CHAPTER Ill, SECTION § ments from Travis occurred in a few instances due to the higher privrities given to Military material. Refer to Figure 3-7. WATER SHIPMENTS. During thi. same period, } Janu 1953 through 30 April 1954, water shi. amounted to 33,695.6 long tons of cargo. The .vo peak months were June and July 1953 ovith shipments of 5,447.1 long tons and 5,270.6 long tons respectively. Refer to rigure Jeo. “SCHEDULING. Cargo for transshipment by water Was allocated space aboard a cargo vessel or retrigerated ship (recter) by Naval authorities at the Ivaval Supply Center, Oakland, On receipt of notification concerning sessel availability, preparations were made for ceceiving as much material as possible tor loading. Where penshable 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 ca one cargo vessel and one reeter ship per month. During someof the peak periods, two cargo vessels a month were assigned to trans- port matenals and supplics to both and Bikini Atolhs. (Materials were for air freht when requirements at were such that this faster method of Ment were essential} Eniwetok scheduled tne PPG transship- RECORDS, INVOICES, CLAIMS Basie records covering the transportation of moeternials included the Ul S. Nave ship's Manifest, which was prepared by Naval Agencies and then forwarded to the Contractor<= Home Office. An air manifest covering air freight shipments was orepared by the H&N representative at Yravis Atr Force Base and forwarded daily to the Home Office. Copies of all manifests and supporting documents were dispatched to the Jobsite forces for advance information. Claims for damaed andlost materials were initiated and processed bv the Tratfic Section and then referred to the Home Offfice Accounting Department for disposition. STORAGE When non-perishable material or equipment was received at cither 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 Cver, Short or Damage Reports) were executed by the receiving warehouse. In most cases. tle material was immediateiy processed for expo t packing and shipping. Very little storage was required in either the Contractor's warehou-e or the export packe~’s warchouse during this Contract; the received matenals were loaded cn carriers for transfer to NSC or Travis within a few days. All perishable goods were delivered by the vendor directly to the Haslett Ware- house Company in Oakland. This firmwas under contract to Holmes & Narver for receiving, storing and delivering perishable cargo to NSC Oakland. Perishable materials were stored in cither refrigerated or ventilated rooms (as required); storage periods were brief. SHIPPING Most materials ind 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 accomplished by truck lines. However, in a great manyinstances, a prime vendor reordered from a subvendor whose material had to be shipped from the cast or midwest. This caused many and varied expediting and transportation prohlems 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 surfaces with the consignee designator (such as FOGS-HEN-AP-304-EE). Added to the desighater was uae requisiiiun bunes, purchase 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 cube, and dimensions of vach container were indicated. One packing list in a water proof container was stapled to the outside of the box or crate, and one packing list was placed inside the package. All documents pertaining to purchase orders and transportation (including receiving reports, inspection reports, vendor packing lists, and Jobsite receiving reports) were kept in a numerical purchase order file in the Home Office 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 performed by the Procurement Department’s Inspection Section. Inspection was required on Page 3-22 a 8 ma ndershwilhabetan