The Press Club of Houston threwa gala open house andcocktail recep- tured from the left are Ken Brasel,Press Club president and Southwestern tion in celebration of the club’s recentmove to the Houston World Trade Bell public relations director; Frank X. Agraz with the Esso Eastern Public Af- Building. The Press Club, a service organization for journalists, fairs Department; MarvinZindler, consumer advocate for KTRK-TV and photographers and othersinvolved in the media, was founded in 1949. The formerPress Club president, andWalter Hawver, news director for KTRK- Club’s twoprevious locations included 2016 Main, and the Rice Hotel. Pic- TV. SPECIALIZED BONDED DRAYAGE AND COURIER SERVICE 24-HR SERVICE NEWORLEANS, LA 504-362-3282 BATON ROUGE, LA 504-383-0089 LAKE CHARLES,LA 318-433-0476 FOURCHON, LA. 504-362-3282 MOBILE, ALA. 205-471-5519 HOUSTON, TX 713-477-0161 GALVESTON, TX 713-744-0579 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 512-855-3257 NEDERLAND, TX (SERVICING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE) 713-722-3487 SAVANNAH, GA. 912-964-9180 FUTURE LOCATIONS: CHARLESTON, S.C. - MIAMI, FLA. - TAMPA, FLA. - JACKSONVILLE, FLA. NORFOLK,VA. - PHILADELPHIA, PA. March 1982 49
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The Press Club of Houston threw a gala open house and cocktail recep- tured from the left are Ken Brasel, Press Club president and Southwesterntion in celebration of the club’s recent move to the Houston World Trade Bell public relations director; Frank X. Agraz with the Esso Eastern Public Af-Building. The Press Club, a service organization for journalists, fairs Department; Marvin Zindler, consumer advocate for KTRK-TV andphotographers and others involved in the media, was founded in 1949. The former Press Club president, and Walter Hawver, news director for KTRK-Club’s two previous locations included 2016 Main, and the Rice Hotel. Pic- TV.
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50 Port of Houston Magazine
Strachan Shipping Company of Texas hosted alavish cocktail reception at the Petroleum Clubrecently in honor of their appointment byMedafrica Line as U.S. general agent. Executivesof both companies were on hand to greet guests,as was Jinneane Ford, Miss U.S.A. 1980. Pic-tured, from the left, are Galbriel Volpi, managingdirector of Nigeria America Line, Strachan Ship-ping; P. Carrodano, Medafrica Line presidentbased in New York; Jinneane Ford; Mickey Lane,president of Strachan Shipping of Texas, andFrank Troxel, owner’s representative forMedafrica Line, Houston.
Whot.akesynurContainer fromHouston to grazilHouse to House ?
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March 1982 51
Representatives of Dalton Steamship Corporation and the chairman ofRachid Shipping Company met with Port Authority officials recently todiscuss matters pertaining to Rachid’s monthly liner service. Rachidvessels now call on a regular basis from the U.S. Gulf to Egyptian andNorth African ports. Dalton is the U.S. Gulf agent for Rachid Shipping Co.
Pictured from the left are Dalton vice president Gerard Nagel; PortAuthority Executive Director Richard P. Leach presenting a Remingtonplate to Mohamed Rachid, chairman of Rachid Shipping, Alexandria,Egypt; and Dalton vice president Clifford Flathers, New Orleans.
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Lykes Bros. namesmarine manager
Captain Richard E. Manchester hasbeen named manager, Marine Divi-sion, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.
Manchester began his seagoingcareer with Lykes as a third mateaboard the S.S. REUBEN TIPTON in1968. His first command as master wasin 1976 aboard the S.S. MAYOLYKES. Shortly after commanding theS.S. TILLIE LYKES in 1981, Man-chester came ashore with the MarineDivision as an assistant manager.
Aruba, Curacaoservice offered
Econocaribe Consolidators, Inc., isnow offering direct service fromHouston to the islands of Aruba andCuracao. As an independent carrier,Econocaribe will accept cargo on afreight collect basis as well as prepaid.
