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i nnnnnnnnfinnniinnn THE PANAMA CANE REC VOLUME 32 HMfliMBgBB—BBB— Panama Canal Museum Gift ofthe unjvof?lIib7 JUL I ? 2807 OSSUMISTBI^t. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/panamacanalr32193839isth THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD PUBLISHED MONTHLY UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND SUPER- VISION OF THE PANAMA CANAL AUGUST 15, 1938 TO JULY 15, 1939 VOLUME XXXII WITH INDEX THE PANAMA CANAL BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE 1939 THE PANAMA CANAL PRESS MOUNT HOPE, CANAL ZONE 1939 For additional copies of this publication address The Panama Canal, Washington, D.C., or Balboa Heights, Canal Zone. Price of bound volumes, $1.00; for foreign postal delivery, $1.50. Price of current subscription, $0.50 a year, foreign, $1.00. ... THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE PANAMA CANAL PUBLISHED MONTHLY Subscription rates, domestic, $0.50 per year; foreign, $1.00; address The Panama Canal Record, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, or, for United States and foreign distribution, The Panama Canal, Washington, D. C. Entered as second-class matter February 6, 1918, at the Post Office at Cristobal, C. Z., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Certificate.- By direction of the Governor of The Panama Canal the matter contained herein is published as statistical information and is required for the proper transaction of the public business. Volume XXXII Balboa Heights, C. Z., August No. 1 15, 1938 t Traffic Through the Panama Canal in July 1938 The total vessels of all kinds transiting the Panama Canal during the month of July 1938, and for the same month in the two preceding years, are shown in the following tabulation: July 1938 July July Atlantic Pacific 1936 1937 to to Total Pacific Atlantic 456 457 218 211 429 38 62 47 33 80 Noncommercial vessels: 26 44 12 11 23 2 1 2 2 4 State of New York 1 1 2 1 3 Total 523 565 281 258 539 1 Vessels under 300 net tons, Panama Canal measurement. OCEAN-GOING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC 2 The following tabulation shows the number of vessels, Panama Canal net tonnage, tons of cargo carried, and tolls collected from the ocean traffic transiting the Canal each month of the twelve months ended July 31, 1938, as compared with the twelve months ended July 31, 1937: No. of 3 Panama Canal net Tons of cargo Tolls vessels tonnage Month 1936-7 1937-S 1936-7 1937-S 1936-7 1937-8 1936-7 1937-8 August .... 473 505 2,398,306 2,597,119 2,396,331 2,780,603 $2,051,540.28 $2,195,308.87 September 466 444 2,428,317 2,312,725 2,526,366 2,385,142 2,045,440.82 1,935,673.78 October 482 461 2,499,678 2,359,406 2,463,069 2,438,788 2,081,758.23 1,981,087.87 November. 368 435 1,768,738 2,280,565 1,747,368 2,185,283 1,488,054.25 1,893,462.00 December 341 439 1,655,501 2,238,271 1,538,503 2,046,170 1,366,388.58 1,845,048.20 January. 399 444 1,915,787 2,219,496 1,855,937 2,095,402 1,598,323.51 1,837,894.72 February. 377 436 1,940,611 2,154,222 1,839,788 1,998,827 1,602,306.30 1,786.611.45 March .... 536 506 2,770,451 4 2, 511, 674 3,016,418 2,268,548 2,355,149.04 2,015,585.34 April 473 487 2,460,549 « 2,438,985 2,652,880 2,279,235 2,067,026.68 1,961,456.58 May 544 465 2,839,127 "2,322,642 2,950,925 2,309,171 2,376,706.36 1,886,825.66 June 472 445 2,450,01S 4 2,227,698 2,670,466 2,122,389 2,070,337.89 1,801,291.78 July 457 429 2,395,306 5 2,091,000 2,476,366 2,025,660 2,029,642.45 1,694,205.00 Total . 5,388 5,496 27,522,389 27,753,803 28,134,417 26,935,218 23,132,674.39 22,834,451.25 2 Ocean-going commercial traffic includes only tolls-paying vessels of 300 net tons or over, Panama Canal measur- ment. 3 These figures indicate the Panama Canal net tonnage as determined under the rules of measurement in effect prior to March 1, 1938. 4 The Panama Canal net tonnage for these four months as determined under the rules now in effect was as follows: March 1938, 2,311,526; April 1938, 2,258,836; May 1938, 2,150,22S; June 1938, 2,064,793. 