Cargo Demand; Watch Kept for Munitions Haiphong, eh, 12.
As the result of its new position as the best point of entry for goods in transit to the" interior of China, Haiphong is enjoying a boom. Port receipts, according to a report of the. Chamber of Commerce, have more than doubled.
Haiphong is now being served by two British and two French lines Several other shipping companii hard hit by the cutting off of Canton, have applied for permission for their ships to dock here.
A leading French shipping company has appealed to the authorities to refuse this request, declaring that the docking facilities in Haiphong are now being fully utilized.
Even in existing circumstances, it is stated, it is necessary to hold goods at Haiphong for several months before they can be shipped io the interior, partly because the Haiphong-Kunming Railway, with its rather limited capacity, is unable to cope with present requirements.
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