A shipment of over 1700 tons of Iranian Sayir dates passed through thePort of Houston recently purchased by Tenneco West, an agriculturaldivision of the Tenneco Corporation. The dates were shipped byKhuzestan Dates Sales Export, S.A. of Khorramshahr, Iran. The cargowas shipped aboard two Maersk Line vessels, the SALLY, and theTOBIAS. The SALLY’S load consisted of 1,243 tons while the TOBIAScarried 1,573 tons. In the photo above on board the TOBIAS are from theleft Bill Cook, Port of Houston; Mogens Lauridsen, Maersk Lines; CaptainA. Christensen, Master of the vessel; the Chief mate; Bob Clark, TennecoWest; and C.A. Rousser, Port of Houston. The dates were shipped onpallets (center photo) and were transferred to containers (bottom photo)at the Port of Houston for shipment to Tenneco’s Indio plant in Californiavia the Southern Pacific Railroad. A large percentage of the dates will beused by General Mills for the production of cookies, candy and Granolacereal.

INTERCONTINENTALEXPORT CRATING, Inc.

AIR -- OCEANINDUSTRIAL -- COMMERCIAL

MILITARY PACKINGQuality Workmanship - Excellent Service

9300 Airline Dr. 445-2297

Harbor andCoastwise

TowingFor over 70 years, the Suderman &Young fleet has served the Texas Gulf

Coast.Equipped with the latest towing, com-munication and navigational aids, andmanned by experienced crews, Suderman& Young tugs are ready to handle any

type of towing problem - 24 hours a day.

HOUSTON CORPUS CHRISTIGALVESTON TEXAS CITY FREEPORT

SUDERMANAND YOUNG

TOWING CO., INC.

918 World Trade BuildingHouston, Texas 77002

Cable: SANDY Houston

February, 1978 17

The M/V MELAMPUS, a newly built vessel ofthe Barber Line fleet, made her first call to thePort of Houston recently and her captain waspresented a color plaque of the Port of Houstonto commemorate the occasion. Shown in thecaptain’s quarters during the presentation arefrom left: Mrs. B.J. Taylor; Captain A.M. Black-burn. Master of the vessel, J.R. Curtis, Direc-tor, Port Operations; Ted Dugey, former VicePresident, Biehl and Co.: Tom Kiger, TrafficRepresentative, Barber-Biehl, and B.J. Taylor,Chief Engineer.

]Export Packers Association of Houston, Inc.INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE IN EXPORT PACKING

MEMBERS:

BEHRING INTERNATIONAL EXPORT PACKERSBRAND EXPORT PACKING, INC.CROWN EXPORT PACKING CO.C & N EXPORT PACKING, INC.GULF PORTS CRATING CO.HOUSTON EXPORTS CRATING CO.INTERNATIONAL EXPORTS PACKERSKAINER EXPORTS CRATING, INC.UNIVERSAL EXPORT PACKERS, INC.WORLD EXPORT PACKING CO., INC.

Wer.~

tii!i!i!i:ii!!~i~ ~ ~

Six sailingsHouston and

For sailing/booking

STRACP.O. Box 52490.

Phone: 713/228-1431 TE

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between Houston and Tuxpan,!xico City.

iners [] 60-hour transit between

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Whatever your shipping needs, Transoceanic canhandle themmquickly, efficiently and economically

mfrom any part of the world to any other.

SHIPPING COMPANY, ,NC!cSuite 239, Houston World Trade Center, Houston, Texas 77001

Telephone (713) 224-9587 ̄ Telex: 76-2534 ¯ Cable: Transocean Hou

OFFICES: NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON ¯ BALTIMOREPARIS ¯ TOKYO ¯ ROTTERDAM ¯ SAN SALVADOR

And Agents at All Other Major World Ports

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¯ INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTFORWARDERS--AI R/OCEAN

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¯ EXPORT FREIGHT CONTRACTORS¯ VESSEL CHARTERERS AND

OPERATORS¯ EXPORT PACKING¯ WAREHOUSING AND DRAYAGE

Suite 239Houston World Trade Center

HOUSTON, TEX. 77001(713) 224-9587Telex: 762534

3039 Jetero Blvd. WestHouston Intercontinental Airport

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Suite 1505International Trade Mart

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70130(504) 524-3341Telex: 58-4242

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NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70141(504) 721-2936Telex: 58-4242

Call or write for our color brochure.

Suite 400First Hutchings-SealyNational Bank Building

GALVESTON, I-EX. 77550(713) 763-8869 Telex: 76-5434

Suite 1323World Trade Center Baltimore

401 East Pratt St.BALTIMORE, MD. 21202

(301) 752-7304

February, 1978 19

Hudsons Promotes TwoHudsons International, Inc., Houston, has named Larry

Weischwill as Vice President. He has been with Hudsonssince May, and has over thirteen years experience in theForwarding business in Houston.

At the same time Ralph Wiseman, who has been VicePresident of the Company in Houston for three years, hasbeen promoted to Director of Operations for the HudsonsGroup of Companies, and will return to Group Headquar-ters in London in April.

Arabian Drilling Co. of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in conjunction withForex Neptune of Paris, France, recently shipped three portable workover drilling rigs to Dammam on board the M. V. STERNENFELS. Watchingthe equipment go on board are, from the left, Jean Rabasa, Forex Nep-tune; Jim McCain, E.S. Binnings; Saad A. Saab, Arabian Drilling Co.;Dwight Barnhart, Gulf Ports Crating Co.; Andre Dachary, Forex Neptune;Terry Jordan, E.S. Binnings, and Frank Thompson, Common Market For-warding Co.

T. SMITH & SON (TEXAS)INC.CONTRACTING STEVEDORESSERVING THE TEXAS COASTHouston ̄ Galveston ̄ Freeport ̄ Texas City

Beaumont ̄ Port Arthur ¯ Orange

609 Fannin, Suite 529, Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 222-6223 TWX 910-881-6260

OFFICES HOUSTON ̄ NEW ORLEANS

Ed Tilston Heads FirmThe completion of corporate restructuring by the Tilston

Roberts Group is seen in the emergence of Ed Tilston asChief Executive Officer with Harold Roberts continuing hisvalued participatory interest a,; a Director. The streamliningof the executive structure, whJich has involved a number ofsignificant personnel separations and changes, will con-siderably strengthen the management team.

