HC Deb 14 October 1946 vol 427 cc117-8W
19. Captain Crowder

asked the Minister of Transport why, under the schedule of controlled freight rates table for china clay and china stone, there is a wide difference between the rate charged for small boats and for boats over 600 tons.

Mr. Barnes

There is no official schedule of freight rates for these cargoes, but the rates charged for cargo carried in small ships are normally higher than in larger vesels, for all classes of cargo, on account of the higher cost of operating small ships per ton of cargo carried.

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