Ocean shipping

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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal

Title: Ocean shipping
Creator: Gispert, F. M.
Language: English
Year: 1949
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Fulltext: ber of sales being 204 as compared with 208 for January. Among the larger sales recorded in the Manila area during February were the following: A com mercial block at Santo Cristo and Elcano Street was bought by Francisco Dee for £260,000. Jose Garrido purchased the Maria de los Angeles property in Binondo for £166,000. Otto Wyss sold his Santa Mesa home to Secretary Padilla for £120,000. E. J. C. Montilla purchased the Fred Berry mansion in Baclaran for £150,000. Charles S. Salmon disposed of his war-gutted Salmon Court on Donada Street to Mrs. Gregoria Ong for £155,000, and rehabilitation of the buildings is about to start. The Montague Lord home in Manila Heights was sold to the Good Shepherd Convent for £145,000. Manila Central University bought about 10 hectares of the Ateneo property at Bonifacio Monument, including the damaged concrete building, for £640,000. Mortgage money continues fairly easy at 6% to 7 % for moderate-sized loans. More private funds are going into mortgages than heretofore, at higher in terest rates than charged by financial institutions. Little has been done with respect to the hold-up at the gates for the checking of trucks, but this was not quite so serious last month as it was in January. The basic remedy is of course more adequate pier facilities, and the situation will no doubt be con siderably improved when Pier 9 is finished. This will effect not only better handling on the pier but will do away with the necessity of checking outward cargo at the gates. The difficulty can well be understood when one takes into consideration the fact that goods unloaded from the ships are placed on the piers through 42 doors, 24 hours a days, and can only be moved out through one door, 8 hours a day. The tonnage being handled is just too much for present facilities and as Captain Enrique Razon has pointed out, on one large pier and two small piers in Manila nearly half as much cargo is handled as in the Port of San Francis co which has 142 piers. For the readers’ information, 218,709 tons of cargo came in over the local piers in January. Electric Power Production Manila Electric Company System By J. F. Cotton Treasurer, Manila Electric Company 1941 Average —15,316,000 KWH .1W 19 AS January ......................... 33 745 000 * 27 301 000 ‘ K February ..................... 31 605 000 ** 26 021 000 I March ......................................................... 26 951 000 L April ......................................................... 26 871 000 O May ........................................................... 28 294 000 W June ........................................................... 29 216 000 A July............................................................. 31 143 000 T August.............................. 31 993 000 T September .................................................. 32 012 000 H October....................................................... 33 943 000 O November ........................ 32 661 000 U December ................................................. 35 104 000 K Total ............................... 361 510 000 S *• Partially estimated February output was down because of the 28day month. The increase over February, 1948, was 5,584,000 KWH or 21.4%. Port of Manila By R. L. Bary General Manager, Luzon Brokerage Company SINCE the conference between the Commissioner of Customs, Philippine Ports Terminals Company of ficials, and representatives of the various customs brokerage firms, there has been a noticeable improve ment in pier conditions, due partly to lighter re ceipts but in a large measure to a policy of controlling the rate of unloading which has done away with the burying of packages already on the piers by later in coming shipments. Ocean Shipping By F. M. Gispert Secretary, Associated Steamship Lines EXPORTS for the year 1948 showed an encouraging increase over total exports for the year 1947. Some commodities showed a decline; but this loss was made up by considerable increases in other ex ports. A considerable increase in exports to Japan will be noted. A comprehensive picture can be gained by a glance at the following comparative export figures for 1947 and 1948 by commodities and destinations: ALCOHOL U.S.A. China Saigon, Straits, India BAMBOO POLES U.S.A. BEER Honolulu China Japan N. E. Indies Saigon, Straits. India BUNTAL FIBER U.S.A. Chine. COAL Japan CIGARS AND CIGARETTES Honolulu U.S.A. Saigon, Straits, India Europe COCONUT DESICCATED Honolulu U.S.A. Europe COCONUT OIL U.S.A. China Saigon, Straits, India Europe Africa S. America CONCENTRATES, COPPER U.S.A. CONCENTRATES. GOLD U.S.A. 1947 Tons 332 110 27 13 1 56 1948 Tons 170 351 351 500 1,361 9.