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DECEMBER, 1965

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People SpellMarkets for

Customers ofthe Port of

Houston

300-Mile Radius

100-Mile

"SettlingA~ erica’sHeartland"

Houston daily gains stature as a

distribution center. Its links tointernational trade--the Port of Houstonand Houston International Airport (withHouston Intercontinental Airport

due to be operational in 1966)-make it easy for firms to engagedirectly and profitably in world tradethrough Houston.

Nearly ten million people live within a

300 mile radius of Houston, and eventhat portion falling within the Gulfof Mexico is far more than just anexpanse of water. This access to the

Seven Seas represents, instead, ahighly significant portion of Houston’stotal trade territory which stretchesnot only into 23 inland states but

around the world.

More than 4,000 ships in 1964 called

at the Port of Houston, which handledmore than 59 million tons of cargo

to rank third in the nation.

International traffic through HoustonInternational Airport was up 14.67

per cent in 1964 over 1963.

Have a Look at the Statistics!

WITHIN... POPULATION* RETAIL SALES BUYING POWER**

300-mile radius ......................... 9,921,729 ....................... $12,898,260,000 .................. $19,843,458,000

200-mile radius .......................... 5,217,521 ..................... 6,939,302,000 ......................... 10,435,042,000

lO0-mile radius .................... 2,196,711 ................ 2,927,613,000 .......................... 4,578,189,000"1960 U.S. Census of Population*’1963 Sales Management’s "Survey of Buying Power"

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Volume 7

Official PublicationOf the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District

December, 1965 No. 12

Directory Of OfficialsFOR THE

Port of HoustonPORT COMMISSIONERSHOWARD TELLEPSEN, ChairmanW. N. BLANTON, Vice ChairmanR. H. PRUETTE. H. HENDERSONW. D. HADEN II

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTJ. P. TURNER, General ManagerVERNON BAILEY, Assistant General ManagerJ. L. LOCKETT, JR., CounselSAMUEL B. BRUCE. AuditorTRAVIS L. SMITH, III,

Manager o/Engineering and PlanningRICHARD LEACH, Chic/EngineerDARRELL WAFER, Accounts ManagerKENNETH W. STEPHENS, Personnel Manager

and World Trade Bldg. Mgr.T. E. WtIATLEY, Administrative AssistantVINCENT D. WILLIAMS, Administrative

Assistant

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENTLLOYD GREGORY, Director o/ln/ormationTED SUMERLIN, Editor o/MagazineVAUGttN M. BRYANT, Director o[

International Relations

SALES DEPARTMENTGEORGE W. ALTVATER, General Sales ManagerEDWARD P. MOORE, District Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, Assistant

25 Broadway, New York, N.Y.HUME A. HENDERSON, District Sales Manager

Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Ill.JOIIN R. WEILER, District Sales ManagerC. A. ROUSSER, JR., District Sales

Representative1519 Capitol, Houston

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTC. E. BU’LLOCK, Operations ManagerT. H. SHERWOOD, Manager o/Grain ElevatorJ. R. CURTIS, Terminal ManagerWALLACE J. STAGNER, Manager-Storage

WarehousesCARL L. SHUPTRINE, Chic] Security O/ricerW. E. REDMON, Maintenance Superintendent

WORLD TRADE CENTEREDWARD J. FAY, Director

EXECUTIVE OFFICES1519 Capitol Avenue at Crawford Street

Telephone CApitol 5-0671P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001

Houston’s Hospitality Attracts Hundreds At Trade Conference ............. 8

Port of Houston Buys Long Reach Docks ............................... 13

The Houston Port Bureau Reports .................................. 14

Two Sons In Business With Veteran Forwarder ........................... 15

Scene At The World Trade Club ...................................... 16

H. Schuldt Planning 100th Anniversary ................................ 17

Houston Steamship Agents ............................................ 30

Port of Houston Shipping Directory ..................................... 31

Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ................................. 32

THE COVER

The M.V. SCHAUENBURG was tied up at a Port of Houston wharf when the

Inspection Boat SAM HOUSTON passed by recently. This is one of the vesselsin the fleet of H. Schuldt, a company which is planning something special.For more about it see Page 17.

The PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine is pub-lished monthly and distributed free to mari-time, industrial and transportation interests inthe United States and foreign countries. Itspurpose is to inform shippers and others inter-ested in ttle Port of Houston of its develop-ment, facilities, plans and accomplishments.

