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Port CommissionersAnd Staff

FENTRESS BRACEWELL, ChairmanW.D. HADEN, II, CommissionerMRS. MARCELLA D. PERRY, CommissionerJOHN n. GARRETT, Commissioner

HOWARD J. MIDDLETON, Commissioner

RICHARD P. LEACH, Executive DirectorJ.R. CURTIS, Director of Port Operations

TED WALTERS, Manager of Marine DepartmentW.D. DUNNAHOE, Manager of Port OperationsTurning BasinCAPT. R.G. EGAN, Manager of Port Operations,

Barbours Cut and Bayport TerminalsW.E. GREER, Manager, Grain LlevatorLESLIE J. SANDERFER, Manager, Bulk Materials

Handling PlantA. MONROE BEAN, Manager, Storage WarehousesA.J.M. VAN DE VEN, Maintenance SuperintendentLOUIS F. BROWN, JR., Manager, Safety and lnsuranceCLAUDE BARTH, Manager, Security

C.A. ROUSSER, J R., Director of Trade DevelopmentBASIL J. FINN, General Sales ManagerLEON UTTERBACK, Eastern Sales ManagerJACK WOJEWNIK, Asst. Eastern Sales ManagerROBERT PERROTTA, Midwestern Sales ManagerDAVID W. SIMPSON, Western Sales Manager

TED SUMERLIN, Communications ManagerDON ZULLO, Assistant to CommunicationsManagerEDWARD L. HORN, Public Relations Manager

NORMAN E. HUENI, Director of EngineeringTOM KORNEGAY, Chief Engineer

F. WILLIAM COLBURN, Director of AdministrationLINDA REESE, ControllerALTON B. LANDRY, Personnel Manager andWorld Trade Building ManagerC.Q. SEAMAN, Manager of Real E~tateBETTY GARRETT, Manager of PurchasingALGENITA SCOTT DAVIS, Counsel

MICHAEL SCORCIO, Direetor of CommunityRelationsJOE F. FLACK, County Auditor

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Official Publication

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Volume 25 Number 5 May, 1981

IN THIS ISSUE

Growing With C.N.A.N.--Compagnie NationaleAlgerienne de Navigation serves as the "national-flag"steamship agency of Algeria as well as operating shipsitself. 11Port Industrial Parks--The Port of Houston’s two In-dustrial Parks harbor many businesses other than foreigncar importers. 14Silver Anniversary--It was 25 years ago this month thatthe first ship loaded with containers sailed into itsdestination, the Port of Houston. 17Defense Department Visitors--Students of the IndustrialCollege of the Armed Forces, National Defense University,visited the Port of Houston recently to study itsoperations. 19It’s In The Bag--And some of the bags packed at Mirrer’swith thermoplastic pellets for export are as large asintermodal containers. 22Checking the Export-Import Bank--It could do much more toencourage exporting by small-to-middle sizedcompanies. 26Port Tidings--A page of news and notes on what’s happeningto people and companies in and around the port of.ou~ton 31Transportation Observation--A federal court has establisheddeadlines for submission of briefs in the COFC/TOFCde-regulation case. 33

The Cover

The M/VBABOR of Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation loadsat an open dock in the Port of Houston. For details on how C.N.A.N. hasgrown into a major line and national shipping agency, please see Page 11.

The Port of Houston MagazineTED SUMERLIN, Editor

ED HORN, Associate EditorTHE PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE (ISSN 0032-4825) is published by the Port of Houston

Authority and is distributed free to maritime, industrial and transportation interests in the UnitedStates and foreign countries. This publication is not copyrighted and permission is given for thereproduction or use of any original material, provided credit is given to the Port of Houston.Additional information, extra copies or advertising rates may be obtained by writing the PORTOF HOUSTON MAGAZINE. Controlled Circulation postage paid at Houston, Tx. and atadditional mailing offices. Send address change to Port of Houston Magazine, P.O. Box 2562,Houston, Texas 77001.