= 230 G.000 62 64 1 91,590 1,910 48 42.204 G92 100 4,640 1,072 111 1947 Tons COPRA U.S.A. 565,350 Canada 25,285 Japan 6.500 Saigon, Straits, India 13,200 Europe 272,768 Africa 26,239 S. America 16,272 COPRA CAKE, MEAL U.S.A. — China 1 Saigon, Straits, India 7 Europe 37,173 Africa 780 EMBROIDERIES U.S.A. 325 EMPTY DRUMS Honolulu 649 U.S.A. 1.170 China N. E. Indies Saigon, Straits, India — Australia 771 FISH, DRIED Honolulu 205 U.S.A. 7 China 5 Saigon, Straits/ India — FOODS, CANNED Honolulu 26 U.S.A. 201 China 7 Japnn — N. E. Indies 1,938 Saigon, Straits, India 61 FRUIT, FRESH Honolulu — China 336 1918 Tons 359,638 17,299 24,340 198,276 14,541 16,280 28,554 1,298 364 3,093 10 175 94 313 133 10 1,007 45 1 14 181 LOGS U.S.A. N. E. Indies Saigon, Straits, India Europe Australia S. America LUMBER Honolulu U.S.A. Saigon, Straits, India Africa Saigon, Straits, India Africa ORES, CHROME ORES, IRON ORES, MANGANESE 2,013 6 57 3 287 Board feet 3,405,792 1,008 Tons 618 181,701 2,000 ’.,960 2,788 71 336 921 1 Board feet 10,718,432 221,858 2,515,407 1,550,778 101,359 146,428 9,669 500,047 211,000 45,381 12,338,711 221,067 2,001,032 600 127,717 Tons 7,741 1,100 11,811 235,942 16,500 16,196 FURNITURE, RATTAN Honolulu 4,073 U.S.A. 2,087 Canada 6 China 54 N. E. Indies 73 Saigon, Straits, India 8 Europe 7 Australia 21 Africa — S. America 728 GLYCERINE U.S.A. — China 9 Europe — 3,801 2,677 5 21 6 3 775 490 5 70 PINEAPPLES, CANNED U.S.A. RATTAN (Palasan) Honolulu U.S.A. Europe Africa S. America 8,736 6,748 17,632 293 1,126 20 GUM. COPAL U.S.A. 961 China 2 Japan — Europe 261 Africa 17 S. America 24 GUMS, ELEMI U.S.A. 80 Europe 120 HEMP Bales U.S.A. 541,728 Canada 7,675 China 7,653 Japan. 4,565 Saigon, Straits, India 7,575 Europe 178,878 Australia 3,328 Africa 7,380 S. America 2,280 RICE N. E. Indies Saigon, Straits. India 1947 12,820 19,161 1948 9,378 9,849 3,477 HEMP, KNOTTED Tons U.S.A. . 13 Europe * 46 "hOUSEHOLD GOODS Honolulu 6 U.S.A. 442 Canada 2 China 35 Japan — N. E. Indies 10 Saigon, Straits, India 35 Australia 68 S. America 1 Europe 64 JUNK, METAL U.S.A. 3,696 Canada — China 5,228 Saigon, Straits, India 320 75.4 15 85 18 3 24 Bales 295,983 7,224 13,086 130.420 4,928 170,080 42 3,610 3,450 Tons 34 33 9 973 1 104 89 2 24 29 16 106,919 4,535 6,134 3,375 ROPE Honolulu U.S.A. Canada China Japan N. E. Indies Saigon, Straits, India Europe S. America RUBBER U.S.A. SHELLS U.S.A. China S. America SHELL. BUTTONS U.S.A. SKINS AND HIDES U.S.A. Saigon, Straits, India Europe SOAP Canada SUGAR, RAW U.S.A. TOBACCO Honolulu U.S.A. China Saigon, Straits, India Europe Australia 320 160 614 49 241 610 8 898 7 303 166 534 1,211 51 225 700 1,196 1.203 726 16 38 31 15 39 951 560 — 365 25 — 304 36 68 1 17 17.500 220,048 8 3 1.046 1S1 552 268 1.364 350 3,558 2,936 70 2 24 78 112 VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTS Honolulu — U.S.A. 121 Canada China 537 Japan — Saigon, Straits, India 3 Africa 294 S. America 208 WINES & LIQUORS Honolulu 229 U.S.A. 5 China 33 Japan 395 Saigon, Straits, India — TRANSIT CARGO U.S.A. 610 China 127 N. E. Indies 29 Saigon, Straits, India 1,354 GENERAL MERCHANDISE Honolulu 887 U.S.A. 53,965 Canada — China 13,703 Japan 24,140 N. E. Indies 3,713 Saigon, Straits, India 3,327 Europe 4,070 Australia 2,223 Africa 9.766 S. America 5,183 70 Inter-Island Shipping ' 2 By G. F. Vander Hoogt Manager, Everett Steamship Corporation 55 739 'T * HE Philippine Shipowners’ Association has re* See “The Bus Terminals Proposal” by Frank S. Tcnny, in the February issue of this Journal. | cently protested to government authorities cong9 cerning the practice of using Philippine Naval _ Patrol ships for transporting government cargo be229 tween inter-island ports, particularly cement, which 14 is now exclusively being shipped in this manner from Cebu to Manila. 264 3,377 314 51 (Mostly Army Surplus) 600 46,813 406 16,529 47.855 4,044 6.582 1.2’77 4,299 5,342 10 This practice is in direct competition with inter island shipping and greatly affects its interests. It is hoped that the Government will discontinue this practice in the interest of fostering the country’s privately operated merchant marine. GRAND TOTAL.................... 