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%vtf6, &vioUwi STATE PORT WINTER 1970 n I f.is/t s North Carolina State CToTwy Raieigh N. CL Doc. ]— 4 ll | . , -A, tl . . i 9 y-4* Z WIS / / J'I si Ml. «/-t ^W' ^K Venturing into foreign trade fields on our own globe can be almost as unfamiliar. Regulations, red tape, market information, credit, collections and monetary exchange are only a few of the considerations involved. So when your customer needs help in buying or selling abroad, you need Wachovia. Our world-wide banking specialists keep close ties with banks in more than 100 countries. And we can handle transactions directly through our affiliate banks: Henry Ansbacher & Co. Ltd., London; Banque Europee'nne de Financement, Paris and The American International Bank, New York. When it comes to international know-how, we can help you make a big impression. Almost everywhere. International Division WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST, N.A. Winston-Salem, North Carolina Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ' Cable: WACHOVIA Telex : 806426 Ans. Back: WACH INTL WSL Tel 761-5435 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Barber Lines L6 Beaufort & Morehead Railroad 23 Carteret County 24 Carteret Towing Co., Ine L6 DuRant, O. E. Ship Chandler II First Union National Bank 15 Heide Company II Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ine Back Cover fii-Page Co 21 Litho Industries, Ine 11 Maersk Line II Morehead City Shipping Co 24 Morehead Citv Line Handling Co., Ine L6 New Hanover County K"> North Carolina Motor Carriers Assn 1 N. C. National Bank 19 Southern Overseas Corporation 14 Southern Railway Inside Back Cover Wachovia Bank & Trust Co Inside Front Cover Walker Taylor Insurance 17 Waters Shipping Co 24 Waterfront Services, Ine L6 Wilmington Shipping Co 17 Woodbury Insurance Agency 24 IF YOU'VE GOT IT A TRUCK BROUGHT IT! From Shipside TO YOUR VERY DOOR By Truck The N C Trucking Industry serves the fine North Corolino Ports NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR CARRIERS ASSN Stilt HlAOOUAtUIS, tlUCKINC IUHD4NG. lAKlCH r BRUCE-"Hail and Farewell" after 10 years -i Dear Advertisers and Readers, This is my last issue of 40 successive efforts for this periodical. After 10 years, I leave the Ports Authority to seek more fertile fields and more tranquil seas. You have been great—your patronage, comments and criticisms have been most helpful. I do not mean to sound as if I am retiring from the human race. I step aside only for J. Edgar Kirk to take the helm and I hope you will stay with him. He makes some observations of his own on the next page. His picture has appeared here many times. He has been chairman of the REEC and president of N.C.W.T.A., both organizations in which we have been closely associated. If you should wish to correspond with me. my home address is L. C. Bruce 1522 Canterburrv Road Raleigh, N. C. 27608 NORTH CAROLINA STATE I'OKTS The Tar Heel of The Week Charles R. McNeill: State Port Manager By Roy Hardee Staff Writer Charles R. McNeill, operations manager of the Morehead City state ports terminal, almost entered the medical field, but a desire to "go to sea" won out and marked a turning point in his life. A Whiteville native whose grandfather and father had been in the drug store business in Columbus county, McNeill naturally considered a medical career. But a stronger desire to travel the world by sea was finally realized with the start of World War H. McNeill entered the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. His first voyage on a combat cargo ship logged 15,800 miles. His ship came under atack by submarines while off the Carolina coast. The ship was not hit but one attacking sub was sunk in view of the convoy. His ship was the first cargo vessel to enter Hamburg after the war.- "It was totally wrecked," McNeill said. McNeill says he still likes the sea but adds that "it's a life for a single man." When his father became ill, McNeill left the Merchant Marine at a time when he lacked only three months before he could get his master's license. He entered a partnership with his father and his brother John, the firm trading as J. A. McNeill & Sons. While he was in the Merch-ant Marine, McNeill developed his interest in painting and recorded scenes around the world. That interest, encouraged by his mother, who is also an artist, led to his job with the North Carolina Ports Authority. North Carolina port officials first heard of McNeill when the South Carolina Ports Authority purchased some of his coastal paintings to promote the Port of Charleston. McNeill was asked to do similar work for the North Carolina ports which were undergoing many changes. His paintings began to appear on the cover of the official North Carolina ports publication and he was hired as assistant manager at Morehead City when the port opened in 1953. He was promoted to operations manager in 1964. McNeill has continued his interest in art and has just published a portfolio of eight paintings, "A Watercolor Tour Along the Carteret Coast." A number of his paintings will be used in a special pre- Christmas edition of Southern Living magazine. "I still find plenty to paint," McNeill said, "but time is the big factor. I usually paint at night or on weekends." The rapid growth of the Morehead City port has kept McNeill on the go. Six general cargo ships and one tanker can now be handled at one time. About 100 persons are employed directly by the port. Longshoremen number up to 500 when traffic is heavy and there are also the harbor pilots, tug boat crews, customs employes and others. "It's a changing picture with increased handling of lumber and phosphate," McNeill said. Larger lumber shipments will come in months to come, primarily from South America and West Africa. Phosphate shipments already are at the 100,000-ton-a-year goal set when the rich Beaufort County phosphate fields were first tapped. At times it has been good to have a Scotsman like McNeill at the helm to butt heads with the many problems which develop: "They keep popping up but we keep knocking them down. There are many new important things in the making for Morehead and the state in general. "Morehead's port is just being discovered. More lines and endless new products are being shipped to and from the port. This port hasn't even scratched the surface yet. . . . "Sometimes I think we are more of a weekend port but we work when there is work to be done. Since we enjoy service from both South Atlantic and North Atlantic lines, many U.S. and foreign vessels use Morehead for a liberty port." McNeill believes growth of fhe Morehead area will be helped by development of deep water transportation and a marine sciences laboratory. He said he became interest-ed in marine science because of love of the sea and "in self-de fense." His son was interested in the subject and many of his friends are with either the Duke Marine Lab or the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. "I was forced to learn in order to communicate," McNeill said. McNeill is active in community and area affairs. A sailboat enthusiast, he is vise commodore of the Morehead City Yacht Club. His pride and joy is "True Core Sound Sharpie," a 21-foot sailing craft of considerable age. McNeill has served as president of the Morehead City Rotary and Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the First Methodist Church, Neuse River Development Association, the county industrial council, Carteret County Marine Resources Committee and the national defense executive staff. McNeill met his wife, the former Frances Sansbury, in Whiteville where she was employed as a medical secretary. Their daughter, Jan, is a rising senior at Merdith and 17-year-old Chuck is a senior at West Carteret High. Seven-year-old Angus completes the family. KIRK COMMENTS ABOUT BRUCE It's fashionable, in this the second month of the new decade, to reflect on the "happenings" of the past ten years. L. C. Bruce, editor of the North Carolina State Ports, is relinquishing that role with this issue. He burst on the ports scene about ten years ago, billed as the "Savant of Siler City". The ports at that time were 15 years old and suffering from the usual problems of adolescence. . .not the least of which is identity within the family, and recog-nition from outsiders. L. C, with teenage children of his own, recog-nized the symptoms and set out to help his adopted charges at Wilmington and Morehead City achieve the recognition they deserved. He created the North Carolina State Ports Magazine as we know it today. An examination of these early efforts is a study in contrasts. On the one hand L. C. recognized he had two sturdy siblings. At the same time, he was perplexed on how to glamorize a pair of teenage terminals that were growing so rapidly that it was impossible to keep them properly clothed to make them presentable for their public. Months went by, as they inevitably will, and so furious was L. C.'s efforts to sell the merits of the ports to the public, as well as customers, he was tagged by many as the "Peripatetic One." His efforts began to pay dividends and as the ports matured, so did this publication. Today, with a circulation in excess of 10,000, The North Carolina State Ports Magazine is con-sidered one of the best of its kind. . .a crestomathy if you will. . .something for everyone. Thanks to L. C.'s efforts, his wards are clothed in respect-ability and welcomed in the public as well as pri-vate sectors. To L. C. our thanks for making the transition a smooth one, and our best wishes for "The ubiq-uitous One", as he returns to private enterprise. J. Edgar Kirk NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS WILMINGTON OFFICE ADMINISTRATION JAMES W. DAVIS, Executive Director E. E. LEE, JR., Director of Commerce & Exec. A88't. RAY MATTHIS, Representative L. L. LIVELY, Representative H. C. JACKSON, Director of Traffic HUGH HARDAWAY, Director of Engineering WILMINGTON OFFICE OPERATIONS State Port Terminal P.O. Box 3037-28401 Tel. 919-763-1621 TWX 510-937-0330 W. H. FRIEDERICHS, Operations Manager MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE OPERATIONS State Port Terminal Drw. 648-28557 Tel. 726-3158 TWX 510-924-2983 CHARLES McNEILL, Operations Manager JIM EDMUNDSON, Tobacco Supt. HAROLD KAHL, Supt., Bulk Facility SOUTHPORT OFFICE OPERATIONS H. A. SCHMIDT. Manager Tel. 919-457-2621 P.O. Box 578-28461 NEW YORK OFFICE TRADE DEVELOPMENT WALLACE CLARK, Manager Suite 767, 26 Broadway New York, N. Y. 10004 (Area Code) 212-269-1843 AUTHORITY MEMBERS Executive Committee WOODROW PRICE, Raleigh, Chm. L. R. BOWERS, Whiteville, V. Chm. SYD DUNN, Greenville, Secretary MEMBERS E. G. ANDERSON, Robersonville HENRY BOSHAMER, Morehead City W. B. GLENN, Greenville RYE PAGE, Wilmington GEORGE PURVIS, Fayetteville H. L. WEATHERS, Shelby WILMINGTON OFFICE FINANCE P.O. Box 3037 28401 Tel. 919-763-1621 TWX 510-937-0330 RUFF A. DeVANE, Treasurer (Comptroller), Assistant Secretary RALEIGH OFFICE PUBLIC INFORMATION 10 E. Jones St. Tel. 919-829-3855 Box 149 27602 Raleigh, N. C EDGAR KIRK, Director Public Relations, Administrative Aae't. to Ports Authority OFFICIAL PUBLICATION STATE PORTS 2 2 WINTER ISSUE, 1970 SPA MAGAZINE VOL. 15. NO. 4 PAGE CONTENTS Bruce Departs 1 McNeill Honored 2 Visitors From Mexico 4 Motor Carriers Report 5 Harbors of the World 8 History Land Trail 10 Exportunities 18 Port Information 20 STATE PORTS — COVER STORY: The painting is an original water-color for SPA magazine by Charles McNeill (see opposite). The sailboat is the last of the clubfooted Core Sound Sharpies. It is an ancient rig, and formerly used in large numbers by fisherman near Morehead City. McNeill owns the rig and has named her "Idie," a nickname for his mother, Whiteville resident who used to sail from Swansboro to Morehead in a Sharpie. IN THIS ISSUE: In this issue we present for the tenth time a continuing feature culled "Roaming the > i Seas with Betty Casey." The feature is being written for us by Mrs. Casey oj Greenville, North Carolina. Mrs. Casey has spent many near* travel-ing particularly in the orient and the south seas. The tenth feature is about Lisbon. Portugal. (set pages, 8 and 9 1. Photo credits should he given to: N. C. Dept of Archives and History. Hugh Morton. Century Studios, L. C. Bruce. For information about: I III" NORTH ( VROl IN \ STATE PORTS write or call Edgai Kirk, Editor 6 Publishcr—State Ports Magazine, P.O Bon L49, Raleigh -Published Quarterly. Telephone: (91 1855 NORTH CAROLINA STMT. PORTS PORTS AUTHORITY/ 25th Anniversary During the week of March 21, the Ports Au-thority will celebrate its 25th Anniversary. There will be an open house at Wilmington and Morehead City plus big doings in Raleigh accord-ing to J. Edgar Kirk, P. R. Director of the SPA. Keep tuned to your favorite news media for further details. Left to right: Sam Boatright, Roberto Cevada, Edmunson, James H. Felts, and Cipriano Gouzalez. FROM MEXICO-TOBACCO PEOPLE On September 16, 1969, representatives for Tabacos Mexicanos,* S.A. de C.V. from the state of Nayarit and the town of Tepic, Mexico visited Jim Edmunson at Morehead City. *Tobacos Mexicanos is an affiliate of the Austin Company. , NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS A new and interesting photo of the phosphate shipping facilities at Morehead City—Top right shows new property of SPA, acquired from Bunge Corporation and announced in September. N. C. MOTOR CARRIERS-USE OF STATE PORTS QUADRUPLES IN NINE YEARS RALEIGH, N. C—Truck trailer use has quad-rupled at the Wilmington's N. C. State Port Terminal and tripled at Morehead City's -N. C. State Port Terminal since 1961 according to a state trucking official. J. T. Outlaw, executive vice president of the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association, re-leased the Wilmington and Morehead City truck trailer figures today. The State Port Terminal at Wilmington in-crease was 27, 634 truck-trailers in 1969 against 6,327 truck-trailers in 1961. The Morehead City State Port Terminal used 9,327 truck-trailers in 1969 against 3,091 in 1961. Last year's truck-trailer total of 36,961 for both State Ports Terminals almost quadrupled the 1961 total of 9,4 18. "An outlook for the 1970 State Port Terminals' truck service seems optimistic and encouraging," NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Outlaw predicted. Although the overall truck ton-nage index is down more than 7% for the last three months, it is possible to anticipate some increase in tonnage volume in SENCland because of the expanded N. C. Port services and new in-dustries. These totals for truck trailer use do not include the thousands of trucks used at the Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal of the U. S. Army Head-quarters located in Brunswick County, north of Southport. Tonnage for the calendar year of 1969 was over one million measured tons, of which a considerable portion was hauled by truck-trailer. Sunny Point is under the command of Col. Robert D. Reid. Companies in the Wilmington area used thou-sands of truck-trailers through their individual company docks, in addition to the Wilmington State Ports terminal. These include: Almont Ship-ping Company, Swift & Co., International Paper. Ideal Cement, W. R. Grace & Co., Carolina Nitro-gen, Diamond Alkali, American Molasses Co., and Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.; the major petroleum companies of: American, Citco, Gulf, Humble. Phillips, Pure, Shell, Sinclair, Socony, Tenneco, Texaco Travelers and Hess. Some 160 major products were handled by truck-trailer through the ports. They include: from imports, cement, petroleum, fertilizer ma-i continued <>n page IT INTERCONFERENCE MEETING OF NORFOLK MARINE TERMINAL ASSOCIATION AND SOUTH ATLANTIC MARINE TERMINAL CONFERENCE H$$S"iPHi fit » *^ f " ' 1 B K 1 ' Bil h»I- -. VB SKJM j^gU-jffi/ < / ^m?