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t,S. GULFSERVICE

Hapag-Lloyd U.S. GullOur New Face

in the GullWith super service

as usual!We’re now Hapag-Lloyd U.S. Gulf Service. And we still offer first-class containerservice on our first-rate containerships: ERLANGEN EXPRESS, HOECHSTEXPRESS, LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS and LUDWIGSHAFEN EXPRESS.Sailing weekly between Houston and New Orleans and major European ports.Serving Miami and Mobile every other week. We have plenty of containers ofall types. Strong intermodal and thru-traffic capabilities. Expert cargo handlingskills. And we’re still teamed with Biehl & Company, a leading Gulf agent formany decades. Hapag-LIoyd U.S. Gulf Service. Always ready to serve youdependably, efficiently and quickly!

General Agent: Biehl & CompanyNew Orleans (504) 581-7788 ¯ Houston (713) 688-7700

Agents: United States Navigation, Inc. United States Navigation (Pacific) Inc.New York (212) 269-6000 San Francisco (415) 956-0500Chicago (312) 346-8360 Los Angeles (213) 627-9051

Additional agents in key U.So and Canadian cities.

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The Nedlloyd Fridge.It keeps your goods-and your good name-intact.

If your frozen poultry-or any other refrigeratedcargo-arrives thawed, you’re a dead duck.Damaged or pilfered shipments won’t get awarm welcome either.

Nedlloyd completely eliminates these risks toyour cargo and to your reputation. We store yourgoods in our own separate 20 and 40 ft. reefercontainers. On board they are monitored contin-uously, checked and logged regularly, protectedalways by backup power systems.

Once off-loaded, your cargo is under con-stant Nedlloyd surveillance until it is received byyour customer.

We developed the Nedlloyd fridge for a goodreason: if we should deliver your cargo warm,you’d give us the cold shoulder.

Nedlloyd’s Ro/Ro containerships sail withimpeccable regularity every 22 days to the Mid-dle East. Call us or one of our reliable agentsfor specifics.

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General agent:Nedlloyd Inc.,New York, N.Y.,212/432-9150Carolina Shipping Co.:

Atlanta 404/953-3191Charleston 803/577-7880

Farovi Shipping Corp.:Miami Area 305/373-4765

InternationalGreat Lakes:

Cleveland 216/696-2612Lavino Shipping:

Baltimore 301/962-7000

Newport News 804/623-4525 Strachan Shipping:Philadelphia 215/448-4000 Chicago 312/427-2908Pittsburgh 412/281-7825 Dallas 214/747-0648

Patterson-Wylde: Houston 713/683-3500Boston 617/338-0400 New Orleans 504/527-6600

Patton Steamship: St. Louis 314/231-3389Detroit 313/353-6611 Tulsa 918/492-2721

TranspacificTransportation Co.:

Los Angeles 213/629-4192Portland 503/222-3235San Francisco 415/986-0786Seattle 206/624-7393Vancouver 604/688-0611

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When you ship on SalOn’s new ’tween deckvessel to the Middle East, you can be absolutely sure ofthe safety of your cargo.

Because with the Freedom Mark II ’tween deck,we can create two holds from the space of one.

One for your sensitive cargo.One for the other guy’s bulldozer.Plus, our open hatch construction means every.

body’s break-bulk cargo can be loaded with significantlygreater efficiency.

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We’re strong ondouble coverage.

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You’ve got a whole lot to pick from with Briggs-Weaver.Because we’ve got the largest and most diversified

line of lift trucks in the southwest. Yale and Taylor. Tobuy, finance or lease with a variety of rental options.

But Briggs-Weaver is not just lift trucks. Our inventoryincludes railcar movers, spotting tractors and personnelvehicles to name only three. And we supply special en-gines, transmissions, tires, heavy-duty air cleaners andspecial lift attachments for pipe, steel, lumber, concreteand containers.