This publication is not copyrighted and per-

mission is given for the reproduction or useof any material, provided credit is given tothe Port of Houston.

Additional information or extra copies ofthis magazine may be obtained by writingThe Port of Houston Magazine, 2332 W.Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77025.

DECEMBER, 1965 7

Houston Port Commissioner E. H. Henderson, right, with A. Findley Geddesof Chr. Bielland & Co., Inc and Nils O. Seim, president of Motorshlps, Inc.,both of New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Crockard with William D. Askin, left, of Texas GulfSulphur, all from Houston. Mr. Crockard is vice president and head of theinternational department of the Bank of The Southwest.

HflUSTIlN’S HflSPITALITYATTIIAETS HUNIIlIEI1S ATTIIAHE EBNFEIIENEE

Hundreds of friends of the Port of Houston took time out

from activities at the National Foreign Trade Conference inNew York last month to visit the Houston hospitality room.

Port Commissioners l/. H. Pruett and E. H. Henderson ledtile Houston delegation which included General Manager J. P.Turner, General Sales Manager George W. Altvater, WorldTrade Center Director Edward J. Fay and Director of Inter-national Relations Vaughan M. Bryant. Many other Hous-tonians also attended the Foreign Trade Conference.

Ed Moore, the Port of Houston’s New York district salesmanager, and Frank Ward, assistant district sales manager,planned the hospitality affairs.

Speakers at the Conference emphasized the substantial con-tribution made by American business to the U. S. balance of

payments over the years, as well as industry’s positive andconstructive cooperation with Government guidelines restrict-ing the outflow of dollars for investment abroad.

Three representatives of Owens-Illlnols International Division visiting in thePort of Houston room are, from left, F. W. Halbert, C. E. Albrecht and H.Poza.

Houston Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett, center, is flanked by the SantaFe Railway’s Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schaab and Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Carlin, allfrom Chicago.

David F. Newberry of the Rock Island Lines’ Chicago office and Donald S.Chisholm of the New York office with Port of Houston’s general sales man-ager, George W. Altvater.

P. Devine of D. F. Young & Co. with Paul F. Ware of the Gulf Hapag/Lloyd service of United States Navigation Company, and George M. King,right, vice president of American Hemisphere Marine Agencies, all of New York.

E. B. Irons of Baker, Irons and Dockstader, freight forwarders, left, withRobert M. Shotland, Cooperative for American Relief to Everywhere, Inc.,and D. F. Brain, import-export traffic manager for Goodyear.

Leon G. Carasso, ship and chartering agent; Henry C. Ruhl, United StatesSteel International; Ricardo Escobar of Industrial Siderugico of Puerto Rico,and Jose T. Ibanez, Garco Export, Inc., of New York.


Gabriel Duval, center, Director of Compagnle Maritime des ChargeursReunis of Paris, with, from left, Frank R. Jordan of the Black Diamond Steam-ship Corp.; General Manager J. P. Turner of the Port of Houston and JosephSimon, president of New Era Shipping Co.

Under the Port of Houston banner are J. D. Sullivan, port manager forH. J. Baker & Bro., left, with H. Pohl of Associated Metals and Minerals andB. R. Galgano, supervisor of Sinclair Petroleum’s export shipping division.

J. W. Buckley of Buckley & Company with offices in New York andHouston, right, with Galen E. Braithwaite of George E. Failing Company andH. W. Meyer, president of Crossocean Shipping Company, New York.

E. J. Fay, left, manager of the Port of Houston’s World Trade Center, withJack Brigham of Franco Steel and Raul Villalobos of Chemical ConstructionCompany.

Four representatives of Esso International’s traffic department at the Portof Houston’s luncheon, from left, Charles G. Thompsen, James A. Behrmann,L. J. Wilcox, department manager, and Russell F. Thomas, Jr.

Stanley E. Newhoff, center, traffic manager of J. Aron & Co., is flankedby two representatives of the Bunge Corporation, Michael A. Cirillo, left,and Joseph DeStefano, right.

John A. Breunig, left, of the Central National Commercial Company ofNew York with E. M. More, Bowater Paper Co. and Robert J. Wylie, Perkins-Goodwin Co. also of New York.

