PORT SERVICES AS REGARDS GOODS “i
character. Crates of fruit and boxes of dairy produce
have to be handled with a special amount of care. This

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UNLOADING VESSEL, VANCOUVER, B.C.
element of fragility often imposes a limit on the size of
parcel which can be unloaded and on the speed of handling.
Included with the general cargo of a ship in many cases
is timber in the form of planks, deals, staves or logs. It
is a difficult material to handle. It has to be sorted to
sizes and marks and then stacked, frequently in the open,

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