- olfc^H m mm Mr. Harry C. Jackson, Traffic Director of the North Caro-lina State Ports Authority (Left), newly elected Vice- Chairman of the Joint Conference and Mr. Sam D. Adsit, Jr., (Right), Chairman of the Norfolk Marine Terminal Association, newly elected Chairman of the Conference. For the first time in history, representatives of the South Atlantic Marine Terminal Conference and the Norfolk Marine Terminal Association met at the Golden Triangle Motor Hotel, Norfolk, Va. on December 16, 1969 to discuss mutual problems that confront marine terminal operators in the fast-changing maritime industry. The effects of containerization on the movement of break bulk cargo was the principal topic of discussion, along with the common day-to-day problems of opera-tions that affect the Marine Terminal operators. The precedent set by this meeting by way of au-thorization of the Federal Maritime Commission permits the members of South Atlantic Marine Terminal Conference and Norfolk Marine Termi-nal Association, Acting by and through their associations, to "confer, discuss and make re-commendations on rates, charges, practices and other tariff matters and on matters of concern to the Marine Terminal Industry". For may years the mutual problems were beyond discussion by the various operators until an agreement was authorized recently by the F.M.C. Those attending the meeting were terminal op-erators from ports in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida with the N.M.T.A. serving as host. Pictured above are Messrs. Harry C. Jackson (left) of S.A.M.T.C. and S. D. Adsit, Jr. (right) of N.M.T.A., newly elected vice-chairman and chairman respectively. Mr. Ludwell H. Huxter of N.M.T.A. was elected secretary. Regular interconference meetings are planned for the future so that all members can be kept in-formed of developments in the industry. TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN PORTUGAL FROM CASA DE PORTUGAL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK PROCEDEX Av. Julio Dinis, 10— 3 C Lisboa—Portugal Letra C CANARIO, LUCAS & IRMAO, LDA Agueda Portugal CARVALHINHO & PERFEITO Goncalo—Portugal SULEI—SOC. ULTRAMARINA DE EM-PREENDIMENTOS IMOBILIARIOS (Divisao Industrial) P. 0. Box 2069 Lisboa—Portugal -Wants to represent American firms interested in the Portuguese market -Hardware:—Building & Luggage Indus-try -Basketware -Tomato Paste Contact: Stephen E. Kelly Mgr. Industrial Dept. Raleigh, Chamber of Commerce. (see page 8 & 9) NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Go with WHAT TO WEAR: The type of casuals and sports clothes you would wear at a golf club or beach hotel suits shipboard life perfectly. You'll need summer clothing, but you'll probably want a sweater or two because nights at sea tend to be on the cool side. Bear in mind that nylon, dacron, and orlon blends are particularly good travelers. WARDROBE ETIQUETTE: There's no must about dressing for dinner, yet you may feel more festive, especially for the Captain's galas, if you don din-ner attire. It is never customary to "dress" on the first or last night out, on Sunday evenings, or at the end of a full day in port. Women do not ap-pear in the Dining Room in short shorts, and during the day they wear sweaters or jackets over halter tops. Men wear jackets in the Dining Room, and do not appear after cocktail hour sans ties. For sight-seeing: women do not appear on the street in shorts, slacks, or low-neck dresses; nor do men go about in shorts or without jackets. WHAT TO PACK: Soaps, detergents and laundry gadgets for articles you may wish to rinse out yourself; camera equipment; sun glasses; prescribed medicine and vitamin pills; binoculars; travel clock; manicure set; sewing kit; cigarette lighter; notebook for what you see and buy on shore, and for ad-dresses of friends you'll make en route; suntan lotion. Don't worry about a few personal items you may forget to bring along as the Tradewinds Gift Shop aboard ship stocks a wide range of personal things as well as a fine selection of gifts, many of which may be purchased at duty-free prices. PURCHASE ALLOWANCE: Eachmem-ber of a family, resident in the U.S., may bring into the U.S., duty free, S100 worth of purchases made en route, including 100 cigars. One quart of al-coholic beverages may be included in the duty free allowance for each per-son over 21 years of age. Purchases of many items may be made at a total cost considerably below prices in the U.S. even when you combine the pur-chase price in Caribbean ports with the applicable U.S. Customs duty. Consult Purser for duty on purchases over and above your duty free allow-ance, and for information on restricted items such as fruits, plants and pets. BAGGAGE : Each piece should be plain-ly marked with the tags supplied with your ticket. In checking luggage through to New York and pier, make a note of check numbers and routing—helpful if check is lost. Baggage will be ac-cepted on the pier any day during the week of sailing. Cameras and articles of foreign make to Ik- taken on board should be registered with the Customs Office on the pier before sailing, in or-der to avoid complications with Cus-toms upon return to the U.S. Should you plan to use air transportation to the port of embarkation it is recom-mended that you investigate the ad-vantages of the newly liberalized do-mestic airline policy on baggage. INSURANCE: It is recommended that travelers take out a floater policy on baggage through their agent or a Grace Line representative. For complete cov-erage the policy should extend from date of departure from home to two or three days after return, for protection in case of unforeseen delay. S. S. SANTA PAULA-TO SAIL FROM MOREHEAD Originally scheduled to sail from Morehead City on April 4th at the request of the North Carolina Academy of General Practice. We expect that there will be about 50 doctors and their wives from this organization and sister organizations in South Carolina and Virginia sailing on this cruise. GRACE LINE INC. Paul H. Best Regional Manager NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Portuguese Sailfreighters USBOAt City of Contrasts "Roaming the Seven Seas with Betty Casey" Long before the present surge of popularity for folk-singing now sweeping the United States began, the nostalgic strains of ballads, called "fado", sung to the accom-paniment of a special Portuguese guitar were popular entertainment in Lisbon (called Lisboa in Portu-guese.) "Fado" singers and brightly costumed folk-dancers still entertain hometowners and the many tourists who make their way to this scenic city of pastel colored buildings built on seven terraced hills. Lisbon, with its million inhabi-tants, is Europe's western-most Capital and an important commer-cial and tourist center. World fa-mous modern resorts beckon from nearby sunny Estoril, Cascais, Costa da Caparaca, Sintra and Portinho da Arrabida. The city's seaport, spread along the right bank of the Tagus river estuary where the wide Lisbon Bay narrows to a channel leading to the Atlantic Ocean, is one of the Conti-nents best natural, sheltered harbors. Large liners and cargo vessels from the world over bypass a sand bar in the mouth of the Tagus to tie up at Nineteenth Century Portuguese Gal-leon Pictures courtesy of the Lis-bon and Portuguese Propa-ganda and tourism depart-ment. modern docks along the five mile long waterfront and to find anchor-age in Lisbon Bay. The port boasts the largest suspension bridge in Europe. The small country of Portugal, with almost nine million inhabitants, is a Corporative Republic and has an area of more than thirty-five-and-a-half thousand square miles includ-ing the Azores and Madeira. It lies along the western section of the Iberian Peninsula which it shares with Spain. A 500 mile long sunny, sandy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean is marked with occasional lagoons and rocky bays interspersed with popular beach resorts and white washed fishing villages. Most of the inland and eastern part is rugged mountainous terrain of scenic beauty crossed by gushing rivers in deep gorges. The Tagus river divides the country into north and south parts. The arid south is noted for its earthquakes. All in all, however, the climate is mild and pleasant and winters are not severe. Wooded slopes of the interior fur-nish Portugal's leading export, cork, for which it is the world's largest producer. The United States re-ceives 75% of this production. Other leading exports are timber, chest-nuts, fine wines—port, madeira, sparkling, muscatel, and claret—as well as brandy. Exports and imports rose during 1968 following new financial measures introduced by the Minister of Finance. About 60% of the hardy and vig-orous Portuguese people are en-gaged in agriculture which regis-tered an increase in output in 1968 after government loans were used to purchase modern agricultural machinery and equipment. Some of the crops are olives, cereals and fruits. Fisheries and canneries for sardines and tuna provide an im-portant produce for foreign trade. Portugal is rich in all kinds of minerals, although only tungsten, pyrites and cassiterite are mined to NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS "<*?•«£> Overlooking the Old City and the Tagus from "Miradouro de Santo Luzia" any extent. Other industries and exports include the manufacture of woolen textiles, silken goods, cotton fabrics, chinaware, ceramics and precious stones. While the first permanent settle-ment on the Tagus dates from Phoe-nician times and Caesar established it as a municipality, Lisbon's true importance dates from 1147 when Alfonso I recaptured it from the Moors with the help of the Cru-saders. Prosperity came with the establishment of the Portuguese Empire in Agrica and India in the 16th Century. During that historic-time Portuguese ships and sailors discovered and explored two-thirds of the earth. Their revolutionary "caravels", light, swift, sailing ships with a high poop, were designed and built there under the supervi-sion of Prince Heniy, the navigator. From Belem, a few miles down-stream from the city center, Bartolo-meu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral and other heroes of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries set out on their great voyages of discovery and returned triumphant to the same shores. Portuguese colonies, since 1951 called "Overseas Provinces" include Portuguese India (under Indian military occupation since 1961); Macao and part of Timor in Asia; Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic; Portuguese Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe Islands; Angola in Portu-guese West Africa and Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa. Although Romans stamped the NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS country with a language of Latin origin, the original Portuguese stock has received transfusions of blood from many races: Romans, Goths, Abrabs and Berbers, settlers from Northern Europe, Jews and Ne-groes. Portuguese is mother tongue of 100 million people, the sixth most used language in the world and is spoken in Brazil as well as Portugal and its overseas provinces. In 1968, Premier Caetano suc-ceeded Salazar who had served in that office for 36 years. Some politi-cal unrest followed but economic development showed some improve-ment. A great variety of picturesque costumes are worn by the peasantry, especially during pilgrimages or on holidays, but in the cities most peo-ple wear western clothes. Dancing and singing play an important part in the lives of the people. Bands made up of "gaitas", or bagpipes, fiddles, drums, accordions and Por-tuguese guitars furnish gay music for festivals and parades. Many of these are held in connection with religious celebrations for the pre-dominately Catholic populace. Soc-cer and bull-fighting, in which the bull is not killed, are the most popu-lar sports. From its setting upon seven hills, Lisbon has colorfully contrasted buildings of modern hotels, office buildings, and stores along broad avenues lined with trees, as com-pared to ancient, quaint houses painted pastel colors with red tile tops clustered over narrow winding alleys—each house in itself a veran-da overlooking the wide estuary of the Tagus. In one part of the old city a lane between buildings is so narrow that a popular poet, Frederi-co de Brito has written: Your house is so close to mine in the starry night's bliss To exchange a tender kiss Our lips easily meet High across the narrow street. Portugal was an ally of the United States in World War I and remained neutral in World War II, although it leased Azores air bases to the U.S. and England. She presently is an ally of the United States' in NATO and a member of the United Nations, the European Free Trade Association and other international bodies. Portugal has always stood for peace and progress in the inter-national community. By sea, Portugal's Companhia Colonial de Navegacao links Lisbon with Port Everglades in Florida and the Greek Line, the Italian Line. American Export Line and occasion-ally Zim Lines and Chandris Lines connect Lisbon with New York, Car-regadores Acoreanos. a steamship company which operates freighters, can carry 12 passengers twice a month from New York to Lisbon. Portugal, with its sunshine and blue sky; mountains and sea-shore; stirring history and modern day developments; mixture of ancient and todays architecture, customs and culture, extends a warm wel-come to visitors to its friendly shores. Historic Bath: North Carolina's Oldest Incorporated Town DOWN THE HISTORYLAND TRAIL Elizabeth W. Wilborn Field Services Researcher Division of Historic Sites and Museums State Department of Archives and History Palmer-Marsh House, Historic Bath State Historic Site The Kitchen in the Palmer-Marsh House 10 Double chimney of the Palmer Marsh House Bath Town pre-dates English colonization, for at one time Indian villages and town sites dotted the banks of the Pamlico River; today the Texas Gulf Sulphur mining operation is the most pro-minent feature of the area. By an act of the as-sembly on March 8, 1705, Bath became the first incorporated town of the colony, later the State of North Carolina. Three governors, during the Proprietary period, made Bath the seat of govern-ment— Robert Daniel, Thomas Cary, and Charles Eden. The Assembly met in Bath from 1744 to 1752 and the Lower House of the Assembly, in 1746, made Bath the first permanent capital of North Carolina—though this bill was never rati-fied. Bath served as a center of refuge for the settlers , NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS A view of the Bonner House from the .Mem-orial garden during the Tuscarora Indian War (1711-1713). It was later a haven for the notorious pirate "Blackbeard," or Edward Teach. For approxi-mately a year the pirate made Bath his home—and some of its most prominent citizens, his accom-plices. Stories of treasure buried by the buccaneer have persisted to the present time, with many disappointed treasure-seekers, for no one has ever reported finding his booty. St. Thomas Parish, established by the Vestry Act of 1701, was selected by Dr. Thomas Bray, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to receive a library. Bray was instrumental also, through the Society, in sending missionaries to the parish—three of whom made their homes in Bath. The building of St. Thomas Church was begun about 1734; today it is the oldest church in the state in continuous use. The George II candelabra and the Queen Anne Bell are among the more interesting items con-nected with St. Thomas Church. The bell, pur-chased many years after Queen Anne's death, was bought with monies from a foundation, established by the Queen, which is still funding charitable causes. The church has been restored and is open to the public. The State Department of Archives and History operates Historic Bath—including two historic houses. The Palmer-Marsh House, built about 1760, is noted for its double chimney. Believed to have been built by Michael Coutanch, it was ac-quired by Colonel Robert Palmer in 1764. When Claude Joseph Sauthier, mapmaker for the British crown, drew his map of Bath in 1769, the most outstanding dwelling was that of "Col. Palmer." The house remained in the Palmer family until the turn of the century; in 1802 the Marsh broth-ers, Daniel and Jonathan, bought the property. The house has been restored and furnished and opened to the public. Here, as is true elsewhere NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Dining room of the Bonner House with mid to late 19th century ship's dining table-Atop is a rare pair of Canton cider jugs. in Bath, one sees the work of the Historic Bath Commission, which has been instrumental in pre-serving Bath. The Bonner House, with a memorial garden and dependencies, is also open to visitors. The Oscar F. Smith Memorial Foundation played a large role in acquiring and restoring this property. The property was owned by the Bonner family from 1830 until it became a part of Historic Bath. Bath, once a port town, sits quitely amid the surrounding water—Bath ('reck and Adam's Creek emptying into the Pamlico are on two sides of the town. There is little today to remind one of the bloody Tuscarora, but there is much to see. enjoy, and meditate upon. n NOVEMBER NORTH CAROLINA WORLD TRADE ASSOCIATION MEETS IN CHARLOTTE ELECTS NEW BOARD AND OFFICERS NOVEMBER, 1969 SIXTH ANNUAL NCWTA MEETING A SUCCESS! On November 6th and 7th, NCWTA members and guests met in Charlotte for a most successful and in-formative meeting. Representatives from eleven foreign consulates and embassies gave reports on trade pros-pects abroad, and banquet speaker, Mr. R. McLellan, Deputy Asst. Secretary of Commerce, explained the U. S. position in world trade. A report on the recent N. C Far East Trade Mission was presented by several Mission members. Also in attendance were the North Carolina and South Carolina Regional Export Expan-sion Council members. New NCWTA officers and directors for 1970 were elected as follows: NEW BOARD MEETS IN WINSTON-SALEM ufljfek — y^BT".