	thailand buys yugoslav cranes in barter deal the cabinet approved a plan for the port authority of thailand to buy six gantry cranes from metalna co of yugoslavia for about mln dlrs a government spokesman said he said thailand will pay for pct of the cost of the cranes in u s dlrs and the rest by sales of rice textiles and other commodities to yugoslavia the bangkok owners and agents association has appealed to the government to scrap the purchase plan it said it would be an unnecessary expense as most vessels calling at the port already have their own cargo handling equipment reuter 
