The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
SIS. Will AT City Dock To Load $500
Tons OF Cargo For Export To Belgium
Norwegian Ship
Is First Under
Development Plon

OSNSlOPiIlSIlt ELO1l
The S. S. Wilfred of the Is
brandtsen Steamship Company
locked at the Pascagoula city
wharf midday Thursday where
she is scheduled to load approx
mately $500 tons of railroad ties
destined for Antwerp, Belgium.
Loading of the 7,000-ton Nor
Weigian vessel will mark the first
export cargo shipped out of the
Port of Pascagoula under the
Jackson county port development
plan.
Loading of the vessel began
Thursday afternoon by the Pas
cagoula Stevedoring Company,
using labor furnished by the Pas
cagoula stevedore's union, and
was scheduled to continu e
through Saturday before compile
ton. Plans called for round-the-
clock work on the loading an d
flood lights were installed at the
dock for night work.
The Wilfred sailed from New
Orleans Wednesday night after
unloading there. She was brought
up the Pascagoula channel to the
city dock by c. ]. Torjusen, Pas
cagoula pilot, who boarded the
ship at New Orleans before sail
ing time Wednesday.
The Wilfred is scheduled to
pick up the entire tonnage of
railroad ties stored at the dock
property under lease to LaCoste,
Inc, who are purchasing the oak
ties in this area for a Belgium
export concern.
Loading Follows Cancellation
The arrival of the Wilfred here
followed closely the cancellation
of a previous vessel of the Is
brandtsen Company which was
scheduled to call here for cargo
on February 18th. The scheduled
call was cancelled because of ex-
essive rates asked by d Mobile
stevedoring company for loading
at Pascagoula. In addition misin-
formation concerning facilities
and conditions at the Port of Pas
cagoula had been passed on to
officials of the Isbrandtsen Com
pany from unnamed sources.
However, the Pascagoula Stew
edoring Company was organized
Immediately following informa-
ton received concerning excess
sive rates asked here. The local
company will load the cargo for
the same rates prevailing at Gulf
port.
Scheduling of the Wilfred to
call here followed a visit to Pas
cagoula last week by Douglas
Chandler of New York, vice-pres-
ident and general manager of
the ~Isbrandtsen Company.
Mr.. Chandler told Port Com
mission members that the visit
was made SC that he could OBJ
serve facilities and conditions at
Pascagoula himself, in view of
the large amount of misinforma-
ton that had been given him
from various sources.
He expressed himself as well
satisfied with the port, and said
that when the channel dredging
is completed he hoped that YES
sells of the Isbrandtsen line could
do a much larger volume of bust
ness through this port. Isbrandt-
sen presently operates Sc vessels,
which are either owned by the
company or under charter.
Export Pine Lumber
He also added that a volume
of pine lumber will be handled
through Pascagoula. This lumber
is presently being loaded at other
Gulf ports, but can be handled
more cheaply at Pascagoula, he
said.
Approximately $4,000 oak rail-
road ties will make up the $500
tons of cargo to be loaded here
by the Wilfred. The Isbrandtsen
Company has a contract calling
for the carrying of another 450,-
900 ties. or $4,000 tons of cargo,
and MI. Chandler indicated that
the bulk of it will be handled
through Pascagoula.
City and county officials and
Port Commission members were
on hand to welcome the captain
and crew of the vessel as it
locked.
When loading is completed the
Wilfred will sail from Paseagou-
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