Marine insuranceseminar in September

The 18th annual Houston Marine In-surance Seminar under the sponsorshipof the Houston Mariners Club will beheld Sept. 18-20, 1983, at the Adam’sMark Hotel, 2900 BriarPark atWestheimer, Houston, Texas.

Speakers and activities will be an-nounced as the Planning Committeemakes arrangements.

The Speakers Committee reports thatspeakers will be both foreign anddomestic, and the speakers and theirtopics will be announced in ample timethat plans can be made for those attend-ing.

This seminar is a non-profit function,with profits, if any, donated to educa-tion, scholarship and library funds formarine insurance students.

Carter announcesformation of agency

Peter L. Carter has announced theformation of Steamship Agency ServicesIncorporated, located in Suite 712,Great Southwest Building, 1314 TexasAvenue, Houston, Texas 77002.Telephone (713) 222-1818, Cable"SHIPSER", Telex 790 480, TWX 910881 5623.

Principal personnel will include SteveS. Danchak, Louis N. Mangel andRichard S. Ludwig, all well known andfully experienced in the steamship trade.

SAS will also offer, along with fullagency functions, stevedore consultantservices in all Texas ports.

OS&L announces moveto new Houston office

Overseas Shipping & Logistics, Inc.,(OS&L) has announced the expansionand relocation of their Houston office.

OS&L is a multi-faceted marinetransportation firm specializing in cargoand ship chartering, tug and bargechartering, heavy lift shipping andtransporting, and project cargoes. Thefirm offers over 50 years experience inmarine consulting and cargo brokerage.

The address is 12941 1-45 North,Suite 266, Houston, Texas 77067,phone (713) 580-9090, Telex 794329OSL HOU.

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NewsFrom Around

LCA establishes

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agency in HoustonLignes Centrafricaines (LCA) has

established a new agency to serve itsneeds in the Gulf/South Atlantic area.

The agency, Allied Maritime, Inc.,under the direction of Uwe Heyduk, islocated at 2000 Post Oak Boulevard,Houston, Texas 77056.

Lignes Centrafricaines providesregular independent breakbulk and con-tainer service from Houston with mini-bridge capability from the West Coastto West Africa, including the Nigerianports of Lagos, Warri, Port Harcourtand Calabar. Exclusive bagging facilitiesfor bulk cargoes are available to the linein Nigeria.

Allied Maritime can be contacted at(713) 961-4327, and telex: 790309AMASHIP HOU.

Nedllo yd suspendsCaribbean service

Nedlloyd Inc., as general agents ofNedlloyd Lines (Antilles) N.V., has an-nounced temporary suspension of itsservice from Houston to the Caribbean.

Reasons cited for the decision includ-ed "structural problems of the maritimeindustry in the trades between theU.S.A. and the Caribbean, the high levelof costs and the low level of freightrates."

No other Nedlloyd services were af-fected.

Former PHA execsform ad-P.R, agency

Three former Port of HoustonAuthority executives have formed GulfCommerce International, Inc. (G.C.I.),an advertising, public relations andpublishing firm serving maritime, in-dustrial and transportation interests.

The firm’s president, C.A. Rousser, isformer director of trade developmentfor the Port of Houston Authoritywhere he had 18 years experience.Rousser also heads International TradeDevelopment Corporation, of whichG.C.I. is a subsidiary.

Don Zullo, G.C.I. vice president andgeneral manager, was formerlyemployed as the Port Authority’s publicrelations manager.

Ted Sumerlin, who founded thePORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINEin 1959 and was its sole editor for 22years, has joined G.C.I. as an associate.

The three executives have more than50 years of combined experience in pro-moting the maritime and transportationindustry.

G.C.I. is located at 1111 North LoopWest, Suite 520, Houston, Texas 77008.Telephone: (713) 880-4512.

Houston Ship Channeldredging underway

Maintenance dredging of theHouston Ship Channel from Carpenter’sBayou, opposite the San Jacinto Monu-ment upstream to Greens Bayou, isunderway under a Corps of Engineerscontract with completion scheduled inmid-October.

Col. Alan L. Laubscher, DistrictEngineer, said T.L. James & Co., Inc., ofRuston, La., was awarded the HoustonShip Channel contract for $2,321,465.

The dredging will cover a distance offive and a half miles, with removal ofabout one million cubic yards of silt.The dredged material will be pumpedapproximately six miles from the upperend of the dredging to Lost Lake Dis-posal Area near Carpenter’s Bayou.