5 Estimated tonnage under the former rules, based on total of 1,933,816 Panama Canal net tons as now measured. SMALL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC The following tabulation covers small commercial vessels under 300 net tons (Panama Canal measurement), which transited the Panama Canal during the month of July 1938. These vessels, although paying tolls, are omitted from statements concerning ocean-going traffic: No. 6 Panama Tons of Canal net Tolls of transits tonnage cargo 47 1,598 $1,350.54 1,247 33 1,479 1,286.46 1,407 Total - 80 3,077 2,637.00 2,654 6 As measured under the present Panama Canal rules. : THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD August 15, 1938 Traffic by Nationality of Vessels- for July 1938 No. 8 Panama Tons of Canal net Tolls of transits tonnage cargo 90 493,917 $429,540.12 421,478 1 5,014 4,512 60 3,865 18 61,820 54,339.30 54,942 9 45,965 41,044 14 42,940 30 105,392 94.S52.80 107,318 4 18,158 16,342.20 31,012 5 26,773 24,095.70 22,020 25 142,119 126,130.14 128,816 1 2,738 2,464.20 4,870 29 62,715 56,273.58 56,386 55 245,375 208,755.00 259,492 14 21,980 17,355.78 8,688 11 48,427 40,203.18 74,137 135 643,987 571,502 34 809,696 2 9,436 6,793.92 Total 429 1,933,816 1.694.205.00 2,025.660 7 Tolls-paying vessels of 300 net tons or over, Panama Canal measurement. 8 As measured under the present Panama Canal Rules. Traffic by Trade Routes for July 1938 The movement of vessels over trade routes is summarized in the following table. The trade routes are classified according to primary origin and ultimate destination of the voyage through the Canal and the cargo listed is the total aboard at the time of transit. Cargo may be laden or discharged between the terminal areas indicated; hence in the cargo listed below there may be some which had other origin or destin- ation: Atlantic to Pacific Pacific to Atlantic Trade route No. 8 Panama Tons No. 8 Panama Tons of Canal net of of Canal net of ships tonnage cargo ships tonnage cargo 44 215,704 172,288 44 220,783 337,161 East coast United States and 3 13,979 2,540 1 3,954 7,886 1 2,818 2 5,679 3,012 South America 16 62,021 18,612 17 71,719 207,368 3 14,331 6,241 8 37,324 63,819 6 36,583 31,154 8 45,559 28,706 14 75,463 83,657 21 107,767 131,857 2 12,421 4,476 2 10,072 12,396 East coast Canada and: 1 5,513 12,186 Australasia 4 20,839 20,998 2 11,053 6,328 Far East 1 4,339 7,500 1 3,643 6,524 1 7,456 1 6,838 South America intercoastal 4 4,892 7,754 1 1,355 East coast South America and: 1 4,551 2,269 Canada 1 4,032 3,364 1 4,573 6,020 2 11,832 7,696 1 5,425 1,968 Cristobal and: 4 2,601 3,670 4 2,601 3,214 18 9,952 3,227 19 11,192 10,244 West Indies and: 4 20,689 42,802 1 4,958 6,175 1 3,238 1 7,468 13,865 Europe and: 17 69,707 267 17 65,715 101,188 26 139,643 37,982 28 149,654 217, 5S0 1 3,221 723 20 108,134 43,729 29 147,203 206,244 1 5,026 8,919 1 8,696 17,527 6 49,651 38,124 7 49,251 38.6S5 Europe and: Far East 1 5,659 7,157 3 13,686 24,823 1 3,705 1 6,555 5,735 3 12,563 M 530 Total 218 985,267 623,014 211 948,549 1,402,646 8 As measured under the present Panama Canal rules. 9 Yacht. — — August 15, 19S8 THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD Origin and Destination of Cargo by Major Areas The following table summarizes the origin of cargo passing through the Canal in July 1938, and its destination by major geographical trade areas: ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC Tons of cargo destined for Origin Other Total United North Asia South Austral- States America America asia North America: 174,245 14,461 159,449 16,699 28,398 Other North America 1,864 31,280 9,613 20,957 23,866 87,580 Europe 25,987 18,995 ' 2,481 35,394 37,462 120,319 Miscellaneous 6,755 151 6,957 7,450 550 21,863 Total 208,851 64,887 17S.500 80,500 90,276 623,014 PACIFIC TO ATLANTIC Tons of cargo destined for Origin Other Total United North Europe Miscel- States America laneous North America: 332,803 52,215 202,887 7,435 595 340 Canada 7,886 3,542 110,835 1,007 123,270 66,831 3,415 18,059 88 305 South America 202,631 29,233 204,124 54 436,042 Australasia 4,792 1,536 38,685 45,013 Asia 86,793 2,732 24,823 328 114,676 Total 701,736 92,673 599,413 8,824 1 402 646 Principal Commodities Commodities in transit through the Canal which aggregated 10,000 or more tons either during July 1938 or July 1937 are listed below: July July Commodity Commodity 1937 1938 1938 Atlantic to Pacific Pacific to Atlantic—Continued Asphalt and tar 22 7,787 Beans, edible, dry 13,466 16,431 Automobiles and parts 31 17,813 Borax 15,484 5,607 Cement 19 9,951 Canned goods, various 51,006 71,164 Coal and coke 12 9,035 Coffee 14,651 14,465 10 Cotton, raw 9 13,663 Cold storage (food products) .