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vasols passing up or down. In the past this practice was tolerated but, with the Increase of shipping in the rivor, and with the class and size of the vessels now proceeding to the wharves and buoys up stronih, it is absolutely imperative that the prac- tico be discontinued.
The size of the vessels now using the river is such that no risks can be taken when these are moving to or from their berths, and the possibility vi colliafon has to be removed na far as practicable
Ships may come and ships may go, but Shanghai's shipping seems to be going on ad inanitum, anys the X. O. D. News. The shipping in the Winngpoo is getting more and more difficult to control and, if the tonnage of the port gous an
Ocean Giants increasing at the present rate, the
Fifteen years ago the thought problem of river, trame is going to of large steamers procceding as prove a question of difficult solution far up the river as the Pai Lien Creek would have been laughed The control of vehicular traffic af, but such is the case-to-day and in a city is ordered more or less the Kuge brean going liners, of by the polico authorities and is the Dollar and President type maintained day and pight hy officers now regularly berth in that locali- appointed solely for that purpose, ty. This has all been made" post and the risk of owners and drivers sible through the efforts of the
in the future."
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Prior to February 9, 1924, the Empress liners were compelled to anchor outside the bar at Wue- sung, but on that date the first of them passed up the river and berthed at the China Merchants Wharf and this ship was the largest that had, up to that date, entered the river. She was the Empress of Russin, but she was later followed by the Empress of
is consequently reduced to a mini-Whangpoo: Conservancy Board, mum with the exercise of a little and the spectacle of one of these But on a river it is different huge occan levinthians moving and though there are certain hard past the Garden Bridge to the fast rules for the guidance of wharf. further up stream, no skippers afloat. the onus of respon longer occasions surprise," Hibility for accidents rests almost entirely with the masters of vessels. In Shanglu, hoth on sen and land, there is a totally different set of conditions existing in the traffic from almost any other place in the world, and the duties of those in charge of both vehicles and, vessels ia becoming increasingly responsible. On the river, from the moment a vessel entors the waters of Shang- hai's main waterway, the troublesCanada which again created a re- of the skipper commeace and he cord for the port inasmuch as she can never feel entirely safe until his was the longest vessel to pras
so is safely moored ton buoy up the Whangpoo and, at
time, she was drawing 27 ft. or roped to n whart
The multifarious craft of all shapes, sizes and methods of propulsion. which move back and forth in the waters of the Whangpon, make the task of the local river navigator one of extreme hazard, and each year the peril of river accidents is be coming greater.
Hazards Of Darkness.
the
The shipping of the port has increased rapidly each year and a comparison of the tonnage, of 1922 to the port for the years 1925 shows" remarkable, progress in 1922 the total tonnage of the. Port of Shanghai was 20,302,366 tons. In 1923 this and increased. to 31,993,274 tons and in 1924 another big increase was record- A glance at the river any day, ed and the figures had jumped to any week, with its teeming, native 34.549,125 tons. The strike in t, scores of vessels passing and 1925 upset the figure for that re-passing, gives one some little com
year but, even with this trouble, ception of the difficulties with when the tonnage for that year the Whangpog skipper has to con- 32,647,290 tons. These figures in- tend even by day; but add to these dicate the enormous amount of the night's darkness, and wonders how any master of n vessel shipping which enters the Whang- poo during the course of year. would venture up the river after and also serves to show the tre sundlowe. Many of them do, howmendous strides which the port is ever, but any skipper, unless com- making towards becoming one of pelled to take the risk, much prefers the most important in the world. to anchor bither at Woosung until daylight or stick at the wharf until he can navigate by day.
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A Chinese massenger from the] Royal Naval Armament Depot has reported the loss or theft from his jacket pocket of a registered letter which Mr. Newman of the Naval Yard gave him to post yesterday morning.
The letter was aildressed to tho manager of Barclay's Bank, Os- bourne Road, Southsua, and con- tained a cheque No. 530/7193 dated May 31, 1920, an Lloyds Bank, Wintin, Bournemouth, for £24.
The messenger went into a hat! shop in Wellington Street rester- day morning to get his master's hat, and at that time the registered letter was in his pocket.
When going along Queen's Road to the Post Office he found that it had disappeared. He does not .know whether It was stolen or
merely dropped from his pocket,
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the facilities of the port and it is Co., 60 Kiangse Road, Shanghai. mach that of negotiating the river intended in future to provide by night but, rather, that of anchor a system of herthing in the stream ing at various points along its length which will overcome the danger after nightfall. The danger occn-
of vessels swinging with the tide sioned from vessels ontering the whilst at the buoys. The cxisting river after dark and anchoring in buoys in the stream are to be various spota until the break of day changed and, in future, when iri order to proceed to their moorings vessels enter the river, they or wharves, has, late, become a will. be allotted their bertha Lo
will proced menace to ingoing and outgoing which they vessels and, in view of the increns-mediately, and at which provision ing number of vessels using the will be made for securing them waterway after nightfall, the Har- fore and aft. They will, when bour Master has issued a notification this plan is put into, execution, to all mariners requesting them, in not be allowed to anchor in the. their own interests and tho00 of stream by their own anchors and other vessels, not to anchor in the
the danger of colliding with other Whangpoo without the cognizance craft upon the turn of the tide, of the Harbour Authority.
will be almost wholly overcome. This systein of berthing in the stream will also provide for a deep water channel of 800 it, in width in nearly all places. whlist in others it will be as wide as 1,000 ft.
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The wisdom of such a provision must be apparent to all masters of vessels and the notification requests" that unless vessels are in a position
At the present time there are to proceed direct to their alloted wharves or to berths assigned. to
no regular mooring buoys below them by the Harbour Office, they the Cosmopolitan Dock, but when shall not enter the Whangpoo be the new scheme is operating pro- tween the hours of down and vision will have been made for sunrise. This notification does not these, and this is to be one of the matters to be undertaken. The apply to vessole anchoring for the purpose of swinging prior to proceed existing buoys are taken to be re" ing to an alloted berth or wharf.
moved in other parts of the river This provision is almost impera and new ones substituted. A. 3,000 tive in view of the growing conges-ft. swinging basin in the river at tion in the river and is a necessary a point opposite the New En- precaution against collisions and gincering Works is also included other marine accidents, It is in- In the scherae and this will give cumbent upon all abip ownore to see ample room for the large Empress that masters of vessels do not anchor vessels to manoeuvre. in the fairway without the cogni- zance of the Harbour Authority."
The port authorities are, there- fore, keeping well abreast of the In the past certain ships have advance of the shipping demands entered the river after night and and, though they have one of the have anchored in the stream await greatest taska to solve in the ing orders or the arrival of the future if the tonnage keeps in- berthing afficer, in the morning.creasing at the present rate, there These invariably causo obstruction can be no doubt that they are at and constitute & menace to other least attempting to make. some
provision for it.
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