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Port CommissionersAnd Staff

FENTRESS BRACEWELL, ChairmanW. D. HADEN, II, CommissionerMRS. MARCELLA D. PERRY, CommissionerWARNER F. BROCK, CommissionerPACL DROZAI<, Commissioner

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CONTENTSTrade Meeting Stresses Non-Market Economies ........................... 8

The Houston Port Bureau Reports ...................................... lC

New Port Commissioner Is Dynamic Worker 11

20 Export Crating Companies Serving Shippers ............................ 12

Port Entertains 160 in Mexico City ...................................... 14

Bob Wales Celebrates 50 Years Service With Bay Houston ................. 16

Snap Out Directory of Port of Houston .................................. 17

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Trade Meeting StressesNon-Market Economies

From talks on the history of tradecycles to hard-nosed hints on dealing~:ith government-controlled trade in theSoviet Union and the People’s Republicof China, the 125 participants in theFirst Annual Houston World TradeConference spent two days last monthlearning about trade opportunities innon-market economies.

Speakers and registrants came fromcompanies in Houston as well as Wash-ington D.C., New York, California andeven Russia. The conference, held in theWorld Trade Building and sponsored bythe Houston World Trade Association,was aimed at businessmen interested intrading with non-market, or governmentrather than private business controlled,economies.

Concentration was on the SovietUnion, the Peoples’ Republic of China,Egypt and Indonesia, and speakers hiton all aspects of trade from finance andinvestment to getting that first foot inthe door.

Highlights from some of the speechesincluded:

Historical PerspectiveiWah W.Rostow, University of Texas pro-fessor:

"As governments struggle with theprice revolution of 1972-75, there maybe some comfort in recalling that thisis the fifth time in the past two cen-turies that something like this hashappened."

Allen J. Lenz, Director oJ the Bureau oJ East-West Trade Analysis,set out these ~’Rules For Businessmen Interested in Trade With SovietUnion." (Most oJ the rules apply to other Non-Market countries)

1) Do not begin until you are prepared to invest substantial jront-endcapital without early return.

2) Do not begin l:ntil you are prepared to negotiate the first transac-tion Jor one to three years.

3) Do not begin unless you are prepared to commit substantialamounts oJ senior executive tinte.

4) Do not begin unless you are prepared to walk away ]rom a negotia-tion at any time. IJ you go with the idea that you must come home witha contract in your pocket, the chances are you will make a very bad deal.

5) Do not negotiate concessionary terms in order to establish a posi-tion; you will simply lose respect. Each transaction must stand on its own.

6) Do not reject unusual transactions out oj hand. Barter, long-termbarter, switch transactions and co-production agreements can be profit-able.

7) Concentrate on personal relationships and the establishment oJmutual trust and respect. This, plus quality perJormance, are the bases]or subsequent busip~ess.

8) Substantial market research is Jeasible; good advance work isimperative. Do not make a trip to Moscow without adequate preparation.

9) Negotiate contracts with a maximum degree oJ specificity. TheSoviets have the reputation o} living up to the letter of a contract, but oJbeing rather unsympathetic toward items which were inadvertantly over-looked.

10) United States-Soviet trade is not El Dorado. It is not about to soarinto the tens oJ billions. It is a good potential market, but one that takesa good deal oJ time attd effort and should be looked at objectively.

Walt Rostow

Rostow noted that phases of increas-ing prices for foodstuffs and raw ma-terials began in the 1790’s and havebeen repeated at intervals of 40 or 50years. The upward phases of these cycleswere affected by wars and increases ofagricultural lands opening for cultiva-tion.

He added that the upswings of thesetrend cycles have generally been markedby an initial, brief, intense surge inprices. "It would be wholly consistentwith past experience for us to see phasesin this trend period when food, rawmaterial and energy prices come down--but not to their 1972 level," he said.

Rostow concluded that partnershipbetween governments in the East-Westsector is hnperative. "If we move towardthat partnership, I believe our commoncivilization has a fair chance of surviv-ing; and a fair ehance is all history everoffers."

U.S.S.R.IYuri Malov, Chief ofthe Economic Division of SovietTrade Representation in the UnitedStates :

Malov said that at present the majorforeign trading partners with the SovietUnion are the Socialist countries. "Butin the past decade there has been aconsiderable increase in our trade turn-over with industrially developed Capita-list countries. At present they accountfor 31 per cent of our foreign trade."