Econocaribe operates from a bondedwarehouse in Curacao where cargo isdelivered intact from the trailers load-ed in Houston thus avoiding damageand pilferage. Due to transporting thecargo to a private warehouse it isnecessary that a copy of the commer-cial invoice be sent with the bills oflading and export declaration.
Waters joinsforwarder-packer
Myra Waters has joined Randy In-ternational, Ltd., in Houston as sta-tion manager.
Ms. Waters, with over 12 years in theshipping industry, will concentrate onair freight operation and customer ser-vice for the freight forwarding and ex-port packing firm.
Nedlloyd orders2 container vessels
Nedlloyd Lines, part of theworldwide transportation groupNedlloyd, has placed an order with theDutch shipyard Van Der Giesen-deNoord for two container vessels andhas secured an option on a third.
The delivery of the ships, which willbe of an advanced design incorporatingnew rationalized managementdevelopments, will take place inDecember 1983, and May 1984 respec-tively.
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Kansas grain industry representatives recentlytoured the Houston Ship Channel on the inspec-tion vessel M/V SAM HOUSTON, and visited thePort of Houston Authority’s Public Grain Elevator.The groups trip to Houston, arranged by KansasState University Cooperative Extension Serviceand the Kansas Grain & Feed Dealers Associa-tion, was for the purpose of gathering informationon the Houston grain marketing system with em-phasis on wheat exports. Pictured from the leftare; tour leader Robert W. Schoeff of KansasState University; Marvin Webb, director of Kan-sas Grain Inspection; Jim Ozbun, associate deanof agriculture for Kansas State University; TomTunnell, executive vice president of Kansas Grainand Feed Dealers Association; Charles Deyoe,head of the department of grain science and in-dustry for Kansas State University; Robert Reed,president of the Kansas Grain and Feed DealersAssociation and Paul Stapp, assistant manager ofthe Port Authority’s Public Grain Elevator.
Constable electedchairman of board
Herman Constable, Jr., has beenelected chairman of the board of Con-stable & Madison, Inc., internationalfreight forwarders, stepping up frompresident.
George Madison has moved up fromvice president. Beverly Hefley issecretary-treasurer.
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Southern SSannounces 2vice presidents
Promotion of two Southern Steam-ship Agency, Inc., employees to vicepresident has been announced by E.B.Peebles, Jr., president.
Henry J. Schneider, Jr., was pro-moted to vice president, operationsand administration; and Robert B.Spilling to vice president, marketingand business development.
Schneider joined Southern Steam-ship Agency last March as a consultantto assist in expansion of corporate ac-tivities and services in the U.S. Gulf.He has 30 years experience in steam-ship agency work.
Spilling joined Southern SteamshipAgency in 1975, and has served asgeneral manager of the New Orleansoffice since 1979. He receive much ofhis education and, he says, his first in-terest in shipping, in the Canal Zone.
Forwarders formco-load group
HCA-Houston Co-load Associationhas been formed for the purpose ofconsolidating air shipments fromHouston to overseas destinations. Theformation of the group was announcedby Uwe H. Heuer, regional manager ofRandy International, Ltd.
Charter members of HCA are Con-solidated Cargo, CTG, Five Star, In-dependent Cargo Services, Intercon-tinental, Randy International,Schenkers and World Trade Air Freight.
Three container cranes line up to work the M/VCHASTINE MAERSK recently at the Port of HoustonAuthority’s Barbours Cut Terminal. The occurrence, in late January, was the first time three cranes hadbeen employed simultaneously in loading and unloading a single vessel at the terminal. Erection of twonew container cranes last year brought the total at the Barbours Cut Terminal to six, four owned andoperated by the Port Authority and two controlled by Sea-Land Service, Inc., at its leased facilities.
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PThe M/V CHARALAMBOS F., chartered by the
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The Atlanticargo vessel Finn Clipper made hermaiden voyage to the Port of Houston Authority’sBarbours Cut Terminal recently where traditionalhonors were bestowed upon the captain andship. Strachan Shipping Company is the U.S.General Agent for the line which has a vessel call-ing Houston every two weeks. The Swedish flagro/ro ship has a capacity of 1,040 TEU’s and is636 feet tong. Pictured from the left are Bo Sund-berg, master of the ship; Norma Taylor, assistantmanager at Barbours Cut and Bayport Terminalsand Hector Graza, U.S. line manager forStrachan.