With six Texas warehouses and our inter-store over-night delivery, over 90% of the parts orders can be filledwithin 24 hours from stock on hand. :~

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Break-bulk Cargo Awaits Loading Aboard M/V BABOR at Port of Houston

C.N.A.N. Leads In ShippingTo Algeria, Services There

A record of which any steamshipcompany could be proud has beenestablished by C.N.A.N. (CompagnieNationale Algerienne de Navigation).

The company bought a well-usedvessel in 1964 and started sailing be-tween Algeria and Southern France. Inonly six years the service demandedthat the company expand to sevensecondhand vessels. Today, at 17 yearsof age, the company operates approx-imately 150 vessels of all types, ofwhich 75 are fully owned. C.N.A.N.also provides a variety of maritime ser-vices in Algeria.

With a growth record like thatyou might expect the management to sitback and smile. But that’s not the case.The company has a well-planned con-struction program that will give it morethan 100 company-owned ships by1985.

C.N.A.N. operates a variety of shipsfrom 250-vehicle capacity ferries toLNG tankers with capacities up to129,000 cubic meters and tankers from30,000 to 140,000 deadweight tons. Italso operates 19 roll-on/roll-offvessels, some of which can accom-

modate up to 700 compactautomobiles.

C.N.A.N. operates heavy lift car-riers with lifting capacities up to 180tons and fully containerized vesselswith 450 t.e.u, capacities. The balanceof the fleet consists of wine tankers,dry bulk carriers and general cargovessels from 3,000 deadweight to26,000 deadweight tons.

In the U.S. Gulf service C.N.A.N.operates the German Trampco typevessels of approximately 8,000deadweight tons, and 17,000 to 20,000tons deadweight multipurpose cargoliners. Shippers from the U.S.A. arefamiliar with these ships: DJORF,DJURDJURA, IBN KHALDOUN,KSAR EL BOUKHAR T and BABOR.

In 1971 C.N.A.N. started its LNGoperations with one small tanker of40,000 cubic meters from Skikda toFos, France. The operation of theLNG tankers to the United StatesCommenced in December, 1978. In thesummer of 1981, C.N.A.N. will ex-pand its LNG program to service theU.S. Gulf with three new LNG vessels.

The future routes in Europe forLNG tankers operations will be toSpain and Northern France. C.N.A.N.is participating in most of the naturalgas contracts.

C.N.A.N. currently has under con-struction one additional LNG tankerwith a capacity in excess of 125,000cubic meters. The company also main-tains a construction program for con-ventional cargo and bulk carriers.

The company’s goal is to own morethan 100 vessels by 1985 to participateto the fullest in the foreign trade ofAlgeria. C.N.A.N. presently carriesapproximately 25 per cent of Algeria’simport and export of dry cargo com-modities.

Besides being steamship owners,C.N.A.N. acts as the only steamshipagent to foreign carriers trading to andfrom Algeria. In the company’s capaci-ty as a "national steamship agent" itoperates its own towboat company,utilizing more than 24 tugs in Algerianports. The company also acts in behalfof all cargo interests as a foreign anddomestic forwarder and customhouse

Continued on Page 45

May, 1981 11

REGULARITYIS MORE THAN KEPT

SCHEDUMaersk Line’s 9 modern containerships cover all of the Far East.

With fast, dependable transit times. We always keep a date.But regularity is much more than that. With Maersk Line it’s a word

that has to do with many things besides fast ships.

THE MAERSK PEOPLEASHORE.

What’s the use of fastships with regular, weeklysailings-if the workashore is slow? That isthe reason why ourpeople concentrateso much on service-a word well-knownto all the Maerskpeople ashore. Weknow the impor-tance of watching the details and the needto look after the little things. With Maersk Line,it’s all part of the service.

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TERMINAL SERVICE.Maersk Line has many exclusive terminal

facilities. That means speed ashore. Also fortruckers. We know how important it is to givefast, regular service to truckers when receivingor delivering cargo-time is money for truckers,too.

