The Port of Houston Magazine

Port CommissionersAnd Staff

FENTRESS BRACEWELL ChairmanW.D. HADEN, 1I. CommissionerMRS. MARCELLA D. PERRY. CommissionerJOHN H. GARRETT. CommissionerHOWARD J. MID DLETON. Commissioner

RICHARD e. LEACH, Executive DirectorJ.R. CU RT1 S, Director of Port Operations

TED WALTERS. Asst. Director of Port OperationsW.D. DUNNAHOE. Manager of Port Operations,Turmng BasinC.G. SEAMAN. Manager of Port Operanons.Barbours Cut and Bayport TerminalsW.E. GREER Acting Manager. Grain ElevatorLESLIE J. SANDERFER. Manager Bulk MaterialsHandling PlantA. MONROE BEAN. Manager, Storage Warehouses

A. J.M. VAN DE VEN. Maintenance SuperintendentLOUIS F. BROWN, JR.. Manager, Marine, Fireand SafetyCLAUDE BARTH. Manager, Security

C.A. ROUSSER. JR.. Director of Trade DevelopmentLEON UTTERBACK. Eastern Sales Manager

JACK WOJEWNIK. Asst. Eastern Sales Mgr.BILL COOK Western Sales ManagerJOSE ARTURO CASTELLANOS, Sales RepresentativeTED SUMERLIN. Communications ManagerDON ZULLO. Assistant to CommunicanonsManager

NORMAN E. HUENI. Director of Er, ~ineering

TOM KORNEGAY ChiefEnzineerF. WILLIAM COLBURN, Director of Administration

LINDA REESE. ControllerALTON B. LANDRY. PersonneI Manager andWorld Trade Building ManagerBETTY GARRETT. Manager of PurchasingALGENITA SCOTT DAVIS. Counsel

MICHAEL SCORCIO. Director of CornmunioRelattons

GEORGE W. ALTVATER. ConsultantS.C. FULLERTON. CoumyAuditor

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Volume 24 Number 2 February, 1980

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Port Entertains Shippers in Dallas--North Texas Shipperslearn about the Port of Houston’s progress 13

IIE Extends Hand of Friendship~The Internationalpicture in Houston is made complete by this outstandingorganization 17

Transportation Observations~A new plan III for emptycontainers has been approved by the railroads 21

Port of Houston Directory--Save these directory pagesfor your convenience in doing business 27

The CoverEstelle Coker, right of Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, in her colorful

gara gown, is adjusting the obi for Yuri Fukuyama of Nogoya, Japan. Theseladies are in the patio of the World Trade Building, near the entrance to theInstitute of International Education. Please see Page 17 for an interestingstory about this organization.

The Port of Houston MagazineTED SUMERL IN, Editor

THE PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE ,’ISSN 0032-4825) is published monthly by the Portof Houston Authority and is distributed free to maritime, industrial and transportation interests inthe United States and foreign countries. This publication is not copyrighted and permission isgiven for the reproduction or use of any original material, provided credit is given to the Port ofHouston. Additional information, extra copies or advertising rates may be obtained by writing thePORT OF HOUSTON MA GAZINE Controlled circulation postage paid at Fort Worth, Texas.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Port of Houston Magazine, P.O. Box 2562. Houston,Texas 77001

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Gulf Europe Express is backed by more than 200 yearsof worldwide shipping experience, to which we’veadded the most modern and reliable container han-dling service available today Two international shippingconcerns have given us the benefit of their centuries ofshipping expertise: Incotrans (Intercontinental Transport(ICT) B.V) and the Compagnie G~n~rale Maritime(CGM). We added short transit times and our datafreight, route code and EDP systems for auto-mated, computerized cargo handling forthe most reliable, responsive containerservice on this route.

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Port EntertainsShippers In Dallas

Shippers from Fort Worth, Dallas and other North Texas areas wereentertained recently by the Port of Houston’s Trade DevelopmentDeportment. The luncheon was held at the Foirmont Hotel in Dallas,where C.A. Rousser, Director of Trade Development, described thenewest facilities at the Port. Bill Cook, Western Sales Manager, was co-host at the luncheon. Pictures of some of the guests are on this and Page1S.

