CARGO HANDLING AT PORTS
it is carefully replaced before delivery to the merchant and
the grain has to be cleaned again at a later stage!
NAVIGATION CONGRESS CONCLUSIONS.
The subject of cargo-handling appliances was very fully
discussed at the thirteenth International Navigation Con-
oress held in London in July, 1923, and a number of reports
were submitted by representatives of different countries.
The scope of these reports indicated the very wide range
of practice prevailing at ports in various parts of the world,
and the difficulty of arriving at generally acceptable con-
clusions. After a lengthy discussion, the Congress adopted
the following resolutions without dissent :—
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1. In most cases it is preferable to use port equipment
for the handling of bulk cargoes. Speaking generally,
port equipment is, from the point of view of effi-
ciency, preferable to ship equipment. It appears
to us essential, however, that all ships should be
supplied with equipment adequate for their usual
trade.
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The problem of the mechanical equipment of ports
for the handling of freight is too complex to be
lealt with in general terms.
“In all cases where mechanical equipment can
be economically installed, it is desirable that this
should be done, as it permits of a quicker and cheaper
aandling of cargo.
“ The details of such mechanical equipment must
necessarily depend upon the needs and possibilities
of each individual port.”
AMERICAN PORT ASSOCIATION ACTION.
But, after all, this does not advance the matter very far,
and having in mind the fact that, in handling the same class
of goods under similar conditions and circumstances, there
~annot fail to be certain methods which are preferable to