SHIPPING BOOM.
■ ■ -9 . GOOD SEASON FOR FREIGHTS. Bj Telegraph—Press Association—CoDyrieat (Bee. September 11, 10 p.m.) London, September 11. The ship-builders are unable to supply vessels, particularly of the oil-tank va-, riety, fast enough for somo of the owners,' who are adapting the cargo-holds of exist- . ing vessels by htting cylinders for oil. Argentine maize freights are now a record, while grain rates for the Pacific coast of North America are double the figures for 1911..'Australian tramps.are • also arranging excellent freights. The cargo steamers and not the Jjuers aro i reaping the chief advantage of the boom in freights.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1543, 12 September 1912, Page 5
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98SHIPPING BOOM. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1543, 12 September 1912, Page 5
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