1,564.421 * 1,821,881 » Land Transportation (Bus Lines) By L. G. James Vice-President and Manager, A. L. Ammen Transportation Co., Inc. * Includes bales at 8 to the ton and board feet at 140 to the ton. 1948 Imports and Exports Bureau of the Census and Statistics Total trade ................................. .1948 Pl ,774,819,524 1947 1,553,797,312 Imports ....................................... 1,136,409,068 1,022,700,608 Exports ....................................... 638,410,456 531,096,704 Ten Principal Imports ■1948 1947 1. Cotton and manufactures . .. . P137,363,424 153,442,226 2. Rayon and other synthetic textiles .................................. 105,019,904 90,584,900 3. Grains and preparations ... 84,110,422 98,834,050 4. Mineral oils (petroleum products) ............................. 68,503,810 36,842,052 5. Automobiles, parts of, and tires .............................. 63,910,034 51,414,052 6. Iron and steel and manu factures ................................ 55,888,764 46,144,372 7. Tobacco and manufactures . 49,391,482 43,962,246 8. Dairy products ..................... 45,824,662 42,625,172 9. Paper and manufactures ... 44,714,054 38,887,2'46 10. Machinery, machines and parts of (except agricultural and electrical) ................... 43,170,350 36,422,882 383,541,310 Other imports ....................... . 438,512,162 Ten Principal Exports 1. Copra ........................................ 309,400,124 354,415,334 2. Abaca, unmanufactured .... 60,294,087 63,432,374 3. Desiccated coconut ............... 57,491,099 19,054,656 4. Sugar ...................................... 41,580,077 4,081,188 5. Coconut oil ........................... 40,738,581 13,940,603 6. Embroideries ......................... 13,917,276 2,335,116 7. Pineapples, canned ............... 7,648,327 8. Copra meal or cake ........... 7,425,325 4,391,434 9. Chromite ................................ 5,191,779 446,500 10. Rope ........................................ Other exports (including 4,066,577 2,904,520 re-exports) .............................. 46,891,007 66,095,079 IN official and in business circles, there has been a con siderable discussion on the proposal to provide bus terminal facilities within the City of Manila and/or its suburbs. These facilities would consist of a central station or stations to serve the incoming and outgoing buses of operators cover ing lines between Manila and provincial points. They would likewise serve as pick-up points for urban and interurban operators and would, in theory, eliminate a portion of the present traffic congestion which constitutes a major problem. Operators of buses serving city lines and those covering lines between Manila and the outlying provinces are almost unanimously opposed to the suggested plan. Operators of “jitneys”, “jeepneys”, and similar small public utility vehicles are, generally speaking, in favor of it. From the viewpoint of the operator serving lines between provincial points and Manila, there is nothing that the central terminal proposal has to offer, either by way of increase in facility of operation or by way of benefit to public interest. Many of these companies have a substantial capital invest ment in their own terminals, constructed at high cost under post-war conditions, through the use of which, the interests of their patrons are, in general, efficiently and satisfactorily served. To compel these companies to abandon their own ter minals and utilize the facilities of a central terminal or termi nals operated by the City or the National Government, would result in great financial loss to them. The original suggestion regarding central terminals was to provide two such facilities, one south and one north of the Pasig River, thus to eliminate provincial buses from bridge traffic as well as from the more congested of the city’s streets. Urban buses and other public utility vehicles would provide shutttle-services, transporting incoming and outgoing passen gers between terminals and markets, etc. The disadvantage to the public convenience are apparent: 1. The necessity of disembarking at a point far from market facilities. This would affect public transportation originating at southern provincial points to a greater extent than that from the north.2. The necessity of paying cargadores for handling pro duce and other forms of baggage, as well as the risk of loss of such goods through pilferage and looting. 3. The necessity of paying an extra charge for transpor tation from the terminal to market or other destination. 4. The increased risk from the operations of pickpockets who would find a congested bus terminal a very profitable field in which to do business. Under present conditions, most operators have practically eliminated this hazard at their own terminals. 5. The delay caused by transferring from one carrier to another. 113