Frank Ward, Port of Houston assistant district sales manager in NewYork, left, with B. A. Hoeger, Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Allan O’Hareand Ralph Pastor of Continental Emsco.

Port Commissioner R. H. Henderson, center, at luncheon reception withJ. C. Wallin of the foreign traffic division of Texaco, Inc., left, and CharlesBatta, traffic manager of Indussa Corporation.

Charles J. Ulrich, left, traffic manager of Kurt Orban Company, JerseyCity, and Don Sloan, right, of Bethlehem Steel are shown with Port ofHouston General Manager J. P. Turner.

DECEMBER, 1965 9

Houston Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett, right, with Vice President HectorL. Vazquez of the Champion Paper Export Corp., left, and H. H. Graebnerof the J. M. Huber Corporation’s International Department.

Sydnor Oden, left, executive vice president of Anderson, Clayton & Co.of Houston, with Watson F. Motley, vice president of American VermiculiteCorp., and Frank E. Parker of the Kansas City Southern Lines office in NewYork.

A. T. Marubblo, traffic manager of Firestone International, center, withCarl G. Moberg, Westinghouse International traffic manager and AnthonyT. DeLuca, of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. of New York.

A. M. Strong, left, international business consultant from Chicago, withLouis A. Crisalli, traffic manager of the Titan Industrial Corp., and WilliamE. Michener of Competent Shipping Corp., both of New York.

Morris S. Abe, traffic manager of Diamond Alkali Inter-American, right,with Edward W. Isakson, export traffic manager of National Distillers, left,and American Can Company’s export import manager Henry O. Schneider.

John H. WUharm, director of transportation for Diamond Alkali, left, withEthyl Corporation’s general traffic manager, Thomas J. Davis and Roy E.OIson, assistant traffic manager of the Shell Chemical Corp.

Charles S. Hornbostel, Continental Grain Co., left, with S. J. Contino, ex-port traffic manager of Kennecott Copper and Henry Tonyes of Socony-Mobil International.

Port of Houston General Manager J. P. Turner, center, with William J.Squicciarini of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., in New York, and HenryGiardino, vice president of Gulf & South American Steamship Co. in NewOrleans.

EIwood R. (Andy) Anderson, right, of the Ethyl Corporation is shown withR. H. Butterworth and H. H. Smith of the Asiatic Petroleum Corporation andWarren Pargaman of the Mid-Continent Supply Co.

A. M. Alvarez, center, Houston representative of the Nopal Line, meetswith New York representatives of the same line in the Port of Houston Room,Robert O’Connor, left, and J. M. Doyle, right, both with Oivind Lorentzen,Inc.


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hO. V. Portocarrerro, right, vice president of the United States Navigation

Co. in New York chats with Port of Houston Commissioner E. H. Henderson.

Charles F. Schlehner, manager, IGE Export Division of General ElectricCompany, N. Y., with George W. Ebanks, left, vice president of the TexasNational Bank of Commerce, and Houston Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett.

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J. H. Branard, Jr., right, vice president of Gulf, Atlantic Warehouse Corp.(Long Reach Docks), Houston, with William B. Cranston of Standard Brands,and Norman J. Ralthel of Delta Steamship Line’s New York office.

George W. Altvater, general sales manager of the Port of Houston, right,with J. C. Campbell, left, and Thomas J. Kelly, center, of Morrlson-KnudsenCompany of New York. Second from left is J. N. Lala, of Delta SteamshipLines, New York.

William Peacock, Jr., vice president of Houston Export Crating Co., right,with Michael Randazzo, general traffic manager of Universal TranscontinentalCorp. and Wilton H. Barger, Chemical Department of Gulf Oil Corp., KansasCity.

C. L. Dupre, vice president of the Houston National Bank, center, withG. R. Vaning, Con Products Company, left, and J. Robert Hoon, manager ofexport-import transportation of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).

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G. M. Middleton, center, traffic manager of American International Oil,with E. J. Fay, Port of Houston, left, and Robert E. Fox, manager of trafficservices for General Foods Corporation, White Plains, N. Y.

Three representatives from Esso International’s traffic department at thePort of Houston reception were William F. Oliver, (stet) J. K. Gordon andHoward E. Strait.

Burke Baker, Jr., president of Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. in Houston,left, with Byron Wilson, Houston, vice president of J. R. Michels and H. H.Graebner, J. M. Huber Corp. international department, New York.

