The features listed assure every category of shipper the utmost satisfac- 

 tion in the handHng of his particular commodity: powerful booms and 

 winches, side-port facilities, refrigerated space, strong rooms, deep tanks, 

 "Cargocaire" protection against humidity — all are provided. Here, at last, 

 are the truly "postwar" ships America has been waiting for. 



When these ships were projected, Moore-McCormack, in a review of 

 their long experience, listed the inadequacies of the scores of ships they 

 had owned, operated and chartered throughout the years. Then they 

 proceeded with their design, and eliminated from it everything they 

 knew to be inefficient or outmoded. Into it went all that would mean bet- 

 ter, faster, more efficient ships. Now, in a dozen ways, the results of their 

 planning are evident. 



The rigging of these ships is an example. The booms are arranged so 

 that four can serve a single hatch at one time. Each of these can lift as 

 much as ten tons. The winchmen who control their operation have sta- 

 tions from which they can observe all movements of the cargo as it pro- 

 gresses from the pier up and into the hatch. The result is speed of loading 

 and maximum efficiency in the placing of cargoes where they belong. 



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