From the left are Dennis Durett, Hecco; Lee Contreras, Glitsch, Inc.:Earlene A. Albright, Posey International; E.F. Fartin, U.S. Steel, and GilVillareal, Posey International.

Lisa Najera, Jack Behrends, both of TRC in Fort Worth; Shirley Heald, MKT Railroad was well represented with William H. Zeidel, J. EddieSea-Land; Hope Urquidi and Bertha Silverio, both of TRC. Warren, G. Brian Bleakney and Harry Dimmerman.

Bob Dever, Barber Blue Sea Line; Armond A. Wietzel, Zim-AmericaIsraeli Shipping Co.; Bob Whittington, Lone Star S.tee , and Frank McCoy,Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.

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Joe Schumacher, East Texas Motor Freight: David and Barbara Buddy Polser, Polser Exports; Gus Brochu, Continental Emsco, andChadwick, Phillips-Parr, Inc., and John Holland, C. Itoh. Jockie Goetz, Goetz & Co., Inc.

Alan Broughton, Kerr Steamship Co.; Janis Kelley, Messina, Inc., and Ray Matthews, Nipak, Inc.; Robert Lansberg and Godcheaux Levi, bothJim Hanges, also of Kerr. of Select Imports, and C.A. Rousser.

Bob Austin, Volkswagen of Fort Worth: H.A. Scott, Jr., AyersSteamship Company, and Bill Cook.

Larry Anderson, A.T.S.F.: Keith Morelan, Steve Brown and WilliardDunn, all of Cosden Oil & Chemical Company, and Tom Norman, Plywood& Door Midwest.

Tom Beverly, Schwabach, Kempner and Perutz: M.C. Harless, C. Itoh &Co.: William Roth and Gerardo Weinstein, both of Schwabach, Kempner& Perutz, and Kleas Pauleit, Cotton Import Export.

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liE Extends Hand Of Friendship

To People Everywhere

THHE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL Education,etter known as liE, fills a special niche inouston’s international life.

In its 27 years in Houston, the Southern Regional Officeof lie has grown along with the city as a service agency ininternational affairs--sometimes leading the way,sometimes following the direction of this area’sinternational development and tailoring its services to meetthe needs.

A main concern with lie today is promoting an awarenessof international affairs among all citizens.

"In a city where every third dollar produced by Houston’seconomy comes from Port-related activities, it is essentialthat Houstonians know and understand other countries,"says lie Vice President Alice Pratt, who heads theInstitute’s Houston office. "It is an economic necessity forHoustonians to be able to work well and intelligently withpeople from all over the world."

liE works in a variety of ways to put area citizens in touchwith people from other countries, for a mutual increase incross-cultural knowledge.

Last year lie welcomed 1,417 business and governmentleaders who came to Houston from all parts of the world,and arranged for them to meet Houstonians who sharedtheir interests and could answer their questions.

Some of these were high-ranking dignitaries whom lieterms "protocol visitors." Under a contract with the City ofHouston, liE is responsible for meticulous details that mustbe handled correctly if these visits are to be successful inmaintaining prestige and goodwill for Houston amongheads of state and others at high levels of government.

A 14-page "scenario," for example, was prepared whenPrime Minister John M. Lynch of Ireland and his 40-member accompanying party came to Houston inNovember. As with all head of government visits, thescenario spelled out plans for every hour of the two-dayschedule--from head table seating to who was responsiblefor presenting the "roses, pralines and hats" (the city’straditional gifts to arriving dignitaries) and even when thelimousines used during this important visit were to bewashed.

THE MAYOR’S OFFICE, Chamber of Commerce, Port of

Houston Authority, IIE, and the Consulate involved, workclosely together in the careful, often months-long planningwhen heads of state, ambassadors and visitors of similarrank come to Houston.

