British Ready To Take Up Pacific Shipping
(Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 20
Big changes can be expected in the Pacific shipping situation almost immediately, says the “Evening Standard.” An early announcement on reductions of marine insurance is expected. . Cessation of convoys will mean a rapid speed-up of all shipping services. Convoys will continue only until minefields are cleared up and the last Japanese submarine rounded up. This does not mean that the shipping situation will be eased. Commitments may be even more widespread, due to the continuous movement of troops and prisoners. Fresent arrangements provide for the control of all Allied shipping for another six months. Shipping circles believe that ships will then revert to their old routes and owners will again be free to operate when and where they like. Defeat ends Japan’s bid to capture world trade routes. The British merchant navy will now be in an invincible position in the Far East. British shipyards for months have been building fast express freight liners, which will be ready to take over Britain’s old trade routes in six months. ,
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Northern Advocate, 21 August 1945, Page 4
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