B-127595, NOV. 21, 1956
Highlights
WERE INCLUDED IN THE CARGO SHIPPED FROM BROOKLYN. THESE CHARGES WERE PAID ON VOUCHER 4440 OF THE MARCH 1953 ACCOUNT OF H. 832.78 HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY SETOFF FROM AMOUNTS OTHERWISE DUE THE CARRIER. SINCE THE FACTS SURROUNDING THESE SHIPMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH OBTAINED WITH RESPECT TO THE SHIPMENTS CONSIDERED IN OUR LETTER TO YOU OF JULY 11. OUR POSITION IS THE SAME AND THE AUDIT ACTION IS SUSTAINED.
B-127595, NOV. 21, 1956
TO EDWARD F. CAULFIELD, VICE PRESIDENT, ICELAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD.:
OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION HAS DEVELOPED THE PAYMENT RECORDS OF BILLS OF LADING WY-708090 AND WV-3269757, ABOUT WHICH YOU INQUIRED IN YOUR LETTER OF JULY 20, 1956.
THE RECORDS SHOW THAT 2,000 CARTONS OF BEER, WEIGHING 50,000 POUNDS, WERE INCLUDED IN THE CARGO SHIPPED FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, TO REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, ON BILL OF LADING WY-708090, IN OCTOBER 1952. ALL OF THE CARGO, 149,007 POUNDS, CARRIED FROM NEW YORK TO REYKJAVIK ON BILL OF LADING WV- 3269757, IN AUGUST 1951, CONSISTED OF BEER. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE THULE SHIP AGENCY, INC., AGENTS, COLLECTED FREIGHT CHARGES BASED UPON A CLASS 3C RATE OF $2.75 PER 100 POUNDS. THESE CHARGES WERE PAID ON VOUCHER 4440 OF THE MARCH 1953 ACCOUNT OF H. L. HADDEN AND VOUCHER 3472 OF THE JUNE 1952 ACCOUNT OF T. E. MANORE. IN THE AUDIT OF THESE PAYMENTS, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION APPLIED THE FIRST-CLASS RATE OF $1.52 PER 100 POUNDS, PUBLISHED ON PAGE 44 OF THE ICELAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY CLASSIFICATION TARIFF VALID FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 1945, APPLICABLE TO "MALT BEER.' THE RESULTING OVERPAYMENTS OF $615 AND $1,832.78 HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY SETOFF FROM AMOUNTS OTHERWISE DUE THE CARRIER.
SINCE THE FACTS SURROUNDING THESE SHIPMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH OBTAINED WITH RESPECT TO THE SHIPMENTS CONSIDERED IN OUR LETTER TO YOU OF JULY 11, 1956, B-127595, OUR POSITION IS THE SAME AND THE AUDIT ACTION IS SUSTAINED.