houstonand Rotterdam, slops treatment aboardtankers and trends in tanker design. Here Wi-jnolst (right) presents a copy of the book Daniel Marrero, director of trade develop-ment lor the Port of Houston Authority.
Pipeline Inspection Instrument LeavesHouston For Bay of CampccheA dual pig launcher and receiver bound for the Bay ofCampeche recently was loaded at the Port of HoustonAuthority’s Jacintoport Terminal. The skid-mounted unit wasbuilt by Lanex Corp. Inc. of Houston for Petroleos Mexi-canos (PEMEX). The piece was built ~o launch and receiveinstrumented pig vehicles, which measure pipeline corro-sion. and measured 45 feet long, 13 feet wide and 12 feettall. Total weight of the unit exceeded 40 tons. The pipelineproject was expected to be completed in August and isPEMEX’s largest undertaking in 1994. Coastal TerminalOperators was stevedore for the loading.
M/V FROTA BELEM Visits TuralagBasin During Maiden VoyageFrota Amazonica recently took deliveryof a newly built container vessel, theFROTA BELEM, now deployed in theline’s service between the UnitedStates and South America. The shipcalled at the Port of Houston Authori-ty’s Turning Basin Terminal on itsmaiden voyage. The BELEM has adeadweight capacity of 11,274 tons.With a length of 438 feet, breadth of75 feet and a shallow draft, the ship iswell suited to operate in the Amazonregion. Attending a plaque presenta-tion on the ship’s bridge were (fromleft): Mark Story of Voigt & Co. Ship-ping Co. Inc., agent for the line; AbilioSilva, master of the vessel; andMichael Schubert, Port of HoustonAuthority. The BELEM improves thesailing frequency of the service by 10days to three weeks.
McAIlister Towing Brings Empty Containers to HoustonThe towboat McALLISTER SISTERS guided the barge ATLANTIC TRADER to a berth inthe Port of Houston Authority’s Turning Basin Terminal recently. The barge’s cargo was400 empty Transamerica Leasing containers being repositioned from New York toHouston. This was the first time McAIlister Towing Transportation Corp., operator of thebarge and the towboat, had called Houston with a shipment of this size.
U.S. Ambassador toColombia Visits Port ofHouston Authority OfficeMyles Frechette, newly ap-pointed U.S. ambassador toColombia, recently visited thePort of Houston Authority’sexecutive office. Here,Frechette accepts a welcom-ing plaque from GeorgeWilliamson, managing direc-tor of the Port Authority,standing at left. Frechettewas in Houston to speak at aluncheon sponsored by theBusiness Council for Interna-tional Understanding of NewYork.
New Dalichi Vessel Visits Turning Basin TerminalThe M/V SCARLET SUCCESS, operated by Daiichi Chuo Kaisen Kaisha, stopped at the Port of HoustonAuthority’s (PHA) Turning Basin Terminal during her maiden voyage. Launched in April, the ship was bring-ing in steel from Japan. Shown (from left) at a plaque presentation are Jack Green of Fritz Maritime; RobAndrews, PHA; Capt. Nenito Tandos, vessel master; and Crain Morgan, Port Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co.Fritz Maritime is Daiichi’s steamship agent.
Pan American IndependentLine Inaugurates NewService to South AmericaPan American IndependentLine recently inaugurated anew service between theU.S. Gulf and South Ameri- ~-~ca. The masters of the threecellular vessels deployed inthe service -- the M/V ARI.ZONA, the M/V ALASKA andthe M/V AURORA -- receivedcommemorative plaquesupon the ships’ maidenvoyages to Houston. Theservice offers bimonthlysailings from the Port ofHouston Authority’s Bar-bours Cut Container Ter-
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Above: Standing on the deck of theAURORA are (from left): Rainer Lilien-thai, PHA; Cohen; Capt. J. Prigge,master of the vessel; Gillette;Bredehoft; Ron Sralla of Norton Lilly;and Jamison.Right: Aboard the ALASKA are (fromleft): Cohen; Capt. Ramel Menon,master of the ship; Daniel Marrero,PHA; Bredehoft; and Miele.
minal to ports in Venezuela,Brazil, Argentina, Uruguayand Paraguay. Norton Lilly In-ternational Inc. is agent forPan American, and FairwayTerminal Corp. is thestevedore.Above: Shown aboard theARIZONA are (from left):James Wells of Fairway; Ar-thur Bredehoft of Norton Lilly;Jerry Hibbler of InternationalLongshoremen’s AssociationLocal 24; Port of HoustonCommissioner Robert Gillette;Jimmy Jamison of the PortAuthority; Capt. Sam Cohenof Norton Lilly; Capt. R.Makdissi, master of thevessel; and Paul Raney andRobert Miele of Norton Lilly.
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ways to move your cargo. We’re alsoplanning maj or capital improvements.Yes, we’re making changes, but they’re allfor the better.
Don’t be alarmed by all the talk youhear of hard times.Give us a call.
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