The channel, which requiresmaintenance dredging every four to fiveyears, has an authorized depth of 40 feetand width of 400 feet, reduced to 300feet in the upper reaches.

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CORPORATE PROFILE ADVERTISEMENT

S.A.I.L. SHIPPING SYSTEMS, INC.90 West Street, New York, New York 10006

Booking Agent:Ronald S. Wolff,-RSW Enterprises1111 North Loop West, Sulte 960

Houston, Texas 77008713/869-8789

This company has earned an excellent reputation indeveloping unique marketing techniques to satisfy theirclients needs. In contrast to most NVO’s whose servicesare limited to consolidated container movements toEurope, S.A.I.L. SHIPPING SYSTEMS has developed a fullrange of cargo transport services to Europe, Africa,South America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Theuniqueness of S.A.I.L.’s services is that it not only offersa rapid, efficient consolidation program to these areas butit also acts as a carrier for fully containerized andbreakbulk cargoes (not consolidated) to over thirtyforeign ports.

S.A.I.L. SHIPPING SYSTEMS can provide oceancontainers and chassis to shippers anywhere in theUnited States through its various lease and purchaseequipment agreements with several equipment leasingfirms. S.A.I.L.’s domestic capabilities include warehousereceiving terminals in Montreal, Chicago, Houston,Miami and New York. Internationally, the company isrepresented by several major steamship agents who en-joy worldwide recognition.

S.A.I.L. issues its own ocean bills of lading, and a tariffdescribing its rates and services is on file in Washington,D.C. (available upon request). The company also pro-vides particularly high liability protection on all cargoeshandled within its system, the limits of this coverage ex-ceed $1,000,000.00 on any one vessel.

S.A.I.L.’s marketing system produces 80% of thecompany’s revenues through freight forwarders fromevery area of the country. The balance of revenues isderived from shippers or suppliers who contact S.A.I.L.directly for solutions to complicated cargo movements orproject type cargoes that require extensive logisticalstudy. S.A.I.L.’s task is the same for all of its clients; pro-vide a fast, reliable and yet economical alternative to thepresently available steamship services so that the for-warder and his shipper can profitably compete in a priceconscious market. S.A.I.L.’s marketing team constantlyresearches and then develops new trade routes and

systems in an ever changing market. The companyutilizes its large cargo volume to negotiate a lower rate ina particular trade zone, or, in many cases, provides itsown equipment in order to induce a rate reduction fromregularly scheduled lines. The President of the Com-pany, Robert Robotti, was recently requested by DuPontR. Co., in Wilmington, Delaware to address a large groupof the company’s traffic and management executivesabout his company’s services and the art of the NVO ingeneral. In Mr. Robotti’s presentation, he stressed theterm "market intelligence" as the key element in the suc-cessful NVOCC service. The ability to translate customerneeds into viable alternatives is the object of this marketintelligence. S.A.I.L.’s staff constantly develops pertinentinformation about industry-wide pricing and routing pat-terns through a worldwide communication network of in-dustry professionals; ship owners, charter brokers, ship-pers, forwarders and other carriers. The S.A.I.L. staff isdedicated to offer solutions to companies who require thetotal option of al! available pricing aqd routing alter-natives.

S.A.I.L.’s staff is comprised of several professional ex-ecutives who are assigned the Rpsition of "LineManager", whose responsibilities include management ofmarketing and operations for their line’s services.

Bob Robotti specializes in General Projects andMarketing for the Middle East and Mediterranean areas.Martin Kavicky acts as the Line Manager for Africa andSouth American services. Michael Millon.is ExecutiveVice President and co-ordinates Corporate Develop-ment. Ronald Wolff is the General Sales Agent represen-ting all of S.A.I.L.’s activities in the Texas area. Mr.Wolff’s office directly quotes Ocean Freight Rates and co-ordinates all operational aspects of S.A.I.L.--Houstonservices.

The S.A.I.L. Group looks forward to helping you withall your shipping needs to our specialized areas.