^^U Left to right: Hans Mittemeijer, Leonard Bauer, Joel New, Ernest Plumb, and John Votta. President—Chairman of the Board John Votta, President Votam International Company Charlotte First Vice-President William Troxler, President Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. Raleigh Second Vice-President Kenneth Thomas, President Gravely Corporation Clemmons Secretanj-Treasurer Ernest Plumb, Asst. Treasurer Whitin International Ltd. Charlotte Directors for 1970: Richard E. Barker, Dr. Jack N. Behrman, Anthony B. Brannock, L. C. Bruce, Larry Carter, Carl Dawson, James H. Fryar, C. R. Harris, Eugene E. Humphries, Sr., Paul Linney, Hans Mit-temeijer, O. S. Moore, H. Banks Newman, Anthony Winkler-Prins, Bruce Smith, Arthur Brown, Thatcher Townsend, Clem Schrader, Adrian Shufford, Frank Fishburn, John Palmer, Robert Sickels, James Loftus, Morris Speizman, Robert Barker, Doug Ponischil, Jurgen Meyer-Cuno, Leonard Bauer. Assistant Directors: Joel New, Edgar Kirk Committees for International Conference in Raleigh Oct. 1, 2 include chairman of Public Relations L. C. Bruce, Raleigh, with Leonard Bauer of Pisgah, Robert Baker of Charlotte, Hans Mittemeijer of Winston-Salem and Richard Barker of Wilmington. PIQUET IN RALEIGH SAYS ONE YEAR AGO- work on the ailment not the symptom Howard S. Piquet, a native of New York, is Senior Spe-cialist in International Eco-nomics, Legislative Reference service with the Library of Congress. In this position, which he has held since 1956, he serves as advisor to Con-gressional Committees and to members of both houses of Congress. Dr. Piquet is a graduate of New York University and holds an M.A. degree from the University of California and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He has taught at Princeton and New York Uni-versities and at the Universi-ties of Oregon and Washington. He has served with the U.S. Tariff Commission, the U.N. Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture and with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. He has also authored numerous articles in the field of international trade. 12 HOWARD S. PIQUET It is typical of our disposition, with respect to economic problems, to concentrade on the symp-toms of ailments, rather than on the ailments them-selves, that one of the most important aspects of all of balance-of-payments disequilibrium has at-tracted little attention, namely, foreign trade policy. This is not to say that the narrowing excess of exports over imports has not attracted attention, for it has. But that attention has been confined to deploring the fact that the "favorable" trade balance has been narrowing and to insisting that exports should be increased relative to' import. Indeed, this narrowing is providing a convenient vehicle with which to propagandize for intensified trade restrictions. Already we are being told that a comprehensive system of import quotas is neces-sary to help eliminate the balance-of-payments deficit. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS U.S. TRADE AND BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROBLEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY by Howard S. Piquet The truth lies in exactly the opposite direction. Liberal international trade policies are not merely not inconsistent with solution of the balance-of-payments problem; they are essential to it. What are really inconsistent with a solution of the balance-of-payments problem are the efforts to bring about equilibrium in the international accounts by such direct means as our halting the outflow of private capital and restricting foreign travel by Americans. These efforts are not only mis-directed but, if implemented with vigor, can only aggravate in-ternational disequilibrium. The excess of the out-flow of funds over their inflow from abroad is a symptom of economic disorder and should not be confused with the disorder itself. Application of such direct measures to eliminate the balance-of-payments deficit is comparable to trying to cool a room by holding a piece of ice under the thermo-stat. The room will only get hotter the balance-of-payments deficit will widen. We need to concen-trate on the malady itself and not on its symp-toms. The malady is not the statistical "deficit" in the international accounts, but the absence of a self-equilibrating mechanism to stabilize outflows and inflows of funds among the economically-devel-oped countries. Governmental restriction of the outflow of private capital and of foreign travel have the same kind of contractive effect on the international accounts as across-the-board restric-tion of merchandise imports. The persistent deficits in the international ac-counts of the United States have been caused by: (1) the fact that other countries have chosen to use dollars as an important part of their monetary reserves, (2) failure of the U.S. Government to maintain the purchasing power of the dollar, and (3) unwillingness on the part of the United States and other industrialized countries to allow their economies to adapt to each other through private commercial transactions. The use of dollars as monetary reserves will continue as long as other countries are willing to hold them in preference to using them to pur-chase American merchandise or to coverting them into gold. At what point it will no longer be feasi-ble for them to use dollars as monetary reserves is largely a psychological question. The substitution of something else for dollars as international monetaiy reserves can best be brought about by international agreement. Such agreement does not depend upon prior elimination by the United States of its balance-of-payments deficit, notwithstanding assertions to that effect by certain foreign politicians and bankers. Governments are prone to blame monopoly — both industrial and labor—for inflationary price rises, while hiding the fact that they themselves are the real culprits. The prime cause of inflation is the over-issuance of credit by governments and central banks. The balance-of-payments deficit of the United States will persist as long as the Fed-eral Reserve maintains interest rates at levels lower than are necessary to equate the demand for investment capital with the supply of savings by the public. However, even is inflation were held in check and a new international monetary unit were agreed upon, there would still be deficits in the international accounts as long as there is un-willingness to allow national economies to adjust to each other through the free international move-ment of merchandise and capital. There is danger in allowing the balance-of-pay-ments deficit to become a statistical strait-jacket, causing us to adopt policies that are antithetical to the best interest of the United States. Most of the autonomous items in the balance of payments are inter-connected, and it is futile to try to bring about self-sustaining equilibrium by applying re-strictionist devices designed to increase the in-flow, or decrease the outflow, of funds by direct means. For this reason, programs designed to restrict U.S. private direct investment abroad and to limit foreign travel by Americans are self-defeating. Direct U.S. private investments abroad have al-ready reached $55 billion and the annual dividend return on them is much greater than the annual outflow of new capital. (In 1967 Americans sent $ 3.0 billion of new direct investment capital abroad and received dividends, royalties, etc. of $7.9 billion in return on existing investments, only partially offset by the payment to foreigners of $ 2.3 billion on their investments in the United States). To restrict the outflow of private invest-ment capital is to cripple the goose that lays the golden eggs. Similarly, curtailment of foreign travel by Americans will be largely offset by a falling off in the foreign demand for American aircraft equip-ment and by retaliation on the part of foreign enterprises that derive much of their income from American tourists. For 22 years, prior to his leaving the Government Service on January 1. 1969 Dr. Piquet was the Senior Specialist in International Economics of the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress. Prior to that he was Executive Secretary of the Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture (FAO) of the United Nations and Chief of the Economics Division of the U.S. Tariff Commission. NORTH CAROLINA STATE POUTS 1 1 SOUTHERN CORPORATION FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS F.M.C. NO. 469 P. 0. BOX 3745 . WILMINGTON, N. C. 28401 PHONES: (IMPORT) 919-762-9655 (EXPORT) 919-762-9651 TWX 510-937-0311 . CABLE "SOUTHOVER" WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA MOREHEAD GITY NORTH CAROLINA (919)726-6825 CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA (704)392-8161 BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA (504)343-9545 NORFOLK VIRGINIA (903)623-3717 PROVISIONS, DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES BONDED CIGARETTE WHSE. 0. E. DuRANT SHIP CHANDLER Representative of Columbia Rope International Paint Mobile Oil Co., Inc. Wilmington, N. C. Telephone RO 2-4232 Water & Market Sts. LITH0 INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED P. O. Box 12462 Raleigh, North Carolina Serving North Carolina For All Her Printing Needs Telephone (919)782-1314 782-1315 PRINTING PUBLICATIONS CASEBOOK MANUFACTURING MAERSK LINE Far East Cargo Services Frequent Sailings from Morehead City to Manila, Bangkok, Saigon, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia HEIDE COMPANY A Division of Luckenbach Steamship Co. Inc. MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. P.O. Drawer E Telephone (919) 726-5080 MOLLER STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., General Agents 67 Brood Street, New York 4, N. Y. Heide Company A Division of Luckenbach Steamship Co. Inc. WILMINGTON & MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS FMC NO. 69 WILMINGTON, N.C North Carolina Maritime Bldg. Tel: (919) 763-8271 RICHARD BARKER, Vice-President, Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. W. MURLE TEACHEY, Assistant General Manager E. MAYO HOLMES, Treasurer A. P. BLAND, Operations Manager P. C. WEST, Export Manager JACK C. JOYNER, Traffic Representative WILLIAM A. SUMMERLIN, Traffic Representative MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. P.O. Drawer E. Tel: (919) 726-2511 JACK TILLEY, Manager CARL ROWE, Assistant to the Manager KENNETH SKINNER, Operations I l NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS We'llgothe extramile for yourinternational bankingbusiness. We'll go wherever you need us. To Paris, London, Nairobi and all around the world. We'll obtain foreign monies and write letters of introduction to foreign banks for you. We'll locate foreign suppliers for your busi-ness and issue commercial letters of credit. We'll help you arrange licensing of your products in foreign markets. We'll be your international business partner. Just call us in the International Department at area code 704/372-3456. Or write us at Post Office Box 1 0794 Charlotte, North Carolina28201. First Union National *J NORTH CAROLINA STATE FORTS 15 barber Specialists in Handling Tobacco Regular Sailings From North Carolina Ports TO MANILA, HONG KONG, BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, DJAKARTA AND JAPANESE PORTS with NEW FAST VESSELS barber STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. Agents 1 7 Battery Place. New York, N.Y. 1 0004 Tel: 1212) 944-1300 Cleveland—Tri-Coast Shipping Co., Illuminating Bldg. Chicago—Tri-Coast Shipping Co., 333 N. Michigan Ave. Detroit—Tri-Coast Shipping Co., 1814 First Federal Bldg. Agent: Moreheod City and Wilmington, N. C. WATERS SHIPPING CO., INC. WS3 W,TH CARTERET . . . . . . along the south atlantic a tow with CARTERET is a tradition of confidence —where only the best serves you . . . CARTERET TOWING CO., INC. Radio Island Moreheod City, N. C. Charles Piner & Teen Piner PA 6-5440 Operators AT ITS BEST ! New Hanover County, N. C. Year 'round mild climate. Churches, Schools, Theatres. Every recreation for happy workers. 