Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World

Appendix C: Maritime Activity at the Port of New York, Thursday, April 26, 1956

appendix c: maritime activity at the port of new york, thursday, april 26, 1956 To give some sense of the scope and style of maritime operations in the Port of New York in the days before containerization, the following tables display information about the arrival and the departure of deepwater vessels on April 26, 1956, the same day Pan-Atlantic’s Ideal X cast off from Port Newark bound for Houston, Texas. arrivals vessel type company (flag) arrived from berth (1) (2) Saturnia passenger Italian Line (Italy) Trieste, Italy Pier 84 (North River) General G.M. troopship Military Sea Transport Bremerhaven, 58th Street (Brooklyn) Randall Service (USA) West Germany Pvt. W.W. troopship Military Sea Transport San Juan, Puerto 58th Street (Brooklyn) Thomas Service (USA) Rico’ Santa Olivia cargo Grace Line (USA) Cristobal, Java Street (Brooklyn) Panama Mormachawk cargo Moore-McCormick Philadelphia, Pa. Pier 32 (North River) (USA) Biokovo cargo Yugoslav Line Gibraltar Erie Basin (Brooklyn) (Yugoslavia) Amstelpark cargo N.V. Reederij Bremen, West 5th Street (Hoboken) Amsterdam Germany (Holland) Excellency cargo American-Export Norfolk, Va. Pier F (Jersey City) (USA) Horta cargo Cia. De Nav. Puerto Delgato Pier 16 (East River) Carregadores (Azores), Acoreanos Portugal (Portugal) Athelfoam tanker Athel Line (UK) La Romana, (4) Dominican Republic Edward cargo Luckenbach (USA) Cristobal, 35th Street (Brooklyn) Luckenbach Panama Nicoline Maersk cargo A.P. Moeller Providence, R.I. Clark Street (3) (Denmark) (Brooklyn) vessel type company (flag) arrived from berth (1) (2) Mormacyork cargo Moore-McCormick Buenos Aires, Erie Basin (Brooklyn) (USA) Argentina Yucatan cargo West India Fruit & Nicaro, Cuba Pier 34 (North River) Steamship (Liberia) Para (3) cargo Lloyd Brasileiro Avonmouth 29th Street (Brooklyn) (Brazil) (Bristol), England American cargo American-Hawaiian West Coast Pier 88 (North River) (USA) Metapan cargo United Fruit (USA) Puerto Cortes, Weehawken Honduras Interchange Terminal (North River) Nebraska cargo Swedish-American Goteborg, 45th Street (Brooklyn) (Sweden) Sweden Quirigua cargo United Mail Philadelphia, Pa. Pier 3 (North River) Steamship (USA) Steel Rover cargo Isthmian (USA) Boston, Mass. Erie Basin (Brooklyn) Ciudad de Cali cargo Grancolombiana Baltimore, Md. Atlantic Avenue (Colombia) (Brooklyn) Havmann cargo A/S Havbo (Norway) Hamburg, Joralemon Street West Germany (Brooklyn) Villamartin (3) cargo Cia. Frutero- n/a n/a Valenciana de Navegacion (Spain) Mabay tanker Empresa Hondurena n/a (4) de Vapores (Hondurus) Antonia tanker Royal Dutch Shell n/a (4) (Holland) Jakara cargo A/S Kosmos (Norway) Camden, N.J. Columbia Street (Brooklyn) Jersbek cargo Jersbeck Partners Jacksonville, Fla. Pier 16 (East River) (West Germany) Seatrain New railroad car Seatrain (USA) Savannah, Ga. Seatrain Terminal York carrier (Edgewater) Keytanker tanker Keystone Tankship Houston, Tex. (4) (USA) Jeanette tanker Grancargo S.A. (Costa Jacksonville, Fla. Erie Basin (Brooklyn) Rica) maritime activity at the port of new york : : : 291 vessel type company (flag) arrived from berth (1) (2) President cargo American President Boston, Mass. Pier 9 (Jersey City) Madison Lines (USA) Godafoss cargo Iceland Steamship Reykjavik, Erie Basin (Brooklyn) (Iceland) Iceland St. Malo cargo French Line (France) Le Havre, France 45th Street (Brooklyn) Olympic Sky tanker Liberty Transportation Amuay Bay, Tex. (4) (Liberia) Shinnecock Bay cargo Veritas Steamship Philadelphia, Pa. n/a (USA) Moline Victory cargo Prudential (USA) Mediterranean Pier 20 (East River) ports Almena container Pan-Atlantic (5) Port Newark ship- Steamship Co. tanker (USA) departures vessel type company destination berth (1) (2) Ideal X container Pan-Atlantic Houston, Tex. Port Newark ship- Steamship Co. tanker (USA) Liberte passenger French Line (France) Le Havre, France Pier 88 (North River) Brazil passenger Moore-McCormick Buenos Aires, Pier 32 (North River) (USA) Argentina Copan cargo Empresa Hondurena Puerto Cortez, Pier 3 (North River) de Vapores Honduras (Honduras) Elizabeth cargo Bull Line (USA) San Juan, Puerto 21st Street (Brooklyn) Rico Panama passenger Panama Canal Cristobal, Pier 64 (North River) Company (USA) Panama Trevince cargo Hain Steamship (UK) Melbourne, 42nd Street Australia (Brooklyn) Shomron cargo Zim Israel (Israel) Haifa, Israel Java Street (Brooklyn) Santa Ines cargo Grace Line (USA) Cristobal, Java Street (Brooklyn) Panama Antonina cargo Rederi A/B Poseidon Rio de Janeiro, n/a (Sweden) Brazil Bella Dan cargo J. Lauritzen Cristobal, n/a (Denmark) Panama 292 : : : appendix c vessel type company destination berth (1) (2) Osiris cargo Royal Netherlands Curacao, 31st Street (Brooklyn) (Holland) Netherlands West Indies Kimikawa cargo Kawasaki Kisen K.K. Yokohama, n/a Maru (Japan) Japan Nicoline Maersk cargo Maersk Lines Manila, the Clark Street (3) (Denmark) Philippines (Brooklyn) Texan bulk carrier Ore Transport, Inc. Sept Isles, n/a (USA) Quebec Gulfkey...