B-155185: Nov 17, 1969

GAO provided information on whether the Cargo Preference Act applies to movements of bulk urea from Alaska to bonded warehouse facilities in Japan. The Agency for International Development (AID) contends that the act does not apply to the shipment of bulk urea from Alaska to Japan because: (1) it is not economically feasible to bag urea in Alaska and, since no U.S.-flag ship will handle bulk urea,...

B-155185: Dec 24, 1964

IN WHICH WE ARE ASKED TO REVIEW PROPOSED SUBPARTS 5 AND 7 IN A NEW PART 19. AS TO WHICH UNIFORM GUIDELINES ARE DESIRABLE. WAS INTERPRETED IN BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY V. THAT SUIT INVOLVED GOVERNMENT FINANCED GRAIN CARGOES ON WHICH BLOOMFIELD ASSESSED FREIGHT RATES CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE RATES IT WAS THEN CHARGING COMMERCIAL SHIPPERS OF GRAIN. THE COURT HELD THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT EN...