Paul Gleber has assume, d the Presidency of thestevedoring division and brings his wealth of experience tothat area. He also has been appointed a Director of theGroup. Dan Mihajlovic continues as a Director and asPresident of the Agency Division.

Worldwide Project Cargo Shipping &Handling Services: The specialization ofMaritime Transport Overseas, Inc.

International Ocean Transport [] Com-plete integrated shipping company [] Con-tract project carriers [] Substantial fleetowned and/or operated by MTO [] Sophisti-cated specialized vessels for specific trade[] Experts specializing in total transporta-tion of construction and energy-relatedcargoes to worldwide oil producing areas.

Project Turnkey Handling Versatility:[] Tailored services in addition to oceantransportation, including stevedoring, term-inal operations, lighterage and inland tran-sportation.

MTO: Experience, Reliability,Flexibility and a wealth of new Ideas

Transport SolutionsFrom MTO

M.T.O.

Maritime Transport Overseas, Inc.North American Headquarters: 2100 Travis, Suite 1207, Houston,Texas 77002/Telephone: (713) 652-0707/TWX: (910) 881-5478/Telex:774-134.Other Offices In: New York/Montreal/Dusseldorf/Bremen/Hamburg/ Antwerp/London/Paris/Dammam/Dubai/Riyadh/ Jeddah/Teheran

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! TTTOUSTO

TWX: 910-881-2555

~YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE VENEZUELAN LINE FROTA AMAZONICA, S.A.g Y-S Line to Ports in Japan, Korea, Hang Kongg Taiwan and Okinawagg’~ UNION OF BURMAg.~ FIVE STAR LINE

Rangoon

||CUNARD BROCKLEBANK SERVICE

East India-Ceylon-East PakistanTo South Atlantic and U.S. Gulf Ports

nVenezuelan Ports Gulf to Caribbean 8, North Brazilian Amazon River~

CHILEAN LINEPorts

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Panama-Ecuador-Peru I;Bolivia-Chile NAMUCAR r~

WESTWlND AFRICA LINE Central America 8, Caribean Islands

West African Ports

CNAN LINE WIJSMULLER OCEANAlgerian Flag Service TOWAGE & SALVAGE CO.~

From U.S. Gulf to L~Algeria and Tunisia

SIMPSON, SPENCE & YOUNGBrokers For The Sale, Purchase And

Chartering of ShipsOFFICES: Atlanta, Baltimore, Beaumont Boston. Charleston. Chicago, Cleveland, Corpus Christi. Dallas,Galveston, Houston, Jacksonville, Lake Charles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Philiadelphia,Savannah, St. Louis.

[] SUBAGENTS: Brownsville Mob e Ponama City Pensaco a Port Everalades Tamna Wilminnton R’ f ’ ’ o ’ iv ~ "4 - i~i

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GENERAL, HEAVY LIFTS, CONTAINERS& BULK CARGOES

CRANE & HEAVY LIFTEQUIPMENT RENTALS

Gulf Area’s Largest Stevedores

PORTS OF SERVICEJohn W. McGrath Corporation

New York & Albany

Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.Houston, Galveston, Port Arthur, Beaumont, Freeport,

Texas City, Corpus Christi, Lake Charles, New Orleans,Mobile, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Camden,

Newport News, Portsmouth.

Pacific Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores Inc.Columbia River and Puget Sound

East Gulf Marine, Inc.All East Gulf Ports

CAPT. CHARLES A. ALCORN CHARLES H. JACOBSVice-President Assistant Secretary

February, 1978 21

From HOUSTON~ & NEW ORLEANS i

to the iUNITED KINGDOM

MANCHESTER - LIVERPOOL -ABERDEEN - GLASGOW - LEITHBelfast, Cork and Dublin on Inducement

PHILLIPS-PARR, Inc. 0sGeneral Agents

(713) 224-1893 - 806 Cotton Exchange - HoustonNew Orleans - Galveston - Dallas - Memphis

Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc.NEW ORLEANS 414 Intern’l Trade MartNew Orleans, La 70130 504-581-6215HOUSTON 1121 Walker Street, Suite 510Houston, Texas 77002 713-222-9601

Independent FortnightlyContainer & BreakbulkService. Gulf Ports to:

NAPLES.LEGHORNGENOA. PIREAUSLISBON. ISTANBULODESSA

U.S. GULF:JAPANand FAR EAST with

MItsuI OS.K. LinesFast, dependable, direct service between the U. S.Gulf and Japan/Far East is provided by MitsuiO.S.K. Lines. Both breakbulk and container viamini-land bridge, plus trampers with heavy liftcapacity.

CO~~NwU. S. GULF AGENT i

P.O. Box 52490 -Houston, Tex. 77052 - Tel: 713/228-1431 - Tx: 910-881-5079

The Republic of Haiti recently established,closer ties with the City of Houston by it’s ap-pointment of M. Lawrence Barbernell asHonorary Consul of the Republic of Haiti inHouston. Barbernell, a native of Florida, hasbeen in Houston for ten years. He has a stronginterest in promoting tourism and trade bet-ween Houston and Haiti. He received his for-mal education in merchandising and businessadministration at Brooklyn College.

ROBERTSON NAMEDRobert N. gobertson, formerly

Chief Structural Engineer for the Portof Houston Authority, has joinedTERA, Inc, in Houston as Manager,Port and Harbor Engineering.