1. Land-Sea-Air Transportation Facilities 2. Ample Housing—Quality Labor Supply 3. N. C. Largest Shipping Port For detailed Industrial Information— Write: County Commissioners—Commission Office Wilmington, North Carolina CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS Telephone-919-763-8494 Teletype-510-937-0312 WATERFRONT SERVICES, INC. 2907 Burnett Blvd. Wilmington, North Carolina MOREHEAD CITY LINE HANDLING COMPANY, INC. Waterfront Service A. T. PINER MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. Phones: Day 726-5440 Night: 726-5549 Post Office Drawer 185 L6 NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS I I AT' PRESS TIME News Release—SEACOR SEACOR, INC., port developers, terminal operators and transportation specialists of Wilmington, N.C., in a recent corporate re-organization, acquired two company subsid-iaries, ALMONT SHIPPING COMPANY, INC., and EAST COAST TERMINALS, INC. W. S. R. Beane, Board Chairman, an-nounced the move as part of a long range development program to place SEACOR and the Wilmington port in the forefront of dry and liquid bulk snipping on the Eastern Sea-board. Ernest Ball, President, explained fur-ther that SEACOR is gearing up for the growth expected in the Southeast in the last quarter of this century. ALMONT SHIP-PING COMPANY, INC., is a stevedoring, N. C. Motor Carriers (cont. from page 5) terials, caustic soda, tobacco, liquors, lumber, steel, asphalt, processed meat, jute, burlap, bag-ging, fiber, iron and plywood—For exports, lum-ber, blankets, hose, underwear, auto batteries, furniture, fertilizer, textile machinery, leaf tobacco, poultry, manufactured tobacco, fabricated steel products, minerals, wood pulp, dairy products, boilers and parts, lineboard, dry milk, nitrate paperboard, scrap metal, asphalt, petroleum and glycol. It would be well to remember in rounding out Wi/mingfon Shipping Company jddsMa am STEAMSHIP AGENTS & STEVEDORES North Carolina Maritime Building State Port Terminal Wilmington, North Carolina P. O. Box 1H09 (able Address Phone 763-7333 WILSHIPCO TWX NO. 510 937-0311 Branch Offices: Morehead City Shipping Co. P. O. Box 270N6 Charlotte, N. C. 2S20.H Morehead City, N. C. terminaling and transportation operation providing one of the largest bulk terminaling facilities on the Atlantic Coast, with piers on the North Cape Fear River in Wilmington. EAST COAST TERMINALS, INC., is a bulk cargo storage and transfer facility which was recently selected as the site for the largest imported fishmeal storage and pasteurization processing plant on the East Coast. EAST COAST TERMINALS, INC., is also located on the Northeast Cape Fear River, north of Wilmington. In addition to improving the capability of its existing port operations, SEACOR plans to develop additional deep-water land tracts for use by port related industries. the truck-trailer usage, that the totals above do not include the thousands of truck-trailers used to supply jet fuel to Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point, and Seymour Johnson Field from terminals at Radio Island, Beaufort, N. C. Nor do they include the barge petroleum traffic handled on the Cape Fear River through the River Terminal at Fay-etteville, where thousands of truck-trailers are used annually in the area. Jeff B.Wilson Marine Insurance Since 1878 EXPORT SERVICES • NEGOTIABLE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES ISSUED FOR ALL TRADES • WORLD-WIDE SETTLING AGENTS • FOREIGN CREDIT AND POLITICAL RISKS INSURED IMPORT SERVICES • DOCKSIDE CLAIM FACILITIES • GENERAL AVERAGE GUARANTEES • DAMAGE PREVENTION ADVICES Walker Taylor Agency P. O. BOX 897 • WILMINGTON, N. C WALKER TAYLOR JOHN METTS EXPORTUNITIES for INCREASED SALES AND PROFITS BROAD WOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON Cameroon—Ten tons colored and white cotton cloth for cleaning and dusting purposes prepared in 50 kilo compressed and covered bales. No synthetic material, hinges or ornaments; exelusing blankets, linings. LOGGING CAMPS, LOGGING CONTRACTORS Itah/—Logs of Douglas fir, hemlock, other types of timber. FOOTWEAR EXCEPT RUBBER Australia—Men's dress shoes, made of leather; exclusive styles preferred. FARM MACHINERY Australia—Horticultural and agricultural equipment. METALWORKING MACHINERY Portugal—Chain saws; chains and cutting blades. MACHINERY Portugal—Hydraulic hoists for use with truck bodies. ELECTRIC LIGHTING, WIRING EQUIPMENT Australia—Pole line hardware; specifically tapered alu-minum lighting columns for street lights. BROAD WOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON Switzerland—Cotton plain dyed, printed, finished fab-rics, apparel, toweling, bedsheet, pillowcase fabrics, jacquard woven cotton fabrics, plain, printed, colored. YARN, THREAD MILLS, PRODUCTS Lebanon—Textured, crimpted, or bulked filament yarns. PAPERBOARD MILLS, PRODUCTS Hong Kong—Paperboard for making boxes. SYNTHETIC MATERIALS Itahj—Plastic materials, synthetic resins, nonvulcaniza-ble elastomers; synthetic rubber; synthetic organic fibers. Joel B. New I . S. Dept. of Commerce P. O. Box 1950, Boom 40S Post Office B!<1«. Greensboro, N. (. (919) 275-9111 DRUGS New Zealand—Pharmaceutical preparations. ELECTRIC LIGHTING, WIRING EQUIPMENT Sweden—Connectors, all kinds. FIELD CROP FARMS Netherlands—Peas, beans, similar agricultural com-modities. DAIRY PRODUCTS Cyprus—Concentrated milk, shipped in bulk (barrels, drums, and tanks ). BROAD WOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON Canada—100% cotton corduroy and/or corduroy of cotton/polvester blend with permanent press finish, for purchase in quantities of 10,000 yd. lots or higher. TEXTILE GOODS Germany—New cotton remnants for manufacture of polishing discs. RADIO, TELEVISION RECEIVING SETS Netherlands—Complete range of radio receivers, in-cluding portable, automobile, home, etc. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS France—Fertilizers of good quality, primarily products suitable for fruit-trees grown in orchards in southwest France. FARM MACHINERY France—Farm machinery equipment: sprayers (power and speed ), other categories of light—and medium-duty machines, attachments designed for preparing vegetable and fruit crops for shipment to wholesale markets. "COMMERCE NOTES" Greensboro Field Office EXPORT DOCUMENTATION STREAMLINED 1. Effective October 1, exporters are no longer required to file shipper's export declarations for general license shipments to Free World countries when the shipments are valued at less that $250. 2. Effective November 1, high volume exporters meeting requirements of the Office of Export Control and Bureau of the Census have the option of filing monthly export declarations rather than separate export declarations for each shipment to Free World countries. 18 NOBTH CABOLINA STATE PORTS Honored in England Through a smashing arrangement with one of England's largest banks, BankAmcricard is honored for traveling, shopping and entertaining throughout Great Britain. By the same token, England's Barclaycard is honored here. So now Barclaycard and BankAmcricard holders can charge almost anything, from tote-bags to bed and breakfast, at thousands of businesses on both sides of the ocean. And that's a bit of all right. ©BankAmerica Service Corporation 1958, 1967 ©Servicemarks owned and licensed by BankAmerica Service Corporation STATE PORT TERMINAL WILMINGTON YUu-i W. H. Fricderichs, Operations Manager DRY CARGO WHARF: 3,695 feet of continuous mar-ginal concrete wharf with wide aprons. 34 feet of water alongside at mean low water (channel pro-ject now being deepened to 38 feet) capable of working seven vessels simultaneously. Additional 1,045 ft. of wharf in 1969. TANKER RERTH: T-head type with mooring dol-phins, supported by tank farm and available unde-veloped area. TRANSIT SHEDS: Four fully-sprinklered, modern, concrete, steel, and masonry buildings total 506,000 square feet. OPEN RERTH: 800 continuous feet, as well as other open areas between sheds and at ends of wharf, backed up by 15 acres of paved open storage access-ible by rail or truck. WAREHOUSES: 522,962 square feet, fully sprink-lered. RONDED WAREHOUSE space available bv arrangement with management. CARGO STORAGE SHELTER: 273,000 square feet, open ends, concrete and steel, paved building, equipped with overhead bridge cranes and served by truck and rail access to all parts. U. S. CUSTOMS SERVICES: All services for the Port of Wilmington, including Classification and Value Section, located on terminal property. SCALES: Two truck scales and one railroad car scale conveniently located on terminal. Certified weigh-masters on 24-hour duty. TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossovers along full length of wharf apron. Depressed tracks serving rear of transit sheds and warehouses. Stor-age yard capacity—370 rail cars. (Four diesel switching engines operated by the terminal.) HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton capacity gantry cranes equipped for 80-inch magnet and two or six yard bucket operations. A 75-ton gantry crane (at 70 ft. radius ) can be used in tandem with either of the 45-ton cranes for lifts up to 120 tons. The larger crane is speedily convertible for fast single line lifts, magnet or bucket, as well as container cargo opera-tions. CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Forklifts of var-ious capacities with accessories—cotton and paper clamps, etc., tractors, cargo trailers, 5-ton mobile crane, stevedore-tvpe cargo pallets. LOADING & UNLOADING: Direct discharge or loading between ships tackle and open top railcars possible bv prior arrangement. Rail and truck docks for loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-houses; ramps for easy access into sheds and ware-houses. FUMIGATION: Modern fumigation plant with two large vacuum chambers. SERVICES: Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company plus numerous highway motor carriers. Locally domiciled Stevedoring Companies, Ships Agents, Customs Rrokers, and Freight Forwarders. SOUTHPORT NORTH CAROLINA ON INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY BOAT HARBOR Complete Modern Boating Facilities In a Picturesque & Historical Town Charles McNeill, Operations Manager STATE PORT TERMINAL MOREHEAD CITY SHIPSIDE SITES: Including existing rental buildings available to private enterprise for specialized pur-poses. WHARF: Concrete and steel, 3,625 feet long 45-foot apron. Berth six 500-foot general cargo ships and one petroleum tanker. Depth 35 feet at mean low water. BARGE TERMINAL: Four 300-foot berths complet-ed 1968. TRANSIT SHEDS: Three total 220,000 square feet. Two of steel, concrete and masonry, one of metal. All sprinklered with deluge systems. WAREHOUSES: Seven storage warehouses, totaling 588,000 square feet, sprinklered with deluge sys-tems. Total 30 fire segregation sections. Bonded warehouse spaee available. OPEN STORAGE: 13 acres of paved open storage. SCALES: Certified public truck scales available on terminal. TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossover, full length of wharf. Single depressed track full length rear of transit sheds and warehouses. Sou-thern Railway freight car storage yard adjacent to port property. CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with detachable accessories such as paper and bale clamps, etc. Facilities for full palletization cargoes. 1 Tractors and trailers. ?TT HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Berths and 7 have two 75- ton gantry cranes with full crane services including buckets, electromagnet, etc. Cranes ma) be used in tandem with 150 ton capacity. U. S. CUSTOMS: A designated customs port of entry with permanent personnel assigned. BULK FACILITY: 3,000,000-ton annual capacity bulk facility for receipt, conveyance, storage and shipment of bulk cargoes. Loading capacity of 3,000 tons per hour. Storage capacity 106,000 tons. LOADING OB UNLOADING: Truck and rail docks for loading or unloading at transit sheds and ware-houses; easy access into transit sheds and ware-houses. FUMIGATION: Latest, largest and fastest vacuum cvanide and acritet fumigation facilities. Two 0.000 cubic foot steel chambers, full mechanized. SERVICES: Served by the Southern-A c\ EC Bail-wax System and the Beaufort-Morehead Railroad plus numerous highway motor carriers. SHIP-SIDE INDUSTRIAL SITES AVAILABLE. SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times. MYERS AND TEXAS GULF SULFUR Greensboro. X. C.—The world was the market-place for his career as a salesman, but A. Nelson Myers has come home to North Carolina to enjoy retirement. As senior vice president of marketing for Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. Myers has been based in New York City since 1946. but his responsibilities for sales of TGS products, including fertilizer materials, have taken him around the globe. He retired January 1 to Greensboro, his boyhood hometown. Myers* success in the world of big business failed to temper his southern manner. A co-worker said. "Nelson will be missed. He has never lost that fine, easy southern temperament. He has always been accessible to everyone." Another close associate said. "He's a wonderful balance wheel, always has been. He has that great trait of giving authority and responsibility to people who work for him and letting them work out the problems." Born in Williamson. West Virginia, Myers was six when his family moved to Greensboro. He spent his boyhood there and was graduated in 1929 from Davidson College, some 90-miles away. He is the eldest son of Rev. Charles F. Myers, a prominent Presbyterian minister. Many of his early working years were also spent in North Carolina, in Wilmington and Greens-boro, in addition to Richmond. Va.. Nashville. Tenn. and Columbia. S. C. Myers has been a Texas Gulf vice president since 1959, first heading sales and then running overall marketing beginning in 1964. He had been a New Yorker for six years and was a vice presi-dent for another large chemical sales corporation when he joined Texas Gulf Sulphur. Throughout the years, Myers has visited "back home" in North Carolina as often as a busy sched-ule would permit. His brother. Charles F. Myers, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Burlington Indus-tries, is a Greensboro resident. His daughter. Mary Myers. is a nurse for the Guilford County Public Health Service and also lives in Greensboro. A second daughter. Mrs. Kenan sides in Princeton. New Jerse\ L. B. Schenck. is a Davidson, "North Carolina has a wonderful reputation throughout the United States and abroad." said Myers. "It's rare when countries where we sell our products don't know something about North Carolina and look upon it as a progressive state." Van Yranken. re-and a sister. Mrs. N. C. citizen. A. Nelson Myers, left, senior vice president for marketing' of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, discusses shipping of fertilizer materials from North Carolina to world wide markets with Dr. Guy T. McBride. Jr.. vice president and general manager of the TGS phos-phate division at Aurora. X. C. Myers' retirement after 24 years with the firm is effective January 1, 1970. He will reside in Greensboro. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS BEAUFORT-MOREHEAD RAILROAD Serves Radio Island and the Deepwater Port, Nearest to the Open Sea IN MID-AMERICA Look at this Photo . N. C. Ports Authority General Cargo Terminal and Phosphate Complex Beaufort Harbor at Morehead City Radio Island Land Lease Arrangements Tank and Liquid Import-Export Terminal Leases Construction for all types of Liquid Ocean Shipping, Planning and Financing Available Located within 500 miles of 50% of the population of the United States NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Write or Call A. T. LEARY JR. 16 Broad Street Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 Telephone: (919) 728-2131 WOODBURY INSURANCE AGENCY Agents ajstd Brokers OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE • Ocean Cargo • Tailor Made Forms • Dockside Claims Facilities • Personal Service CABLE: WOODBURYINS Louie E. Woodbury, Jr.. Pres. Louie E. Woodbury, III Vice Pres. Eugene B. Woodbury Vice Pres. 500 WACHOVIA BUILDING WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28401 TELEPHONE (919) 763-5186 CARTERET COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA \tya»e/S«.a^ 0ty Industrial Division Carteret County Chamber of Commerce OCEAN GATEWAY TO THE: PHOSPHATE CHEMICALS, INDUSTRIAL PHOSPHATE FIELD, CHEMICAL COMPLEX All Weather Deep Water Port, Morehead City. Inland Waterway Routes. Industrial Sites on Both. Fast Freight, Rail or Truck. Beautiful Vacation Area, Atlantic Beach. Closest Port, Direct Water Connection, to Phosphate Production Area in N. C. P W Bullock, Chamber of Commerce MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. waters shipping co. F.M.C. No. 70 OFFICE: N. C. STATE DOCKS Serving Wilmington & Morehead City INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDER CUSTOMS BROKER STEAMSHIP AGENTS P. O. BOX 118 • PHONE AREA CODE 919—763-8491 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA Teletype — 5 1 —937-03 1 2 FM.C. No. 498 The Hipage Company, Inc. CUSTOMS BROKERS FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS Douglas Municipal Airport P. 0. Box 27143 — Tel. Area Code 704—392-3171 Charlotte. N. C. 28208 Citizens Bank Bldg. Richmond, Va. Norfolk, Virginia Travelers Bldg. Newport News, Va. P Box 123 Alexandria, Va. P. 0. Box 550 Member Nationol Customs Brokers & Forwarders Assn of America, Inc. Morehead City Shipping Company ^uA^mUiSStm STEAMSHIP AGENTS & STEVEDORES 300 Arendell Street Morehead City, North Carolina P. O. Drawer 39 Cable Address Phone 726-6151 MORSHIPCO TWX No. 510-924-2905 Branch Office: Charlotte, N. C. Serving MOREHEAD CITY and serving it well! The 10,200-mile Southern Railway System connects Morehead City with major population centers in the South and with all traffic gate-ways to the rest of the country. Southern innovations in equipment and service are designed to meet specific shipper needs with a dependable, one-management transportation network that can save you time, money and trouble. On your next import or export shipment, ship Southern—and see! Contact the men in our Sales Office at New Bern, N. C, P.O. Box 909, or telephone (919) ME 7-6877. flEB BED ¥ rwlH*^ 2* **** M* •s^***' -»?»**,. >*- ** l ~ 'I ~ 1 F [—} L • j 1 I N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY Raleigh, N. C. 10 E. Jones St. we were IUU RATE U S Po,..,. PAID AJ A here 9 years before anyone whistled "Dixie" S} o >~ ceo x: Dan D. Emmett composed "Dixie" in 1859. Our company was founded in 850 And we've been making friends in the maritime business ever since. Today, Luckenbach serves the shipping industry through a network of marine terminals, stevedoring companies, and agencies throughout the south. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. 120 Wall Street New York, N. Y. 10004 Luckenbach Philadelphia • Heide Company Wilmington, Morehead City; North Carolina * Caldwell Company Jacksonville • Shaw Company Cape Canaveral, Port Everglades, Miami, West Palm Beach • Luckenbach Tampa