He added that compensation deals areturning out to be an important form ofcooperation between countries. Suchdeals depend on using credit to buildcertain production enterprises in theUSSR, the credit being repaid by de-liveries of commodities or raw materialsproduced by those enterprises.

Malov noted that the USSR-US Com-mercial Commission, headed by theSoviet Minister of Foreign Trade andthe US Seeretary of the Treasury, al-ready is in the process of setting upguidelines for trade between thecountries. Also, the US-USSR Trade andEconomic Council, with offices in NewYork and Moscow, is available to helpbusinessmen with questions about suchtrade.

"The future belongs to relations basedon the policy of progressive relaxation of

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international tension and all.around co-operation, political, economic, scientific,cultural, and--if you wish military,meaning stage by stage disarmament."Malov concluded.

Indonesia--Ambassador FrancisJ. Galbraith, U.S. Ambassador toIndonesia, 1969-1974:

Galbraith outlined Indonesia’s greatpotential as an exporter of many rawmaterials and goods, but cautioned thatpolitical problems may hamper invest-ments. He listed two questions to be con-sidered by any company anticipatingtrading or investing in Indonesia:

1) Does the presence of your plantor installation better the lives of the In-donesians, providing jobs and betterstyles of life?

2) Does your presence enhance theIndonesian goals of strengthening thenational economy and bringing the peo-ple into full participation in a modemeconomic system’?

"I would suggest for almost all theAmerican firms I have seen, that moreattention be given to local and nationalofficials and public relations. Official re-lations are complex and importantenough for almost any manager to needthe best help he can get in these fields,"he said.

Galbraith stressed the importance ofat least some effort being made to learnthe local language and culture. He alsonoted that though the Japanese far out-strip Americans in investments in Indo-nesia now, it is better for both countriesif they are both participating in Indo-nesian trade. " . . . the balance it pro-vides reduces the Indonesian sense ofbeing overwhelmed if one or the other,regarded as super-powers and thereforea danger to sovereignty, is seen to bedominant."

Egypt A. Shoukry E1-Nahal,Economic Minister in the Embassyof the Arab Republic of Egypt.

E1-Nahal discussed a new Egyptianinvestment law designed to encourageforeign investment to aid in Egypt’s de-velopment. In the law, he said, specialpriority is given to projects which gene-rate exports, encourage tourism, reducethe need to import basic commodities,or to introduce advanced technology.

Investments may be made in the fol-lowing fields, he noted: industry, min-ing, tourism and transportation; re-clamation amt cultivation of barren landunder long-term leases; projects foranimal production and water wealth;banking (in foreign currency transac-tions only, unless bank has 51 per centEgyptian ownership) and investmentcompanies.

Foreign experts and employees arepermitted to transfer abroad up to 50per cent of their gross earnings.

Thursday afternoon speakers included, from left, Yuri Malov, Chief of the Economic Division of theU.S.S.R. Trade Representation in the U.S.; Ambassador Christopher H. Phillips, President of theNational Council of U.S.-China Trade, and Ambassador Francis J. Galbraith, U.S. Ambassador to Indo-nesia, 1969.1974.

Friday morning speakers included, from left, William S. Bachman, session chairman; Walter Buryn,General Manager of Far East Operations for M. W. Kellogg Co.; John Walker, Managing Director ofCooplnd Ltd, United Kingdom; Alfred Rau, Executive vice president of the National Forge Co., andAllen J. Lenz, Director of the Off:ice of East-West Trade Analysis in the Bureau of East-West Trade.

E1-Nahal said that many UnitedStates firms already are operating inEgypt in the fields of tourism and petro-leum with substantial further invest-ments in the pharmaceutical industry.Egypt welcomes companies interested insharing their technology and know-bow,he said.

"Egypt protects patents and trade-marks, our rules and laws pertaining tothe registration of trademarks and in-dustrial designs closely resemble thoseof the United Kingdom in this regard,and there are criminal as well as civilpenalties," he explained.

China--Ambassador ChristopherH. Phillips, President of the Na-tional Council of US-China Trade:

Phillips stated that the Peoples’ Re-public of China (PRC) generally exportsto the Third World nations, but importsfrom the industrial nations. A singlecorporation handles all of China’s buy-

ing, and therefore transactions can beunusually large. Trade with industrialnations is usually carried out under theterms of trade agreements of three years’duration.

He stressed that, in business dealings,companies should not forget thatthough the PRC is relatively young as anation.~ the Chinese people have an ex-perience in trade that is at least tentimes longer than the entire existence ofthe United States. "China doesn’t ac-cept foreign investment, but is interestedin foreign plants and technology," headded.

