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4. North Atlantic Chartering Range, (vide paragraph 12 of the
Minutes of the 169th Meeting).
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The Chairman reported that, in Company with Mr. Harrison
Hughes, he had had a discussion with Sir Ernest Glover
regarding the possibility of the inclusion of Halifax and
St. John in the North Atlantic Range of Chartering Ports.
From this discussion it was clear that the question was
largely an academic one, as so far this year, only one ship
had been chartered from St. John or Halifax, the total number
chartered from any port in the North Atlantic Range being only
10, and of these only in one case was the charterer given the
option of the range. Sir E. Glover had promised to supply
information relating to the charterings during the last four
months of 1931 but he did not expect that the figures would
alter the position in regard to the whole of last winter's
season. He stated that under present conditions the liners
were able to carry most of the grain coming from the North
Atlantic ports. Moreover the practice was growing of
specifying one loading port only, due no doubt to the size of
modern cargoes which, except for two or three large
charterers such as Spillers or Ravko, exceeded the requirements
of a single shipper and were in fact composed of a number of
parcels. The form most frequently used for grain charterers
was the "Baltimore Form C" and on this form there was no
reference to the "range", the loading ports being left to be
filled in after agreement between the shipowner and the
charterer. Further the form was not officially approved by or
recognised in any way by the Chamber of Shipping Documentary
Committee. Sir Ernest added that the matter was one with
which the shippers were in the best position to deal by
specifying their requirements when asking for charters.
After discussion the Committee agreed that the Chairman
should write to the Halifax Harbour Commission, The St. John
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