SECURITY.Your cargo gets

the protection of aMaersk Line container

all the way, whether it’sgoing bytruck, rail or

ship. Meaning your goodsdon’t run the risk of dam

age through constantphysical handling.

It receives completeprotection from the

weather and pilferage,too. And it makes no difference if your shippingneeds are once a week- or only once in a while.

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Industrial Parks YieldCargo, Revenue, Services

"Why are all those cars parked downthere? Is it a giant sports car rally?"

Not quite. The automobiles are im-ports parked on huge marshallingyards in the Port of Houston Authori-ty’s Industrial Park East and IndustrialPark West. The hundreds of brightlycolored autos are visible to motoriststraveling on the Loop 610 bridge overthe Houston Ship Channel.

The two industrial parks cover about315 acres on the north side of the chan-nel, sections of which are leased orrented to such auto import giants as:Gulf States Toyota, Inc.; Volkswagenof America, Inc.; and Nissan MotorCorporation. But the industrial parksare more than just a staging area forimported autos.

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The 115-acre Industrial Park East,also known as the Old Dickson GunPlant, has four buildings containing ap-proximately 438,000 square feet ofspace. Located on the east side of Loop610, the area was purchased by thePort of Houston Authority with the is-suance of $11 million in junior lienrevenue bonds in September 1977. Thebuildings, constructed during the early1940s, were used as a foundry by theHughes Tool Company to manufac-ture gun barrels for the war effort.

The property has 2,800 feet ofundeveloped channel frontage--theonly spot left in the Turning Basin areawhere new wharves could be con-structed. Port of Houston Authorityengineers have already prepared draw-ings for docks 32-34, but the plans mayhave to wait until funds are availablefor such an undertaking.

Industrial Park East has rail accessserved by the Port Terminal RailroadAssociation, and the area is patrolledby Port Police regularly. In its ongoingprogram to improve the property, thePort Authority recently paved 20 acres,and has received bids on a contract topave an access road. Tenants in In-dustrial Park East engage in:warehousing; container and chassisstorage, maintenance and repair; thehandling of import steel and iron; andthe servicing and distribution of importautos.

The 200-acre Industrial Park Westadjoins the wharves on the west side ofLoop 610, and currently has 25 com-panies leasing space. Many of thesecompanies operate businesses similarto those in Industrial Park East, withthe addition of stevedoring and truck-ing. This property has been owned bythe Port Authority since the 1920s andis generally leased for a period of upto 10 years.

With excellent security, rail and roadaccess, most of Industrial Park West isusually leased as unimproved land atthe rate of $5,000 per acre per year.Improved lands, which are paved orhave buildings, generally rent or leasefor 18 cents per square foot.

IImported automobiles as seen

through a straddle crane in In-dustrial Park West.

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ILoop 610 bridge spanning the

Houston Ship Channel. IndustrialPark West is to the immediate leftof the bridge, while part of In-dustrial Park East can be seen onthe right hand side.

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When renewing or issuing a newlease the Port Authority is primarilyconcerned with three issues: theamount of tonnage a firm handles orexpects to handle; the services a com-pany can provide to the port area; andthe amount of revenue the PortAuthority will receive as a result of thelease agreement.

"We have to utilize our acreage tothe best of our ability for the move-ment of volume tonnage. Leasing pro-perty to companies or individuals whogenerate very little cargo through theport does nothing to improve ouroverall tonnage picture," said GregSeaman, Manager of Real Estate.

"The industrial parks are importantbecause the shipping industry as awhole benefits from the services ofsome of the companies which locatein them. But the Port of HoustonAuthority’s primary goal concerningthe industrial parks is to promote addi-tional cargo tonnage," said Seaman.

The old Dickson Gun Plant, now known as Industrial Park East.

Stacked containers and the chassis to move them sitting in Industrial Park West.

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