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Title | North Carolina state ports |
Contributor | North Carolina State Ports Authority. |
Date | 1970 |
Subjects |
Harbors--North Carolina--Periodicals Shipping--North Carolina--Periodicals |
Place | North Carolina, United States |
Time Period |
(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period (1954-1971) Civil Rights era |
Description | vol 15 no 4;Title varies slightly; |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : N.C. State Ports Authority |
Agency-Current | North Carolina Department of Commerce |
Rights | State Document see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63755 |
Physical Characteristics | [a]: v. :[b]: ill. ;[c]: 23-28 cm. |
Collection | North Carolina State Documents Collection. State Library of North Carolina |
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Language | English |
Format | Periodicals |
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Full Text | %vtf6, &vioUwi STATE PORT WINTER 1970 n I f.is/t s North Carolina State CToTwy Raieigh N. CL Doc. ]— 4 ll | . , -A, tl . . i 9 y-4* Z WIS / / J'I si Ml. «/-t ^W' ^K Venturing into foreign trade fields on our own globe can be almost as unfamiliar. Regulations, red tape, market information, credit, collections and monetary exchange are only a few of the considerations involved. So when your customer needs help in buying or selling abroad, you need Wachovia. Our world-wide banking specialists keep close ties with banks in more than 100 countries. And we can handle transactions directly through our affiliate banks: Henry Ansbacher & Co. Ltd., London; Banque Europee'nne de Financement, Paris and The American International Bank, New York. When it comes to international know-how, we can help you make a big impression. Almost everywhere. International Division WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST, N.A. Winston-Salem, North Carolina Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ' Cable: WACHOVIA Telex : 806426 Ans. Back: WACH INTL WSL Tel 761-5435 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Barber Lines L6 Beaufort & Morehead Railroad 23 Carteret County 24 Carteret Towing Co., Ine L6 DuRant, O. E. Ship Chandler II First Union National Bank 15 Heide Company II Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ine Back Cover fii-Page Co 21 Litho Industries, Ine 11 Maersk Line II Morehead City Shipping Co 24 Morehead Citv Line Handling Co., Ine L6 New Hanover County K"> North Carolina Motor Carriers Assn 1 N. C. National Bank 19 Southern Overseas Corporation 14 Southern Railway Inside Back Cover Wachovia Bank & Trust Co Inside Front Cover Walker Taylor Insurance 17 Waters Shipping Co 24 Waterfront Services, Ine L6 Wilmington Shipping Co 17 Woodbury Insurance Agency 24 IF YOU'VE GOT IT A TRUCK BROUGHT IT! From Shipside TO YOUR VERY DOOR By Truck The N C Trucking Industry serves the fine North Corolino Ports NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR CARRIERS ASSN Stilt HlAOOUAtUIS, tlUCKINC IUHD4NG. lAKlCH r BRUCE-"Hail and Farewell" after 10 years -i Dear Advertisers and Readers, This is my last issue of 40 successive efforts for this periodical. After 10 years, I leave the Ports Authority to seek more fertile fields and more tranquil seas. You have been great—your patronage, comments and criticisms have been most helpful. I do not mean to sound as if I am retiring from the human race. I step aside only for J. Edgar Kirk to take the helm and I hope you will stay with him. He makes some observations of his own on the next page. His picture has appeared here many times. He has been chairman of the REEC and president of N.C.W.T.A., both organizations in which we have been closely associated. If you should wish to correspond with me. my home address is L. C. Bruce 1522 Canterburrv Road Raleigh, N. C. 27608 NORTH CAROLINA STATE I'OKTS The Tar Heel of The Week Charles R. McNeill: State Port Manager By Roy Hardee Staff Writer Charles R. McNeill, operations manager of the Morehead City state ports terminal, almost entered the medical field, but a desire to "go to sea" won out and marked a turning point in his life. A Whiteville native whose grandfather and father had been in the drug store business in Columbus county, McNeill naturally considered a medical career. But a stronger desire to travel the world by sea was finally realized with the start of World War H. McNeill entered the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. His first voyage on a combat cargo ship logged 15,800 miles. His ship came under atack by submarines while off the Carolina coast. The ship was not hit but one attacking sub was sunk in view of the convoy. His ship was the first cargo vessel to enter Hamburg after the war.- "It was totally wrecked," McNeill said. McNeill says he still likes the sea but adds that "it's a life for a single man." When his father became ill, McNeill left the Merchant Marine at a time when he lacked only three months before he could get his master's license. He entered a partnership with his father and his brother John, the firm trading as J. A. McNeill & Sons. While he was in the Merch-ant Marine, McNeill developed his interest in painting and recorded scenes around the world. That interest, encouraged by his mother, who is also an artist, led to his job with the North Carolina Ports Authority. North Carolina port officials first heard of McNeill when the South Carolina Ports Authority purchased some of his coastal paintings to promote the Port of Charleston. McNeill was asked to do similar work for the North Carolina ports which were undergoing many changes. His paintings began to appear on the cover of the official North Carolina ports publication and he was hired as assistant manager at Morehead City when the port opened in 1953. He was promoted to operations manager in 1964. McNeill has continued his interest in art and has just published a portfolio of eight paintings, "A Watercolor Tour Along the Carteret Coast." A number of his paintings will be used in a special pre- Christmas edition of Southern Living magazine. "I still find plenty to paint," McNeill said, "but time is the big factor. I usually paint at night or on weekends." The rapid growth of the Morehead City port has kept McNeill on the go. Six general cargo ships and one tanker can now be handled at one time. About 100 persons are employed directly by the port. Longshoremen number up to 500 when traffic is heavy and there are also the harbor pilots, tug boat crews, customs employes and others. "It's a changing picture with increased handling of lumber and phosphate," McNeill said. Larger lumber shipments will come in months to come, primarily from South America and West Africa. Phosphate shipments already are at the 100,000-ton-a-year goal set when the rich Beaufort County phosphate fields were first tapped. At times it has been good to have a Scotsman like McNeill at the helm to butt heads with the many problems which develop: "They keep popping up but we keep knocking them down. There are many new important things in the making for Morehead and the state in general. "Morehead's port is just being discovered. More lines and endless new products are being shipped to and from the port. This port hasn't even scratched the surface yet. . . . "Sometimes I think we are more of a weekend port but we work when there is work to be done. Since we enjoy service from both South Atlantic and North Atlantic lines, many U.S. and foreign vessels use Morehead for a liberty port." McNeill believes growth of fhe Morehead area will be helped by development of deep water transportation and a marine sciences laboratory. He said he became interest-ed in marine science because of love of the sea and "in self-de fense." His son was interested in the subject and many of his friends are with either the Duke Marine Lab or the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. "I was forced to learn in order to communicate," McNeill said. McNeill is active in community and area affairs. A sailboat enthusiast, he is vise commodore of the Morehead City Yacht Club. His pride and joy is "True Core Sound Sharpie," a 21-foot sailing craft of considerable age. McNeill has served as president of the Morehead City Rotary and Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the First Methodist Church, Neuse River Development Association, the county industrial council, Carteret County Marine Resources Committee and the national defense executive staff. McNeill met his wife, the former Frances Sansbury, in Whiteville where she was employed as a medical secretary. Their daughter, Jan, is a rising senior at Merdith and 17-year-old Chuck is a senior at West Carteret High. Seven-year-old Angus completes the family. KIRK COMMENTS ABOUT BRUCE It's fashionable, in this the second month of the new decade, to reflect on the "happenings" of the past ten years. L. C. Bruce, editor of the North Carolina State Ports, is relinquishing that role with this issue. He burst on the ports scene about ten years ago, billed as the "Savant of Siler City". The ports at that time were 15 years old and suffering from the usual problems of adolescence. . .not the least of which is identity within the family, and recog-nition from outsiders. L. C, with teenage children of his own, recog-nized the symptoms and set out to help his adopted charges at Wilmington and Morehead City achieve the recognition they deserved. He created the North Carolina State Ports Magazine as we know it today. An examination of these early efforts is a study in contrasts. On the one hand L. C. recognized he had two sturdy siblings. At the same time, he was perplexed on how to glamorize a pair of teenage terminals that were growing so rapidly that it was impossible to keep them properly clothed to make them presentable for their public. Months went by, as they inevitably will, and so furious was L. C.'s efforts to sell the merits of the ports to the public, as well as customers, he was tagged by many as the "Peripatetic One." His efforts began to pay dividends and as the ports matured, so did this publication. Today, with a circulation in excess of 10,000, The North Carolina State Ports Magazine is con-sidered one of the best of its kind. . .a crestomathy if you will. . .something for everyone. Thanks to L. C.'s efforts, his wards are clothed in respect-ability and welcomed in the public as well as pri-vate sectors. To L. C. our thanks for making the transition a smooth one, and our best wishes for "The ubiq-uitous One", as he returns to private enterprise. J. Edgar Kirk NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS WILMINGTON OFFICE ADMINISTRATION JAMES W. DAVIS, Executive Director E. E. LEE, JR., Director of Commerce & Exec. A88't. RAY MATTHIS, Representative L. L. LIVELY, Representative H. C. JACKSON, Director of Traffic HUGH HARDAWAY, Director of Engineering WILMINGTON OFFICE OPERATIONS State Port Terminal P.O. Box 3037-28401 Tel. 919-763-1621 TWX 510-937-0330 W. H. FRIEDERICHS, Operations Manager MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE OPERATIONS State Port Terminal Drw. 648-28557 Tel. 726-3158 TWX 510-924-2983 CHARLES McNEILL, Operations Manager JIM EDMUNDSON, Tobacco Supt. HAROLD KAHL, Supt., Bulk Facility SOUTHPORT OFFICE OPERATIONS H. A. SCHMIDT. Manager Tel. 919-457-2621 P.O. Box 578-28461 NEW YORK OFFICE TRADE DEVELOPMENT WALLACE CLARK, Manager Suite 767, 26 Broadway New York, N. Y. 10004 (Area Code) 212-269-1843 AUTHORITY MEMBERS Executive Committee WOODROW PRICE, Raleigh, Chm. L. R. BOWERS, Whiteville, V. Chm. SYD DUNN, Greenville, Secretary MEMBERS E. G. ANDERSON, Robersonville HENRY BOSHAMER, Morehead City W. B. GLENN, Greenville RYE PAGE, Wilmington GEORGE PURVIS, Fayetteville H. L. WEATHERS, Shelby WILMINGTON OFFICE FINANCE P.O. Box 3037 28401 Tel. 919-763-1621 TWX 510-937-0330 RUFF A. DeVANE, Treasurer (Comptroller), Assistant Secretary RALEIGH OFFICE PUBLIC INFORMATION 10 E. Jones St. Tel. 919-829-3855 Box 149 27602 Raleigh, N. C EDGAR KIRK, Director Public Relations, Administrative Aae't. to Ports Authority OFFICIAL PUBLICATION STATE PORTS 2 2 WINTER ISSUE, 1970 SPA MAGAZINE VOL. 15. NO. 4 PAGE CONTENTS Bruce Departs 1 McNeill Honored 2 Visitors From Mexico 4 Motor Carriers Report 5 Harbors of the World 8 History Land Trail 10 Exportunities 18 Port Information 20 STATE PORTS — COVER STORY: The painting is an original water-color for SPA magazine by Charles McNeill (see opposite). The sailboat is the last of the clubfooted Core Sound Sharpies. It is an ancient rig, and formerly used in large numbers by fisherman near Morehead City. McNeill owns the rig and has named her "Idie," a nickname for his mother, Whiteville resident who used to sail from Swansboro to Morehead in a Sharpie. IN THIS ISSUE: In this issue we present for the tenth time a continuing feature culled "Roaming the > i Seas with Betty Casey." The feature is being written for us by Mrs. Casey oj Greenville, North Carolina. Mrs. Casey has spent many near* travel-ing particularly in the orient and the south seas. The tenth feature is about Lisbon. Portugal. (set pages, 8 and 9 1. Photo credits should he given to: N. C. Dept of Archives and History. Hugh Morton. Century Studios, L. C. Bruce. For information about: I III" NORTH ( VROl IN \ STATE PORTS write or call Edgai Kirk, Editor 6 Publishcr—State Ports Magazine, P.O Bon L49, Raleigh -Published Quarterly. Telephone: (91 1855 NORTH CAROLINA STMT. PORTS PORTS AUTHORITY/ 25th Anniversary During the week of March 21, the Ports Au-thority will celebrate its 25th Anniversary. There will be an open house at Wilmington and Morehead City plus big doings in Raleigh accord-ing to J. Edgar Kirk, P. R. Director of the SPA. Keep tuned to your favorite news media for further details. Left to right: Sam Boatright, Roberto Cevada, Edmunson, James H. Felts, and Cipriano Gouzalez. FROM MEXICO-TOBACCO PEOPLE On September 16, 1969, representatives for Tabacos Mexicanos,* S.A. de C.V. from the state of Nayarit and the town of Tepic, Mexico visited Jim Edmunson at Morehead City. *Tobacos Mexicanos is an affiliate of the Austin Company. , NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS A new and interesting photo of the phosphate shipping facilities at Morehead City—Top right shows new property of SPA, acquired from Bunge Corporation and announced in September. N. C. MOTOR CARRIERS-USE OF STATE PORTS QUADRUPLES IN NINE YEARS RALEIGH, N. C—Truck trailer use has quad-rupled at the Wilmington's N. C. State Port Terminal and tripled at Morehead City's -N. C. State Port Terminal since 1961 according to a state trucking official. J. T. Outlaw, executive vice president of the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association, re-leased the Wilmington and Morehead City truck trailer figures today. The State Port Terminal at Wilmington in-crease was 27, 634 truck-trailers in 1969 against 6,327 truck-trailers in 1961. The Morehead City State Port Terminal used 9,327 truck-trailers in 1969 against 3,091 in 1961. Last year's truck-trailer total of 36,961 for both State Ports Terminals almost quadrupled the 1961 total of 9,4 18. "An outlook for the 1970 State Port Terminals' truck service seems optimistic and encouraging," NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Outlaw predicted. Although the overall truck ton-nage index is down more than 7% for the last three months, it is possible to anticipate some increase in tonnage volume in SENCland because of the expanded N. C. Port services and new in-dustries. These totals for truck trailer use do not include the thousands of trucks used at the Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal of the U. S. Army Head-quarters located in Brunswick County, north of Southport. Tonnage for the calendar year of 1969 was over one million measured tons, of which a considerable portion was hauled by truck-trailer. Sunny Point is under the command of Col. Robert D. Reid. Companies in the Wilmington area used thou-sands of truck-trailers through their individual company docks, in addition to the Wilmington State Ports terminal. These include: Almont Ship-ping Company, Swift & Co., International Paper. Ideal Cement, W. R. Grace & Co., Carolina Nitro-gen, Diamond Alkali, American Molasses Co., and Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.; the major petroleum companies of: American, Citco, Gulf, Humble. Phillips, Pure, Shell, Sinclair, Socony, Tenneco, Texaco Travelers and Hess. Some 160 major products were handled by truck-trailer through the ports. They include: from imports, cement, petroleum, fertilizer ma-i continued <>n page IT INTERCONFERENCE MEETING OF NORFOLK MARINE TERMINAL ASSOCIATION AND SOUTH ATLANTIC MARINE TERMINAL CONFERENCE H$$S"iPHi fit » *^ f " ' 1 B K 1 ' Bil h»I- -. VB SKJM j^gU-jffi/ < / ^m?