Frank J. Keane, center, traffic manager of Olin International, New York,with Alfred C. Pucci, left, also of Olin Mathieson Chemical and T. A. Galla-gher of Shell Chemical’s export department.

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Houston Port Commissioner E. H. Henderson, center, at the reception-lunch-eon with C. L. Macumber, left and Alex Franco, both of the Stauffer ChemicalCo. International Division, New York.

Ed Moore, district sales manager of the Port of Houston in New York,center, with J. L. Gompf, left, Oasis Oil Co. of Libya, and Robert A. Brady,export traffic manager of Cynamld International, Wayne, N. J.

Robert S. Vonnahme, general traffic manager of National Lead Co., center,is flanked by George R. Nelson, left, and John W. Schafer, both of the BungeCorporation, New York.

Burke Baker, center, president of Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co., Houston,with Basil J. Verlangieri, left, vice president of Carbon Black Export, Inc., andFrank Ward, Port of Houston New York office.

Joseph T. Lockwood, left, of United States Steel International in New York,with C. H. Guerin and J. Schneider, both of Asiatic Petroleum Corp. in NewYork.

Houston Port Commissioner R. H. Pruett, center, at luncheon-reception withEduge S. Darvin, left, president of the Sylvan Chemical Co., Englewood Cliffs,N.J., and Frank A. Taddeo, district traffic manager of National Lead Co.

James H. Branard, Jr., vice president of Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. inHouston, right, with Aaron Gross, left, of Gottesman & Co., N. Y., andAuguste Bohler, of Amerlux Steel Products Corp., N. Y.

Port Commissioner E. H. Henderson, center, with J. S. McAndrew of LuriaBrothers, International, and J. Laird Marshall, Pan American Industries, atthe luncheon-reception.

The Port of Houston’s assistant district sales manager in New York, FrankWard, right, with Ray Evans and Edward Eber of the marine department ofthe Gulf Oil Corp., N. Y.

Samuel B. Wade, director of sales promotion for P. D. Marchessini & Co.,New York., left, with Chester Blakelock, Jr., Associated Mines Service, N. Y.,and Gustave Saume, international division of Witco Chemical Co., N. Y.


S. M. McAshan, Jr., left,and Port Commission

Chairman Howard Tellep-sen announce agreement.

PORT

OF

HOUSTON

BUYS LONG REACH DOCKS

THE HARRIS COUNTY Houston ShipChannel Navigation District has pur-

chased the wharf facilities and ware-houses in Houston known as the LongReach Docks of the Gulf Atlantic Ware-house Co., a wholly owncd subsidiaryof Anderson, Clayton & Co.

The purchase was announced at ameeting of the Navigation and CanalCommissioners by Port CommissionChairman Howard Tellepsen and Ander-son, Clayton President S. M. McAshan,Jr. The price negotiated by McAshanand Navigation District General Managerwas $6.5 million, to be paid for in Navi-gation District Revenue Bonds.

The Navigation District has agrcedto lease back the properties to Gnlf At-lantic Warehouse Co. for a period offiw~ years at an annual rental of $1,50,000and a lease contract is being drawn up.Closing date for the change of owner-ship is scheduled for late December.

Tremendous Step

"’This is a tremendous step forwardfor the Port of Houston," said Port Corn-mission Chairman Howard Tellepsen."The splendid facilities offered by theeight berths, sheds, access roads and rail-road trackage at Long Reach Docks willgreatly enhance tim over-all operation ofthe Navigation District in years to come."

President McAshan said, "This is anatural evolution, permitting more effi-cient handling of cargo under one man-

agement, namely, the Navigation District,and quicker turn around of ships. Hous-ton will hereafter be m even better shapeto compete with all other Gulf Ports."

Port Commission Vice Chairman W.N. Blanton, a veteran of a dozen yearson the Commission, said, "This stepcomes as a culmination of many yearsof planning and serves to point up theneed not only of building new facilitiesbut of modernizing existing ones in theTurning Basin area.

Over the last nine years, tile Naviga-tion District has spent upwards of $35million on building new wharves, sheds,cargo handling facilities and other im-provements as well as modernizing someof its existing, older ones. All but $7million of this has been financed byNavigation District Revenue Bonds.

