NOT ANXIOUS TO GET OWN FREIGHTERS BACK
Eet-eived Wediu'.sdnv, S.oO p.m. WAS1I I X (ifoX, Jan. U. I)oiiH\stkr shijiping operaturs have refused to take liack control of their pre-uar fleets because they fail to see the possibility of prolitahle operation despite a sulisidy ■ olfer of ] 50,000 dollars a vear for eacli Victory ship and i ,">0,000 dollars for other cargo carrier.s. Confronted with their inimovable position of the coni])anies, the Maritime Comiuission has requested an extensiou of its operating authority nntil Jiine 30. Tlie Coniniission has been losing 13,000,000 dollars annuallv in operatino the domestic fleets. . The eoinpanies e.ontend tluit the . Crovetnmijni should continne to opefate the fleets lintil the labour si|,uation is stabilised an'd industry lias made furtlier progress tp- - ward normality, thus providing sltippihg with payalde cargoes.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 January 1947, Page 8
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129NOT ANXIOUS TO GET OWN FREIGHTERS BACK Chronicle (Levin), 16 January 1947, Page 8
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