Freight car loadings

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Libunao, Jose B.

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English

Year

1953

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Ocean Shipping and Exports By B. B. Tunold Secre tary -Ma nager Associated Steamship Lines TOTAL exports during the month of January of this year showed an increase of 71,000 tons over exports during January of last year. 114 vessels lifted 336,790 tons of exports during the month, as compared to 265,782 tons lifted by 90 vessels during the same month last year. Commodities which registered sharp increases over last year’s figures for the same month are: desiccated co conut from 1,914 to 3,009 tons; molasses from 8,087 to 14,050 tons; chrome ore from 28,400 to 43,468 tons; sugar from 49,819 to 76,087 tons; and tobacco from 1,869 to 3,798 tons. Exports during January, 1953, as compared with exports during January, 1952, were as follows: 1953 1952 Commodity Beer.................................................... 209 tons Cigars and cigarettes.................... 19 ” Coconut, desiccated...................... 3,009 ” Coconut oil...................................... 3,292 ” Concentrates, copper.................... 778 ” Concentrates, gold......................... 156 Concentrates, zinc....................... 109 " Copra................................................. 35,550 ” Copra cake and meal.................... 3,850 ” Embroideries................................... 223 ” Empty cylinders............................. 472 ’’ Fish, salted...................................... 10 ” Furniture, rattan........................... 871 ’’ Glycerine.......................................... 16 ” Gums, copal.................................... 76 ” Hemp................................................. 81,284 bales Hemp, knotted............................... 116 tons Household goods and personal effects............................................ 252 ” Junk metals..................................... 20 ” Logs.................................................... 13,859,015 bd.ft. Lumber............................................. 5,956,943 ” ” Molasses........................................... 14,050 tons Ores, chrome.................. 43,468 ” Ores, iron.......................................... 93,591 ” Ores, manganese............................. 345 ” Plywood and ply wood products. 23 ” Pineapples, canned........................ 3,435 ” Rattan, round (palasan).............. 364 ’’ Rope.................................................. 302 ” Shells, shell waste.. ...................... 67 " Skins, hides...................................... 61 ” Sugar centrifugal, raw................... 76,087 ” Sugar, muscovado......................... 237 ” Tobacco............................................ 3,798 ” Merchandise, general.................... 465 ” 472 tons 15 ” 1,914 ” 6,586 ” 472 ” 66,683 ” - 5,335 ” 182 ” 620 ” 13 ” 881 ” 42 ” 26 ” 70,787 bales 234 tons 8,056,914 3,845,310 8,087 28,400 51,486 2,000 33 5,085 72 398 24 49,819 ” 1,869 ” 404 ” bd.ft; tons Freight Car Loadings By Jose B. Libunao Traffic Manager, Manila Railroad Company LOADINGS of revenue freight in the month of Jan uary, 1953, totaled 6,870 cars. This was an increase of 605 cars, or 9.66%, over the 6,265 cars in Jan uary, 1952.' Revenue Carloadings by Classes Revenue freight carloadings by general classes of commodities for the month of January, 1953, are shown below. TONNAGE January Increase or Commodity 1953 1952 (Decrease) Products of Agriculture............. . . 93,540 90,190 23,350 Animal Products................... 401 662 (261) Mineral Products... 2,916 1,055 1,861 Forest Products............... 8,264 8,631 (367) Products of Manufactures............... 33,343 36,749 (3,406) Merchandise less than by car load ..................................................... 9,405 9,625 (220) Total. . . 147,869 126,912 20,957 Carloadings for January, 1953, showed an increase of 605 cars, or 9.66%, over the corresponding month last year, and a corresponding increase of 20,957 tons. Tonnage for January, 1953, was 147,869 tons compared with the pre vious month (December, 1952) of 98,344 tons, or an increase of 19,764 tons. Of the 43 items considered in this review, 22 items registered increases with an aggregate total of 30,689 tons, while 21 items caused an aggregate decline of 9,732 tons. The principal items which showed increases were sugar cane, 24,062 tons; palay, 500 tons; gravel, 776 tons; other mine products, 700 tons; wood fuel, 780 tons; gaso line, 1,227 tons; cement, 1,199 tons; or a total increase of 29,233 tons. On the other hand, the principal items which caused the decline were copra, 710 tons; other mill products, 630 tons; lumber, 555 tons; petroleum, 822 tons; other oils, 506 tons; desiccated coconut, 527 tons; centri fugal sugar, 1,640 tons; molasses, 849 tons; and miscel laneous manufactures, 1,379 tons, aggregating 7,618 tons. Products of agriculture registered the- largest increase because of the sugar cane and palay harvest season. Al though there was a decrease in the carloadings for rice, this was not caused by a decrease in production, but by the lack of freight cars, which could not be supplied due to the large number of cars needed to move centrifugal sugar for export. Sugar cane and sugar being dependent on railroad facilities, are being given priority. Products of the mines increased for the month under review because of the in creased tonnage of crushed rock for construction and the exportation of ores through San Fernando, La Union. The decrease in animal products has been due to the re strictions imposed on thei r movement by provincial au thorities to avoid depletio n of the number of work animals, especially in the Bicol region. The decrease in logs and lumber shipments was not due to decrease in their exporta tion but also because of insufficiency of cars. It may be mentioned that wood-fuel shipments have con tinued to increase since November, 1952, up to the present writing. Products of manufacture showed very little de crease, although there has been a decrease in the importa tion of these articles. Centrifugal sugar shipments for export have been delayed, causing decreased carloadings for the month. It is expected that more sugar will move by rail during the coming months. The increase in car loadings, in general, will continue for February and next month, as indicated by heavier bookings for sugar and molasses which will then begin to move. Only the lack of rail equipment will prevent the Railroad from hauling more tonnage and increasing the revenue so much needed for the Company’s continued operation. Lumber By Pacifico de Ocampo Secre tary- T reasurer Philippine Lumber Producers’ Association, Inc. THE Philippine log and lumber export during the month under review, January, 1953, totalling 3,365,346 bd. ft., registered an increase of 3,058,629 bd. ft. over the export during the preceding month. The increase was the result of improved shipments to the United States by 836,315 bd. ft. and to other countries by 2,496,752 bd. ft., against only a slight decrease in shipment to Japan. It is heartening to note that the total export for the month under review far exceeded, by 13,918,160 bd. ft., that of January, 1952. 110

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