Embraces 40-Acres

The 40 acres of wharves and sheds ofthe Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. havebeen a familiar sight to ships visitingthe Port of Houston for more than threedecades. The facility has high densitycotton compress warehouses as well asgeneral cargo sheds and general cargohandling facilities.

Commenting on the purchase PortCommissioner E. H. Henderson said,"The Long Reach Docks havc contrib-uted greatly to the growth of the Port ofHouston over the years, and the Naviga-tion District and the Gulf Atlantic

Warehouse Co. have worked together indeveloping and building foreign tradethrough Houston."

Commissioner R. H. Pruett said the"most flexible use of the combined facili-ties in the future will certainly developa better ability by the pnblic port bodyto serve the shipping public." He calledAnderson, Clayton’s decision to sell thefacility to the publicly operated Naviga-tion District "a helpful civic decision."

Commissioner W. D. Haden, II em-phasized the Port of Houston’s determi-nation to "increase our facilities con-stantlv by buihting new ones and mod-ernizing ~xisting areas in order to betterserve the great hinterland area of 21states stretching in a tier from Houstonto the Rocky Mountains and the Cana-dian frontier."

Will Have 36 Wharves

The Harris County Houston ShipChannel Navigation District wharvespresently extend from the upper southside of the Turning Basin around anddown the north side to where Wharves26. 27 and 28 are now under (onstruc-tion. With the eight additional berths ofthe Long Reach operation, the l)istrie!will have 36 berths.

Private wharves are also operated bythe Manchester Terminal, Petco Termi-nal and Adams Terminal comprisingseven additional general cargo berths.

DECEMBER, 1965 13

BULK CARGOES continue to enjoy the fastand economical handling available atHouston’s Bulk Materials Handling Plant.Pictured is a 6,000 ton export movement offertilizer moving through the Bulk Plant.This initial movement resulted from ashipper proposal actively supported by the

Bureau to estimate an import rail rate onfertilizer from Houston to Plainview atthe same level as the export rate in thereverse direction. These movements of fer-tilizer are unique in that the raw materialsare imported through the Port of Houstonto be processed at Plainview and then thefinished products in turn are exported viathe Port of Houston to reach the worldmarket.

MAXIMUM ABSORPTIONS of handling chargesby railroads in performing loading andunloading service on export-import traffichave been cancelled. Tariff provisions ofthe railroads scheduled to become effectiveNovember 10,1965, contain maximum chargeswhich carriers would absorb at Texas ports.The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-way Company, on independent notice con-cluded to protect their shippers on trafficmoving through the Texas ports by absorbingadditional cost of loading and unloadingcharges, withdrew from this publicationand upon reconsideration by the other PortLines it was concluded to withdraw thepublication. This action means that thecarriers serving Houston will absorb therecent increases in loading and unloadingcharges on cargo moving under shipsiderates.

AS OF NOVEMBER 11 1965, a streamlinedpackage of the standard ocean bill of lad-ing plus the continuation sheet, the exportdeclaration form, in the drawback form hasbeen completed and is now available foruse. The necessary endorsements by theFederal Government have been obtained, andcurrently three major steamship lines areutilizing the new system. Eighteen otherlines have indicated their intent to usethe new form as soon as administrative pro-cedures allow them to phrase it into theirsystems. Many shippers are either planningto use new forms or have already integratedthem into their systems and procedures.It is contemplated that this new methodwill be entirely accomplished within ashort time and that a major step towardsthe ultimate goal of international uniform-ity will be attained. This program isbeing promoted by the Marine Exchange ofSan Francisco and the American MerchantMarine Institute in New York and theirultimate objective is the standardizationof all export documents and the elimina-tion of many of the documentation problemsthat have plagued the industry in the past.

THE PORT BUREAU Transportation Library,perhaps unsurpassed in the Southwest,presents a comprehensive gathering of ref-erence material vital to effective repre-sentation of the Port of Houston. Importantin the Library’s reference section are theInterstate Commerce Commission Reports,Hawkins Digest, Commerce Clearing HouseFederal Carrier Cases, Pike and FischerReports of Federal Maritime Administrationand Commission Decisions, U. S. SupremeCourt Reports and U. S. Supreme Court Re-ports Annotated. In the Cost StatisticalSection are cost studies, tables andformulas of rail, motor and water carriersand statistical reporting of the Commis-sion, Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Census,Ports and Port Associations, etc. Econom-ics, trade, legislative and commodity dataare gleaned from five daily and 37 periodi-cal sources. Investigative record of allregulatory proceedings concerning Houston’sdevelopment and status as a port is main-tained. The Port Bureau Library is avail-able to the Houston business community.