Phillips also noted that the PRC seestrade not only by its economic benefits,but as an integral part in the normal-izing of relations between countries."For those of you who find that you dohave an interest in doing business withChina, start now. Think and plan in thelong term and try to learn what to ex-pect when dealing with the Chinese,"Phillips said.

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DEVELOPMENTS IN RAILROAD FREE TIME forloading cars: The Bureau has docketed aproposal before the Southwestern FreightBureau proposing 48 hours free time forloading import and coastwise traffic. Portfacilities at New Orleans, served by theNew Orleans Public Belt Railroad,and portfacilities at Mobile, served by theTerminal Railway Alabama State Docks have48 hours free time loading all rail cars.Houston and other West Gulf ports haveonly 24 hours. The proposal has beena~signed B-216-871 by the SWL.In a companion development, the Bureaufiled a supplemental brief in I & S DocketNo. 8963, calling the Commission’sattention to the New Orleans and Mobile48-hour free time provisions and urgingthe Commission to specifically exemptimport and coastwise traffic fromapplication of 24-hour free time, asproposed.

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BUREAU FILES REPLY STATEMENT in raterelationship case: On April 18, the Bureauflied its reply statement in I & S 9013,the case involving TCFB rates applicable onexport-import traffic. The proceedinginvolves the Bureau’s attempt to deny NewOrleans and Mobile use of the Houstondomestic rate when a specific export-importrate is not published. The replystatement completed evidentiary filings inthe case. TCFB railroads are respondents,with the Bureau as an intervenor in supportof respondent. The Ports of Mobile,Alabama and Baton Rouge and New Orleans,Louisiana and the Frisco and ICG railroadsare protestants.

DISTRICT COURT IN WASHINGTON deniesmini-bridge injunction: A Washington, D.C.district court has ruled against aninjunction requested to prevent the FederalMaritime Commission from accepting futuremini-bridge tariff filings, pending anenvironmental impact statement by the FMC

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in connection with the new service. Theinjunction was requested by partiesinvolved in the European and Far Eastmini-bridge cases before the FMC, includingthe State of Texas on behalf of Houston,Galveston and Beaumont.

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BUREAU SUPPORTS CARRIERS in applicationfor container authority: The GeneralManager appeared at a Minneapolis hearingto support applications of four truck linesfor authority to handle loaded and emptycontainers between Houston and a large areain the midwestern United States.

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BUREAU SUBMITS STATEMENT IN GRAIN RATECASE: As an intervenor in support of therespondent, the Bureau has submitted itsverified statement in I & S Docket 9002,involving ATSF export grain ratesapplicable to New Orleans. Attempting tocomply with an ICC order in an earlierproceeding the ATSF had canceled exportgrain rates to New Orleans. The ICCsuspended the cancellation upon protestof the New Orleans Traffic andTransportation Bureau. The Bureau urgedthe ICC to find the cancellation shown tobe just and reasonable.

RAILROADS REQUEST MODIFICATION of ICCgeneral increase order: The nation’srailroads have requested the ICC to modifyits March 21 order, in Ex Parte 310, topermit the application of increases onexport-import traffic, with exceptions. Ineffect, the carriers’ petition would applythe same increases, including Southernrailroads holddowns, as is applicable inconnection with previous Ex Parteincreases. The proposed modification doesnot satisfy Bureau objections to thedisruption of port relationships. TheBureau will reply to the carriers’petition.

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I John Td. Gannett

New Port CommissionerIs Dynamic Worker

THE PORT OF HOUSTON’S newest Commissioner, John H.

Garrett, 52, is a vibrant, active man who says he feels hiswork on the Commission will allow him to "contribute to oneof the most vital entities in the Houston-Harris County area."

Garrett was appointed to the five-member Commission bythe Harris County Commissioners Court and will assume hisduties in mid-May. Garrett lives in Deer Park and works inHouston as president of the Richmond Road and EngineeringCo. He says that he hopes his association with business andcivic leaders in the lower Channel area will help bringthe Harris County section of Channel interests closer to thePort.

Though most of his working life has been spent in theconstruction business, Garrett also has served on many civicand governmental boards. His business activities include posts

as Director of the First National Bank of Deer Park, Directorof Madison-Southern National Bank in Houston, Director ofSpaw-Glass Inc., past Vice President and Director of As-sociated Builders and Contractors of America, and Past Presi-dent of the Asphalt Payer’s Association of Texas.