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The M/V MARINNE ROTH made her inauguralvoyage to the Port of Houston recently. The semi-container vessel loaded heavy lift and generalcargo destined for South Africa. The 383-footvessel displaces 7,435 d.w.t. Norton, Lilly &Company, Inc. act as Gulf agents for the liner ser-vice, Cape Lines Limited. Traditional maidenvoyage honors were bestowed on the captain andthe vessel. Pictured from the left are ClayWoodgate, assistant port captain; Joseph dePedro, regional traffic manager; Bob Charlton,Norton, Lilly traffic manager; Captain PeterBarges; John Horton, assistant terminal managerfor the Port of Houston Authority, and Tom Kiger,general manager of the West Gulf for Norton, Lil-ly.
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Port of Houston Magazine
Port Commissioner Marcella D. Perry was the guest of honor recently ata Roast and Toast benefitting the Easter Seal Society of Harris County.Mrs. Perry was both roasted and toasted for her many contributions to thecommunity. She is shown here with the roastmasters. Pictured, from left,front row, are Willard Walbridge, communications executive; Mrs. Perry;
Joy M. Love, executive assistant to Mrs. Perry; Houston City CouncilmanLarry McKaskle; and, from left, back row, Port Commission Chairman Fen-tress Bracewell; John Breen, master of ceremonies for the event and aradio sports commentator; Ben Love of Texas Commerce Bank and StuartSaunders, Mrs. Perry’s 17-year-old grandson.
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The M/V PROJECT AMERICAS landed at thePort of Houston recently docking at the Jacin-toport to load three turbine generators. Eachgenerator weighs 123 tons and is powered by a747 jet engine. The units were shipped by Hitachito an offshore drilling platform some 100 milesfrom Bombay, India. A multi-course lunch wasserved aboard the ship to note the large heavy lift.Pictured, from left, are Captain Derek W.Shoobridge, operations manager for AtlantaMaritime Corporation, Gulf agents for the vessel;Adrian Pritchard, vice president of Kuehne &Nagel, Inc., forwarding agents; ArmandoWaterland, international sales manager for thePort of Houston Authority; Captain RoderichWarmbold; K. Ueno, chief international procure-ment secretary for Hitachi; Bill Suggs, salesmanager for Atlanta Maritime; and K. Nakane,assistant chief of materials general affairs depart-ment for Hitachi.
Lease companyopens in Houston
Leaseway Southwest, Inc., has open-ed facilities at 8001 Hershe in Houston.The company leases and servicestandem axle tractors and trailers andother heavy dury equipment.
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Announces the opening of their newcontainer depot. Spread out over 11acres of fully stabilized land. Ourfacilities include a Repair Shop with acapacity of thirty 20’ or fifteen 40’ con-tainers. We feature the most modernwelding machines available. We alsofeature three top loading container lifts.We also have fast, reliable drayageavailable.
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CAPT. CHARLES A. ALCORN CHARLES H. JACOBSVice-President Assistant Secretary
66 Port of Houston Magazine
The president of Trafimar, S.A., agents for Sea-Land in Mexico visited the Port of Houstonrecently with executives from Mexico andSweden. The group toured the Port Authority’sBarbours Cut facility to gather information on howcontainers are handled through the Port. Pic-tured from left, are Armando Waterland, interna-tional sales manager for the Port Authority; Josede Jesus Morales Lara, traffic manager for Telein-dustria Ericcson, S.A., Mexico; Willy Toedli, presi-dent of Trafimar, Mexico; Lars O. Wallier,manager of Teleindustria Erricsson, Stockholm,Sweden and Ing. Moises Barrera E. who is pur-chasing director for Teleindustria.
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Corynne Nash is all smiles after receiving a Portof Houston Authority plaque, presented by per-sonnel manager Alton B. Landry, during a festiveluncheon in honor of her recent retirement. Mrs.Nash joined the Port Authority in 1974 as asecretary before joining file room personnel as aclerk in 1975. She plans to retire in Galveston.Pictured from the left are co-worker Lela Palmer,Mrs. Nash and Landry.
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