Independent service

From: HoustonNew Orleans

Direct To: AlgiersTunisAlexandriaTartusIskenderun

Vessels will call other EastMediterranean ports

subject to inducement.Gulf General Agents:

S T I/AC ItANSill PPlNG COM I)ANY

1400 Cotton Exchange BuildingHouston, Texas 77002

713 / 228-1431 Telex: 910-881-3607

22 Port of Houston Magazine

CARGO SHIP SAILINGSFROM THE PORT OF HOUSTON

CONTINENTAL EUROPEPORT RANGE LINE

Le Havre Helsinki Range including AtlanticargoDunkirk. Antwerp, Rotterdam Amster- Baltic Shippingdam Bremen. Bremerhaven. Hamburg, Central GulfCopenhagen, Gdynia. Bordeaux Combi Line

Lykes ContinentPolish OceanSea-Land ServiceUnigulf LineWaterman

SCANDINAVIAPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

All major ports of Norway, Sweden Atlanticargo Strachan Shipping Co.Finland. Iceland and Denmark. including Baltic: Shipping MoramBergen, asia, Stronheim. Malmo. Norwegian American Norton. Lilly :ies,lnc.Stockholm Helsinki Copenhagen, Combi Line Biehl & Co.Gothenburg, Helsinbarg, Reykjavik, etc. Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. SS Ca

Orbis Liner Service Mercury ShippingSea-Land Service SeaLana Inc.

RUSSIAPORT RANGE LINE AGENr

Leningrad Atlanticargo Strachan Shipping Co.Black Sea Shipping Norton Lilly 8, Co.Baltic Shipping MoramCombi Line Biehl & Co.

Odessa Lykes Continent Lykes Bros. SS Co.Sea-Land Service Sea-Land Inc.

UNITED KINGDOMPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

London. Southampton, Felixstowe, Atlanticargo Strachan Shipping Co.Liverpool. Dublin, Belfast Aberdeen Baltic Shi pping MoramDundee. Glasgow Grennock. Leith, Central Gulf Central Gulf LinesGrangemouth. Manchester. Etc. Combi Line Biehl & Co.

Harrison Line Phillips Parr Inc.Lykes Continent Lykes B~os. SS CoNorwegian American Nordship Agencies Inc.Sea-Land Service SeaLand Inc.

MEDITERRANEAN, ADRIATICAND AEGEAN

PORT RANGE LINE AGENTberiar Peninsula. including Bilboa, Black Sea Shipping Norton Lilly g Co.Oporto, Lisboa, Cadiz. Barcelona, Constellation Line Ayers SS Co.Alicante. and others as well as Mar- (~NAN Line TTT Ship Agenciesseil’les. Genoa. Naples, Leghorn, Hellenic Hellenic Lines Inc.Venice. Rijeka. Piraeus, Naifa, Istanbul. Italian Line SeatrainAlexandria Algiers, Benghasi, Black Jugolinija Dalton SteamshipSeaports and others. Jugooceanija Lines Gulf Coast Shipping

Koctug Line Biehl g Co,Lykes Mediterranean Lykes Bros. SS Co.Nervion Ker Steamship Co.Nordana Barber-Biehl IncCosta Line Strachan Shipping Co.Sea-Land Service Sea-Land. Inc.Tras Max Line Strachan Shipping CoTorm Line Kerr Steamship Co.Turkish Cargo Lines Thuleship Inc. of TexasUiterwyk Line Uiterwyk CorporationZim Israel Inter-Gulf Agencies

WEST AFRICAPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

All principal West Coast Ports from BlackStarLine StrachanShippingCo.Dokar south including Abidjan, Loblto, Compagnie Zairoise Roberts SteamshipPort Parcourt. Boualc Tema. Luanda. Dafra Kerr Steamship Ca.Monrovia Matadi. Lagos, Port Gentil. Delta Delta Steamship LinesPoint Noire. Freetown. NAWAL E.S. Binnings, Inc.

Nopal Line Oivind LorentzenNordana Barber Biehl, Inc.USAFRICA Line Nordship AgenciesWestwind Africa TTT Ship Agencies

SOUTH AND EAST AFRICAPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Capetown to Port Sudan range in- Hellenic Hellenic Lines Inc.eluding, Durban. Lourenco Marques, Lykes African LykesBros. SteamshipDar-Es-Salaam Djibouti, Aqaba Morn- South African Marine Hansen g Tidemannbase Port Elizabeth and others.

CARIBBEAN AND EAST COASTCENTRAL AMERICA

PORT RANGENorth Coast South America East CoastCentral America Mexico and CaribbeanIslands including La Guaira. Santa Mar-ta Barranquilla Cristobal PuertoLimon Paramaribo Barbados PuertoCabezas. Puerto Cortes Kingston,Aruba. Willemstad Port-au-Prince. VeraCruz Tuxpan, Tampico, CoatzacoalcosProgresso. Puertocabello, Marocaibo.Santo Tomas. Port of Spain.

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LINE AGENTAlcoa Line Dalton Steamship Co.Armagua Hansen g TidemannArmasal Uiterwyk CorporationArian Roberts Steamshi 0 Co.Delta Line Delta Steamship LinesEcca Line Nordship Agencies Inc.Flomerca Line Lone Star ShippingFrota Amazonica TTT Ship AgenciesGrancolombiana E.S. Binnings, Inc.Lykes Caribbean Lykes Bros. SS Co.Namucar TTT Ship AgenciesHispan Line N~rdship Agencies IncHonduran Seatrain AgenciesMexican Line Biehl & Co.Royal Netherlands Strachan Shipping CoSea-Land Service SeaLand. ~c.Venezuelan TTT Ship AgenciesTecomar Strachan Shipping Co.

