NORTH CHINA PLANS RESUMPTION OF SHIPPING SERVICES

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• Publication Date: August 11, 1950
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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Transportation -Sea
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
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PUBLISHED shanghai
DATE
PUBLISHED 27 May 1950
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NORTH CHINA PLANS REStjMPPPION
OF SffiPPING SERVICES
SHANGHAI PREPARES FOR FULL RESUMPTION -- Shanghai Ta Kung Pao, 27 May 50
Preparations for resumption of the shipping industry in North China
are approximately half complete. The Shanghai Customs House is reinstall-
ing navigation lights and buoys, and the state-owned shipping company is
setting up new freight end passenger rates.
The state-owned shipping company hae officially announced the assign-
ment of the following five ships for service in North China:
gai-yang, now in Shanghai; total weight, 1,351.48 tons; displacement,
759.91 tons; loading capacity 1,684 tons; passenger accomruodatlons,109;
horsepower, 900; speed, 10 knots.
Hai-liao, now in Tientsin; total weight, 2,667 tons; displacement,
1,667 tons; loading capacity, 3,239 tons; passenger sCaoJranOd9tdon?,;'2?9;
horsepower, 1,500; speed, 8 knots.
Ta Shanghai, now in Shanghai; total weight, 4,764.18 tons; displace-
ment, 2,827.57 tons; loading capacity, 6,023 tons; .horsepower, 2,$00; speed,
9.5 knots.
Hain Shanghai, noK in Shanghai, total weight, 1,221 tons; displacement,
700 tons; loading capacity, 1,650 tons; horsepower, 700; speed, 9 knots.
K'o-lung, now in Hong Kong. Orders were sent to Hong?Kong for this
ship to return to North China immediately.
ESTABLISHED NORTH CHINA SCHEDULES -- Shanghai Ta Kung Pao, 27 May 50
The North China shipping industry, with Shanghai as its center, is to
be revived.
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Within the North China shipping district are the following routes:
Shanghai-Tientsin,, 740 nautical miles; Shanghai-Tsingtao, 390 nautical
miles; Shanghai-Dairen, 567 nautical miles; Shanghai-=Ying-k'ou,,?700
nautical miles; and Shanghai=-Yenet!a~,.511 nautical miles. Although the
Shanghai-Tientsin route is the longest, the volume of trade between ,these
two ports exceeded that of all other routes in the past.
The restoration of normal shipping service in North China means the
beginning of uninterrupted Ylow of trade between North, South, East, and
Northeast China. Furthermore, it will be directly connected with the
shipping industry on the Yangtze River which reaches as far inland as
Central aad Northwest China. Since railroad and highway transportation .
Yaciiities are still inadequate to cope with the demand oY the economic'.
reconstruction program, the resumption of marine shipping service in North
China, should alleviate the situation. Also it will help lower all trans-
portation costs. While Shanghai was under the Nationalist blockade, goods
exported to Hong Kong from Central and Southwest China had to be trans-
shipped to Tientsin or Taingtao by railroad after arriving at Shanghai,
thereby increasing freight costs.
The principal ports in North China are Tientsin, Tsingtao, Yen-t'ai,
Chin-huang-tao, Lung-k'ou, and Ying-k'ou, all of which handled large quan-
tities of imports and exports in normal years, as shown in the following
table'(in tons):
Imports 140
Exports'1~4b
Imports 1947
Exports 1947
Tientsin
99,657.4
138,629.8
302,543.4
611,096.8
Tsingtao
75,181.1
417,197.1
349,753.4
160,944.3
Yen-t'ai
212,028.2
42,153.8
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Chin-huang-tao
33,284.0
1,296,790.0
41,086.8 1
,531,115.2
Lung-k'ou
Ying-k'ou
33,040.3
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6,102.7
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9,348.1
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121,017.5
There are 119 ships in the North China area, at present, totaling 184,223
tons, owned by state and private concerns. Until April 1950, there was no def-
inite shipping schedule for these ships; however at a meeting of North China
Shipping Industry repreaentatire, the following scheduled routes were established:
1. Tientsin -- Dairen, 234 nautical miles. One scheduled ship with a load-
ing capacity oY 800 tons, making a round trip every 10 days.
