SHIPPING COMPANIES RESUME SERVICES FOLLOWING LIFTING OF NATIONALIST BLOCKADE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320531-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 531
• Publication Date: June 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
SUBJECT Economic - Shipping
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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hong Kong; New York
DATE
PUBLISHED 26 May - 5 Jun 1950
LANGL:4GE Chinese
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SHIPPING COMP.T.NIES RESUME SERVICES
FOLLOWING LIFTING OF NATIONALIST BLOCKADE
SHANGHAI-NORTH CHINA.SERVICE RESUMES -- Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, 26 May 50
Shanghai -- With the liberation of the Chou-Shan islands, the biggest
obstacle to Shanghai's shipping industry was removed, and a way has been
opened for the resumption of shipping service to North China. There is a
constant flow of goods between North, East, and Northeast China, which com-
prises the most important trade in China. To revive and stimulate shipping
service in North China, Shanghai shipping and industrial circles have already
requested the Central People's government to transfer Chinese ships in Hong
Kong to North China waters, and private. and public shipping companies are
working out plans to participate in the restoration of this service.
The state-owned shipping company is to resume service in North China
within a few days, and is now preparing schedules and shipping preparations The
privately owned Min-sheng Shipping Company is also making P paras company
resumption of service. After the Nationalist blockade began,
changed to inland waterway transportation, but it is now planning to return
some of its ships to coastal service.
The Shanghai Municipal Steamship Corporation is also planning to resume
service along the coast of Chekiang Province, and the Shanghai branch of the
Tientsin Navigation Corporation is to begin service between Shanghai and
Tientsin soon.
The North China shipping district includes the ports of Tientsin, Port
Arthur, Dairen, Ying-k'ou, Chin-huang-tao, Tsingtao, Yen-t'ai, and Lien-yun.
In this district, there are now 35 vessels of 200 tons or larger, and 84 ves-
sels of less than 200 tons, a total of 184,223 tons. There are more than
enough ships.now, since most cargo for the Northeast is sent by railroad;
however, with the opening of shipping lanes in this district, the volume of
freight is expected to increase considerably.
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HONG KONG-SHANGHAI SERVICE OPENS - - Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 26 May 50
Shipping service has already been resumed between Hong Hong and Shanghai* d in addition to ships of Jardine Matheson and Companand Butt rfield Indrawireen
which have made the Hong Kong-Shanghai run, it reported
Lines ships will be routed to Shanghai soon.
With the resumption of shipping and service ecotomShangghai, the
in Hong Kong became very active,
are already rising.
Shipping service from Hong Kong to Amoy and Swatow is also gradually being
restored. Butterfield and Swire, which had discontinued service for the past 6
months, resumed service to these ports on 15 May.
FREIGHT RATES DROP BETWEEN CANTON AND HONG KONG -?- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
26 May 50
According to a report from transportation circles, shipping service between
Hong Kong and Canton has been partially resumed, and it has not only increased
the volume of trade between the two cities, but also has brought down freight
charges on both rail and water transportation.
Another source reported that before the liberation of Canton, about 80
motor-sail boats were engaged in the shipping service between Hong Kong and
Canton; immediately after the liberation, their number suddenly increased to
145, but since the beginning of the Nationalist blockade, they had dwindled to
wThere were a few which ay of Macao, but their freight echarges twere extremely ghithe gh,Nationa-
almost none.
list~, or by way
SWATOW CLOSED TO FOREIGN SHIPS -- New York Rua-ch'iao Jih-pao, 5 Jun 50
Hong Kong, 3 May -- The Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao reported today that the Ship-
ping Control Bureau-of the Kwangtung Provincial government has officially an-
nounced the closing of the port of Swatow to foreign ships. It was believed here
thererfornthe leakage of c Taiwan garding
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that the reason for military preparationsbeingscarriednon is
BRITISH SHIP SUNK OFF SWATOW -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao, 26 May 50
A news item which originated in Hong Kong reported that the British
Ebonol, belonging to Ta-nan Shipping Company, struck a minon 25 May ahd had sank
off the coast of Swatow. She was an oil tanker, weighed 1,175 tons, er confirmed report s stfor ated seven,
that all passengersand undiscloweresed n aved,of crew. An un-
confirmed
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