Another In a Series

H. E. (Hen,.y)Schu,.ig

Men Who Make the Port of Houston Hum

Tw,u Suns In BusinessWilh Vderan Fnrwarder

By LLOYD GREGORYInformation Director

THE FACT HIS TWO SONS are in business with him is a

source of pride for H. E. (Henry) Schurig, Sr., a for-warder for 35 years in ocean-going shipping.

Charles (Buddy) Schurig works with his daddy on the 12thfloor of the Houston Cotton Exchange Building; HenrySchurig, Jr. is in charge of the New Orleans office in theInternational Trade Mart.

H. E. Schurig & Company, Inc. also has offices in Galves-ton, Beaumout, Dallas, and employs 60 workers.

The gray-haired, gray-eyed Mr. Schurig still has the driveand enthusiasm of a much younger man. When the writercalled on him, Mr. Schurig pointed out the new IBM equip-ment that does much of the documentation required in hisoperations.

"The job of the forwarder is to get the shipper and thesteamship line together," Mr. Schurig explained. "You mightsay the forwarder is a necessary evil."

The British Petroleum Company is one of Mr. Schurig’sbest customers, importing much oil drilling and refiningequipment.

Among the major products his company handles for export,Mr. Schurig listed: Carbon black, rubber, polyethylene, heavymachinery, oil well supplies, chemicals, and cotton. Steel fromWest Germany, Belgium, France, or Luxemburg is the majorimport item.

Mr. Schurig feels the future of the Port of Houston isbright.

"You can’t stop the Port of Houston, because you can’tstop the growth of the great, vibrant CITY OF HOUSTON.

"I feel Port Commissioners Howard Tellepsen, Bill Blanton,R. H. Pruett, E. H. Henderson, Doug Haden, and GeneralManager Jerry Turner are to be commended for a greatcapital improvement program."

Mr. Schurig expressed the opinion the acquisition of theLong Reach Docks by the Navigation District "in the longrun would make for more efficient service, because of theunified command."

His years in the Houston Cotton Exchange Building havebeen happy ones, and Mr. Schurig said:

"I never can forget the wonderful friends I have made inthis building. The cotton men are making a gallant effort tostay in business, and I understand the future looks a bitrosier. Perhaps, one of the these days the federal governmentwill let private enterprise run the growing and sale of cotton."

Mr. Schurig was born in Germany. He came with hisparents to New York City when he was 8, and was educatedin the schools of that city.

When he was 23, he moved to Galveston and worked forH. Nussbaum, prominent cotton factor, until 1931, when Mr.Schurig went into the forwarding business in Galveston. Hecame to Houston in 1947, and opened offices in the HoustonCotton Exchange Building.

Mr. Schurig married Miss Frances Pastusek of LaGrange.They live at 4377 Harvest Lane. His family and his workare his whole life. He doesn’t play golf, fish or hunt, but hewill talk to you about six handsome grandchildren. H. E. SCHURIG

DECEMBER, 1965 15

SEENE AT THE

Carlos E. Sirvent, second from right, director of Cities ServiceOil Company operations in Argentina was the recent guest ofR. O. Davies, right, traffic manager of Strachan Shipping Com-pany. On the left are Leonard LaGrange, traffic representativeof Strachan, and Gerald Gumina of Behring South Ports Ship-ping, Inc., freight forwarders. Strachan is the Houston agentfor the Argentine Lines.

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Kapit6n H. M6ncke, center, roving representative of theNorth German Lloyd Line and the Hamburg American Line,stopped in Houston recently to visit the Lines’ agent, Biehl &Company. On the right is Ted E. Dugey, vice president of Biehl,and on the left is John lisager, Biehl general manager.

Lloyd Cartar, left, public relations director, Trinidad andTobago Chamber of Commerce, is shown here in the WorldTrade Club with Alex G. Finney, Jr., Humble Oil & Refining Co.,and Club president. Cartar was in Houston as a participant inthe Foreign Leader Program of the U. S. State Department tostudy city and port public relations activities.

