Ship On First Visit To Port
Paying her first visit to Lyttelton, the Port Line’s twoyeanold 8504-ton Port Burnie arrived at Cashin Quay from New Plymouth yester. day morning with 650 tons of United States general cargo for discharge. In common with her sister ships, Port Huon and Port Albany, she has no passenger accommodation. Powered by a single-screw diesel engine, she was built by Barclay Curie and Company. Ltd, of Glasgow and is almost entirely refrigerated. Control of the main engine is from a console on the navigating bridge, and a miniature tiller controls steering electrically.
The Port Bqrnie is appointed in the Port Line tradition which maintains one of the most immaculate merchant fleets in the world. