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either. One and one-half times the berth capacity (in tons) of the ter- minal has been used but this em- pirical rule will not apply to most cases. Existing public warehouses must often be taken into considera- tion, as must ground space available, and other factors. Particularly im- portant however is the best analysis that can be made of the prospective traffic, storage in transit rates and practices, the proportion that will go into storage and the average period: of storage. The character of space also depends on a number of conditions but the type most generally applicable is the multi-story fireproof building (gen- erally flat slab because of economy, and with sprinkler operation). C6ld storage space will be desirable par- ticularly where ships with refrig- erated cargo space are served. Stor- age space is to be considered in its broadest sense and includes not alone covered warehouses, but open stor- age, and storage track facilities. If any such required facilities are al- ready conveniently available to the terminal they may perhaps be utilized and unnecessary duplication and ex- pense avoided. (To be Continued) Change Inspection System T A recent meeting of the under- writers interested in Great Lakes grain it was decided to turn over to the United States Salvage association the supervision of the in- spection of lake steamers for ap- proval for grain carriage in place of the grain classification heretofore done by the Great Lakes branch of the American Bureau of Shipping. A committee was appointed to work out the necessary arrange- ments, consisting of Galloway C. Morris, of the Insurance Company of North America, T. J. Goddard, of Chubb & Son, and C. C. Macy, of Ap- pleton & Cox. All of the preliminary details, including the printing and distribution of the necessary inspec- tion blanks and applications for grain inspections, have been completed and this new arrangement will be put in- to effect at the opening of the 1931 lake grain season. Signs are apparent of a_ steady though gradual improvement in world trade, declares James A. Far- rell, chairman of the National For- eign Trade council, in issuing the call for the eigtheenth national for- eign trade convention, to meet in New York May 27, 28 and 29 next. World exports for 1930, as estimat- ed by the council, amounted to about $27,000,000,000, almost six and a half billion dollars less than the ex- port trade of 1929. In actual vol- ume of export trade, however, fig- ures now available show that, ac- counting for reduction in prices, the SOT TATA TTTTTT ET Tractor trailer trains can be oper- ated to better ad- vantage if wide aprons are pro- vided as in dee companying illus- tration TUNIUCERSULCLAUOUUUEELLLUNHUUUEELLL AHHH world in 1930 carried on 90 per cent of the export trade of 1929, and al- most a billion dollars more in ex- ports than before the war. Passenger Traffic Grows Passenger traffic to and from ports of the United States increased during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930. This advance is brought out in the annual report on water borne pas- senger traffic issued by the United States shipping board bureau of re- search. A total of 2,445,601 pas- Ssengers was carried compared with 2,379,080 during the fiscal year 1929, an increase of 66,521, or about 2.8 per cent. Reorganization of Company Stockholders of the United States lines at the annual meeting held at 45 Broadway, New York, on March 10 voted for a reorganization of the com- pany’s board of directors, which re- sulted in naming five new directors. The new board of the United States Lines Inc. now consists of Paul W. Chapman, president of the company; M. B. Rogers, vice president; E. N. Hurley, wartime chairman of the United States shipping board and di- rector of a number of large industrial companies; Franklin D. Mooney, president of the Atlantic, Gulf & West TUTTO TTC LLL Pier 9 McComas Street Terminal of the Western Mary- land Railroad, Bal- timore, showing landing platform for upper deck, shipside track and cargo masts PTUTRUUUHTHU ITU LLLUAT LULL LLUOELLOL LOL MARINE REvVIEw—April, 1931 Indies Steamship Co.; Robert L. Hague, vice president and general manager of the: Standard Shipping Co., an affiliate of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; Ira A. Campbell of Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox Keating & McGrann, prominent admiralty lawyer, and Howard E. Cole, formerly first vice president of the Standard Oil Co. of New York and a director of the Chase National Bank. Directors who were replaced were Joseph E. Sheedy, who has taken a long leave of absence as executive vice-president of the United States lines; T. S. Chapman lawyer; Berger Johnson, partner in P. W. Chapman & Co.; Glen Snider, lawyer and J. Molitor, vice-president, who repre- sents the company abroad. The shipping board on Feb. 24 ap- proved the charter of two steel cargo steamers to the American Export lines for operation in the Black sea services of that company. The ves- sels are the Wacosta and the GaArtTE- way Crry, 8727 deadweight tons each. They will supplement a fleet already in operation between New York and Black sea ports of Russia by the Export company. The shipping board on Feb. 24 ap- proved the change in the name of the Gulf Brazil River Plate line to Delta line. This line was purchased from the board by the Mississippi Shipping Co. of New Orleans. ee | 4 % 2 at