The Routing of Cargoes Manila, Apr. 92.
Attempts by various commercial and official bodies in the Philippines are being made to secure the routing of cargoes from Philippine ports through Manila instead of through Hongkong.
At present much of the outbound shipping from the islands is carried direct from Philippine ports to Hongkong, where it is transhipped. Local interests hope to make Manila the transhipping point instead.
Much of the difficulty in routing cargoes through Manila is due. to the fact' that rates on inter-island lines are extremely high. The freight rates on some cargoes from the southern Philippines to Manila are said to exceed the charges on the same cargo from Manila to New York. It is hoped by merchants here that the inter-island} rates will be readjusted.—Reuter.
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