In addition to the "protocol visitors," however, by farthe majority of IIE’s international visitors are from allwalks of life--industry, the professions, local and regionalgovernment. Many are valuable trade contacts. IIE makesno charge for assisting them and presenting Houstonfavorably to these people from all over the world.

February, 1980

Austrian Ambassador Karl H. Schober (second from right) and Mrs.Schober were accompanied on a tour of NASA by Mrs. James L.Shepherd (second from left) co-chairman of the liE-sponsored volunteercommittee, the Houston International Service Committee.

liE’s Assistant Director Martha Jane Mewhirter, whosebackground includes years in the foreign service and acommand of several languages, and Program AdministratorThomas Conry, in consultation with Mrs. Pratt, handle theday to day work of arranging local schedules for the 1400-plus international visitors per year. They are assisted by the"Franzheim Fellow," a graduate student in internationalaffairs who works in the lie office under an internshipestablished by Ambassador and Mrs. Kenneth Franzheimthrough their Franzheim Synergy Trust. Jose Millan, fluentin four languages and a graduate of Pitzer College and theSchool for International Training, is the present FranzheimFellow.

Most visits begin with a call or letter from one of theWashington, D.C. programming agencies which work withthe International Visitor Program of the U.S. government’sInternational Communication Agency. Foreign leadersfrom about 100 nations participate in this program. Theyare nominated by the U.S. embassy in their countries, andspend an average of one month in the U.S., followingindividually arranged itineraries, increasing their knowledgeof this country, pursuing professional interests.

Companies, consulates, individuals and organizationsalso call on liE for help in setting up business appointments,seminars tours, sightseeing and the kind of hospitality thatleaves international visitors with warm memories and a first-hand experience of Housto.n.

Participating in these activities leaves Houstonians withequally warm memories.

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"A one-to-one meeting with someone from another friend advised him: "Call liE. They’ll get you there." Hecountry, whether at home or in a business office, creates an did, and liE did!understanding of the visitor’s country that could never begained any other way," Mrs. Pratt believes.

Texas Governor~Bill Clements, right, talks with Honorary Consul SabirM. Amawi of Jordan and liE Vice President Alice Pratt at an Austinreception for the Texas Consular Corps.

About 200 companies and an excellent volunteer group ofabout 1,500 Houston families help lie make it possible forinternational visitors to keep business appointments, seeNASA, the Texas Medical Center, Rothko Chapel, artmuseums, attend a symphony concert or the Alley Theatre,tour the Port of Houston and Ship Channel, see rice farmsand ranches or in any other way fulfill the purpose of thevisit.

And visitors’ requests can vary widely. Recently, a Frenchauthor and linguistics specialist wanted to hear "CajunFrench" spoken, lie called a retired University of Houstonprofessor who successfully arranged it. Such a request is incontrast to working with a head of state visit or sponsoring amajor conference, and lie tries to handle large and smalljobs with equal precision.

Often, an international visitor addresses a "Dutch treat"luncheon or dinner, and hundreds of Houstonians are ableto attend and participate in discussions of internationalissues. For instance, about 400 people were present when theAmbassador of France to the U.S. spoke at a recent dinner.

Most of these functions are co-sponsored by liE, theChamber of Commerce, Houston Committee on ForeignRelations, Houston World Trade Association and Port ofHouston Authority. lie is the secretariat, printing andsending the announcements, taking reservations andhandling many of the details. There were 27 such events lastyear, giving international speakers a platform for presentinga wide variety of topics, and at the same time helping tobuild the "international expertise" of the Houstonians whoheard them.

A typical liE story concerns the local attorney who had abroken bone in his foot and was unable to drive on the daywhen he wanted to attend a luncheon to hear an address byPete Martin Olberg, Deputy Minister of Trade and Shippingfor Norway. He made several phone calls but was unable tolocate anyone who could give him a ride to the luncheon. A

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS have been coming to

Houston for many years, according to Mrs. Pratt. The Port,oil and chemical plants and the "knowhow" in business andindustry for which Houston is famous always have beenattractive to distinguished guests from other countries. Inrecent years, of course, the number of visitors has climbed.The movement of multi-national companies into Houstonand the city’s position as an energy capital have helped tobring more heads of state, ambassadors and visitors ofsimilar rank to Houston. The same factors have led moreforeign countries to establish consular posts in Houston.

