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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1949
Page
12
Kerr Steamship Co will open shore charge of operations through new offices in Los Angeles Seattle and port cities. A. E. Clegg chairs the General Steamship Corp board and John A. Liautaud will serve as port cities manager. The Los Angeles office will be at 726 W. Sixth St.
The tuna clipper Judy S. formerly the Madeirense returns to Harbor Boat Building Co. for overhaul and a new 830 horsepower Enterprise engine replacing the 600 HP Fairbanks. To align engine and shaft she is loaded to maximum draft with water. owner George Soares and shipyard head John Rados note this practice. The Madeirense helped set the pattern for Navy YP type refrigerators and served in the Pacific campaign.
Ship arrivals at San Francisco Bay ports for October reached 300, while Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor reported 370. Data from the Marine Exchanges show Pacific Coast shipping was strikebound in the previous October. San Francisco Bay arrivals were 175 then and 181 in the current period.
De la Rama Line appoints Funch, Edge & Co. as inward and outward cargo agency at all American ports effective Jan. 1. New York head office to remain, Ralph M. Hylton becomes United States manager. Absorption of some De la Rama personnel by Funch, Edge & Co. indicated. Funch, Edge & Co. also agent for Blue Funnel Line on the New York California Far East route.
Cecil Drake, agent for United Concrete Pipe Corp and manager of San Diego tuna clippers, announced plans to build a tuna cannery at Pascagoula Mississippi. Negotiations for the site were expected to close this week. The cannery would begin with five boats, rising to ten, with some boats possibly moving from San Diego.
The Fort Long Beach Library of Shipping, a 200‑book collection of technical marine literature, is being assembled at the Port Pilot Station. W. R. Martin, president of the Harbor Commission, says it is the first of its kind and will be available to seamen. Additional donations are expected, but only high grade shipping related books will be accepted.
The Quaker Line ship S. & William Sproule, captained by K R Miller, arrived at Long Beach in 17 days 22 hours from Philadelphia, shaving three hours from the prior best. The Philadelphia to Colon leg averaged 114 knots, and Balboa to Long Beach 11.5 knots.
Frazer A. Bailey of the National Federation of American Shipping notes the U S private fleet totals about 1200 steamships with tankers excluded from subsidies. Dry cargo ships average about 2 000 000 dollars annually in subsidies, less than three tenths of 1 percent of operating costs. Subsidies for certain routes are minimal and cheese subsidies exceed shipping aid. Route 29 links Long Beach to Asia and informs on subsidies within a wide shipping network including China Japan Korea and Formosa.
W Bruce Bryant heads Los Angeles Steamship Association for the coming calendar year. He succeeds J B Banning Jr who becomes secretary treasurer. Lyle R L Richards is the newly elected vice president. The directorate includes George Bushnell WC Fulton J Hindle Max G Linder Leon C Munson W C Ricks Charles Bayly and A P Smith.
Interocean Line will deploy the motorship Bergganger to the Europe Pacific Coast trade via the Port of Long Beach within three months. Westfal Larsen & Co. announces the new vessel joining Brandanger and Moldanger in construction and service. Erik Krag, executive VP for Pacific Coast operations, leads the line’s local office at Berth A-6 with John Paralieu as operations manager and W. J. Sweeney as acting district manager.
A shipment of 150 cases of quor from Wong Lee Wai Hong Kong arrives for the new foreign trade zone at Los Angeles outer harbor. The Pacific Far East Line freighter Sur prise will bring the liquor with two and a half tons of Oriental regs. Zone traffic rose 100 percent in November, aided by Mexican cotton. other items include Chinaware earthenware watch movements oil paintings and cork products. Goods stay duty free until sale on the American market.
District Manager Victor Kruger relocates Olympic Steamship Co headquarters from Los Angeles to Berth 5 Pier A Long Beach. Olympic acts as agent for Castle Line whose S S Muncaster Castle is due to resume Pacific service, and for Permanente Steamship Co operating the S I Permanente Silverbow in the gypsum trade.
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