Panama Canal Tolls. Hearing ... on H.R. 7667 ... Feb. 8 - Mar. 13, 1934 |
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... approximately same general level of tolls may be charged as under the present system , has recommended that if the Canal rules alone be used the rates should be set at approximately $ 1 per net ton for laden vessels and 40 percent less ...
... approximately same general level of tolls may be charged as under the present system , has recommended that if the Canal rules alone be used the rates should be set at approximately $ 1 per net ton for laden vessels and 40 percent less ...
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... approximately $ 11,800 less than the amount paid at Suez . " The main reason for the difference between British and United States registry measurements was the exemption of certain so - called " cabin spaces under the United States ...
... approximately $ 11,800 less than the amount paid at Suez . " The main reason for the difference between British and United States registry measurements was the exemption of certain so - called " cabin spaces under the United States ...
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... approximately $ 539,200,000 . The gross revenue derived from the Canal should be sufficient to cover its operating and maintenance costs and in addition an amount in excess of 3 percent return on the investment . The cost of operation ...
... approximately $ 539,200,000 . The gross revenue derived from the Canal should be sufficient to cover its operating and maintenance costs and in addition an amount in excess of 3 percent return on the investment . The cost of operation ...
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... approximately the same under the proposed single system as under the dual system . As time went on , however , through the resourcefulness of shipowners and designers , new ships built have been so designed and existing ships have been ...
... approximately the same under the proposed single system as under the dual system . As time went on , however , through the resourcefulness of shipowners and designers , new ships built have been so designed and existing ships have been ...
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... approximately one lockage per day is needed for the handling of noncommercial vessels ( Army and Navy ships , vessels of Panama and Col- ombia , etc. ) , an average of 26 commercial lockages represents capacity during locks overhaul ...
... approximately one lockage per day is needed for the handling of noncommercial vessels ( Army and Navy ships , vessels of Panama and Col- ombia , etc. ) , an average of 26 commercial lockages represents capacity during locks overhaul ...
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amount basis bill Bureau of Navigation capital investment Captain Petersen carrying Chairman collected commercial committee Congress CRESAP deck loads determined difference EWERS exemption figures fiscal going Government Governor Burgess Governor SCHLEY gross increase intercoastal trade interest laden ships laden vessels less lockages LUCKENBACH maximum MCCARTHY measurement of vessels ment nage net registered tonnage November 18 operating costs operating expenses Panama Canal Act Panama Canal authorities Panama Canal rules Panama Canal tolls Panama rules passengers or cargo percent PETTENGILL ports prescribed present President proclamation proposed question rate of tolls reduced registered tonnage registry rules regulations revenue rules of measurement Secretary Secretary of War shelter deck shipowners SILL SMITH Soo Canal space statement statute steamship Suez Canal tion toll charges toll rates tons traffic transiting the Canal United States registry United States rules vessels in ballast WOLFENDEN WOLVERTON
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Page 3 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 4 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, the said Government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Page 6 - An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone,
Page 4 - October, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez Canal, that is to say: 1. The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules...
Page 4 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States, without impairing the "general principle...
Page 4 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Page 3 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways, as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain, that the parties constructing or owning the same, shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon, than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of, as just and equitable...
Page 10 - ... dues payable on the ship's tonnage shall be payable as if there were added to the ship's registered tonnage the tonnage of the space occupied by those goods at the time at which the dues become payable.
Page 5 - Tolls may be based upon gross or net registered tonnage, displacement tonnage, or otherwise, and may be based on one form of tonnage for warships and another for ships of commerce. The rate of tolls may be lower upon vessels in ballast than upon vessels carrying passengers or cargo. When based upon net registered tonnage...
Page 6 - Canal, subject, however, to the provisions of article nineteen of the convention between the United States and the Republic of Panama, entered into November eighteenth, nineteen hundred and three.