Transportation Policy: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 6141 [and Others], Part 1 |
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Page 77
... Intercoastal Shipping was pub- lished by the Maritime Commission in 1959. In summary , this Survey found the fundamental difficulty of our domestic shipping to be an economic squeeze between rising operating costs and inadequate ...
... Intercoastal Shipping was pub- lished by the Maritime Commission in 1959. In summary , this Survey found the fundamental difficulty of our domestic shipping to be an economic squeeze between rising operating costs and inadequate ...
Page 78
... intercoastal shipping problem is in the break - bulk dry - cargo trade today as it was before the war . The re- establishment and preservation of this segment of the domestic fleet is of vital national defense importance if the ...
... intercoastal shipping problem is in the break - bulk dry - cargo trade today as it was before the war . The re- establishment and preservation of this segment of the domestic fleet is of vital national defense importance if the ...
Page 79
... Intercoastal Shipping in the National Defense . Vessels engaged in the United States coastwise and intercoastal trades are important to the national security in various ways . They provide the country with a substantial amount of ...
... Intercoastal Shipping in the National Defense . Vessels engaged in the United States coastwise and intercoastal trades are important to the national security in various ways . They provide the country with a substantial amount of ...
Page 80
... intercoastal trades has increased during the post - World War II period , the deadweight tonnage of the dry - cargo fleet has decreased and , as of July 31 , 1955 , amounted only to 974,000 tons deadweight , or about 12 percent of the ...
... intercoastal trades has increased during the post - World War II period , the deadweight tonnage of the dry - cargo fleet has decreased and , as of July 31 , 1955 , amounted only to 974,000 tons deadweight , or about 12 percent of the ...
Page 81
... intercoastal fleets do not prosper to any greater ex- tent than they have during the post - World War II period , fewer shipbuilding and ship repair yards will be in operation when needed during a national military emergency . -- 4 ...
... intercoastal fleets do not prosper to any greater ex- tent than they have during the post - World War II period , fewer shipbuilding and ship repair yards will be in operation when needed during a national military emergency . -- 4 ...
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Advisory Committee application ARPAIA authority bill cargo carload carrier by motor carriers by water carriers subject Chairman coastwise and intercoastal commodity rates common carriers compensatory competition Congress contract carriers cost deadweight tonnage Department of Defense DOLLIVER dry-cargo economic effect enactment established exemption fares filed FLYNT Foreign Commerce freight forwarders HARRIS HINSHAW increased intercoastal carriers intercoastal trade Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission joint rates legislation maximum ment military minimum rates mode of transportation motor carriers motor vehicle movement national transportation policy operation Panama Canal panel passenger percent PERCY PRIEST permit portation ports prescribe present proposed rate provisions of section rail railroads ratemaking reasonable minimum charges recommendations reduced rates regulation regulatory repeal ROTHSCHILD routes Secretary WEEKS section 15a section 22 shipments shippers ships SMITH statement suspension tanker tariff tion tonnage tons trans transcontinental railroads transportation service truck United vessels water carriers waterway