Marine Review SHIP OPERATION SHIPBUILDING CARGO HANDLING The National Publication Covering the Business of Transportation by Water CLEVELAND FOUNDED 1878 NEW YORK CUN] © 7 a Vol. 64 March, 1934 No. 3 Page Bit Oia 25s ee as ee eee ene ates os Cunard-White Star Merger 2....5i0...c...c.ceeccensnscsntacste sees 9 Fire Protection for Piers and Wharveg......................66 10 High Speed Diesel Engines for Ship Power.................. 11 By H. R. Ricardo Electric Welding—Peter G. Campbell .....................04 15 By Norman M. Hunter Maritime Law—Late Decisions .................c ccc ec scence ees 20 By Harry Bowne Skillman Published monthly by Ports—Marine Business Statistics Condensed ............ 21 T ‘ : Cliches Obi On oe New Construction, Ordered and Contemplated............ 22 Bunker Prices—Domestic and Foreign....................+. 23 Equipment Used Afloat and AShoOre...................csceeeeeee 25 eT RGeDL eee Stevedoring and Dock Management Progress.............. 2 F. V. COLE, Business MANAGER Ward Liner Makes Quick Turn Around By Albert Banscher New York Office, 220 B d i R. D. MacMILLEN, Pee A uices Port Expansion at Lake Charles, La. ....................:6006 31 E. en KREUTZBERG By A. A. Nelson ee Wage Incentive Plan Increases Efficiency...................- 82 Chicago Office, 1118 Peoples Gas Bldg. Useful Hints on Cargo Handling ...............c.cccsescccssseeees 33 W. G. GUDE Up and Down the Great Lakee...............c.cccccceceececensees 34. Books—Late Marine Reviewed. ...............ccccccceecsceeeeees 36 Pittsb h Office, 507-8 Oli Bldg. S. He ASPER nes . Personal Sketches of Marine Men. ....................c00ee0eee 37 re eee R. J. Baker, President, A. S. S. Owners Assoc. Washington, D. C. Office, 1050 National Press Building L. M. LAMM London Office, Caxton House gH dt a Westminster, S. W. 1 VINCENT DELPORT WE DO OUR PART Marine Review is published monthly on the first of each month Cuba and Mexico, $3 per year; single copies 35 cents, back numbers by the Pe ishi .. Penton Building, Cleveland, O. over three months 50 cents. Subscription, in Canada $4 per year; ee pepe dhare oan a ee Cole Doane. President; in Great Britain and other foreign countries £ 1 per year. able J. D. Pease Vice President; F. V. Core, Secretary. addresses: Penton, Cleveland, and Irotrapen, London. Member, Audit Bureau ‘of Circulations, Associated Business Entered in the post office at Cleveland, O., as second class matter ¢ under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright 1934 by the Penton Papers Inc., and National Publishers Association. ubscription in the United States and its possessions and in Publishing Co., Cleveland, O. MaRINE REviEw—March, 1934 5