SOUTH AMERICA EAST COASTAGENT PORT RANGE LINE

Strachan Shipping Co. Brazil. Uruguay and Argentina including Argentine LinesMoram Fortaleza. Belem. Vitori(~, Rio Grande Delta LineCentralGulfLines Porto" Alegre, Bahia. Rio de Janeiro FrotaAmozonicaBiehl g Co. Santos Montevideo. Buenos Aires, Holland Pan AmericanLykes Bros. Steamship Bahia Blance Paranaqua and Amazon Lloyd BrasileiroDalton Steamship River Ports. Also includes Iquitos. Peru. MexicanSea-Lan(~ Inc. Nopal LineHansen g Tidemann Peruvian Amazon LineWaterman Steamship Peruvian State Line

AGENTStrachan Shipping Co.Delta Steamship LinesTTT Ship AgenciesAyers Steamship CoRoberts SteamshipBiehl & Co.Oivind LorentzenSmith & JohnsolnRoberts Steamship

WEST COAST CENTRAL ANDSOUTH AMERICA

PORT RANGE LINE AGENTPorts tram Central America to Chile in- Armagua Uiterwyk Corporationcluding Acaiutla, Corinto. Buenaven- Armasal UiterwykCorporationtura Puntarenas, La Libertad, La Union. Chilean Line TTT Ship AgenclesBalboa Manta. Paita Callao, An- Ecuadorian Steamship Ayers Steamship Co.tofagasta. Valparaiso. San Antonio, Grancolombiana E.S. Binnings, Inc.Guayaquik Talcahuano, fla. Lykes West Coast Lykes Bros. SS Co.

Mamenic Line &iehl g Co,Navimex Line Oivind LorentzenPeruvian State Line Roberts Steamship

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALANDPORT RANGE LINE AGENT

Including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Bank Line Strachan Shipping Co.Fremantle and other maior Australian Columbus Line Kerr Steamship Co.ports and Auckland, Wellington and Fesco Line Moramther maior New Zealand ports. Shaw Savil Line E.S. Binnings, Inc.

INDIAN OCEAN, PERSIAN GULF,ARABIAN SEA, RED SEA

PORT RANGERange from Aden to Calcutta includingDuwait, Korramshar, Bombay, Madras,Karachi. Bander Abbas. Bangladesh.Bahrain, Basrah. Jeddah, etc.

LINEAmerican ExportArya LineAspen SteamshipBaltic & Blasco LineBarber LineCast North AmericaCentral GuffConcordia LineDjakarta LloydHansa LineHellenic LineHoegh LinesIron Express LinesMaerskMarine TransportMega LineNedlloydPacific Far EastPakistan ShippingP. g O. StrathSaudi National LineSea-Land ServiceSCI LineScindia LineStar Lir~eUnited Arab ShippingWaterman Line

AGENTWitkes ShippingNorton LillyOlympic ShippingMoramBarber-Biehl Inc.Oivind LorentzenCentral Gulf LinesDalton Steamship Co.Roberts SteamshipE.S. Binnings, inc.Hellenic Lines. Ltd.Strachon Shipping Co.Uiterwyk CorporationMaersk SteamshipMarine Transport ServicesAyers Steamship Co.Strachan Shipping Co.MTS Agencies Inc.Nordship Agencies Inc.Roberts SteamshipSmith & JohnsonSeaLand Inc.Norton LiByBiehl P- Co.AIItrans IntKerr Steamship Co.Waterman Steamship

PORT RANGEAll principal ports of Japan, Korea.Taiwan Thailand, Vietnam Indonesia.Philippine Republic and Malay Penin-sula. including Hang Kong andSingapore,

FAR EASTLINE

Barber Blue SeaChina MerchantsChina LJnionDaiichi Chuo LinesDjokarta lloydEddie Shipping AgencyEvergreen ContainerFesco LineHoegh LinesK LineKorea ShippingLykes OrientMitsui-OSK LinesNVK LineOrient OverseasPhilippinesPhoenix Container LineRelta Steamship Co.Scindia LineSea Express ServiceSCI LineShinwa Kaiun LinesTa PangTerukuni KaiunToko Kaiun KabushiklWatermanYang MingYS LineZim Line

AGENT

Barber-Biehl Inc.Gulf Coast ShippingGulf MotorshipsFritz MaritimeRoberts Steamship Co.Gulf Coast ShippingHansen & TidemannMoramStrachan Shipping Co.Kerr Steamship Co.Ayers SteamshipLykes Bros. SS Co.Strachan Shipping Co,Oivind LorentzenLone Star ShippingAyers Steamship Co.Kerr Steamship Co.Gulf Coast ShippingDalton SteamshipE.S. Binnings, Inc.Norton LillyFritz MaritimeOivind LorentzenFritz MaritimeFritz MaritimeWaterman SteamshipMaxi-MarmeTTT Ship AgenciesIntergu[f Agencies

Port of Houston Magazine

ContransObserves

SilverAnniversary

N.R. MAZZOLAContrans-Gesellschaft fur Unbersee-Behalterverkehr

m.b.h., international container opertors, headquarted inHamburg, Germany, recently celebrated its 25th anniver-sary of doing business.

On Contrans’ 25th anniversary, P.K. Schauer, ResidentDirector of Contrans Agency in the U.S. announced the fur-ther expansion of their container leasing activities by the ap-pointment of Nicholas R. Mazzola as General Manager forContrans Agency in the U.S.A.

Mazzola joined Container-Lloyd leasing, agents for Con-trans in the U.S.A. in 1975, and since then has beenpromoted to Account Executive and M&R for Contrans inthe U.S.A.

He received his education at the New York Institute ofFinance, Kings Borough College and the University ofMaryland.

Mazzola entered containerization in 1972 with Uni-Flex,Container, Division of Flexi-Van Inc.

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LT.I BOSCOSERVICES

Houston Division of 13-year-old Tulsacrating firm with a 146,000

square foot warehouse under roof

Export Crating &Forwarding Service

Phone: (713) 676-19219009 Glesby 3351 Rauch

NORDANA LINEMEDITERRANEAN SERVICE

MICHIGAN sails New Orleans Feb. 8 and Houston Feb. 14 forAlgiers, Tripoli and Benghazi. Also calls Sfax, Genoa, MarseillesBarcelona and other ports on inducement.CAPE FREELS of substitute sails New Orleans Feb. 24 and HoustonMarch 31 for Algiers, Tripoli and Benghazi.*MANITOBA sails New Orleans Mar. 10 and Houston Mar. 16 forAlgiers, Tripoli and Benghazi.**Also calls Genoa, Marseilles, Barcelona and other ports on in-ducement

