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Newspaper
Green Bay Commerce
Location
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
7
The Interstate Commerce Commission has authorized carriers to publish new demurrage charges after arrival. The schedule shows charges escalating from free time to the fourth and fifth days, with conservative estimates that shippers will unload promptly upon arrival or destination.
The piece traces the decline in American merchant ships during and after conflict, noting imports and exports shares fell from 71.0 and 78.0 percent to 62 and 69.7 percent, with wartime losses and sales abroad. It discusses subsidies, seamen laws, and Panama Canal politics as factors, and cites prewar and wartime shipping losses across nations, including Britain and Norway.
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