Please call for further information:(713) 869-8789

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BANK &SAVlLL ~’FCL/LCL service to Australianand New Zealand ports

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32 Port of Houston Magazine

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;OMPANY OF TEXAS~tevedores"louston, Texas¯ "STRACHAN"

Service to West and East Mediterraneanand North African ports

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Miisut OSK. LinesContainer and breakbulk service toJapan/Far East via mini-land bridge

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Chotin Transportation, Inc., 5100 Westheimer ..................... 965-9620Crisis Transportation Co., 11510 Oakwood ........................... 481-2254Dixie Carriers, Inc., 1717 St. James ................................... 622-5502Norman & Son, Inc:, 525 North 75th St .............................. 923-9495

BARGE LINES & TOWINGAlamo Barge Lines, Houston Natural Gas Bldg ..................... 651-1071Anderson Petroleum Transp. Co., Inc., 6200 Richmond Ave... 784-2970Arthur Smith Corp., 3000 S. Post Oak, Suite 1320 ................ 871-0080Bacon Towing Co., Inc., 3511 Watters ............................... 941-1020Barge Transport Co., 1818 McKinney ................................ 658-0690Bayou City Barge Lines, Inc., 6910 Fannin .......................... 797-9410Bludco Barge & Towing, Inc., 3502 Broadway ..................... 644-1595Buffalo Marine Service, 8205 E. Erath ................................ 923-2106Bulkfleet Marine Corp., 550 S. Post Oak Rd., Suite 400 .......... 840-1100Canonie Transportation, 550 Post Oak Rd ........................... 877-1087Chemlink Co., Inc.,

700 Rockmead Dr. No. 161, Kingwood, TX ............... 358-5565Chotin Transportation, Inc., 5100 Westheimer ..................... 965-9620Coastal Towing, Inc., 7790 Braniff .................................... 644-7321Cougar Towing & Marine Services Corp.,

17644 Lake Shore Dr., Channelview ........................ 452-2456Crowley Maritime Corp., 340 North Belt E ........................... 931-1100Dillingham Maritime, 11767 Katy Frwy., Suite 500 ................ 531-1112Dixie Carriers, 1717 St. James ......................................... 622-5502Dravo Mechling Corp., 9000 S.W. Freeway ......................... 981-4832Ellis Barge Line, Inc., 5100 Westheimer .............................. 629-8160Federal Barge Dnes-Div Pott Industries, Inc.,

9225 Katy Frwy., Suite 206 ................................. 464-8880Fleeting Service, Inc., 9847 Lawndale ................................ 473-4445Gissel J.S. & Co., 8205 Erath .......................................... 923-5571Goliath Sh pping (America) Inc., 10575 Katy Frwy., Ste. 206 ... 984-8884Gulf Canal Lines, 9225 Katy Frwy., Suite 206 ...................... 464-8880Hollywood Marine, Inc., 300 Jackson Hill ........................... 868-1661Houston Barge Line, Inc., 6868 North Loop East .................. 673-0551International Marine Transportasion Inc.,

5909 West Loop South, Suite 655 ............................. 675-8984Leevac Marine Transportation, 2420 Yorktown .................... 871-0583Willem Muller Americas, Inc., 17150 Butte Creek ................... 893-6059National Marine Service, Inc., 37 i0 Dacoma ......................... 688-1481Ocean Transportation Services, Inc.,

11767 Katy Frwy., Suite 500 .................................. 531-1112Ohio River Co., 5100 Westheimer~ Suite 200 ....................... 965-9620Patton William B. Towing Co., 1101 Friendswood Dr ............. 482-7541Rio Marine, Inc., 2102 Broadway ...................................... 649-3232SCNO Barge Inc., 652 N. Belt East, Suite 115 ...................... 820-3194Stapp Towing Co., Inc., 3513 Dickinson .............................. 337-2551Transportation & Logistics Co., 6776 Southwest Frwy ............ 782-2700

Valley Line Company, 9801 Westheimer, Suite 807 ................ 266-7373

SHIP BUILDERS & REPAIRERSAutomated Marine Propulsion Systems,

517 S. 16th St., LaPorte ........................................ 471-9110Baltic Marine, 7217 Almeda-Genoa ................................... 991-5498Bludworth Bond Shipyard, 8114 Hockely ........................... 923-2001Bludworth John Marine, Inc., Ship Channel ......................... 473-5561Cadena, Inc., 7280 Wynnwood ........................................ 880-1624Ecofx, Inc. 502 Highway 146, LaPorte ............................... 479-0632Harrisburg Machine Co., 8201 Cypress ............................... 928-5911Houston Ship, Inc., 5630 North Dale ................................. 644-5221MacGregor Land & Sea Service, 5737 Ransom St ................. 641-3506Mangone Shipbuilding Co., 819 S. 80th ............................. 926-9451Marine Engrs. & Conslts. of Houston