~ii i~~ ........The Deputy Managing Director of the Port of Rotterdam,

H. P. Meijer, observed port operations at the Port of Houstonrecently as part of a U. S. State Department tour of Americanports. Following the port tour, Meijer met for luncheon in theWorld Trade Club with Harris County Navigation District of-ficials. Shown here are, left to right, Bastiaan Boll, terminalsupt., Holland-America Line, Texas Transport & Terminal Co.;Vernon Bailey, assistant general manager, Navigation District;Meijer; Travis L. Smith, Ill, manager, Engineering and Planning,Navigation District; Johannes G. Beekman, Consul General,The Netherlands; and C. E. Bullock, operations manager, Navi-gation District.

Jos6 Trabanino, Jr., Consul of El Salvador, right, recently hadas his guests at the World Trade Club his cousin, Dr. GuillermoTrabanino, center, of El Salvador, and Lucien FIournoy, presi-dent, Flournoy Drilling Company, Alice, Texas. Dr. Trabanino, aresident of San Salvador, was in Texas to discuss contracts fordrilling a series of water wells in El Salvador.


The HASSELBURG speeds across the Gulf of Mexico to Houston.

H. Schuldt PlanninglOOth Anniversary

I T’S 97, GOING ON 98, and in just three years H. Schuldt,one of Germany’s largest private shipping companies, will

celebrate its centennial with a celebration that already isbeing planned.

The company is one of the owners and general agents forthe joint-service Ozean-Stinnes-Linien, which connects Hous-ton with Le Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen and Ham-burg.

The modern ships in the Schuldt fleet carry a big initialletter S in a triangle on the stacks.

The company was established in 1868 at Flensburg, nearthe Danish border, which was an important port city at thattime. Heinrich Schuldt sent his ships to most of the NorthGerman and Baltic ports.

In 1896 Heinrich Schuldt was joined by his oldest son,Hermann. Together they formed the Flensburger Dampfer-compagnie, which also became successful.

The service was expanded in 1908 to include a regularliner service to the U. S. Gulf, Cuban and Mexican portsfrom Germany. At the time World War I started the twocompanies owned and operated 23 vessels, most of whichwere employed in world-wide tramping.

The war years were difficult and the company lost all butthree small vessels. With determination the company rebuilt,starting in 1919 to become the first Germany shipping com-pany to reopen traffic between Germany and the U. S. Gulf.Their first vessel to make the post-war trip was the S. S.HANS.

Harald H. Schuldt, again the oldest son, joined his fatherin 1923 as a partner in rebuilding the fleet. In addition tothe new freighters the company built, the Schuldts added twopassenger ships, the RIO BRAVO and the RIO PANUCO,regularly serving the ports of Cuba and Mexico.

The world-wide economic crisis in the late 1920’s hit the

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Oil field equipment is loaded in the hold.

shippin.g.industry with great impact. It resuhed in the com-pany giving up its liner traffic, including the passenger ser-vice. New ways of business had to be found, and HaraldSchuldt took over the helm, allowing his father to retire in1932.

The new start was made in 1933 in Hamburg, because thecenter of the shipping industry in Germany had moved fromFlensburg. The first cargo service to be established was theDeutsche Orient-Linie, connecting Continental and Mediter-ranean ports. This was followed by another service, Fruch-treederei Harald Schuldt & Co., specializing in carrying reefercargoes and other perishables.

The fleet was built up to nine ships, but all the ships weredestroyed in World War If.

Again with determination, Harald Schuldt started buildingat the end of the war and he became the first German shipowner to get into service. This time he had the help of twonew partners, Kurt Sieh and Diedrich Schumacher.

In 1949 the Deutsche-Orient-Linie was reopened withchartered vessels serving the Eastern Mediterranean ports.Under the post-war ship building restrictions, the companybuilt two ships of limited size and speed in 1950. The nextyear the company built a refrigerated ship and inauguratedthe new banana trade for the company in the United States.

The "beloved baby" of the Schuldt’s, the service tu theU. S. Gulf, Mexico and Cuba was brought to life again in1950. It was a proud day when the Schuldt flag was oncemore seen in Havana, Vera Cruz, Tampico, Houston, NewOrleans. The service was called Ocean Linie. Shortly after-wards this service was expanded to include the U. S. SouthAtlantic ports.