- olfc^H m mm Mr. Harry C. Jackson, Traffic Director of the North Caro-lina State Ports Authority (Left), newly elected Vice- Chairman of the Joint Conference and Mr. Sam D. Adsit, Jr., (Right), Chairman of the Norfolk Marine Terminal Association, newly elected Chairman of the Conference. For the first time in history, representatives of the South Atlantic Marine Terminal Conference and the Norfolk Marine Terminal Association met at the Golden Triangle Motor Hotel, Norfolk, Va. on December 16, 1969 to discuss mutual problems that confront marine terminal operators in the fast-changing maritime industry. The effects of containerization on the movement of break bulk cargo was the principal topic of discussion, along with the common day-to-day problems of opera-tions that affect the Marine Terminal operators. The precedent set by this meeting by way of au-thorization of the Federal Maritime Commission permits the members of South Atlantic Marine Terminal Conference and Norfolk Marine Termi-nal Association, Acting by and through their associations, to "confer, discuss and make re-commendations on rates, charges, practices and other tariff matters and on matters of concern to the Marine Terminal Industry". For may years the mutual problems were beyond discussion by the various operators until an agreement was authorized recently by the F.M.C. Those attending the meeting were terminal op-erators from ports in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida with the N.M.T.A. serving as host. Pictured above are Messrs. Harry C. Jackson (left) of S.A.M.T.C. and S. D. Adsit, Jr. (right) of N.M.T.A., newly elected vice-chairman and chairman respectively. Mr. Ludwell H. Huxter of N.M.T.A. was elected secretary. Regular interconference meetings are planned for the future so that all members can be kept in-formed of developments in the industry. TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN PORTUGAL FROM CASA DE PORTUGAL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK PROCEDEX Av. Julio Dinis, 10— 3 C Lisboa—Portugal Letra C CANARIO, LUCAS & IRMAO, LDA Agueda Portugal CARVALHINHO & PERFEITO Goncalo—Portugal SULEI—SOC. ULTRAMARINA DE EM-PREENDIMENTOS IMOBILIARIOS (Divisao Industrial) P. 0. Box 2069 Lisboa—Portugal -Wants to represent American firms interested in the Portuguese market -Hardware:—Building & Luggage Indus-try -Basketware -Tomato Paste Contact: Stephen E. Kelly Mgr. Industrial Dept. Raleigh, Chamber of Commerce. (see page 8 & 9) NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Go with WHAT TO WEAR: The type of casuals and sports clothes you would wear at a golf club or beach hotel suits shipboard life perfectly. You'll need summer clothing, but you'll probably want a sweater or two because nights at sea tend to be on the cool side. Bear in mind that nylon, dacron, and orlon blends are particularly good travelers. WARDROBE ETIQUETTE: There's no must about dressing for dinner, yet you may feel more festive, especially for the Captain's galas, if you don din-ner attire. It is never customary to "dress" on the first or last night out, on Sunday evenings, or at the end of a full day in port. Women do not ap-pear in the Dining Room in short shorts, and during the day they wear sweaters or jackets over halter tops. Men wear jackets in the Dining Room, and do not appear after cocktail hour sans ties. For sight-seeing: women do not appear on the street in shorts, slacks, or low-neck dresses; nor do men go about in shorts or without jackets. WHAT TO PACK: Soaps, detergents and laundry gadgets for articles you may wish to rinse out yourself; camera equipment; sun glasses; prescribed medicine and vitamin pills; binoculars; travel clock; manicure set; sewing kit; cigarette lighter; notebook for what you see and buy on shore, and for ad-dresses of friends you'll make en route; suntan lotion. Don't worry about a few personal items you may forget to bring along as the Tradewinds Gift Shop aboard ship stocks a wide range of personal things as well as a fine selection of gifts, many of which may be purchased at duty-free prices. PURCHASE ALLOWANCE: Eachmem-ber of a family, resident in the U.S., may bring into the U.S., duty free, S100 worth of purchases made en route, including 100 cigars. One quart of al-coholic beverages may be included in the duty free allowance for each per-son over 21 years of age. Purchases of many items may be made at a total cost considerably below prices in the U.S. even when you combine the pur-chase price in Caribbean ports with the applicable U.S. Customs duty. Consult Purser for duty on purchases over and above your duty free allow-ance, and for information on restricted items such as fruits, plants and pets. BAGGAGE : Each piece should be plain-ly marked with the tags supplied with your ticket. In checking luggage through to New York and pier, make a note of check numbers and routing—helpful if check is lost. Baggage will be ac-cepted on the pier any day during the week of sailing. Cameras and articles of foreign make to Ik- taken on board should be registered with the Customs Office on the pier before sailing, in or-der to avoid complications with Cus-toms upon return to the U.S. Should you plan to use air transportation to the port of embarkation it is recom-mended that you investigate the ad-vantages of the newly liberalized do-mestic airline policy on baggage. INSURANCE: It is recommended that travelers take out a floater policy on baggage through their agent or a Grace Line representative. For complete cov-erage the policy should extend from date of departure from home to two or three days after return, for protection in case of unforeseen delay. S. S. SANTA PAULA-TO SAIL FROM MOREHEAD Originally scheduled to sail from Morehead City on April 4th at the request of the North Carolina Academy of General Practice. We expect that there will be about 50 doctors and their wives from this organization and sister organizations in South Carolina and Virginia sailing on this cruise. GRACE LINE INC. Paul H. Best Regional Manager NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Portuguese Sailfreighters USBOAt City of Contrasts "Roaming the Seven Seas with Betty Casey" Long before the present surge of popularity for folk-singing now sweeping the United States began, the nostalgic strains of ballads, called "fado", sung to the accom-paniment of a special Portuguese guitar were popular entertainment in Lisbon (called Lisboa in Portu-guese.) "Fado" singers and brightly costumed folk-dancers still entertain hometowners and the many tourists who make their way to this scenic city of pastel colored buildings built on seven terraced hills. Lisbon, with its million inhabi-tants, is Europe's western-most Capital and an important commer-cial and tourist center. World fa-mous modern resorts beckon from nearby sunny Estoril, Cascais, Costa da Caparaca, Sintra and Portinho da Arrabida. The city's seaport, spread along the right bank of the Tagus river estuary where the wide Lisbon Bay narrows to a channel leading to the Atlantic Ocean, is one of the Conti-nents best natural, sheltered harbors. Large liners and cargo vessels from the world over bypass a sand bar in the mouth of the Tagus to tie up at Nineteenth Century Portuguese Gal-leon Pictures courtesy of the Lis-bon and Portuguese Propa-ganda and tourism depart-ment. modern docks along the five mile long waterfront and to find anchor-age in Lisbon Bay. The port boasts the largest suspension bridge in Europe. The small country of Portugal, with almost nine million inhabitants, is a Corporative Republic and has an area of more than thirty-five-and-a-half thousand square miles includ-ing the Azores and Madeira. It lies along the western section of the Iberian Peninsula which it shares with Spain. A 500 mile long sunny, sandy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean is marked with occasional lagoons and rocky bays interspersed with popular beach resorts and white washed fishing villages. Most of the inland and eastern part is rugged mountainous terrain of scenic beauty crossed by gushing rivers in deep gorges. The Tagus river divides the country into north and south parts. The arid south is noted for its earthquakes. All in all, however, the climate is mild and pleasant and winters are not severe. Wooded slopes of the interior fur-nish Portugal's leading export, cork, for which it is the world's largest producer. The United States re-ceives 75% of this production. Other leading exports are timber, chest-nuts, fine wines—port, madeira, sparkling, muscatel, and claret—as well as brandy. Exports and imports rose during 1968 following new financial measures introduced by the Minister of Finance. About 60% of the hardy and vig-orous Portuguese people are en-gaged in agriculture which regis-tered an increase in output in 1968 after government loans were used to purchase modern agricultural machinery and equipment. Some of the crops are olives, cereals and fruits. Fisheries and canneries for sardines and tuna provide an im-portant produce for foreign trade. Portugal is rich in all kinds of minerals, although only tungsten, pyrites and cassiterite are mined to NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS "<*?•«£> Overlooking the Old City and the Tagus from "Miradouro de Santo Luzia" any extent. Other industries and exports include the manufacture of woolen textiles, silken goods, cotton fabrics, chinaware, ceramics and precious stones. While the first permanent settle-ment on the Tagus dates from Phoe-nician times and Caesar established it as a municipality, Lisbon's true importance dates from 1147 when Alfonso I recaptured it from the Moors with the help of the Cru-saders. Prosperity came with the establishment of the Portuguese Empire in Agrica and India in the 16th Century. During that historic-time Portuguese ships and sailors discovered and explored two-thirds of the earth. Their revolutionary "caravels", light, swift, sailing ships with a high poop, were designed and built there under the supervi-sion of Prince Heniy, the navigator. From Belem, a few miles down-stream from the city center, Bartolo-meu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral and other heroes of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries set out on their great voyages of discovery and returned triumphant to the same shores. Portuguese colonies, since 1951 called "Overseas Provinces" include Portuguese India (under Indian military occupation since 1961); Macao and part of Timor in Asia; Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic; Portuguese Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe Islands; Angola in Portu-guese West Africa and Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa. Although Romans stamped the NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS country with a language of Latin origin, the original Portuguese stock has received transfusions of blood from many races: Romans, Goths, Abrabs and Berbers, settlers from Northern Europe, Jews and Ne-groes. Portuguese is mother tongue of 100 million people, the sixth most used language in the world and is spoken in Brazil as well as Portugal and its overseas provinces. In 1968, Premier Caetano suc-ceeded Salazar who had served in that office for 36 years. Some politi-cal unrest followed but economic development showed some improve-ment. A great variety of picturesque costumes are worn by the peasantry, especially during pilgrimages or on holidays, but in the cities most peo-ple wear western clothes. Dancing and singing play an important part in the lives of the people. Bands made up of "gaitas", or bagpipes, fiddles, drums, accordions and Por-tuguese guitars furnish gay music for festivals and parades. Many of these are held in connection with religious celebrations for the pre-dominately Catholic populace. Soc-cer and bull-fighting, in which the bull is not killed, are the most popu-lar sports. From its setting upon seven hills, Lisbon has colorfully contrasted buildings of modern hotels, office buildings, and stores along broad avenues lined with trees, as com-pared to ancient, quaint houses painted pastel colors with red tile tops clustered over narrow winding alleys—each house in itself a veran-da overlooking the wide estuary of the Tagus. In one part of the old city a lane between buildings is so narrow that a popular poet, Frederi-co de Brito has written: Your house is so close to mine in the starry night's bliss To exchange a tender kiss Our lips easily meet High across the narrow street. Portugal was an ally of the United States in World War I and remained neutral in World War II, although it leased Azores air bases to the U.S. and England. She presently is an ally of the United States' in NATO and a member of the United Nations, the European Free Trade Association and other international bodies. Portugal has always stood for peace and progress in the inter-national community. By sea, Portugal's Companhia Colonial de Navegacao links Lisbon with Port Everglades in Florida and the Greek Line, the Italian Line. American Export Line and occasion-ally Zim Lines and Chandris Lines connect Lisbon with New York, Car-regadores Acoreanos. a steamship company which operates freighters, can carry 12 passengers twice a month from New York to Lisbon. Portugal, with its sunshine and blue sky; mountains and sea-shore; stirring history and modern day developments; mixture of ancient and todays architecture, customs and culture, extends a warm wel-come to visitors to its friendly shores. Historic Bath: North Carolina's Oldest Incorporated Town DOWN THE HISTORYLAND TRAIL Elizabeth W. Wilborn Field Services Researcher Division of Historic Sites and Museums State Department of Archives and History Palmer-Marsh House, Historic Bath State Historic Site The Kitchen in the Palmer-Marsh House 10 Double chimney of the Palmer Marsh House Bath Town pre-dates English colonization, for at one time Indian villages and town sites dotted the banks of the Pamlico River; today the