BARBER-BIEHL, INC.Petroleum Building, Houston (713) 222-8461

Internationol Trade Mart, New Orleans (504) $29-5581

DALTON~11~STEAMSHIP

~m’!~ CORPORATIONShip Agents & Terminal Operators

WEST GULF7th Floor WorJd Trade CenterHou~’ton, Texas 77002Tel: 713 228-8661TWX 910-881-4573

EAST GULF736 Union StreetHew Orleans, Louisiana 70130

Tel: 504--524-0701Cable "DALSH IP" TWX 504-822-5024

Gulf Agents for: ALCOP, LINECONCORDIA LINE ¯ JUGOLINJA LINE ¯ TURKISH CARGO LINES

N.Y.K. LINE ¯ MARINE EXPRESS LINE ¯ MEDAFRICA LINE

OFFICES IN: Beaumont ¯ Dallas ¯ Galveston ̄ Memphis. Mobile ̄ New York

Port Arthur ̄ In Mexico City--Agencia Transoceanica de Vapores, S.A~

Water Blasting-WaterRegulated water pressure up to10,000 P.S.I. and up to

350 G.P,M. Volume.24-hour Cleaning ServiceShip-Barge-Tank

8526 S.~Loop East Houston

Injected Sand Blastin,

High Pressure Experts!

644-3687American Ship & Industrial Cleaning Corp.

February, 197829

The BANK LINE

Regular Service from

U. S. Gulf Ports

Direct to

AustraliaSydney

¯ Melbourne

¯ Brisbane

¯ Adelaide

¯ Fremantle

New lealand¯ Auckland

¯ Wellington

¯ Lyttelton

ill

General Agents

BOYD, WEIR andSEWELL, Inc.

New York

Gulf Agents

STRACHAN

SHIPPING CO.

Houston - Galveston - Mobile

Memphis-New Orleans-Dallas

Chicago - Atlanta - St. Louis

Charleston - Greenville

The M/V EL AMIR FAHD, a vessel of the Alexandria Ship and Navigation Co. of Eygpt, was hererecently and her ca ptain was presented a color plaque of the port on behalf of the Port of HoustonAuthority to commemorate the occasion. The company now offers a new regular monthly linerservice from Houston to the Mediterranean. Roberts Steamship Agency are the general agents,,Shown on the bridge from the left are: Elsayed A. Daoud, Chief Officer; Bruce Beard, Manager,Roberts Steamship Agency; W.D. Dunnahoe. Manager, Port Operations, Port of Houston: CaptainAhmed Darwish, Master of the vessel; Yemil A. Zarzar, General Traffic Manager, Roberts Steam-ship Agency, and Ahmed Elbayar, Chief Engineer

DEPEHDABLE A~ the ~,~DOCKSIDE GENERAL REPAIRS

Including Electrical and Refrigeration

Worldwide Recognition For Our Tank Cleaning Equipment and ServicesComplete Fabricated Stevedore Equipment

U.S. Department of Labor Certified Testing Station

MARINE MAINTENANCE CO.Houston. Phone (713) 928-5911 Galveston, Phone (713) So 2-7785

TWX: 910-881-6225

~ ~ ~ The Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd.

~--/~ MONTHLY

INDEPENDENT DIREC T SER VICETO

SlNGAPORINDONESIABANGKOK

FROM

HOUSTON & NEW ORLEANSAND MONTHLY SERVICE FROM GULF PORT’S

TO BOMBAY. COCHIN.MADRAS .CALCUTTA

General AgentS: Est. 1841

NORTON, LILLY & C0.,INC.HOUSTON 1121 Walker St. Suite 510 713-222-9601NEW ORLEANS 414 Intern’l Trade Mart 504-581-6215NEW YORK 90 West St. New York, N.Y. 212-791-6470

30 Port of Houston Magazine

The Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce O00OOO0000000QOgOOOI~--C~C~~~=~O00~O000recently celebrated its first annual Consularand Latin American Official Representatives

~Reception at the World Trade Club. The recep- ¯tion was given in honor of all Consular Officers

J~ @ J~k H’-I ~1~ [1--IA ~ Y JlC

and representatives of Latin American state-owned companies stationed in Houston. Eachhonoree was presented with a certificate ac- X elt_ ~ ¯crediting him as an Associate member of the

!Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Houston.Shown at the World Trade Club from the leftare: Roberto Valcarcel; Director, Petroleos delPeru, Srita. Miriam Lopez, from Consulate ofGuatemala: Manuel D. Leal, Jr. President, FROM U S. AND MEXlCAH PORTS |Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; ¯Ramon Meade, Consul of Mexico; George Her- * FORTNIGHTLY TO Xnandez, Chairman of the Board, Houston iHispanic Chamber of Commerce: Oswaldo 8 LA GU.,’JlR.,~ Pro. CABELLO~ RIO~ SANTOS., MONTEVI]DE09

¯Herrera, Director, Venezolana de Petroleo;8 BUENOS AIRES QFelix C. Guerrero, District Director, U.S. Depar- I

tment of Commerce: Dr. Benjamin Ortega, j (WUI Call Other Bra~llixtn and River l"lttte Ports if Sufficient Cargo Offers)8Consul General of Venezuela; Srita. Leticia

Umana, Consul General of Costa Rica; Dr.Alberto Vilela, Consul General of Argentina;Dr. Lucian Pabon, Consul General of Colombia,and Dr. Jose Ma. Gonzalez, Consul General ofHonduras.

GULF PORTS CRATING CO.Export PackingCommercialmMilitary ~B°xing--Crating---Pr°cessing

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FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT

.o~o~ o~. ~o~ | NOPAL WEST AFRICA LINE |Deck Log Books, etc.

