N.X.K. Forced to Charter Three Additional With all roads from Japan leading to Shanghai, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha has been compelled to charter! additional vessels to cope with the rush of passengers and cargo to the Whangpoo port, the "Shanghai Mainichi" said on Feb. 13.
Of the three newly chartered ships, the Mikagesan Maru, the Salho Maru and the No. 18 Mikage Maru, the first will arrived here on Feb, 13 and the second on February 17.
addition to these vessels, the s, Chikugo Maru, Arita Maru, and Yamagata Maru are already plying between Japanese ports and here.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha's first European-run tiner to call here will be the s Kator) Maru, due in the port on March 29.
"The Incoming vessels, the "Shang-hal Nippo" reported, bring average of 500 passengers and a vast Jquantity of fish, vagotables and other ally necessaries for the local Japan-community.
'Ships returning to Japan, however, carry but few passengers, and prac: tically no freight, the daily. added, Only' between ten and twenty per cent. of the available passenger and cargo space is booked on chips returning to Japan.
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