Monograph on attempts at standardization in measurement of ship tonnage, culminating in the IMO international agreement of 1969 concerning a universal measurement system - covers historical aspects, effects of the convention on the merchant marine and charges for cargo handling, and outlines the attitudes of individual port authorities. ILO mentioned. Bibliography pp. 81 and 82, diagrams and statistical tables.

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