Decline of Coastwise and Intercoastal Shipping Industry: Hearings Before the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on the Decline in the Position of the Coastwise and Intercoastal Shipping Industry of the United States |
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... advantages of each form of trans- portation , including water transportation ; the provision for water line differen- tial rates ; the requirement that railroads make joint rates with water carriers ; the fourth section , which ...
... advantages of each form of trans- portation , including water transportation ; the provision for water line differen- tial rates ; the requirement that railroads make joint rates with water carriers ; the fourth section , which ...
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... advantage to them . It deprived us of $ 100,000 worth of revenue . And I suppose they were willing to give up $ 8,000 if they could knock us out of a $ 100,000 . We pointed these things out to the Commission in our DECLINE OF COASTAL ...
... advantage to them . It deprived us of $ 100,000 worth of revenue . And I suppose they were willing to give up $ 8,000 if they could knock us out of a $ 100,000 . We pointed these things out to the Commission in our DECLINE OF COASTAL ...
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... advantage would disappear . Senator BARTLETT . Thank you very much for that information . Are your ships identical ? Mr. WELLER . They are , more or less , identical , Senator . They are all approximately 500 feet long and 63 feet beam ...
... advantage would disappear . Senator BARTLETT . Thank you very much for that information . Are your ships identical ? Mr. WELLER . They are , more or less , identical , Senator . They are all approximately 500 feet long and 63 feet beam ...
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... advantage , and that advan- tage in the past has been our access to deep water . If , by chance or by design , we are deprived of the ability to use that deepwater advantage , we lose much of our potential to sell to industries and to ...
... advantage , and that advan- tage in the past has been our access to deep water . If , by chance or by design , we are deprived of the ability to use that deepwater advantage , we lose much of our potential to sell to industries and to ...
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... advantage of any opportunity to offset that . When the Seatrain notified the shippers of Savannah that it could no longer serve our port because of the reduction of the rate on one commodity , it was quite a shock to the community ...
... advantage of any opportunity to offset that . When the Seatrain notified the shippers of Savannah that it could no longer serve our port because of the reduction of the rate on one commodity , it was quite a shock to the community ...
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Page 170 - States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions; all to the end of developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this act shall be administered and enforced, with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 194 - That it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, either directly or indirectly, to discriminate in price between different purchasers of commodities of like grade and quality...
Page 345 - ... (3) In a proceeding involving competition between carriers of different modes of transportation subject to this Act, the Commission, in determining whether a rate is lower than a reasonable minimum rate, shall consider the facts and circumstances attending the movement of the traffic by the carrier or carriers to which the rate is applicable. Rates of a carrier shall not be held up to a particular level to protect the traffic of any other mode of transportation, giving due consideration to the...
Page 187 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act. so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each...
Page 409 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed...
Page 713 - ... capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency...
Page 233 - It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States...
Page 752 - ... to cooperate with the several States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions; — all to the end of developing, coordinating and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense.
Page 115 - ... that the prospective earning power of the applicant and the character and value of the security offered are such as to furnish reasonable assurance of the applicant's ability to repay the loan within the time fixed therefor...
Page 8 - The time has come,' the Walrus said, ' To talk of many things: Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax Of cabbages - and kings And why the sea is boiling hot And whether pigs have wings.