4600 Post Oak PI., S. 200 ...................................... 871-8557Marine Maintenance Industries, Inc., 8201 Cypress ................ 928-5911Marine Repairs, Inc., 1316 76th ........................................ 928-5409Multi Marine, 1110 Central St ........................................... 923-4022Navire Cargo Gear U.S., Inc., 8201 Cypress ........................ 928-2336Newpark Ship Building & Repair, Inc., Brady Island ............... 928-5051Platzer Shipyard Inc., Industrial Rd .................................... 453-7251Poangra Industries, 16201 Wood Dr., Channelview ............... 452-5841Port Houston Marine, 7220 J.W. Peavy Drive ...................... 926-9601Southwestern Barge Fleet Service, Inc., 18310 Market ............ 452-5857Todd Shipyards Corp., Industrial Rd .................................. 453-7261United Marine Repairers, Inc., 6818 Navigation .................... 921-5315World Wide Diesel, Inc., 9717 Chemical Rd ......................... 474-2517

NON-VESSEL OPEEh~.TINGCOMMON CARRIERS

Aquatran, Inc., 68-23 Fulton ........................................... 697-2451Econocaribe Consolidators, Inc., 6121 Fulton ....................... 699-3870Greene Companies International, Inc.,

3100 Timmons Lane, Ste. 201 ............................. 960-1013Inter ink Systems, Inc., 1314 Texas Ave., 18th Floor ..... : ..... ::. 222-2424KAM Container Line, 915 Crosstimbers .............................. 699-3605Katy Van, 15810 Park Ten Place, Suite 390 .......................... 492-8571Leschaco Inc., 85523 Katy Frwy., Suite 223 .......................... 932-0879McGregor Sea & Air Services Ltd., 2700 Greens ................... 590-6000McLean Ocean Shipping, 18500 Lee Rd., (Humble) .............. 446-0021Norseman Line, 609 Fannin, Suite 417 ............................... 229-8671Pantainer Express, P.O. Box 60164AMF ............................ 446-0600Ryder Truck Lines, 1235 Gazin Rd .................................... 675-5344S.A.I.L. Shipping Systems, 1111 N. Loop West, Suite 960 ...... 869-8789Southern Pacific Marine Transportation, 2313 Edwards ........... 880-5357Strategic Transportation Co., Inc., P.O. Box 52800 ............... 448-2864Transmodal, Inc., 1235 North Loop West., Suite 720 ............. 880-0734Unimodal Inc., 1314 Texas Ave ........................................ 223-5493Votainer, Inc., 6821 Fulton ............................................. 692-7242

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38 Port of Houston Magazine

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia’s M/VSAUDI DIRIYAHmade its maiden voyage to the Port of Houston recently. The 42,660d.w.t.-rated vessel has a container capacity of 2,100 TEU and is 815 feetlong with a 105-foot beam. Shown during the traditional maiden voyageceremony at the Port of Houston Authority Barbours Cut Terminal are Jim

McCain, vice president of E.S. Binnings, Inc., NSCSA agents; John Horan,Barbours Cut manager; Capt. Bertil Waenerlund, master of the SAUDIDIRIYAH; Jacques Livaudais, Binnings sales representative, and Capt. EgilTrondsen, owner’s representative.

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June198339

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40 Port of Houston Magazine

The United Arab Shipping Company’s M/VJEBEL ALl, flying the Kuwaiti flag, made itsmaiden voyage to the Port of Houston recently.The 12,509 d.w.t.-rated vessel is 601 feet longwith a container capacity of 1,164 TEU. Shownduring the traditional presentation of the maidenvoyage plaque, from left, are David Warwick,West Gulf operations manager for Kerr SteamshipCompany, Inc., agents for the line; Andrew Nuzzi,vice president and general manager of the U.S.Gulf for Kerr; Captain S. Kumagoshi, master ofthe vessel; Jerry D. Kotecki, Port of HoustonAuthority midwestern sales manager; FrancisMartingale, vice president of the West Gulf forKerr, and A.B. Kohut, traffic manager for Kerr.

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Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc., executives were inHouston recently for a series of sales meetingsand business conferences with the Houston of-fice. The group took a break during theirmeetings to have lunch aboard a vessel of Na-cional Line, a Norton, Lilly principal. Shownaboard the Brazilian-flag M/V SEMIRAMIS areBernard Monaghan, vice president of sales forNorton, Lilly; Captain Jose Furtado, master of theSEMIRAMIS; Ted Bilkey, president of Norton, Lil-ly; Fernando Pessoa, Nacional Line owner’srepresentative, and Jim Gordon, vice president ofthe West Gulf for Norton, Lilly.

