SHIPPING CONFERENCE.
RECOMMENDATION TO BOARD.
CARRIAGE OF CARGO ON DECK
(Reuter.) LONDON, Jan. 27
The repart of the Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee, representing all shipping interests, both owners and men, presided over by Sir Norman Hiil, recommends the Board of Trade to abandon the prohibition of carrying timber on deck In the winter, except light wc.od goods, and the formulation of now regulations based on the view that modern vessels of suitable types can carry deck cargoes of both heavy and light wood goods safely all the year round if safeguards are imposed. The committee also recommends that the board take steps to secure an early international agreement With regard to such safeguards, and that the new regulations not operate until it is ascertained within a reasonable time whether international uniformity is attainable. The committee points out that present conditions are a handicap to British cargo ships in competition for the world's timber carrying trade, as it is a known fact that about 95 per cent, of the ships bringing timber to Bi'tain are foreign.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16711, 29 January 1926, Page 5
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