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....Sunday, 9th January,

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........................Monday, 17th January,

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Friday, 7th January, ......Saturday, 28th December,

Saturday, 22nd January.

Sunday, 26th December.

.............Tuesday, 28th December.

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BINGO MARU

BANGKOK-Via Saigon

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VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Vin Shanghai and Japan

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JAPAN PORTS

SEATTLE MARU

AMAZON MARU

Friday, 31st Dec., 10 a.m.

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KAIJO MARU

HOZAN MARI

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THE CHINA MAIL.

SHIPPING SECTION.

DOWN TO THE SEA.

Tales of the Mercantile

Marine..

TRAMPS AND CARGOES,

"The Liner,, She's a Lady."

It comes as a surprise to many people to learn that there are more ships under 1.000 tons in existence than there are ships over the size (writes "Cabot," in the "Weekly Mail").

Great Atlantic liners of 30,000, 40,000 and 50,000 tong-barely a score of them, all well-known by nano-stand at one end of a scat that consists at the other end"of

to pipes that run a distance of otwenty miles to the Angio, Persian. Company's oil station. Tankers invariably have their machinery bullt, aft so as to avoid the risk of firep

ger liners. There are no tramps, for example, carrying the expansive cotton exports of Manchester.

For the long voyage between Facific North America and Europe. five now motorships are under con- struction of 10,000 tons. ench, with Fan intended speed of 141⁄2 knots. Except that the 'epead of the new vessels is greater than that of any other ships engaged purely in cargo trade, these vessels are typical of the now ships that are being put into the long distance trades,

The "Business"Quarter,"

The big Exchange for "fixing" tramp tonnage is at the "Baltic," St, Mary Axe, London, Like mast London exchanges, the Baltic is descended from an eighteenth century coffed-house, the old Jerusalem coffee-house, which, I believe, was situated in Leadenhall Street..

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From there, the London Ship- ping Exchange was formed, and was eventually lodged in South Sea House, where it found itself neighboured with the Baltic So- ciety of Merchants.

Tramp ships are not built on The "Baltic" merchants origin the same size or for such a high ally imported tallow from Russia, speed as liners. They are in- but in the course of time natural- tended to be "maids of all work."ly extended their trade in other and are, accordingly. Built to directions. When the old South combine all-round service-abilitySea House was closed, the Lon- with economy. They may mea- don Shipping Exchange and the Bure anything from 2000 tons to "Baltic" Society were amalgam- 5,000 tons, but they are rarely ated under the title of the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Ex- any bigger.

change, and took possession of the present extensive building a quarter of a century ago..

A typical tramp would be a thousands of small ships plying "three island" ship, that is to say, their part in the sea carrying possessing a poop, bridge, and trades, from ramshackle little ves-forecastle, the officers' quarters sele conating in and out of port in being on the bridgedeck and the the world, and grimy colliers nos the forecastle or in the poop.:

arew being quartered in either

ing their ways through the seven seas to the bigger ships that bring grain to Europa from Australia and the Plate and North America and carry timber from the White Sea and ore from Shin.

"The liner she's a lady, but if she.

wasn't made

A ship of, say, 4,000 gross tons, would be able to carry up ward of 7,000 tons of cargo, generally at a speed of from eight to ten knots,

Such a ship may carry almost any cargo from anywhere to any. There still would be the cargoland from one year's end to where, and may not be in Eng- boats för ome and foreigh trade."

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Quite recently there were two full rigged sailing ships moored together for a single night on the Thames, one home from Fern with a cargo of fertiliser and the other bound for Norway with ballast on the marrow.

another..

Tramp ships are not good look. ing. Very often, the fannel rises erect amid ships, sometimes the engines and funnel are built aft as a precaution against fire, and the masts are not there for beauty, but utility.

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The "Baltic" is an exchange- for both ships, and commodities, and, like Lloyds, is not a strictly limited society. There are many members of Lloyds who are also members of the Baltic, either be ing shipbrokers as well as insur ance brokers, or simply having an insurance connection there.

How Business is Done. In the great domed hall, a in London, the traders meet daily room that is not equalled by many in their accustomed places. The talk is of ships in one corner, of rain in another, timber in a third and oil and seeds in a of exchange, the ruling prices of fourth, and from the free course the day and the business done can be found in the newspapers, such

the "London Times":- as in the following extracts from

In describing a typical tramp That is not a common sight nowship, I have selected what is pro- a-days at English ports, but the bably the most common form of traditions of the old sailing ships cargo-carrier, but there are many change yesterday, business in "On the Baltic Shipping, Ex- that have been fortunately onshrin-variations, and some oi the ed in the verses of Kipling, Mase-special types of ships are

tonnage was on a record sale. very More than 40 vessels were stated. Held, and Miss Fox Smith, are in-' important. berited by tramp" ateamers

For carrying coal a special to have been engaged." Losing Ground.

"London kind of ship has been evolved that.