Serving this large consular corps is part of liE/Houston’sprotocol function. For instance, liE handled thearrangements when Texas Governor William P. Clementsgreeted heads of consular posts in Texas at a reception at theGovernor’s Mansion in Austin, and Lady Bird Johnsonwelcomed the consular officials for a tour of the LBJLibrary.

lie is involved in some way in virtually everyinternational endeavor in Houston. It is liE’s telephonenumber that is listed in the U.S. government’s guide bookfor foreign tourists who want to meet Americans in majorcities. The State Department, when it schedules a regionalforeign policy conference in Houston, calls on lie to co-sponsor it and serve as secretariat, lie has handled foursuch conferences in recent years.

As another example, lie conducted a regional hearing inMarch, 1979, for the President’s Commission on ForeignLanguage and International Studies. At the request of theAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research,lie was secretariat and a co-sponsor for a conference on"U.S. Policies Toward Mexico," also in 1979.

The Houston office of liE was opened in 1952, along withother regional offices of the Institute, originally to maintaincloser ties with colleges and universities (liE’s partners inmany exchange programs); to provide closer supervision ofthe foreign students under liE’s auspices; to organizecommunity / campus committies that would giveinternational students the opportunity to know Americanfamilies, culture and way of life, and in other ways to help"internationalize" the communities in which they werelocated.

liE’s volunteer group, the Houston International ServiceCommittee, was organized soon after the office opened. It ispresently chaired by Mrs. Henry F. LeMieux, with Mrs.James L. Shepherd as co-chairman. Working with liE’sCommunity Services Department, this volunteer committeesponsors host families for international students, arrangesnumerous special activities such as orientations for newlyarrived students and tours of the city (including regular tripsdown the Ship Channel), distributes tickets to culturalevents, has monthly programs for international wives, andtries in every way to give foreign students and trainees agood understanding of Houston and the U.S.

This program is a strong contribution by Houstonians(under IIE’s auspices) in building friendships around theworld. And, while enriching the experience of foreignstudents and visitors, the volunteers also increase their ownunderstanding of other parts of the world. The number offoreign students in Houston now exceeds 7,000, and the liE-sponsored activities reach internationals at 14 colleges,universities and training centers in the Houston area.

(Continued on page 45)

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T-IAN ORTATIONOBSERVATIONS OF THE HOUSTON PORT BUREAU

RAILS APPROVENEW PLAN III EMPTYCONTAINER RATES

REVIEW OFCORPUS CHRISTICASES REQUESTED

The Southwestern Lines, Southern Ports Foreign Freight Committee, andWestern Trunk Lines approved a new Plan III scale of rates on Freight AI Kinds(in containers/trailers furnished by shipper at shipper’s expense) reflecting85% of the present Southbound Plan 111/2 scale. Thus, loaded marinecontainer shipment wil move on reduced rates whenever the rates becomeeffective. However, carriers also approved a scale for the empty movement ofcontainers reflecting 45% of the new Plan III scale, Under present Plan 111/2rates, empty marine containers return free of charge. Therefore, under thepending scales, loaded marine container movements followed or preceded byan empty return will be subject to a total increase of about 23%. This subjecthas been under consideration by the carriers for a year. The Houston PortBureau participated in the hearings opposing charges on empty containermovements and suggesting a lower basis if carriers insisted on some scale ofrates. The NIT League and others, including the Port Bureau, is on record topursue investigation and suspension of these rates beforethe ICC,

In the cases involved (Nos. 31098 and 33447), the rail carriers were requiredto maintain the same rates to/from Corpus Christi as cpplied to/from Houstonarea ports. The Interstate Commerce Commission has reopened the cases toconsider the actual control of rates. The Houston Port Bureau is solidly in favorof the review of these cases inasmuch as the equalization often forces higherrates at Houston in order to publish compensatory rates to the more distantpoint of Corpus Christi. The Bureau has filed a motion with the Commission toset the reopening for modified procedure in order to receive new evidence. Ifgranted, this procedure will allow introduction of facts to show changedconditions since approval of the equalization cases and strengthen ourposition. The Bureau also filed additional comments with the Commission onthe issue of actual control of rates to Gulf ports. Most rail carriers servingHouston are supporting the Bureau’s position.

