CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 5 ments from Travis occurred in a few instances due to the higher priorities given to Military material. Refer to Figure 3-7. WATER SHIPMENTS. During this same period, 1 January 1953 through 30 April 1954, water shipments amounted to 33,695.6 long tons of cargo. The two peak months were June and July 1953 with shipments of 5,447.1 long tons and 5,270.6 long tons respectively. Figure 3-8. Refer to SCHEDULING. Cargo for transshipment by water was allocated space aboard a cargo vessel or refrigerated ship (reefer) by Naval authorities at the Naval Supply Center, Oakland. On receipt of notification concerning vessel availability, preparations were made for receiving as much material as possible for loading. Where perishable commodities were concerned, Jobsite requirements for any particular month determined the amount of space allocated aboard ship. As a general rule, shipboard space was allocated for H&N use on one cargo vessel and onereefer ship per month. During some of the peak periods, two cargo vessels a month were assigned to transport materials and supplies to both Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls. (Materials were scheduled for air freight when requirements at the PPG were such that this faster method of transship- ment were essential.) RECORDS, INVOICES, CLAIMS carriers for transfer to NSC or Travis within a few days. All perishable goods were delivered by the vendor directly to the Haslett Warehouse Company in Oakland. This firm was under contract to Holmes & Narverfor receiving, storing and delivering perishable cargo to NSC Oakland. Perishable materials were stored in either refrigerated or ventilated rooms (as required); storage periods werebrief. SHIPPING Most materials and supplies requisitioned by Jobsite were purchased from Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay area vendors in most cases, the shipment from these vendors to the export packers or the Naval Supply Center was ac- complished by truck lines. However, in a great many instances, a prime vendor reordered from a subvendor whose material had to be shipped from the east or midwest. This caused many and varied expediting and transportation problems in meeting overseas schedules. Due to the proximity of the Pacific Ports Industries plant to the point of water or air loading, shipment from the packing plant to the port was made byrail and truck lines only; no air freight was required. For perishable commodities, shipment was made from the Haslett Warehouse Company in Oakland to the point of loading by either refrigerated truck or refrigerated rail car, depending upon the size of the shipment. All packages were stencilled on at least two Basic records covering the transportation of materials included the U. S. Navy Ship’s surfaces with the consignee designator (such as and then forwarded to the Contractor’s Home Office. An air manifest covering air freight shipments was prepared by the H&N representative at Travis Air Force Base and forwarded daily to the Home Office. Copies of all manifests and order number, and a lot number. A blue “X”, indicating Holmes & Narver, was placed on all visible surfaces. Labels were attached as cargo designators as follows: blue for general cargo; red for flammable liquids; white for acids and corrosives; and yellow for flammable solids and oxidizing materials. The gross weight, gross Claims for damaged and lost materials were indicated. One packing list in a water proof container was stapled to the outside of the box Manifest, which was prepared by Naval Agencies supporting documents were dispatched to the Jobsite forces for advance information. initiated and processed by the Traffic Section FOGS-H&N-AP-304-EE). Added to the designator was the requisition number, purchase cube, and dimensions of each container were and then referred to the Home Offfice Accounting Department for disposition. or crate, and one packing list was placed inside the package. STORAGE All documents pertaining to purchase orders and transportation (including receiving re- When non-perishable material or equipment was received at either the warehouse in Oakland or the Holmes & Narver warehouse in Los Angeles, it was immediately inspected for quantity and description as set forth in the applicable purchase order. The necessary papers (the Receiving and Inspection Report and the Over, Short or Damage Reports) were executed by the receiving warehouse. In most cases, the material was immediately processed for export packing and shipping. Very little storage was required in either the Contractor’s warehouse or the export packer’s warehouse during this Contract; the received materials were loaded on Page 3-22 ports, inspection reports, vendor packing lists, and Jobsite receiving reports) were kept in a numerical purchase orderfile in the HomeOffice Traffic Section. Documents were checked to determine if the applicable purchase order had been completed; if completed, the documents were consolidated into one file containing a complete record of purchasing activity from the requisition through the Jobsite receiving report. INSPECTION On-continent inspection functions were per- formed by the Procurement Department’s In- spection Section. Inspection was required on