2. Ying-k'ou -- Yen-t'ai, 219 nautical miles. One scheduled ship with 200-
ton loading capacity, round trip, 10 days.
3. Tientsin -- Yen-t'ai -- Shih-tao -- Tsingtao, 463 nautical miles. One
scheduled ship with 240-ton loading capacity; round trip, 10 days.
4. Tientsin -- Chia-huang-tao -- Ying-k'ou, 285 nautical miles. One
scheduled ship with 200-ton loading capacity; round trip, 15 days.
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5. Dairen -- Yen-t'ai, 89 nautical miles. Two scheduled ships with
total loading capacity of 340 tons; round trip, 5 ~Ys?
6. Dairen -- Shih-tao -- Tsingtao, 272 nautical miles. Two sched-
uled shins with total loading capacity of 3,550 tons; round trip, 10 days.
7. An-tong -- Yen-t'ai, 215 nautical miles. Two scheduled ships
with 200-ton loading capacity each; round trip, 15 days.
8. An-tong -- Shih-tao -- Tsingtao, 350 nautical miles. Two sched-
uled ships with 200-ton loading capacity each; round trip, 15 days.
9. Tsingtao -- Shih-chiu-so -- Lien-yon, 97 nautical miles. One
scheduled ship with 313-ton loading capacity; round trip, 6 days.
10. Tientsin -- Lung-k'ou, 183 nautical miles. One scheduled ship
with 400-ton loading capacity; round trip, 7 days.
Before the liberation, there were approximately 5~ shipping companies
in Shanghai, having a total of 1,333 ships with an aggregate of 950,702 tons,
representing about 80 percent of the total tonnage of 1,200,000 tons in China.
Of these, 408 ships, or 444,204 tons, were publicly owned, and 925 sops, or
506,498 tons, were privately owned. Following the liberation, however, only
162 publicly owned ships, totaling 81,883 tons, and 108 privately owned ships,
totaling 37,016 tons, were found in Shanghai. Of these, 119 publicly owned
ships and 28,000 tons of privately owned ships, were in operation.
The Yangtze River route was the only one which was not affected by the
Nationalist blockade of Shanghai. Even during the low water season, when
large ships were only able to sai], from Shanghai to Hankow, _ service was
maintained with smaller ships from Hankow to Chungking.. At present, there
are more than 60 ships, totaling 18,500 tuns, on this route, b?~~ there are
more ships than there is cargo to be carried. With the help of the govern-
ment, the situation is gradually being improved.
The shipping industry in China as a whole has been largely improved
during the past year with the help of the government and through the efforts
of the peopa.e themselves. The rate of increase in the amount of freight
transported since June 1949 is as follows:
Trans orted Frei ht
Increase (in
Date
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in tons
Jun 49
54,768.05
100
Jul 49
72,077.00
132
Aug 49
101,680.00
186
Sep 49
132,084.00
241
oct 49
140,445.00
257
Nov 49
151,381.00
277
Dec 49
149,779?
274
Jan 50
179,185.00
327
Feb 50
163,137.00
''`98
Mar 50
216,104.00
395
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During the same period, the number of ships engaged in the business
also increased as shown in the following tables:
Publicly Owned
Date
No of Ships
Tonnage
Increase (in ~,)
Jun 49
196
101,355
loo
Jul 49
259
138,983
137
pug 49
416
181,611
179
Sep 49
417
173,843
171
oct 49
434
187,550
185
Nov 49
539
192,321
189
Dec 49
543
198,842
lg6
Jan 50
549
191,439
189
Feb 50
569
220,326
217
Mar 50
571
218.659
216
Privately Owned
Date
No of Ships
Tonnage
Increase (in ~)
Jun 49
107
34,443
100
Jul 49
107
34,443
- loo
Aug 49
124
50,921
147
Sep 49
129
53,8
156
oct 49
122
50,188
145
Nov 49
217
91,052
284
Dec 49
214
88,890
232
Jan 50
222
109,129
317
Feb 50
226
137,052
398
Mar 50
223
133,327
387
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