Interviewer(s): J. P. Theriot. Houston, TX

Affiliation: University of Houston/History International

Captain Alistair Macnab is from Scotland and begin his maritime career with a Scottish Steamship Company. He spent 29 years in the international shipping/trade business, spending most of his later years working from the USA, including serving as company port captain in New Orleans in the late '60s. With the emergence of containerized cargo, his Scottish shipline left the USA market and relocated to Europe; Macnab married a Yankee and stayed behind. He took a job at the Port of Houston with the Greater Houston Port Bureau and has served as its director for 9 years. He is on the board of directors for the Houston Maritime Museum.