¯ ~,.E o~. ~o~J

FROM U_ S GULF PORTS "Engine Log Books, All Types ¯ ¯

¯ STEWARD’S DEPT. FORMS 3 MONTHLY TO: ¯REDITYPE 5 PART MENUS ¯

¯ OIL RECORD BOOKS 8 DAKAR, MONROVIA, LAGOS/APAP.4, PT. HARCOURT, IP’ARRI, ;Masters Report Oil Spillage ¯ PORT GENTIL. DOU.4L4. LUANDA

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D P Systems, Inc. v(713)683-8224

2517 FAIRWAY PARK DR., SUITE 200 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77092

DISPOSABLE DUNNAGE BAGSDamage-Free Cargo

EconomicalLabor Saving

Side-to-Side BracingEliminates End-to-End

Bracing

JAN MILLER SHIPPING SYSTEMS, Inc.408 Link Road, Houston, Tex. 77009 Phone: (713) 861-5059

~ ING CO., INC.1

teamship Agent! m Stevedores |Charter Brokers |

i .oum, Omce/’XaS |oif Ports Corpus Christi omce: /

i 506 Cotton Exchange Bldg. 521 Atlantic Mobil Bldg. i

,~13X)9~}89483413535(512) 884-7769

Bay-Houston Towing Company has put into service the second new andpowerful tug of a new design. The C.R. HADEN has joined the PHILIP K. inregular service at ports on the Texas coast. The 3200 horsepower vesselis christened by its namesake, C.R. Haden, above, while Mrs. Hadenwatches. The C.R. HADEN, below, is designed for towing maneuveringand docking the new and larger tankers, LASH and Seabee and containerships. The tow boat is 96 feet long with a beam of 32 feet. It is fitted withKort nozzles and twin screws.

/// You supplythe ship or rig.

We supply the rest.Texas Marine is the complete offshore supply store.

We offer literally everything, from soup to nuts. Com-plete deck and engine, provisions, electrical, steward

sundries and fire protection equipment. All you need isthe ship or rig.., and Texas Marine.

TEXAS MARINE& INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO.

8050 Harrisburg ̄ P.O. Box 5218Houston, Texas 77012. Telephone: 713/923-9771

32 Port of Houston Magazine

The Port of Houston’s International Seamen’s Center recently held areception and open house to commemorate the fifth anniversary of theopening of its new building. The Seamen’s Center is located within thePort of Houston, on eight acres of land donated by the port. Shown hereat the center’s Chapel, reminiscing about the first service held in the newfacility, are from the left: Mrs. Jack Brannon; Dr. Jack Brannon, Memberand former President of the Board of Directors, and Mrs. Jane BlafferOwens, Member of the Board of Directors of the Seamen’s Center.

N.Y.K. LINEEXPRESS SERVICEGULF PORTS

TO

JAPANGULF AGENTS

DALTON STEAMSHIP CORPORATIONHOUSTON * GALVESTON * BEAUMONT * DALLAS

PORT ARTHUR * NL=W ORLEANS * MEMPHIS * MOBILE

MYERS WAREHOUSE5 MINUTES TO SHIP CHANNEL

PHONE 672-8095

Complete Commercial Warehouse Service

No Congestion

¯ Custom Bonded

¯ Fireproof Construction

¯ Open 7 AM-Midnite

¯ Co-Pack Facilities

¯ 25 Foot Ceiling

¯ 275,000 Square Ft.

¯ Low insurance

¯ Fire, Burglary System

¯ Pool Car Distribution

¯ 47 Truck Doors, 8 Rail

Myers Warehouse Co., Inc.550 Aleen St. ¯ Phone (713) 672-8095

February, 1978 33

"1 sell for many insurance companies, not just one, whichmeans I can give you the most effective coverage forthe most efficient cost:’Cornelius & Associates represents manylarge insurance companies so they’re underno obligation to sell for just one company.Because they are an independent agency,Cornelius & Associates has the freedom tocarefully analyze your operations and puttogether the most effective insurance pack-age for you r company.

Whether you’re involved with ship building,ship repair, drilling, tugs, cargo barges or anyother marine-related industry, Cornelius &Associates can tailor a program to meet yourneeds and budget.

Contact Cornelius & Associates at 526-5297and learn how many benefits an IndependentAgent/Broker can offeryou.

Cornelius & AssociatesThe Policy People

l ~1~ [ Fire ̄ Workmens Compensation ¯ General Liability ̄ UmbrellaWet Marine Builders Risk ̄ Ship Repairers Liability

3101 Richmond Avenue, Suite 240Houston, Texas 77006 (713) 526-5297

Bonds ̄ Hull Protection and Indemnity

Rear Admiral W.W. Barrow, USCG, was inHouston recently to present awards on behalfof the Commandant of the United States CoastGuard to six local recipients who participatedin the Coast Guard sponsored Towing industryAdvisory Committee (TIAC). They includeHouston Port Commissioner Paul Drozak: EdSmith, President, Alamo Barge Lines: F. Ain-swarth, Manager, Ocean Transportation, DowChemical, U.S.A.; J.W. Sansing, President,Bludworth Shipyard: A.D. Fulmer, Warrior andGulf Navigation Co., and T.F. Ellis, President,Ellis Barge Line. in his Citation the Comman-dant described TIAC an invaluable public forumwhere technical information regarding theregulation of the towing industry can be ex-changed. Shown at the Port of Houston’s CoastGuard Station during the presentation are fromleft: J.W. Sansing: Ed Smith: T.F. Ellis, and RearAdmiral W.W. Barrow.

Cooper Stevedoring

Telephone us at our Docks Office,(713) 674-2711 or our Executive Office,~ (713) 224-4236. We also have Ports o: ]:t~Operation in the following locations:Mobile, St. Louis, New Orleans,~/, 7Burnside/Darrow, Long Beach,~Los Angeles, Pascagoula, Gulf- t~port, Galveston, Freeport,Norfolk, Ports of Hampton Roads. "

IIS All IH BOWING HOWTHIRTY YEARS OF "KNOW HOW"ENABLE US TO GUIDE YOUR SHIP-MENTS SAFELY AND QUICKLYTHROUGH CUSTOMS AND ON TOFINAL DESTINATION...OCEAN ORAIR. WHY NOT LET US MEET YOURNEXT CONSIGNMENT...

OCEAN IMPORTTELEPHONE: 2:36-1216609 Fannin St. Houston, Texas 77002

34 Port of Houston Magazine

CANALES ELECTED TO BOARD

Modesto Canales, Assistant Regional Commissioner(Administration) for the Houston Customs Region, hasbeen elected to the Board of Directors of Hispanic Inter-national University at 4404 San Jacinto in Houston.

