SHIPPING CONFERENCE.
STATE SERVICE (XIMPETmON, | PRIVATE OWNERS’ GRIEVANCEBy Telegrkjh.— Ptms Azan.—Copyright. , London, April 29. The chief item on the agenda of the International Shipping Conference, to be held in London in October, will deal with ' grievances as regards the immunity State-owned shipping from the liability to taxation. "j The Chamber of Shipping, which ports the views of the Committee Mari* J time International, declares that private shipowners are gravely prejudiced, especially when vessels or cargoes are employed for ordinary commercial purposes. It pointb out that a sovereign State cannot be sued for collision, damage, salvage or towage rendered, al* thougu on the contrary possessing the right of recovery. An even greater > threat to shipping and the prosperity of overseas trade is the immunity of the State-owned ship from taxation in its own country, and the claim of immunity from taxation in every other country, also immunity from safety regulations relating to cargo, passengers and crew. It is proposed that an international convention be framed placing Stateowned maritime property on precisely the same footing as privately-owned vessels.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1922, Page 5
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176SHIPPING CONFERENCE. Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1922, Page 5
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