To the Eaitor of the "Nowm-Cinna Daauy News" srtideinsue of Feb IT=abbui the Sm—We read with interest, your
Unfals "rates "which the "shipping companies ore charging for deviated fargo." Although we. Concur to cers {in'exient with the "ews of Your Informants, Wwe should ike to nad that his experience la. not of the Worst Ite states that in his opinion should cover' the. cost iseharging and Jooding of the cargo while the: shipping' companies Sharaing' sh 19/8 thee is ah 6/6 too much.
What would he say, it ne would ave experience ike "ours, when iene case, a, certain company hosted s_nbott sh. 70/- per tom fo" bring up' distressed cargo. team Manila, while the seal conference rate i ah 13/0 What would, he if he' would tave hed to. pay tig exorbitant rote as we did) spite of our repeated protests?
He also did not mention, that as the freight rates include the cost of discharge in. Shanghai, the -ship-bing companies should shaulaer th Gischarging cost in the port of dlsreas in case the cargo was delivered the. port of deviation, At frst the shipping company "forgot" to refund this. money' to" the shippers and only after Fopresentations {rom various "sources did they. agree. to Fefund. the landing charges. of $030 per ton, while on the other hand they charged us in Hongkong average of $80 per ton (and in ome extreme cases even "og. much Or what would your correspondent say, if his cargo "would have. been dumped ashore. like ours in Hong kong, mixed up between about 70,000 tons of other cargo and if he would have had to send: down one member of his foreign stof! to. that port in order to sort out his cargo. It took five months to complete the job sorting out our paper and. cost Several thousand dollars, not count ing the travelling expenses, salary fund living. expenses of the sorelgn employee in. that port.
{In conclusion we should like to add. that we had our worst experience. with the coast wise shiping companies when bringing. to Bhanghai "distressed cargo as. they, are charging more from Hongkong:
shanghai, "than the prevailing foight rate between Burope and the Far' Bast.
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