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Fast Schedule Efficient BRIEF survey of the trade in A which vessels of the Colom- bian Steamship line operate clearly indicates the exacting schedule which the company has un- dertaken to maintain. Plying be- tween New York and _ Colombia, South America, the southbound ships of the line stop at Port au Prince, Haiti; Kingston, Jamaica; Puerto Colombia and Cartagena, Colombia: and Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone. On the homeward trip the _ ships again put in at Kingston and at Port au Prince. At all of these ports the vessels are berthed at _ public wharves, which necessitates their rapid discharge and loading. Weekly sailings from New York are made possible by the superior speed of the new liners CoLOoMBIA and Haitr and the United Fruit liner 30 157 Brctical Ways to Cut i Li a HEECosIy in Cargo Handling ; Conducted by H.E.STOCKER Maintained by Modern Ships Cargo Handling Facilities By Gerard E. McNamara PASTORES, operated under charter by the Colombian line. Proper organi- zation and management of cargo handling operations permit’ the ships to maintain a schedule of 18 days per voyage and 3% days in terminal at New York. Under such a schedule the ships are performing their primary function of transporta- tion a good proportion of the time actually in service. Quick Discharge of Cargo Ordinarily the vessels berth at Pier 9, New York docks, Brooklyn, early Monday morning each week. For the past several months, how- ever, they have been docking at Pier 8, East River, New York, where they discharge an average cargo of some 30,000 stems of bananas per voyage. Thanks to speedy handling 4 S. S. Colombia of the Colombi- an Steamship Line, unloading bananas at New York. Both sides of ship worked through side- port hatches 4 MARINE REVIEW—J anuary, 1935 of cargo the ships are enabled to leave Pier 8 early the same evening and move upstream to Pier 20, East river, New York. Here conveyors make the task of discharging about 10,000 additional stems another speedy operation. In the banana loading and discharging operations the value of the six sideport hatches in each side, is particularly well demonstrated. After finishing dis- charge of bananas the ships move over to their own pier on the Brook- lyn side of the river to complete un- loading. An average cargo consists of approximately 8000 bags of coffee, 5000 bags of coconuts, a quantity of ivory nuts, dry hides, goat skins and many other miscellaneous items. The successful maintenance of so difficult a schedule, week after week, without serious delay, is a fine tribute, not only to the excellence of the ships from the standpoint of ef- ficient cargo handling facilities, but also to the organization and man- agement of terminal operations. New Ships Are Efficient Steamship officials and operators agree that the Cotompra, and her sistership the Harri, designed by Theodore E, Ferris, are fine examples of his skill in turning out carefully planned ships of maximum efficiency in cargo handling operations. In the construction of these vessels, the architect was faced with the neces- sity of obtaining great earning capacity, coupled with the ability to carry a variety of perishable cargo.