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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28451, 4 December 1957, Page 11

jjou g e t fm' whatyou pay *' >TW ; '" Av 4 dMW / wW That « the classic test of value, but it can’t be applied without a knowledge of the facta. MwAtof w\ f Jerf f Vk \ qr So we turn the spotlight on ...rflMj. Sly* e ft* J| li /ff KvL Th* mnne ' 8 shipper pays to send a consignment pveraeas is, in (act, a calculated I ('B'' * H / Ml \X. proportion of the cost of operating the ship and this in turn is the total of many different M / f fl q\ \ items. . . y f f Al % K Some of these will be obvious to anyone who i, familiar with ships.'lhere are, to begin with, iff / y f W \ Ik thf “daily costs" of the ship’, voyage, which are rnnrifmons whether she has cargo on fflif y f S \ K hoard or not. (Hearty these include the wages of the crew, the stores and provisions ........ MLs] y y i B BBBIWk jk required to maintain them and the ship, and the cost of fuel. Also .under this head are “• ’’’•’lfflßEoSW' aBRSB?/ ? y f 1 ■!>* wßfik V included the dues which must he paid at each port visited and each canal traversed, J./J’A’’,, ~z < ■JrME’k \. I • '' ‘*• *' .<» "f’Y? *’ ' ' - 1 -- / f Jf M f together with the. cost of insurance against. Im, or damage of vessel, crtw and ctrgO. J* l •sf’ » 3 y ' Btc t* ’ ,css °h v ’otts perhaps is a group of item, which is not directly related to any particular pg-j f X vovage. Neserlheless. ea<hlripmustbearit, proporrtnnoftheseeapenSM. Miliehlnrlude ' : -A' ’) -£.'c , *' e rO! * sfn ' , ' ne anr ' 'rpairs. including dry-dqcling. Also Under this head comes a I proportion of the cost of the siir\ ev w hi< h. under British Ministry of'l ran,port, every ship must undergo four Jy /JfyfJt; Next come the "cargo costs’’ which from, the loading and .discharging of cargo and , *' r charges which be paid at rhe port, of loading and disr harge. And finally there are the normal m erhead expenses common to e, en large-scale organtsaJ administration expenses, office salaries, coat nf maintaining shore establishment, UK. . '** afa ■Br Add these things logcihcr and \ou l<a< e the shipowner’, outgoings; and what does ft g]| < Bwx cash ’ ■£, WHK. Wi Today, a round trip <.\>W Zealand . London N>w Zealand) costs ute//arp Ann ftmgt a, BbBIBMbB \ hern a charge which on a todav rrm i' ' ..>. Xal * f Increases of such magnitude are matters of grave concern to the shipowner, but they ant nor automatically passed on tn the shipper. Everything possible is done tn offset them, with the result that the average, of freight rates today is only inst nver thru irtnrs as much ' as before Issued in the interests of mutual understandinfi hv NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS SHIPPING LINES . SHAW SAVILL Si ALBION CO. LTD • THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. ITD • PORT LINE LIMITED > BLUE STAR LINE lIMITED 1 . r - 1 £ i - —•— - • - - - A fl