Texas Gulf Sulphur mining operation is the most pro-minent feature of the area. By an act of the as-sembly on March 8, 1705, Bath became the first incorporated town of the colony, later the State of North Carolina. Three governors, during the Proprietary period, made Bath the seat of govern-ment— Robert Daniel, Thomas Cary, and Charles Eden. The Assembly met in Bath from 1744 to 1752 and the Lower House of the Assembly, in 1746, made Bath the first permanent capital of North Carolina—though this bill was never rati-fied. Bath served as a center of refuge for the settlers , NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS A view of the Bonner House from the .Mem-orial garden during the Tuscarora Indian War (1711-1713). It was later a haven for the notorious pirate "Blackbeard," or Edward Teach. For approxi-mately a year the pirate made Bath his home—and some of its most prominent citizens, his accom-plices. Stories of treasure buried by the buccaneer have persisted to the present time, with many disappointed treasure-seekers, for no one has ever reported finding his booty. St. Thomas Parish, established by the Vestry Act of 1701, was selected by Dr. Thomas Bray, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to receive a library. Bray was instrumental also, through the Society, in sending missionaries to the parish—three of whom made their homes in Bath. The building of St. Thomas Church was begun about 1734; today it is the oldest church in the state in continuous use. The George II candelabra and the Queen Anne Bell are among the more interesting items con-nected with St. Thomas Church. The bell, pur-chased many years after Queen Anne's death, was bought with monies from a foundation, established by the Queen, which is still funding charitable causes. The church has been restored and is open to the public. The State Department of Archives and History operates Historic Bath—including two historic houses. The Palmer-Marsh House, built about 1760, is noted for its double chimney. Believed to have been built by Michael Coutanch, it was ac-quired by Colonel Robert Palmer in 1764. When Claude Joseph Sauthier, mapmaker for the British crown, drew his map of Bath in 1769, the most outstanding dwelling was that of "Col. Palmer." The house remained in the Palmer family until the turn of the century; in 1802 the Marsh broth-ers, Daniel and Jonathan, bought the property. The house has been restored and furnished and opened to the public. Here, as is true elsewhere NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Dining room of the Bonner House with mid to late 19th century ship's dining table-Atop is a rare pair of Canton cider jugs. in Bath, one sees the work of the Historic Bath Commission, which has been instrumental in pre-serving Bath. The Bonner House, with a memorial garden and dependencies, is also open to visitors. The Oscar F. Smith Memorial Foundation played a large role in acquiring and restoring this property. The property was owned by the Bonner family from 1830 until it became a part of Historic Bath. Bath, once a port town, sits quitely amid the surrounding water—Bath ('reck and Adam's Creek emptying into the Pamlico are on two sides of the town. There is little today to remind one of the bloody Tuscarora, but there is much to see. enjoy, and meditate upon. n NOVEMBER NORTH CAROLINA WORLD TRADE ASSOCIATION MEETS IN CHARLOTTE ELECTS NEW BOARD AND OFFICERS NOVEMBER, 1969 SIXTH ANNUAL NCWTA MEETING A SUCCESS! On November 6th and 7th, NCWTA members and guests met in Charlotte for a most successful and in-formative meeting. Representatives from eleven foreign consulates and embassies gave reports on trade pros-pects abroad, and banquet speaker, Mr. R. McLellan, Deputy Asst. Secretary of Commerce, explained the U. S. position in world trade. A report on the recent N. C Far East Trade Mission was presented by several Mission members. Also in attendance were the North Carolina and South Carolina Regional Export Expan-sion Council members. New NCWTA officers and directors for 1970 were elected as follows: NEW BOARD MEETS IN WINSTON-SALEM ufljfek — y^BT".^^U Left to right: Hans Mittemeijer, Leonard Bauer, Joel New, Ernest Plumb, and John Votta. President—Chairman of the Board John Votta, President Votam International Company Charlotte First Vice-President William Troxler, President Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. Raleigh Second Vice-President Kenneth Thomas, President Gravely Corporation Clemmons Secretanj-Treasurer Ernest Plumb, Asst. Treasurer Whitin International Ltd. Charlotte Directors for 1970: Richard E. Barker, Dr. Jack N. Behrman, Anthony B. Brannock, L. C. Bruce, Larry Carter, Carl Dawson, James H. Fryar, C. R. Harris, Eugene E. Humphries, Sr., Paul Linney, Hans Mit-temeijer, O. S. Moore, H. Banks Newman, Anthony Winkler-Prins, Bruce Smith, Arthur Brown, Thatcher Townsend, Clem Schrader, Adrian Shufford, Frank Fishburn, John Palmer, Robert Sickels, James Loftus, Morris Speizman, Robert Barker, Doug Ponischil, Jurgen Meyer-Cuno, Leonard Bauer. Assistant Directors: Joel New, Edgar Kirk Committees for International Conference in Raleigh Oct. 1, 2 include chairman of Public Relations L. C. Bruce, Raleigh, with Leonard Bauer of Pisgah, Robert Baker of Charlotte, Hans Mittemeijer of Winston-Salem and Richard Barker of Wilmington. PIQUET IN RALEIGH SAYS ONE YEAR AGO- work on the ailment not the symptom Howard S. Piquet, a native of New York, is Senior Spe-cialist in International Eco-nomics, Legislative Reference service with the Library of Congress. In this position, which he has held since 1956, he serves as advisor to Con-gressional Committees and to members of both houses of Congress. Dr. Piquet is a graduate of New York University and holds an M.A. degree from the University of California and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He has taught at Princeton and New York Uni-versities and at the Universi-ties of Oregon and Washington. He has served with the U.S. Tariff Commission, the U.N. Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture and with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. He has also authored numerous articles in the field of international trade. 12 HOWARD S. PIQUET It is typical of our disposition, with respect to economic problems, to concentrade on the symp-toms of ailments, rather than on the ailments them-selves, that one of the most important aspects of all of balance-of-payments disequilibrium has at-tracted little attention, namely, foreign trade policy. This is not to say that the narrowing excess of exports over imports has not attracted attention, for it has. But that attention has been confined to deploring the fact that the "favorable" trade balance has been narrowing and to insisting that exports should be increased relative to' import. Indeed, this narrowing is providing a convenient vehicle with which to propagandize for intensified trade restrictions. Already we are being told that a comprehensive system of import quotas is neces-sary to help eliminate the balance-of-payments deficit. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS U.S. TRADE AND BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROBLEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY by Howard S. Piquet The truth lies in exactly the opposite direction. Liberal international trade policies are not merely not inconsistent with solution of the balance-of-payments problem; they are essential to it. What are really inconsistent with a solution of the balance-of-payments problem are the efforts to bring about equilibrium in the international accounts by such direct means as our halting the outflow of private capital and restricting foreign travel by Americans. These efforts are not only mis-directed but, if implemented with vigor, can only aggravate in-ternational disequilibrium. The excess of the out-flow of funds over their inflow from abroad is a symptom of economic disorder and should not be confused with the disorder itself. Application of such direct measures to eliminate the balance-of-payments deficit is comparable to trying to cool a room by holding a piece of ice under the thermo-stat. The room will only get hotter the balance-of-payments deficit will widen. We need to concen-trate on the malady itself and not on its symp-toms. The malady is not the statistical "deficit" in the international accounts, but the absence of a self-equilibrating mechanism to stabilize outflows and inflows of funds among the economically-devel-oped countries. Governmental restriction of the outflow of private capital and of foreign travel have the same kind of contractive effect on the international accounts as across-the-board restric-tion of merchandise imports. The persistent deficits in the international ac-counts of the United States have been caused by: (1) the fact that other countries have chosen to use dollars as an important part of their monetary reserves, (2) failure of the U.S. Government to maintain the purchasing power of the dollar, and (3) unwillingness on the part of the United States and other industrialized countries to allow their economies to adapt to each other through private commercial transactions. The use of dollars as monetary reserves will continue as long as other countries are willing to hold them in preference to using them to pur-chase American merchandise or to coverting them into gold. At what point it will no longer be feasi-ble for them to use dollars as monetary reserves is largely a psychological question. The substitution of something else for dollars as international monetaiy reserves can best be brought about by international agreement. Such agreement does not depend upon prior elimination by the United States of its balance-of-payments deficit, notwithstanding assertions to that effect by certain foreign politicians and bankers. Governments are prone to blame monopoly — both industrial and labor—for inflationary price rises, while hiding the fact that they themselves are the real culprits. The prime cause of inflation is the over-issuance of credit by governments and central banks. The balance-of-payments deficit of the United States will persist as long as the Fed-eral Reserve maintains interest rates at levels lower than are necessary to equate the demand for investment capital with the supply of savings by the public. However, even is inflation were held in check and a new international monetary unit were agreed upon, there would still be deficits in the international accounts as long as there is un-willingness to allow national economies to adjust to each other through the free international move-ment of merchandise and capital. There is danger in allowing the balance-of-pay-ments deficit to become a statistical strait-jacket, causing us to adopt policies that are antithetical to the best interest of the United States. Most of the autonomous items in the balance of payments are inter-connected, and it is futile to try to bring about self-sustaining equilibrium by applying re-strictionist devices designed to increase the in-flow, or decrease the outflow, of funds by direct means. For this reason, programs designed to restrict U.S. private direct investment abroad and to limit foreign travel by Americans are self-defeating. Direct U.S. private investments abroad have al-ready reached $55 billion and the annual dividend return on them is much greater than the annual outflow of new capital. (In 1967 Americans sent $ 3.0 billion of new direct investment capital abroad and received dividends, royalties, etc. of $7.9 billion in return on existing investments, only partially offset by the payment to foreigners of $ 2.3 billion on their investments in the United States). To restrict the outflow of private invest-ment capital is to cripple the goose that lays the golden eggs. Similarly, curtailment of foreign travel by Americans will be largely offset by a falling off in the foreign demand for American aircraft equip-ment and by retaliation on the part of foreign enterprises that derive much of their income from American tourists. For 22 years, prior to his leaving the Government Service on January 1. 1969 Dr. Piquet was the Senior Specialist in International Economics of the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress. Prior to that he was Executive Secretary of the Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture (FAO) of the United Nations and Chief of the Economics Division of the U.S. Tariff Commission. NORTH CAROLINA STATE POUTS 1 1 SOUTHERN CORPORATION FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS F.M.C. NO. 469 P. 0. BOX 3745 . WILMINGTON, N. C. 28401 PHONES: (IMPORT) 919-762-9655 (EXPORT) 919-762-9651 TWX 510-937-0311 . CABLE "SOUTHOVER" WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA MOREHEAD GITY NORTH CAROLINA (919)726-6825 CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA (704)392-8161 BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA (504)343-9545 NORFOLK VIRGINIA (903)623-3717 PROVISIONS, DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES BONDED CIGARETTE WHSE. 0. E. DuRANT SHIP CHANDLER Representative of Columbia Rope International Paint Mobile Oil Co., Inc. Wilmington, N. C. Telephone RO 2-4232 Water & Market Sts. LITH0 INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED P. O. Box 12462 Raleigh, North Carolina Serving North Carolina For All Her Printing Needs Telephone (919)782-1314 782-1315 PRINTING PUBLICATIONS CASEBOOK MANUFACTURING MAERSK LINE Far East Cargo Services Frequent Sailings from Morehead City to Manila, Bangkok, Saigon, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia HEIDE COMPANY A Division of Luckenbach Steamship Co. Inc. MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. P.O. Drawer E Telephone (919) 726-5080 MOLLER STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., General Agents 67 Brood Street, New York 4, N. Y. Heide Company A Division of Luckenbach Steamship Co. Inc. WILMINGTON & MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS FMC NO. 69 WILMINGTON, N.C North Carolina Maritime Bldg. Tel: (919) 763-8271 RICHARD BARKER, Vice-President, Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. W. MURLE TEACHEY, Assistant General Manager E. MAYO HOLMES, Treasurer A. P. BLAND, Operations Manager P. C. WEST, Export Manager JACK C. JOYNER, Traffic Representative WILLIAM A. SUMMERLIN, Traffic Representative MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. P.O. Drawer E. Tel: (919) 726-2511 JACK TILLEY, Manager CARL ROWE, Assistant to the Manager KENNETH SKINNER, Operations I l NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS We'llgothe extramile for yourinternational bankingbusiness. We'll go wherever you need us. To Paris, London, Nairobi and all around the world. We'll obtain foreign monies and write letters of introduction to foreign banks for you. We'll locate foreign suppliers for your busi-ness and issue commercial letters of credit. We'll help you arrange licensing of your products in foreign markets. We'll be your international business partner. Just call us in the International Department at area code 704/372-3456. Or write us at Post Office Box 1 0794 Charlotte, North Carolina28201. First Union National *J NORTH CAROLINA STATE FORTS 15 barber Specialists in Handling Tobacco Regular Sailings From North Carolina Ports TO MANILA, HONG KONG, BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, DJAKARTA AND JAPANESE PORTS with NEW FAST VESSELS barber STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. Agents 1 7 Battery Place. New York, N.Y. 1 0004 Tel: 1212) 944-1300 Cleveland—Tri-Coast Shipping Co., Illuminating Bldg. Chicago—Tri-Coast Shipping Co., 333 N. Michigan Ave. Detroit—Tri-Coast Shipping Co., 1814 First Federal Bldg. Agent: Moreheod City and Wilmington, N. C. WATERS SHIPPING CO., INC. WS3 W,TH CARTERET . . . . . . along the south atlantic a tow with CARTERET is a tradition of confidence —where only the best serves you . . . CARTERET TOWING CO., INC. Radio Island Moreheod City, N. C. Charles Piner & Teen Piner PA 6-5440 Operators AT ITS BEST ! New Hanover County, N. C. Year 'round mild climate. Churches, Schools, Theatres. Every recreation for happy workers. 