JUST A FEW of his many activities with civic organizations

include serving on the Houston Area Citizens Advisory

Committee to the Texas Constitutional Revision Commission;The Houston Area Rapid Transit Commission; the Deer ParkBi-Centennial Commission, and the Pasadena Chamber ofCommerce. He also was appointed by the Governor of Texasto head the Public Employees Study Commission.

While some men may take on public service jobs for theprestige, Garrett seems to have an absolute passion for con-tributing his time and talents on a strictly humanitarian basis.He truly believes that citizens should be involved in theirgovernment.

He states firmly that the Port of Houston is "more im-

portant to Houston and the county than most pe61~le realize,"adding that without the Port this area would suffer immeasur-ably in jobs and services as well as trade stimulation.

Garrett and his wife, Louise, have one son and threedaughters.

MAY, 1975 11

20 Export Crating Companies ServingShippers With Expert ,Craftsmanship

ANYONE who has taken a trip re-cently understands the problems of

packing. }Ialf-way through the tour hissuitcases shrink mysteriously, clasps andlocks break at inopportune momentsand every baggage handler seems benton destroiqng his fragile luggage.

Side sections of crates are constructed in one operation.

Workmen rush lumber and plywood, cut to size, for assembly.

BY MIDDY RANDERSONPublicity Mauager

But if personal packing seems a bur-den, just try to imagine the headachesinvolved in packing delicate computers.

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geophysical trucks or breakable parts forshipping overseas.

Packing or crating cargo for exp~rtis a science with its own tricks and ex-pertise requiring specialists in the feld.Houston has numerous export cratingfirms, and recently a few of the largesthave banded together to form the Ex-port Packers Association of Houston.

Joe Gumina, Sales Manager for Uni-w~rsal Export Packers Inc. and Presi-dcnt of the new association, explainedthat the packers all have certain prob-lems in common and that the purpose ofthe group is to provide a means of com-munication between the packers them-selves and with freight forwarders andterminal operators.

There are more than 20 firms inHouston capable of export crating, andGumina added that the huge amounts ofoil field and construction machinery andheavy equipment shipped through thePort of Houston provide plenty of workfor all. Houston is the foremost Port inthe nation in exporting of such ma-chinerv.

One of the export packing firms isBosco Services, which has beeu in Hous-ton only a few months after originating10 years ago in Tulsa. Dick Tale, presi-dent of the firm, said they moved here"at the insistence of our customers" andhave moved to new quarters once andmay have to again due to the volume ofhusiness.

T HE PACKH/S have to be aware of

cargo transportation facilities allover the world and have to understandclimate conditions as well as just know-ing "how to Build a good box." Taledescribed one shipment that was to besent to the Amazon Jungle "where thereis 5 inches of rain in a day during therainy seasou and the box would be ex-posed for 15 months." It was the pack-er’s responsibility to be sure when thebox was finally opened the cargo wasin perfect condition.

Bill Peacock, president of Houston Ex-port (irating Co., explained that it is upto the purchaser to decide if the cargoshould be boxed. The packer then de-(:ides how it should he done, either in box with solid sides, an open crate likean orange crate or in any xariet) ofspecial boxes. Cargo is crated not onlyto protect it from wcather and physicaldamage, but also to discourage pilferage.Certain trucks could be loaded unpro-tected onto ship’s decks and weatherthe voyage well, hul in the case of so-phisticated geophysical trucks withthousands of dollars worth of parts and

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These two trucks are delivering boxed cargo to shipslde.

instruments, the box says "keep handsout," Peacock added¯

Packers learn by experience thehazards of shipping to certain countries¯When a number of trucks shippedthrough Houston were loaded onto atrain for a long inland ride after beingdischarged, Peacock said they kept ar-riving at the project site completelystripped of tires. To prevent a recur-rence, Peacock says they now take allthe new tires off trucks being sent there,pack them safely in a box with the spareparts and add the oldest tires they canfind to the brand new trucks. "It is awonder the tires don’t blow out just get-ting to the docks," tie said, "but if thethieves decide to steal them during thetrain ride at least the trucks arrive atthe project with new tires."

V ACUU_’Si PACKING is the ultimate¯

’9,achievement of the packer s art.Normally, a box has holes in the bottomto let water out just in case some findsits way in. But in a vacuum pack oftenthe cargo will be surrounded by specialmaterial and desiccants before thevacuum is created in the solid box by aspecial pump. Packers use a variety ofwoods for building crates and boxessuch as pine, oak and plywood¯

A packer often can help save oceanfreight charges for a customer by re-ducing the cubic footage of packagedcargo¯ A savings of several hundreds ofdollars can result from simply removingan exhaust stack or protuding part andstrapping it to the box.

