Se The National Publication Covering the Business of Transportation by Water CLEVELAND FOUNDED 1878 NEW YORK CONTENTS Vol. 63 January, 1933 No. 1 Page BIGItOPIAd ic Sas car ets ces hes ee ee cf Colombia—For West Indies, South America .............. 8 Shipping Conditions Steadily Improving ...................... 13 By R. Stanley Dollar THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTATION BY WATER = Escanaba—Coast Guard Cutter for Lake Michigan...... 14 SaaS es Fy Conte di Savoia—Gyro Stabilizers .................ccccccc ccc ecaes 17 es = Shipping Board—Review of Annual Report .............. 18 Publichd canthiy by Marine Engineering Progress, in 1932 ..................06. 19 The Penton Publishing Co. By D. W. Niven Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. Train Ferry for China Built in England ...................... 23 Maritime Law—Late Decisions .................cccceceescce ecco 24 Cleveland Office, Penton Bldg. A. H. Jansson, Editor H. O. Taylor, Advertising Manager By Harry Bowne Skillman Ports—Marine Business Statistics Condensed ............ 25 New Construction Ordered and Contemplated ............ 26 Chicago Office, 1347 Peoples Gas Bldg. 2 z ret Bunker Prices—Domestic and Foreign. ...................... 27 ° . ude Stevedoring and Dock Management Progress ............ 28 New York Office, 220 Broadway, Ship Officers and Good Cargo Handling E. C. Kreutzberg By Emmett Johnson Jr. B. K. Price R_ D. Mac Millen How to Minimize Sweating in Ships By A. W. Young Pittsburgh Office, 507-8 Oliver Bldg. 5 ‘ S. H. Jasper : Useful Hints on Cargo Handling. ............0....66..csse0scessess 31 E. A. France Jr. Lake Carriers Oppose St. Lawrence Waterway.......... 32 Washington, D. C. Office, Up and Down the Great Takes i035: cis. isc sscuenciivaiensicse 33 a eae Diss cig ote Books——Late’ Reviews Of © i..ccccicccescscsieiecs cosy sccncnanesuenaiess 54 Equipment Used Afloat and Ashore ..............cc.cccccc00. 35 "Galan aw Sloop of War for Portugal Launched in England........ 36 ia, eee Personal Sketches of Marine Men..................ccccccceeeee 37 Graham M. Brush, President Seatrain Lines Ine. By Ben K. Price MARINE REVIEW is a member of the Audit Subscription United States and its posses- Bureau of Circulations, Associated Busi- sions, $3 per year; single copies 85 ness Papers Inc. and the National Pub- cents. Back numbers over three months lishers Association. Entered at _ the j 50 cents. Subscription Canada $4.00; Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Sec- I ) Great Britain and other Foreign Coun- ond Class Matter, under the act of | : y] tries, £1-4 shillings. Cable addresses: plied eS ope an Penton, Cleveland, and Irotrapen, London. whose members have pledged themselves h the interests of the men of American laced first—a code demanding unbiased The A. B. P. is a nonprofit organization to a working code of practice in whic industry, trade and professions are Pp editorial pages, classifie d and verified paid subscribers, and honest advertising of dependable products. MARINE REvVIEw—January, 1933 5