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42Port of Houston Magazine

Officers and directors for 1982 have been elected by the Houston PortBureau. Seated above, from left, are F. William Colburn of the Port ofHouston Authority, second vice president; Melvin R. Harper of HughesTool Co., president; Janice E. Crittenden, Port Bureau administrativemanager; and Joseph S. McDermott of Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., first vicepresident. Directors include, from left standing, Bob Ward of Allied Bank,George E. Strange, Bureau general manager; Micheal A. Reeves ofHouston Export Crating Co., Inc., C. L. Lohrke of Phillips Petroleum Co.,Mark Salbert of Marcona Ocean Industries, Ltd., Wayne Slovacek of UnionEquity Cooperative Exchange, Val Coerver of Hollywood Marine, Inc., JohnB. Layton of Armco, Inc., Stephen W. Miles of Intercontinental Terminals

Co., Ted Thorjussen of West Gulf Maritime Association, Jurgen Schroder ofManchester Stevedoring Co., Robert G. Garcia of R.W. Smith & Co., Inc.,J. Daniel Culpepper of Gulf & Eastern Steamship & Chartering Co., RussellS. Bentley of Unitedbank, William T. Aldrich of Oiltanking of Texas, Inc.,Frank R. Kenfield of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, Capt. W. W.Steinhort of the Houston Pilots, and Commissioner W. D. Haden, II, of thePort Authority. Not shown are Peter R. Schaff of the Port of Freeport,secretary-treasurer, and directors Jerry McManus of Jacintoport Terminal,Garlin Meyer of Champion Papers, Ben Ditta of Paktank Corp., C.J. Hananof Conoco, inc., O.J. Kneisler, Jr., of Gulf Stevedore Corp., and N.C.Rayzor of Suderman & Young Towing Co., Inc.

The Marine Exchange of the West Gulf, Inc.,has recently been organized as a subsidiary ofthe Houston Port Bureau, inc. The exchange pro-vides information and advice on ship movements,agents, owners and transportation services suchas estimated times of arrival, tailored telephonereports, mishap reports, etc. Individual and firmmemberships are available. Shown are the ex-change board, and employees. From left, theyare Jurgen R. Schroder, Ted Thorjussen. N.C.Rayzor, Robert G. Garcia, Capt. W. W. Steinhort,Carl D. Bond, operations manager for the ex-change; George E. Strange, executive director ofthe exchange; David Halbert; William T. Aldrich;and Janice E. Crittenden, administrative managerof the exchange. Not shown are Joseph S.McDermott, president; and O.J. Kneisler,secretary-treasurer.

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The Houston International Seamen’s Center celebrated its lOth anniversary at its current location inthe Port of Houston with a banquet and a night of music recently. Among those attending, from left,were Bill Hawkins, chairman of the center’s board; Ted Thorjussen, vice president of the West GulfMaritime Association, who does a lot of work for the center, and Richard P. Leach, executive director ofthe Port of Houston Authority.

At HMS, dependabilityisn’t the only thing!Our reputation for dependability isn’t the only qualitythat brought Houston Marine Service to where we aretoday. We had to supply quality products like major oilcompany filtered dieselfuel and lubricants, promptlyand efficiently. So now we re fueling over a hundred ves-sels of all types weekly in Houston, Galveston, Texas Cityand Corous Christi. They’re getting a full measure fortheir money and they’re getting it on time. By barge, bytruck or at our dock facilities, we work seven days a week,24 hours a day. And we’re expanding, because we wantto be where you need us... when you need us.

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Prince Fahd AI Faisal of Saudi Arabia was in Houston recently touringPort of Houston facilities and meeting with Port executives as well as ex-ecutives of several Houston companies. Hugo Hansen, senior vice presi-dent of Central Gulf Lines, invited the prince to visit Houston to get to knowthe city and its leaders. The prince currently does a lot of business withHouston companies and the port and his visit was called very successful.Shown aboard the Port of Houston Authority inspection vessel M/V SAM

HOUSTON are Zaid AI-Dawas of Saudi Arabia; Hisham Aboul Fateh,private secretary and interpreter for the prince; Richard P. Leach, ex-ecutive director of the Port of Houston Authority; Mohammed AI Yamani,president of Mohammed Yamani Establishment and one of the prince’sbusiness partners; Prince Faisal; Mrs. Marcella D. Perry, port commis-sioner; Mohammed Agil of the Saudi Arabian consulate; Fuad Mansoor ofthe Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Hugo Hansen.

