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[[preprinted]] NORTH ATLANTIC FRENCH ATLANTIC FREIGHT CONFERENCE 80 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK 4, N.Y. Telephone WHitehall 4-0990 Cable Tranconfer January 15, 1953. [[underlined]] IMPORTANT NOTICE [[/underlined]] Owing to the continuance of unsettled conditions prevailing in the trade between United States North Atlantic and Continental ports as mentioned in our December 17, 1952 notice the temporary discount of 10% granted by that notice is hereby extended to and including February 28, 1953. The reduction is on all freight rates except that it does not apply to accessorial charges such as minimum Bill of Lading Charges, Heavy Lift Charges, Extra Length Charges, etc., or on following items: Bulk Cargoes (Not Package Goods)-Coal; Coke; Grain; Oils; Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum; Salt Cake Effects or Goods, Household or Personal, packed, including lift vans Equipment Steel Rolling Mills, Supplies and Parts Explosives Hay Livestock; Animals, etc. Machinery, Power Transmission Installation, Supplies and Parts Ordnance (Governmental military cargoes) Sheets, Hot Rolled Steel, in coils Specie, Gold, Silver and Bullion Human Ashes or Corpses The date the ship commences to load at the port where the particular shipment is loaded governs application of the normal or reduced (discount) rates. C.R. ANDREWS, Chairman [[/preprinted]]
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