Mr. Canales has responsibility in the U.S. Customs Ser-vice for administering logistics, personnel and financialmanagement, budget planning, equal employment andmanagement analysis functions in the five state area of theHouston Customs Region. The Region includes Texas, NewMexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Southwestern Louisiana.

r~rvices,Inc.

Providing SCAMP ® underwater hull clean-ing service to ships calling in the Gulf Coastarea. Complete hull cleaning in-the-water inless than 12 hours with our mobile equip-ment. Notify RMP at least 48 hours prior toarrival and we will be waiting at the dock.2N0 West Loop South, Suite 1456 Houston, Texas 77027Telephone 713--960-1826 Telex 775665Los Angeles-San Diego-Honolulu-Norfolk.San Francisco-Houston

TURNBUCKLES SHACKLESWIRE ROPE--CLIPS

POLYETHYLENE WRAP--KRAFT PAPERIGLOO COOLERS

ATGUL SALESP.O. Box 15688-Houston 77020

Phone: (713) 672-8755

Atlanticargo... the shipping service where you deal with people you know, people who will talk toyou in person, people who are interested in moving your cargo to North Europe the best way at thebest time for you.Atlanticargo people are happy to help you because they know they can with fast ships, frequentsailings, and the flexibility of being able to move both container and breakbulk cargo to any port inScandinavia, the North Continent, or the United Kingdom. When you ship to North Europe, gowith the personal people at Atlanticargo; you’ll like it.

U.S. General Agent: Strachan Shipping CompanyAtlanticargo Division

EO. Box 52490 ¯ Houston, Tex. 77052Tel: 713/228-1431 ̄ Tx: 910-881-5079

February,1978 35

Trade Conference Speakers NamedAmbassador Fernand Spaak, Head widely-known experts who will address Trade Association include: The

of the European Community Com-mission Delegation to the U.S. andformer Director General for Energy inthe European Economic Commission,will be among a number of

the Fourth Annual Houston WorldTrade Conference at the World TradeClub of Houston on March 15-16.

Other speakers at the conference tobe presented by the Houston World

Clean Channel Industries, Inc.OIL SPILL RECOVERY SYSTEMS

Work Boat with Crane ServiceVacuum Trucks, Skimming Barges, ContainmentBoom and Specially Equipped Floating Equipment

Prompt 24-Hour ServiceHouston Phone: 923-2785

Galveston Phone: 762-7785 Texas City Phone:762-7785

12 OFFICES SERVING THE GULFAND SOUTH ATLANTIC

NEW YORK ’ WILMINGTON ̄ CHARLESTON ̄ SAVANNAH ° JACKSONVILLEPORT EVERGLADES ° MIAMI ° TAMPA ̄ MOBILE ̄ NEW ORLEANS ̄ HOUSTON ° ATLANTA

[Tlarrington, COMPANY, INC.

SHIP AGENTS / CONTRACTING STEVEDORES / TERMINAL OPERATORS / CARGO CONSULTANTS

HOUSTON: 310 Melrose BId.q., 1121 Walker, P.O,Box 52488, Houston 77052Phone: (713)224’4012 ̄ TWX: 910-881-2049 ̄ Cable: HARICO, Houston

Fast Cargo ServiceFROM HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS

FORTNIGHTLYto Maracaibo*, Aruba*, Curacao*

Barbados, Trinidad,Georgetown and Paramaribo

*On inducement from MobileAgents:

Houston, Mobile, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Memphis,Atlanta ........................................ STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh " .LAVlNO SHIPPING CO.Baltimore, Norfolk ..................................... RAMSAY, SCARLETT & CO.Detroit, Cleveland .................... INTERNATIONAL GREAT LAKES SHIPPING CO.

Regal lldherlands Slcamship tompaq(.~nlille~

FIVE WORLD TRADE CENTER, NEW YORK, N’BN YORK 10048

Honorable W.D. Eberle, President ofthe U.S. Council of the InternationalChamber of Commerce and formerSpecial Representative for TradeNegotiations; Neil Potter, Editor ofPetroleum Times; Professor DonHuddle, Rice University, and otherspeakers representing The President’sSpecial Representative for TradeNegotiations; The U.S. Departmentsof State and Commerce; the EuropeanEconomic Commission; Europeanbanking interests, and Houstonbusiness.

The program will also includeworkshops directed by Don Cruver,Senior Corporate Counsel of FluorCorporation, and Bob Barrus, Partnerof Van Melick/Barrus. The workshopswill cover a wide variety of inter-national topics.

Registration forms and other infor-mation may be obtained from theExecutive Director, Houston WorldTrade Association, 1520 TexasAvenue, Suite 1013, Houston, Texas77002.

Compania $ud Americana de VaporesExpress Freight Service From

HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTONMOBILE ¯ NEW ORLEANS

AND OTHERPORTS AS CARGO OFFERS

TO PANAMAECUADOR ̄ BOLIVIA

One World Trade Center,New York 10048 Tel. (212) 775-0111

Gulf Agents

TIT SHIP AGENCIES, INC.609 FANNIN

PHONE (713) 225-5461

36 Port of Houston Magazine

Santa Fe OrdersNew Equipment

Details of equipment being pur-chased at a cost of $116 million, as partof Santa Fe Railway’s 1978 capital ex-penditure program, were announcedby Larry Cena, president.

Santa Fe Industries, the parent com-

pany, had previously announced a$386 million capital expenditureprogram for 1978, which included $249million for the diversified company’stransportation group. Sixty-twolocomotive units are being delivered in1978 as part of an order for 124 placedin 1977. Included will be 52 units of2,250 and 3,000 HP from GeneralElectric, and ten 3,500 HP units fromthe Electro-Motive Division of GeneralMotors.

Santa Fe also will build 200 plainbox cars, 300 insulated box cars, and25 hi-cube box cars. The railroad alsowill acquire 100 open-top hoppers, 100covered hoppers and 25 air-slidecovered hoppers. The company willconstruct 507 tri-level and 204 hi-levelracks which will be applied to leasedflat cars for use in automobile serviceas well as five heavy-duty flat cars, 50cabooses and 310 used TOFC flat cars.