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Delta Nu Alpha-Chapter 282--June 14, 11:30a.m., Rodeway Inn in Pasadena. Installa-tion of officers. Contact Joy Lloyd,452-8846.

Houston Customhouse Brokers & Freight For-warders Association--Next regularmeeting August 3. Directors and commit-tee meetings in the interim. For more infor-mation, contact George Strange, 228-7447.

International Transportation Management Asso-ciation-June 15, 6:15 p.m., Houston CityClub. Installation of officers and board ofdirectors. Contact Debbye Burks,870-0913.

National Defense Transportation Associa-tion-Last Thursday of each month, 11:30a.m., Kaphan’s. Contact Frank Kenfield,658-2486.

Propeller Club--June 24, 5:30 p.m., outingaboard SAM HOUSTON. 464-6006.

Transportation Club of Houston--No meetinguntil September.

West Gulf Intermodal Association--Nomeetings for June-August.

Women in Transportation and Shipping--June 9,5:30 p.m., Summit Club. Contact MarciaHaecker, 723-0164.

Women’s Transportation Club of Houston--June13, 7 p.m., Kaphan’s. Installation of of-ricers. Contact Mildred lrby, 669-3665.

YoungExecutive Forum--June 2, 7:30-9 a.m.,welcome breakfast for new members,World Trade Club, third floor, FourSeasons Hotel. June 22, 5-7 p.m., cash barand reception for members, guests andvisitors, Four Seasons Hotel pool. Bringswim suits. Contact Mary Archer,225-0968.

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U.S. Maritimeopens in Houston

U.S. Maritime Agencies, Inc., hasopened a Houston office with FrankPizzitola as vice president.

The New York-based agency is U.S.general agent for Jeco Shipping LinesInternational. Jeco provides general pur-pose liner service between Houston andWest Africa, calling every 20 days.

Pizzitola, a graduate of LoyolaUniversity in New Orleans with 27years experience in the steamship in-dustry, said he expects to announce twonew services soon.

The address is 1235 North LoopWest, Suite 300, houston, Texas 77008,telephone (713) 864-7050.

Port of Houston Magazine

Representatives of the China Ocean ShippingCompany of the People’s Republic of China andother representatives of the country visitedHouston while in the United States to negotiate anew maritime agreement. Houston was one ofthe few ports in the country to be visited by thegroup. Shown during a reception, from left, areRichard P. Leach, executive director of the Port ofHouston Authority; Liu Jing Sheng, deputymanager of COSCO’s shipping department; LiuYunzhou, director of the Ministry of Communica-tion’s Maritime Transportation AdministrativeBureau; Tong WeJyuan, divisional deputy chief ofthe Foreign Affairs Bureau; Chairman FentressBracewell, of the Port Commission, and PortCommissioner Marcella D. Perry.

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The new Maritime Committee of the HoustonWorld Trade Association recently met at an infor-mal luncheon with members of the Houston CityCouncil. Shown shortly before the meeting areGeorge AItvater, committee chairman, retired ex-ecutive director of the Port of Houston Authorityand current U.S. representative of the Port ofRotterdam, Mayor Kathy Whitmire and RichardP. Leach, executive director of the Port Authority.The meeting was at the World Trade Club room inthe Four Seasons Hotel.

Margaret Plateelappointed by Hellenic

Margaret Plateel has joined HellenicAmerican Agencies, Inc., in Houston asaccount manager for northeastHouston, the Texas coastal counties ofGalveston, Jefferson and Brazoria, andthe state of Arizona.

She has an extensive background insteamship sales, having worked withKerr Steamship Co., Inc., and Hansenand Tidemann, Inc., in Houston and theHinkly Group in Virginia.

The announcement was made byMichael G. Reaves, western regionalmanager of sales and marketing forHellenic America. Reaves has fourother women on his staff, which isknown as "Mike’s Angels."

Charles Lykes electedLykes Steamship chief

Charles P. Lykes has been electedchairman of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.,Inc., filling the vacancy caused by therecent death of Chester H. Ferguson.Lykes is chairman and chief executiveofficer of Lykes Bros. Inc., of Florida.

Two new board members also havebeen elected. They are Tom L. Rankinof Tampa, who is president and chiefoperating officer of Lykes Bros. Inc.,and David H. Knapp of Houston.

Lykes also has been elected chairman,and Messrs. Rankin and Knapp havebeen elected to the board of InteroceanSteamship Corp. of Florida, the ownerof Lykes Steamship.

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