Loaded to her marks, the SCHAUENBURG heads for Europe.


A mobile crane unloads a Schuldt vessel at Houston

In April, 1951. the shipping restrictions were lifted andthe company started growing for the fourth time. Servicefrom Houston was stepped up to about every 15 days.

Among others, the SCII,4UENBURG, HASSELBURG andSONDERBURG became well known around the Gulf. Eachof these ships have a deadweight of 6,000 tons. They haveaccommodations for 12 passengers and a speed of 15 knots.Their most important cargoes consisted of cotton and chemi-cal products.

It was in 1951 that the ()zean-Linie found a partner Hugo Stinnes Company and they established the Ozean-Stinnes-Linien Gemcinschaftsdienst (joint service). Houstonagent for the line is Biehl & Company.

To meet the increasing needs of importers and exporterson the Continent. the joint service operated nine ships intothe Gulf and South Atlantic ports.

The refrigerated ships, ~hich haxe always been importantin the company, have been increased to five, some of whichhave been trading under long term charter for the U. S.banana trade. Another three reefer ships have been ordered,each with a speed of more than 22 knots and big deep freezecompartments.

The Sehuldt group now owns 13 ~essels, including generalcargo ships and reefers.

In 196¢ Diedrich Schumacher, whose financial genius didmuch in rebuilding the eompany, retired. That leaves HaraldH. Schuldt and Kurt Sieh as sole partners, and they arelooking forward to an exciting centennial celebration.

Steel is loaded from ship direct to truck at Houston.

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SWIFT/DIRECT SERVICE FROM

US OULF TO

LIt~ERPOOL

MA NCHES TER

HOUSTON ¯ COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG. CAPITOL 2-2259 - TWX - HO 593

GALVESTON NEW ORLEANS ¯ DALLAS * MEMPHIS

FA ST SER VICETO THE CONTINENTAND SCANDINAVIA

Joint Service

SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE--WILHELMSEN LINESRegular Freight and Refrigerated Service

FROM GULF PORTSto

LE HAVRE - ANTWERP - GHENT - ROTTERDAMBREMEN - HAMBURG

OSLO - GOTH EN BU RG - COPENHAGEN - MALMOSTOCKHOLM - HELSINKI - GDYNIA

STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYGENERAL AGENTS

Houston Office1400 Cotton Exchange Bldg. CA 8-1431

Other OfficesGalveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Miami, Port Everglades, Jacksonville,

Savannah, Dallas, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City,Chicago, Atlanta, Cincinnati

New York AgentsFurness, Withy & Co., Ltd.- Barber Steamship Lines, Inc.

The acquisitioq of J. M. Cook Com-pany of Texas by the West Coast Lineon November 15 was announced at areception in the World Trade Club byManuel Diaz, president. In the receivingline are, from the left, Stanley Guerra,Sr., East Gulf manager; David Duncan-son, vice president, traffic, New York;Mr. Diaz, Mrs. Diaz; Mrs. J. E. Barr;J. E. Barr, vice president, Gulf, NewOrleans; Mrs. J. M. Cook, and J. M.Cook, who now becomes West Gulf man-ager, Houston. West Coast Line, foundedin 1825, is the only line to serve theentire west coast of South America.Among the lines represented by WestCoast Line as agents are Zim Line toBarcelona, Piraeus, Tel Aviv and Haifa;Seven Star/Black Star Line to WestAfrican ports and the Turkish Cargo Lineto Turkey.

Hansa Line Has

Direct ServiceA new direct service from Gulf of

Mexico amt U. S. East Coast ports toBasrah and Khorramshahr with transittime from Houston of 33 days and 38(lays respectively was started recently bytile Hansa Line, E. S. Binnings, Inc.,agents.

’]’he vessels, of the M. S. WASSER-FELS class, will have a speed of 19 knots~Gth heavy lift capacity of 150 tons.

The new service is offered on amonthly basis; ho~,ever, Basrah andl*~horramshMlr are also i,cluded in theregular hi-weekly sailings to Tripoli, Ku-wait and l)ammam. Beirut, Dubai andUmm Said ~ill continue to be serw’d ona monthly basis and frequent calls will])e made at such project ports as Mena-el-Ahmadi, Khor-eI-Muffata, RandarShahpour and Abu Dhabi.


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