1. Land-Sea-Air Transportation Facilities 2. Ample Housing—Quality Labor Supply 3. N. C. Largest Shipping Port For detailed Industrial Information— Write: County Commissioners—Commission Office Wilmington, North Carolina CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS Telephone-919-763-8494 Teletype-510-937-0312 WATERFRONT SERVICES, INC. 2907 Burnett Blvd. Wilmington, North Carolina MOREHEAD CITY LINE HANDLING COMPANY, INC. Waterfront Service A. T. PINER MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. Phones: Day 726-5440 Night: 726-5549 Post Office Drawer 185 L6 NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS I I AT' PRESS TIME News Release—SEACOR SEACOR, INC., port developers, terminal operators and transportation specialists of Wilmington, N.C., in a recent corporate re-organization, acquired two company subsid-iaries, ALMONT SHIPPING COMPANY, INC., and EAST COAST TERMINALS, INC. W. S. R. Beane, Board Chairman, an-nounced the move as part of a long range development program to place SEACOR and the Wilmington port in the forefront of dry and liquid bulk snipping on the Eastern Sea-board. Ernest Ball, President, explained fur-ther that SEACOR is gearing up for the growth expected in the Southeast in the last quarter of this century. ALMONT SHIP-PING COMPANY, INC., is a stevedoring, N. C. Motor Carriers (cont. from page 5) terials, caustic soda, tobacco, liquors, lumber, steel, asphalt, processed meat, jute, burlap, bag-ging, fiber, iron and plywood—For exports, lum-ber, blankets, hose, underwear, auto batteries, furniture, fertilizer, textile machinery, leaf tobacco, poultry, manufactured tobacco, fabricated steel products, minerals, wood pulp, dairy products, boilers and parts, lineboard, dry milk, nitrate paperboard, scrap metal, asphalt, petroleum and glycol. It would be well to remember in rounding out Wi/mingfon Shipping Company jddsMa am STEAMSHIP AGENTS & STEVEDORES North Carolina Maritime Building State Port Terminal Wilmington, North Carolina P. O. Box 1H09 (able Address Phone 763-7333 WILSHIPCO TWX NO. 510 937-0311 Branch Offices: Morehead City Shipping Co. P. O. Box 270N6 Charlotte, N. C. 2S20.H Morehead City, N. C. terminaling and transportation operation providing one of the largest bulk terminaling facilities on the Atlantic Coast, with piers on the North Cape Fear River in Wilmington. EAST COAST TERMINALS, INC., is a bulk cargo storage and transfer facility which was recently selected as the site for the largest imported fishmeal storage and pasteurization processing plant on the East Coast. EAST COAST TERMINALS, INC., is also located on the Northeast Cape Fear River, north of Wilmington. In addition to improving the capability of its existing port operations, SEACOR plans to develop additional deep-water land tracts for use by port related industries. the truck-trailer usage, that the totals above do not include the thousands of truck-trailers used to supply jet fuel to Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point, and Seymour Johnson Field from terminals at Radio Island, Beaufort, N. C. Nor do they include the barge petroleum traffic handled on the Cape Fear River through the River Terminal at Fay-etteville, where thousands of truck-trailers are used annually in the area. Jeff B.Wilson Marine Insurance Since 1878 EXPORT SERVICES • NEGOTIABLE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES ISSUED FOR ALL TRADES • WORLD-WIDE SETTLING AGENTS • FOREIGN CREDIT AND POLITICAL RISKS INSURED IMPORT SERVICES • DOCKSIDE CLAIM FACILITIES • GENERAL AVERAGE GUARANTEES • DAMAGE PREVENTION ADVICES Walker Taylor Agency P. O. BOX 897 • WILMINGTON, N. C WALKER TAYLOR JOHN METTS EXPORTUNITIES for INCREASED SALES AND PROFITS BROAD WOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON Cameroon—Ten tons colored and white cotton cloth for cleaning and dusting purposes prepared in 50 kilo compressed and covered bales. No synthetic material, hinges or ornaments; exelusing blankets, linings. LOGGING CAMPS, LOGGING CONTRACTORS Itah/—Logs of Douglas fir, hemlock, other types of timber. FOOTWEAR EXCEPT RUBBER Australia—Men's dress shoes, made of leather; exclusive styles preferred. FARM MACHINERY Australia—Horticultural and agricultural equipment. METALWORKING MACHINERY Portugal—Chain saws; chains and cutting blades. MACHINERY Portugal—Hydraulic hoists for use with truck bodies. ELECTRIC LIGHTING, WIRING EQUIPMENT Australia—Pole line hardware; specifically tapered alu-minum lighting columns for street lights. BROAD WOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON Switzerland—Cotton plain dyed, printed, finished fab-rics, apparel, toweling, bedsheet, pillowcase fabrics, jacquard woven cotton fabrics, plain, printed, colored. YARN, THREAD MILLS, PRODUCTS Lebanon—Textured, crimpted, or bulked filament yarns. PAPERBOARD MILLS, PRODUCTS Hong Kong—Paperboard for making boxes. SYNTHETIC MATERIALS Itahj—Plastic materials, synthetic resins, nonvulcaniza-ble elastomers; synthetic rubber; synthetic organic fibers. Joel B. New I . S. Dept. of Commerce P. O. Box 1950, Boom 40S Post Office B!<1«. Greensboro, N. (. (919) 275-9111 DRUGS New Zealand—Pharmaceutical preparations. ELECTRIC LIGHTING, WIRING EQUIPMENT Sweden—Connectors, all kinds. FIELD CROP FARMS Netherlands—Peas, beans, similar agricultural com-modities. DAIRY PRODUCTS Cyprus—Concentrated milk, shipped in bulk (barrels, drums, and tanks ). BROAD WOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON Canada—100% cotton corduroy and/or corduroy of cotton/polvester blend with permanent press finish, for purchase in quantities of 10,000 yd. lots or higher. TEXTILE GOODS Germany—New cotton remnants for manufacture of polishing discs. RADIO, TELEVISION RECEIVING SETS Netherlands—Complete range of radio receivers, in-cluding portable, automobile, home, etc. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS France—Fertilizers of good quality, primarily products suitable for fruit-trees grown in orchards in southwest France. FARM MACHINERY France—Farm machinery equipment: sprayers (power and speed ), other categories of light—and medium-duty machines, attachments designed for preparing vegetable and fruit crops for shipment to wholesale markets. "COMMERCE NOTES" Greensboro Field Office EXPORT DOCUMENTATION STREAMLINED 1. Effective October 1, exporters are no longer required to file shipper's export declarations for general license shipments to Free World countries when the shipments are valued at less that $250. 2. Effective November 1, high volume exporters meeting requirements of the Office of Export Control and Bureau of the Census have the option of filing monthly export declarations rather than separate export declarations for each shipment to Free World countries. 18 NOBTH CABOLINA STATE PORTS Honored in England Through a smashing arrangement with one of England's largest banks, BankAmcricard is honored for traveling, shopping and entertaining throughout Great Britain. By the same token, England's Barclaycard is honored here. So now Barclaycard and BankAmcricard holders can charge almost anything, from tote-bags to bed and breakfast, at thousands of businesses on both sides of the ocean. And that's a bit of all right. ©BankAmerica Service Corporation 1958, 1967 ©Servicemarks owned and licensed by BankAmerica Service Corporation STATE PORT TERMINAL WILMINGTON YUu-i W. H. Fricderichs, Operations Manager DRY CARGO WHARF: 3,695 feet of continuous mar-ginal concrete wharf with wide aprons. 34 feet of water alongside at mean low water (channel pro-ject now being deepened to 38 feet) capable of working seven vessels simultaneously. Additional 1,045 ft. of wharf in 1969. TANKER RERTH: T-head type with mooring dol-phins, supported by tank farm and available unde-veloped area. TRANSIT SHEDS: Four fully-sprinklered, modern, concrete, steel, and masonry buildings total 506,000 square feet. OPEN RERTH: 800 continuous feet, as well as other open areas between sheds and at ends of wharf, backed up by 15 acres of paved open storage access-ible by rail or truck. WAREHOUSES: 522,962 square feet, fully sprink-lered. RONDED WAREHOUSE space available bv arrangement with management. CARGO STORAGE SHELTER: 273,000 square feet, open ends, concrete and steel, paved building, equipped with overhead bridge cranes and served by truck and rail access to all parts. U. S. CUSTOMS SERVICES: All services for the Port of Wilmington, including Classification and Value Section, located on terminal property. SCALES: Two truck scales and one railroad car scale conveniently located on terminal. Certified weigh-masters on 24-hour duty. TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossovers along full length of wharf apron. Depressed tracks serving rear of transit sheds and warehouses. Stor-age yard capacity—370 rail cars. (Four diesel switching engines operated by the terminal.) HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton capacity gantry cranes equipped for 80-inch magnet and two or six yard bucket operations. A 75-ton gantry crane (at 70 ft. radius ) can be used in tandem with either of the 45-ton cranes for lifts up to 120 tons. The larger crane is speedily convertible for fast single line lifts, magnet or bucket, as well as container cargo opera-tions. CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Forklifts of var-ious capacities with accessories—cotton and paper clamps, etc., tractors, cargo trailers, 5-ton mobile crane, stevedore-tvpe cargo pallets. LOADING & UNLOADING: Direct discharge or loading between ships tackle and open top railcars possible bv prior arrangement. Rail and truck docks for loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-houses; ramps for easy access into sheds and ware-houses. FUMIGATION: Modern fumigation plant with two large vacuum chambers. SERVICES: Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company plus numerous highway motor carriers. Locally domiciled Stevedoring Companies, Ships Agents, Customs Rrokers, and Freight Forwarders. SOUTHPORT NORTH CAROLINA ON INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY BOAT HARBOR Complete Modern Boating Facilities In a Picturesque & Historical Town Charles McNeill, Operations Manager STATE PORT TERMINAL MOREHEAD CITY SHIPSIDE SITES: Including existing rental buildings available to private enterprise for specialized pur-poses. WHARF: Concrete and steel, 3,625 feet long 45-foot apron. Berth six 500-foot general cargo ships and one petroleum tanker. Depth 35 feet at mean low water. BARGE TERMINAL: Four 300-foot berths complet-ed 1968. TRANSIT SHEDS: Three total 220,000 square feet. Two of steel, concrete and masonry, one of metal. All sprinklered with deluge systems. WAREHOUSES: Seven storage warehouses, totaling 588,000 square feet, sprinklered with deluge sys-tems. Total 30 fire segregation sections. Bonded warehouse spaee available. OPEN STORAGE: 13 acres of paved open storage. SCALES: Certified public truck scales available on terminal. TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossover, full length of wharf. Single depressed track full length rear of transit sheds and warehouses. Sou-thern Railway freight car storage yard adjacent to port property. CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with detachable accessories such as paper and bale clamps, etc. Facilities for full palletization cargoes. 1 Tractors and trailers. ?TT HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Berths and 7 have two 75- ton gantry cranes with full crane services including buckets, electromagnet, etc. Cranes ma) be used in tandem with 150 ton capacity. U. S. CUSTOMS: A designated customs port of entry with permanent personnel assigned. BULK FACILITY: 3,000,000-ton annual capacity bulk facility for receipt, conveyance, storage and shipment of bulk cargoes. Loading capacity of 3,000 tons per hour. Storage capacity 106,000 tons. LOADING OB UNLOADING: Truck and rail docks for loading or unloading at transit sheds and ware-houses; easy access into transit sheds and ware-houses. FUMIGATION: Latest, largest and fastest vacuum cvanide and acritet fumigation facilities. Two 0.000 cubic foot steel chambers, full mechanized. SERVICES: Served by the Southern-A c\ EC Bail-wax System and the Beaufort-Morehead Railroad plus numerous highway motor carriers. SHIP-SIDE INDUSTRIAL SITES AVAILABLE. SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times. MYERS AND TEXAS GULF SULFUR Greensboro. X. C.—The world was the market-place for his career as a salesman, but A. Nelson Myers has come home to North Carolina to enjoy retirement. As senior vice president of marketing for Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. Myers has been based in New York City since 1946. but his responsibilities for sales of TGS products, including fertilizer materials, have taken him around the globe. He retired January 1 to Greensboro, his boyhood hometown. Myers* success in the world of big business failed to temper his southern manner. A co-worker said. "Nelson will be missed. He has never lost that fine, easy southern temperament. He has always been accessible to everyone." Another close associate said. "He's a wonderful balance wheel, always has been. He has that great trait of giving authority and responsibility to people who work for him and letting them work out the problems." Born in Williamson. West Virginia, Myers was six when his family moved to Greensboro. He spent his boyhood there and was graduated in 1929 from Davidson College, some 90-miles away. He is the eldest son of Rev. Charles F. Myers, a prominent Presbyterian minister. Many of his early working years were also spent in North Carolina, in Wilmington and Greens-boro, in addition to Richmond. Va.. Nashville. Tenn. and Columbia. S. C. Myers has been a Texas Gulf vice president since 1959, first heading sales and then running overall marketing beginning in 1964. He had been a New Yorker for six years and was a vice presi-dent for another large chemical sales corporation when he joined Texas Gulf Sulphur. Throughout the years, Myers has visited "back home" in North Carolina as often as a busy sched-ule would permit. His brother. Charles F. Myers, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Burlington Indus-tries, is a Greensboro resident. His daughter. Mary Myers. is a nurse for the Guilford County Public Health Service and also lives in Greensboro. A second daughter. Mrs. Kenan sides in Princeton. New Jerse\ L. B. Schenck. is a Davidson, "North Carolina has a wonderful reputation throughout the United States and abroad." said Myers. "It's rare when countries where we sell our products don't know something about North Carolina and look upon it as a progressive state." Van Yranken. re-and a sister. Mrs. N. C. citizen. A. Nelson Myers, left, senior vice president for marketing' of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, discusses shipping of fertilizer materials from North Carolina to world wide markets with Dr. Guy T. McBride. Jr.. vice president and general manager of the TGS phos-phate division at Aurora. X. C. Myers' retirement after 24 years with the firm is effective January 1, 1970. He will reside in Greensboro. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS BEAUFORT-MOREHEAD RAILROAD Serves Radio Island and the Deepwater Port, Nearest to the Open Sea IN MID-AMERICA Look at this Photo . N. C. Ports Authority General Cargo Terminal and Phosphate Complex Beaufort Harbor at Morehead City Radio Island Land Lease Arrangements Tank and Liquid Import-Export Terminal Leases Construction for all types of Liquid Ocean Shipping, Planning and Financing Available Located within 500 miles of 50% of the population of the United States NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS Write or Call A. T. 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