COURT REAFFIRMSFMC DECISION THATBILLING IS LAWFUL

The Federal Maritime Commission in a decision in FMC Docket 75-21, WestGulf Maritime Association vs. Port of Houston Authority, ruled that thePort ofHouston Authority acted within the law by its practice of returning to billingvessel owners and agents for wharfage charges instead of the Port Authoritycollecting these charges from the cargo owners themselves. In addition, theFMC upheld a practice of the Port Authority paying a 4 per cent discount tocarriers and agents to compensate for the collection efforts.

BUREAU RESPONDSTO ICC’S PROPOSEDRAIL EXEMPTION

Under Ex Parte No. 346 (Sub. 3), Rail General Exemption Authority - Longand Short Haul Transportation, the ICC proposed to exempt multiple car, unittrain, annual volume, international rail/water shipments, contract rates, railgeneral increases, demand-sensitive rates, separate rates for distinct railservice, and incentive rates for capita investment from te requirement thatrates to/from intermediate points not be higher than the rates from/to themore distant point. The Bureau filed comments with the ICC opposing givingthe rail carriers automatic relief from applying the more distant point rate atintermediate points on these movements, particularly opposing exemptinginternational rail/water shipments (specifically mini-bridge and micro-bridgetraffic).

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ADAMS E PORTERASSOCIATES, INC.1819 St. James PlaceHouston, Texas 77056(713) 960-9990. Outside Texas,call Toll-Free (800) 231-3252

February, 1980

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) recently sponsored a seminar focusing the techniques, strategies, and objectives of port marketing. Held at th,e Houston Hyatt RegencyHotel. the three-day seminar attracted AAPA members from all over the U.S. Subjects discussedincluded: the role of carriers and shippers in the development of port marketing; marketingstategy for trade with the Peoples Republic of China. South America, and the Middle East: oceancarrier’s selection of ports and their response to port marketing. From the left are C.A. Rousser,Director of Trade Developmenl Part’of Houston: J. Ran Brinson, Executive Vice President of theAAPA" Richard P. Leach. Executive Director o~ the Port of Houston: Greg Halpin, Port of Baltimore.ana James O’Brien, Director. Maritime Affairs. Port of Oakland.

Sea-Land NamesVice Presidents

Two vice presidents have beenappointed by Sea-Land Service, Inc.,the worldwide containerized shippingfirm~ Eugene P. Campbell has beennamed Vice President, Marketing;Vincent P. Staunton has beenappointed Vice President, Pricing andRegulatory Services.

Mr. Campbell--who is responsiblefor Sea-Land’s sales and marketingprograms--joined the company in1962. Most recently, he served asGeneral Manager, North Europe,based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Campbell holds a B.S. degree inbusiness from Seton Hall University. Anative of Bayonne, N.J., he is in theprocess of relocating to the U.S. withhis wife, Florence, and their threechildren.

Newly appointed Vice President ofPricing and Regulatory Services, Mr.Staunton has been involved in thetransportation industry for nearly 25years.

Tellyour shipping problems. ~ AI Mobley and Gene Schubert are your Mo-Pac international representativesin Houston. They’re good listeners. -k Even better than the way they listen are the things they have tosay.., about this port, the 11 others we serve directly, and virtually any other port in the U.S.A. or aroundthe world. Each is an expert on our 12-state, 12,000 mile territory and our 17 shipper services. Most im-portant, each knows how to answer your distributionneeds. That makes them both ~r~r~.=n~_very good people to tell your problems to. ~k Phone: (713) 227-3151, 406 Union Station. BBIV I~P’UV

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