Foreign trade zones (or free ports)

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Identifikator:: 1801857903

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-199077

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Foreign trade zones (or free ports)

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: United States Government Printing Off.

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: IX, 322 S; Ill., graph. Darst

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part 1. General analysis

Collection:: Economics Books

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 71 day for freight vessels of from 3,300 to 13,000 deadweight tons. In the case of faster vessels of more modern type the expense might easily be twice that shown for vessels of similar tonnage, while for larger vessels such as the trans-Atlantic combination passenger and freight vessels they may easily run from $2,000 to $5,000 per day, and even higher. Port charges.—In the above statement of the immediate benefits to the ship no consideration has been given to the reduction of port charges. Many of the charges would be identical with those in cus- toms ports. On the other hand, the regulation of these charges would tend to prevent such exorbitant assessments as are sometimes found at our ports. Of the charges against vessels usually applying at our ports, dockage is the one most likely to be affected by the availability of foreign trade zones. Dockage is a charge against the ship for tying up or berthing at a wharf or pier. This charge varies considerably, not only at the ports themselves but at the various ter- minals within a port. Railroads ordinarily make no charge for dock- age of a vessel at their own terminals while such vessel is unloading or discharging cargo on which the rail carrier is to receive or has re- ceived a line haul. Public terminals and private terminals usually assess dockage charges as a legitimate and logical means of raising revenue to maintain the facilities. At certain ports charges are made against vessels for use of shedded piers in addition to those of ordinary dockage. For purposes of esti- mate, the charge of 2 cents per gross registered ton per day, as apply- ing at the Turner terminal at Mobile, Ala., may be taken as repre- sentative. For a vessel of 5,000 registered tons, or approximately 7,500 gross tons, this charge would amount to $150 per day. At New York, where the wharves are leased to private interests and the latter assess charges against shipping, dockage charges average from one- half cent to 5 cents per net ton. In the case of the vessel of 6,450 deadweight tons already referred to as studied by the port facilities commission the dockage charge for 11 days was $3,100, or an aver- ge of $281.82 per day. Having regard to the several items mentioned above affecting the cost of vessels in port, it will be seen that the saving of both time and out of pocket expense due to the convenience of the free port might be expected to result in savings on freight vessels of from $500 to $1,000 per trip. DISPATCH IN LOADING AND DISCHARGING VESSELS i sel One of the factors contributing to the success or ture re. {0 earn g profitable return is the promptness of her - i port, Vessels are earning only when in motion, and time sp 47068°—29..._g

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