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354 Pacific coast terminals 10 per cent. This action will preserve the same ratio be- tween domestic and import and export rates and it is expected that it will stimulate increased movement of cargo to and from Oriental ports via Pacific gateways. ee During the 13 months ending June 1, statistics show that Pacific coast prod- ucts shipped by water lines through the Panama canal exceeded the tonnage brought from the Atlantic to that coast by more than 75,000 tons. This con- dition is being rapidly equalized with increased offerings of westbound car- goes. * * * Seattle’s waterborne commerce the first five months of 1921 totaled 1,466,- 833 tons. The first five months of this year it totaled 1,845,693 tons. The gain is 378,860 tons, or more than 25 per cent. May’s commerce, _ totaled $37,370,224 in value, a gain of $10,- 451,410, as compared with the corres- ponding month of last year. ee ee Japan, after taking much _ timber and timber products, and virtually out of the market, is beginning to show an interest in this product again. ee ae The going rate on lumber from north Pacific ports to the north At- lantic has been increased about $1.50 Late N ews URING June several Baitimore steamship companies important gains in the tonnage handled. Freight bookings and _ load- ings of the Atlantic Transport Co.: in- creased 300 per cent over previous months and business in the West Indies, Dutch, German and _ Pacific Coast trades was particularly good. Sane, ee Thus far in 1922 coffee imported directly into Baltimore has amounted to 58,000 bags. Since the first efforts to revive this trade in 1919, the busi- ness has steadily increased and _ the present year promises to produce coffee imports of 100,000 bags. ne one The Steamship Freight Brokers as- sociation of Baltimore has arranged with the department of commerce to obtain official recognition in the dis- semination of information relative to freight inquiries and inland booking opportunities, such as_ is accorded brokers in other ports. toa ae The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has suffered what will probably amount to a loss of $2,000,000 in the destruction by fire of two grain elevators and two piers. at its Locust Point . terminal. Daniel Willard, president of the road, has announced that rebuilding will be- gin at once and a modern concrete elevator erected adjacent to the water- front. Offers of assistance have come from other railroads and from the port development commissian. The grain business of the road will be carried on reported. - MARINE REVIEW per 1000 feet. One to four million feet of lumber is being loaded on prac- tically every intercoastal freighter and there is a sailing of at least one of these vessels from a north Pacific port every day. It is figured the boost in the rate will average not less than $1500 in a ship’s revenue. ik. Puget Sound ports are interested in a statement that Japan is preparing to meet the competition of the speedy transpacific passenger liners now plying in the Pacific trade. Puget Sound is the point where British, Japanese and American interests have concentrated in the fight © for Asiatic ~ business. Puget Sound ports alone in . 1920 handled 61 per cent of the exports and imports with Japan credited to Pacific coast ports and 45 per cent of the Chinese trade. Or ARE June promises to be a banner month in handling of silk tonnage. In 11 hours on June 8 three’ shipments valued at $7,200,000 reached Seattle on liners of the Admiral line, the N. Y. K.. ang the ©O.: 3. Ke On June 20 the Pine TrEE STATE, renamed PRresiI- DENT GRANT, brought 3200 bales, which required a special train of 14 cars for shipment overland. ow ok Substantial increase in the tonnage of tea being handled through the port through the Port Covington terminal of the Western Maryland. oe eee W. M. Brittain, general manager of the Export and Import Board of Trade., Baltimore has planned an ex- tensive trip through the West next October in company with a representa- tive body of Baltimore business men. All phases of port activity will be reprented and an intensive drive uwun- dertaken to impress upon the shippers of the Middle West the advantages and opportunities of the port for rout- ing their business. CPAe OS Arrivals at ‘Baltimore for June showed a decrease under May. In May 205 seagoing vessels were rec- orded, against 178 for last month. Of this number 117 were American, and 23 British. Nine other countries were represented. Pe ee The Export Transportation Co. is meeting with success in the shipment of live stock for Liverpool markets from Baltimore. Three vessels sailed in June with more than 500 head each. xk x At about $445,000, the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. was the lowest bid- der for the construction of a com- bination freight and passenger steamer for the Baltimore & Carolina Steam- ship Co. ee Delivery at the Baltimore plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. of From Atlantic Seaboard August, 1922 of Seattle is noted. In addition to that brought by Japanese carriers the government’s passenger liners are get- ting good shipments and _ both the PRESIDENT JEFFERSON and PRESIDENT Grant called at Shimidzu for tea. * * * Something new in the business of the port of Seattle is the sugaring away of 20,000 barrels of strawberries. The section around Seattle is berry producing and inability to market the crop at one time prompts the growers to move their fruit by barge to the port’s. refrigerator plant where 6000 crates of strawberries are cleaned and picked in a day. The berries are packed one part sugar to two parts of straw- berries. - Considerable of the berries will be moved east in refrigerator cars and steamers. ee One of the most interesting cargoes ever handled by an intercoastal ship was aboard the steamship DEERFIELD of the Nawsco line when she sailed for the east June 25. The DEERFIELD had a big shipment of frozen Wash- ington strawberries in barrels from Seattle, a shipment of frozen eggs, which arrived here recently from the Orient, a consignment of frozen fish, a shipment of wool, 1000 bales of hemp from Vancouver, B. C., and 2.000,000 feet of lumber from Seattle, Anacortes and Vancouver. the former German steamer PozNAn was a towing feat performed by the tug JUPITER brought the 8405 ton ship a distance of about 430 miles at a speed of 8.2 knots an hour. ee ee North German Lloyd Steamship Co. agents in the United States recently re- ceived advices from Bremen announcing the successful launching of the 9000-ton twin screw liner CREFELD. She has a speed of nearly 15 knots and will be fitted with accommodations for cabin and third class passengers for the South American trade. She is a sister ship to the Ko_N which has completed her first round voyage from Bremen to Buenos Aires. * x Bids recently were taken for repairs to the British steamship ANpREE, dam- aged in collision with the American steamship H. F. ALEXANDER in the Del- aware river some time ago. Survey dis- closed she was damaged to the center line and down to the bilge, abaft the engine room bulkhead on the port side. ee ee Rates on intercoastal freight consign- ments declined 30 to 40 per cent since the break in the conference. It is said tariffs in many instances are below the cost cf operation. * x B. F. Flippin, vice president of the J. H. W. Steele Steamship Co. has denied reports his company had _ abandoned negotiations for the operation of the seven steamships of the Green Star