Report on Danube navigation, submitted to the Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit of the League of Nations

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Author / Creator:Hines, Walker D. (Walker Downer), 1870-1934
Imprint:[Lausanne, Imp. Réunies s. a., 1925]
Description:187 p. fold. map, tables (part fold.) diagrs. 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3574550
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Other title:Danube navigation, Report on.
Other authors / contributors:Somervell, Brehon, 1892-
League of Nations
Notes:At head of title: C. 444 (a). M. 164 (a). 1925. VIII. Geneva, August 20th, 1925. League of Nations.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Past and present utilisation of the river
  • The river fleets, their nationality and capacity
  • Scheme of analysis
  • The general characteristics of Danube traffic
  • General economic conditions growing out of post-war policies
  • Roumanian production of cereals for export
  • The territorial waters, especially in the S. H. S. State
  • The right of a state to exclude absolutely all foreign interests from its cabotage or strictly internal traffic
  • The river's physical problems
  • Frontier formalities
  • Port facilities
  • Liens on vessels
  • Statistics
  • International Danube Commission
  • European Danube Commission
  • Railway co-operation
  • Efficiency of navigation on the Danube
  • The general financial credit of the Danube states
  • Annexes: Map of Danube; Traffic statistics; River fleets; Shipyards; Waterway; Customs, police, etc., dues; Delays at frontiers; Delays in operating vessels; International Danube Commission; Summary of report.