Packers used to do a booming busi-ness in making cattle and livestock pensfor ocean shipment, but Peacock ex-plains that now most animals are sentby air. However, he added that the mostmemorable cargo he ever prepared forshipping was" a two-headed steer thatwas being sent to New York for a park."The live steer arrived safely--bothheads intact.

Another local packing expert, KenMorris, president of Gulf Ports Crating

Co. mentioned that packers use a varietyof equipment to prepare boxes forcargoes ranging from two pounds to 200,-000 pounds¯ They have fork lifts andcranes, automatic saws and air-nailingguns, all of which help them get thecargo boxed and ready for sailing time--sometimes with as little as a day’snotice.

He added that it is up to the shipperto decide what label he wants on thebox. He can request a full address orjust a great big "X", so long as theloaders on this end and the unloaders atpoint of destination know what it means.

Morris said packers also use film forsuch cargoes as drilling muds. The mudis placed on special pallets and coveredwith a polyethylene barrier. Then mudand pallet are put in an oven that sealsthe film, somewhat like the blister-packsused for razor blades.

Morris said his belief in the vacuum-packing process was strenflhened whena generator they had packed for thegovernment was returned after five yearsof sitting at a project site exposed tothe weather. The box, he said, was al-most rotted away, but when they cutinto the packing materials they dis-covered the generator was still as goodas new,

Members of the new packers associa-tion include the firms already men-tioned as well as [nterpak, Home-Pak,Foreign Trade Export Packing, KainerExport Packing, World Export Packing,Industrial Export Crating Co., BrandExport Crating Co., and SECAB. Othercompanies that specialize in exportpacking are listed on page 19 in thePort of Houston Directory in the centerof this magazine.

Fully protected, these hundreds of boxes are awaiting shipment in the yard of one crating company.

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Un Abrazo

Port of HoustonEntertains 160

In Mexico City

The Port of Houston’s General Sales Manager, C. A. Rous-ser, and Midwestern District Sales Representative, ArmandoWaterland, flew to Mexico City last month to sponsor a re-ception for representatives of Mexican-owned companies andseveral of tile well-known international companies.

Also welcoming the 160 guests were 25 Houston arearepresentatives of the shipping industry who made the trip.

The entire program of slides and presentations was con-ducted in Spanish. The reception was at La Hacienda de losMorales. The following pictures show some of the guests. Iden-tifications are from left to right.

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;:i5From extreme left, in clockwise order, Arthur Schmldt, CTI; Jim Liebrock,

Strachan Shipping, Houston; The Port’s Armando Waterland; Jim Brieger,Sea-Land; Hans Hinrich, Volkswagen de Mexico; Gunther Otersen, TrafficTransportation Consultants; Luis Eduardo Olivares, Tratasa S.A.; Horst Joesch,Volkswagen de Mexico; George Anki, M. G. Maher, Houston, and GregPasey, Posey International, Houston.

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From extreme left, Mike Smith, ICS, Houston; J. Romero, J. RodriguezLeal Co.; J. Rodrlguez Leal, J. Rodriguez Leal Cia.; Arturo Nelson, Canel-son Exporters; J. A. Merigo, Sea-Land de Mexico; Don Werby, ICS Hous-ton; Raul Osuna, ICS Mexico; Harold Weddle, Southern Pacific, andHouston’s C. A. Rousser.

From extreme left, Mr. and Mrs. Armando Inchaustagui, J. P. Harle,Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Walt Puckett, J. P. Harle, Houston; Mr. and Mrs.Joaquin Rincon Adams, Texas Commerce Bank, Mexico; J. Antonio Garza,TMM; Alvaro Molina, Mexican National Ports Coordinating Commission;Capt. Alberto Hernandez, Agencias Maritimas Latinoamericanas, and Cud-berto Parra, TMM Mexico.

Cesar Noval and M. Noval, Cubetas y Banos S.A.

From extreme left, P. Nilsson, Fagersta de Mexico; Mr. and Mrs. DonWaheed, Biehl and Co. Houston; Tilman Schumacher, Fimasa; J. I.lera andA. Moncayo. Dist. de Licores del Centro; Mrs. Nilsson, and Mr. and Mrs.Bill Landes, Transoceanic Shipping, Houston.

Jesus Rosales and Arturo Victoria, Imports and Exports Mexlcanas; andCesar Sala, International Harvester.

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