(The Baltic Ex- Before the was.It used to be cati-can best be described as a great change): Wheat-the cargo mar- mated that two-thirds of British compartmented biscuit-tin. The ket continued firm, and quotas shipping consisted of tramps.hatchways open almost to the tions were 3d. to 6d. higher." That proportion would have been. full beam of the ship, so as to altered now. More and more permit coal to be tipped on board tramp ships are getting their trade at high speed. Such ships are taken from them by cargo Hners, known as self-trimming, vessels, This is a consequence of the inated, as although much less work but the title is a little exagger.

creasing size of ships.

Although there are at many more small ships than big ones, the average size of the ships engaged in distant trades has been developing. by leaps and bounds, and more so in British shipping than in foreign

shipping.

.

The difference between cargo liners and trampe is not se hiuch

is required in trimming the level of coal in loading, a certain amount of trimming is unavoid-

able.

Ugly Shipa enough, but they are not quite so Self-trimming ships are ugly

carrying ore. ugly as the ships designed for

These ships are, to be dis-

a difference of ships as of trades.tinguished by the row of cranes A ship may be engaged on a tramp surmounting the decks.. Iron ore voyage one month and may be put is a most dangerous cargo, as it on a liner route the next. That is so very heavy, and ore ships does happen, but naturally liners have, therefore, been designed to and tramps have developed indi-load cargo at different levels in vidualities of their own.

the ship so as to obtain a good distribution of weight, while the cranes are there for rapid handling."

In the last decade or two, it has become increasingly common to establish regular services of ships. salling at fixed intervals, on im- The ships that bring meat pertant trade routes; instead of and fruit to Europe are of a very leaving merchants or ship-brokers expensive type. They have to be to charter tramps for their ship-fitted with refrigerating "nia* mente or cargo

achinery and insulated holda

This is following the custom In The chilled and frozen meat trade, in particular, has grown to Passenger shipping, and, of course, It is much more convenient for igantic proportions, and a very traders to have vessels sailing every large number of ships are oceu fortnight or every month than to pied. Many of them belong to hava to charter a ship specially for companies that are associated cargo. The ships of the regular with the powerful meat produc

ing companies.

lines are known as liners, and are built to carry general cargoes,

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In similar fashion, the oll banker has been evolved for carry- New Trades and Carriage..

ing all in bulk, and many of them Since the opening of the Fanama are similarly operated by special Canal, or rather, since the conclu- companies promoted by he off sion of the war new trades have companies. Thus, the British sprang up between Pacific North Tanker Company operates a fleet America (Vancouver, Seattle, San of tankers carrying the products. „Francisco, &t), and Europe of the Anglo-Persian ---Oll Com-

These trades were either carried on pany N overland or only conducted in small proportions when ships had to go around Cape Horn to reach the Pacifle coast of North America. - It is Interesting to observe that the regular, lines, predominate in the new trades now even to a large The British Tanker Company's

extent in the carriage of grain which is usually considered to be

In the domain of trampo.m

For all that tramps are not likely

Tanker is a descriptive title. The ships are divided into a muITE- ber of closed tanks, into which the oil is pumped in loading, and from which it la pumped in dis- charging,

ships are discharged at Swanson

to be ousted as sailing ships have AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT.

bean ousted. A considerable

amount of tramps, tonnage wi

always be requireds or the carriage

Operat

Board

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"On the Baltic Exchange linseed was firm for a further 2s. 6d. advance, but inquiry waS poor."

read every morning, and, of Such announcements can be

course, on them depends a vast amount. af business in all corners of the world. For example, Manitoba wheat may be brought, sold, and a ship chartered to carry it from, perhaps, Vancouver to Milan under the one domed "roof" in London.

Commencing with the sailing from Southampton on Nov. 22 of the Woermaan liner "Adolph Woer- mann."embarkation will take place. at Southampton Docks direct, on to the steamer instead of by tender. This service will be supplemented by the addition of the 8.a. "Toledo," and the journey from Southampton to South Africa by this vessel will. occupy nineteen days only.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER

CANADIAN

1926.

PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC.

TO VICTORIA & VANCOUVER.

STRAMERS

SAILINGS -1927.

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| EMPRESS OF ASIAMA Jan. Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 14 Ján 23 EMPRESS OFCANADA. Jan. 26. Jan, 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 13 EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Feb. 18 Fob 19 Feb. 22 Feb. 25 Mar. EMPRESS OF ASIA Mar. 9 Mar. 12 Mar. 15" Mär 18 Mar. 27 EMPRESS OF CANADA Mar. 30 Apr. 2 Apr. 5 Apr. 8 Apr 17 EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Apr. 20 Apr. 23. Apr. 26 Apr. 29 May 8 EMPRESS OF ASIA May 11 May 14 May` 17 May 20 May 29° EMPRESS OF CANADA June 1 June 4 June 7 June 10 June 19 EMPRESS OF RUSSIA June 22 June 25 June 28 July I July 10 EMPRESS OF ASIA July 11 July 14 July 19 July 22 July 31 (E/Asia and E/Russia, call Nagasaki day after departure from Shanghal) |

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