On the Tientsin run there is: even greater shortage of cargo and passenger-carrying tonnage, and on the Coast-Hongkong run the -congestion is equally pronounced. 'The stoppage of the ships of the China Navigation Company on the service ith ward out of Hongkong has had similar effect on the Indo-China Ca. whose vessels are reported to' be running with full Jeargoes and with complete com: piements of passengers.
One result of this congestion has been that the godowns normally available to the Indo-China 8, Ca. in Shanghai have become full to overflowing, despite an intimation to shippers and consignees that the normal period of free storage Jof cargo has unavoidably been reduced. A similar state of go-Jdown congestion is stated to obtain Jat many other ports, but we understand that Shanghai is the worst. Tu an endeavour to relieve the situation, the Indo-China Ca. have made arrangements for the use of the godowns of other local concerns, and we understand that some of Messrs. Mackenzie and Co.'s go downs have temporarily been taken From conversations with various [shipping men and cargo shippers, would seem that even were the vessels of the China Navigation Company to resume operation at an curly date, the problem of storage space for cargo would still remain 'a serious one, and that even all the ships: of the two British Jcompanies running there would be more than ample cargo on most routes for both. The anti-Japanese boycott is becoming even more widespread, especially in relation 9 shipping, and there is little like: Tihood of the early resumption of commercial trading of the many (Chinese-owned ships which normally play so important a part in China [Coast shipping, as regards both jeargo and passengers.
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