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...place to land. Control was maintained by pulling on shroud lines that closed or opened slots around the surface of the parasail. With slots closed on one side, air spilled out the other, acting, in effect, as an in efficient jet engine, shoving the chute and its cargo toward the closed side...
...Bananas. Some 2,000 fewer longshoremen than usual are being hired each day on the New York waterfront, and seamen have already suffered a $5.5 million wage loss. More than 15,000 travelers have had to change their plans because of canceled sailings. At least $200 million in cargo has been delayed, some of it fatally: $400,000 worth of Ecuadorian bananas have rotted in holds. A leather importer from Philadelphia faces bankruptcy because he has been unable to meet his commitments to local shoe manufacturers, and some Manhattan antique stores fear that the delicate finish of such antiques...
...that he heads, had applied to the Maritime Administration for a subsidy to help build a $250 million fleet of 16 freighters. While new forms of transportation were being devised elsewhere (see WORLD BUSINESS), Skouras showed off designs for vessels intended to cut shipping costs and vastly speed up cargo-handling methods, which have been basically the same since Phoenician times. It took considerable showmanship for the head of a relatively small line to make such grandiose proposals, but the U.S. Maritime Administration is seriously considering them...
...Prudential freighters would never have to dock. Each would carry its cargo in 50 large barges stowed in its hold; when the mother ship approached port, giant deck cranes would lift off the barges, which would then easily maneuver into port. Meanwhile, the mother ship would lift on a fresh load of barges and turn right around for another voyage. By this method, Prudential estimates, cargo would be loaded at the rate of 1,000 tons an hour, compared to 1,000 tons a day loaded on conventional cargo ships...
Basic Problem. Johnson sees no future in the passenger business and wants U.S. shipping men to concentrate on cargo operations, but neither he nor the owners can do much about the industry's basic problem: U.S. labor. At sea, on the docks and in the shipyards, American labor costs two to five times as much as its foreign equivalent. Management at times has been less than enlightened in dealing with labor, but creative bargaining can be hard. These unions distrust the owners, feud with each other, fear automation, and walk out with almost tidal regularity...