EflNEHIIlllA LINEDIRECT FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO THE MIDDLE EAST

CalllngJeddah ¯ Dubal ¯ AbuDabi ¯ Bahrain ¯ Kuwait ¯ Dammam ̄ Doha ¯ KhorramshahrAbadan ̄ Basrah (Other Ports On Inducement)

Refrigerated Space ̄ Containers Available ¯ Ro/Ro Service

U.S. Gulf Agent:

DALTON STEAMSHIP CORPORATION710 World Trade Bldg. Houston, Tex. 77002

Tel.: (713) 228-8661

Offices In: Dallas, Beaumont, Galveston, New Orleans, Memphis

General Agents:

BOISE GRIFFIN STEAMSHIP CO., INC.One World Trade Center Hew York, N. Y. 10048

Suite 2811

Tel.: (212) 466-0100

Container Transport International moves to MelroseAmong the newest firms to move its Houston

headquarters into the Melrose Building is CTI--ContainerTransport International, Inc. Many firms in the transpor-tation and foreign trade field already have moved intothe Melrose Building because it is so convenientlylocated in the heart of Houston and only one block fromthe Customs House. Among our transpQrtation tenants:

E.S. Binnings, Inc.Hudson Intl.Harper Robinson GroupDaniel F. Young & Co.Central Gulf Lines

For information, phone Wayne Reyes at (713) 224-2764or come by and inspect the building for yourself.Professionally managed and leased by Laguarta, Gavrel& Kirk, Inc.

Lone Star ShippingLykes Bros. S.S. Co.Dixie StevedoresNorton, LillySchenkers Intl.

The MELROSE BUILDINGFebruary, 1978

37

A&M Sea GrantDirector Named

Feenan D. Jennings, formeroceanographic research administratorfor the U.S. Navy and the NationalScience Foundation, will become direc-tor of Texas A&M University’s SeaGrant College Program on March 1,announced Dr. Jarvis E. Miller,university president.

With Jennings’ appointment to theSea Grant post, Dr. Worth D. Nowlin,Jr., director of the program since

August, will become deputy Sea Grantdirector and continue his teaching,research and administrative respon-sibilities as head of Texas A&M’sOceanography Department.

As director of the Sea Grant CollegeProgram, Jennings will administer $2.5million in marine-related research,education and public service programs.Funding is from private sources, stateand local governments, and theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration, U.S. Department ofCommerce.

Jennings has headed the National

r OF THE MORE THAN 30 LINES

Going to the Persian Gulf¯ None of Them Book More Cargo¯ None of Them Offer Lower Rates

on Breakbulk Cargo¯ None of Them Provide Thru B’s/L

to more Inland citiesFROM MORE LOCATIONS THAN

+/IRThe National Flag Line of Iran

Established 1841

NORTON, LILLY & CO., INC.90 West St., N.Y., N.Y. 10006 (212) 791-6500/6506HOUSTON 713-222-9601 NEW ORLEANS1121WalkerSt. Suite510 4141ntern’l Trade Mart 504-581-6215 j

Science Foundation’s Office for the In-ternational Decade of Ocean Ex-ploration (IDOE) since 1970 and for time was director of the Division ofOcean Sciences, created in 1975 tooversee IDOE, the Oceanography Sec-tion, and the Oceanographic Facilitiesand Support Program of NSF. Pre-viously he was with the Office of NavalResearch as head oceanographer.

SIIIP AGENTS &STEVEi)OIiES

REPRESENTING:

Argentine Line,Atlantic Cargo Services,Bank Line, Black Star,

Hoegh Lines,Italia/Costa Line

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,Nedlloyd, Royal Netherlands,

Costa Line.

STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYCotton Exchange Building

Houston, Texas

713/228-1431Cable: "STRACHAN"

Hansen & Tidemann Inc. General AgentsHouston -- Call (713) 223-4181

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Bill Jones has been named U.S. Gulf SalesManager for Maersk Line and he will move toHouston headquarters from Atlanta. Otherpromotions included Tom Johnson, SalesManager; Melvin Vollenweider, New OrleansSales Manager, and Ms Diane Brandy, RegionalSales Manager in Memphis.

Dennis Lloyd HansonMarine Surveyor

P.O./Box 66011, Houston, Texas 77006

Phone: 13 524-2323

WAREHOUSEFor Sale or Lease

9 blocks from North entrance to Port & 3 mi.from downtown, on Armour betweenLockwood & Clinton. First rate concrete bldg.dock height, sprinkler, AC offices, RR siding.Available now. Call owner 741-3232 & 3235.

Ship Via Port of Houston

&

ESTABLISHED 1905 HOUSTON, TEXAS PHONE 222-9961

REPRESENTI NG

COMBI LINE HAPAG LLOYD INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSPORT KOCTUG LINE ....... GULF/TURKEY AND EAST MEDITERRANEANOCT) B.V .... GULF/SOUTH ATLANTIC/CONTINENTAL PORTS/U/K FARRELL LINES ............................. GULF/AUSTRALIAHAPAG-LLOYD ....................... TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE MEXICAN LINE (TMM) ...... EAST COAST S. AMER. & CARIBBEANBARBER BLUE SEA ............................. GULF/FAR EAST MAMENIC LINE .......... GULF/WEST COAST CENTRAL AMERICABARBER LINES ............................. GULF/MIDDLE EAST C. CLAUSEN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.. LIVESTOCK CHARTER SERVICESCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD ............ GULF/INDIA

HOUSTON ̄ NEW ORLEANS ̄ GALVESTON ̄ BEAUMONT ̄ ORANGE ̄ MOBILEBROWNSVILLE ̄ CORPUS CHRISTI ¯ MEMPHIS ̄ DALLAS ̄ ST. LOUIS

CABLE ADDRESS: BIEHL, HOUSTON ¯ TELEX775-412 ̄ TWX 910-881-1710

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