CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 6

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Figure No. 3-15.

Off-Loading Cargo at Deep Water Pier — Elmer.

rail cars or trucks and delivered to dockside

Cement

Jobsite during the period from July 1956 through

Cable

5,889,004 pounds, or 1,025 reels

September 1958 amounted to 6,844,540 pounds,

Acid

2,184,444 pounds

ment tons. Shipments of dry store provisions

Petroleum

2,184,320 pounds

Vehicles

2,870,000 pounds, or 309 units

for transshipment. Reefer cargo shipments to

equivalent to 3056 long tons or 5309 measuretotaled 7,496,938 pounds, amounting to 3347

long tons or 5126 measurement tons.
General Cargo

22,270,661 pounds

On 19 July 1957 the Holmes & Narver
Shipping Agent was appointed to act as agent

for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to issue

Scheduling of all general cargo water shipments was determined by the date required at

Government Bills of Lading. From July 1957

to coincide with this determination. In some

66 rail cars for a total of 4,064,606 pounds; this
resulted in a saving in transportation costs of
approximately $90,000.

Jobsite. The Purchase Order was then written
cases, due to unanticipated vendor changes or
changes in the construction schedules, material

originally scheduled for water was diverted to

air. Material scheduled for shipment through

NSC was delivered direct from the vendor or
the Packing Contractor for accumulation at the

NSC warehouses. The amount of general cargo
shipped by water from July 1956 through Sep-

through September 1958, the Shipping Section

issued 63 Government Bills of Lading involving

During the last half of 1957, arrangements
were made for materials purchased from the
Navy to be picked up by Navy ships at Port

tember 1958 totaled 120,248,473 pounds, or
79,483 measurement tons. In addition, a total
of 2,059,802 pounds was shipped by water from

Hueneme, California. This cargo consisted of
anchoring items, portable generator sets, wire
rope, vehicles, pontoons, and other miscellaneous
items for a total of 1,644,600 pounds and 71,066

Representative quantities of miscellaneous

Port Hueneme to the Naval Supply Center,

Honolulu to EPG.

materials and equipment shipped by water dur-

ing Operation HARDTACKare as follows:

cubic feet. Elimination of overland hauling from
Oakland, resulted in a savings of approximately
$13,156 in freight charges.

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