Word: cargos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...midst of a malarial epidemic that has forced the evacuation of 800 infected servicemen: 37,500 gallons were borrowed from other bases. Twice the U.S.S. Kimbro set sail for Viet Nam from the Philippines, only to be ordered back because of lack of dock space for its cargo of rockets, bombs and 175-mm. shells. Last week the ship finally made it, and just in time: the troops at Qui Nhon were running low on 175-mm. ammo...
Last week 92 cargo ships stood to in Viet Nam's six major ports. Only 40 were being unloaded; the rest lay idly at anchor. Some 40 more are being held up in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan until the traffic thins. With the U.S. buildup, incoming cargo has increased tenfold in half a year, to 800,000 tons last month-and 60% of it must pass through Saigon. The average wait for a ship to be unloaded is 22 days at Saigon, 31 at Cam Ranh Bay, 40 at Danang-though both Cam Ranh and Danang are rapidly...
...steaks and mountains of fresh eggs and vegetables waiting in Saigon's cold-storage facilities. Reason: field units have inadequate refrigerated space of their own-a must in Viet Nam's hot and humid climate. Even Saigon's "reefer" (refrigerator) capacity is grossly short: a single cargo ship can carry far more than that...
...only unloading ocean vessels, but getting supplies out where they are needed. With a large part of South Viet Nam's road and rail transportation out of commission, most goods must be moved up the coast in World War II LSTs, which are able to disgorge their cargo in shallow water right on the beach. Currently only 14 LSTs, manned largely by Japanese, are available to do the job. But last week the Pentagon was weighing a contract with Vancouver's Alaska Barge & Transport Co. to put its oceangoing tugs and barges to work in Viet Nam waters...
...European truckers years behind their U.S. counterparts. DC plans to win the business of U.S. firms on the Continent, and of European concerns as well, by providing rapid, door-to-door service within Europe and between the U.S. and Europe. To accomplish the latter, it has negotiated transatlantic cargo tie-ups with Seaboard World Airlines, Inc., Pan Am and McLean Industries, which operates a fleet of huge, specially designed piggyback freighters. DC began talking with dozens of potential American clients even before the West Friesland deal went through, got some swift results. "The European Du Pont operation had recently canceled...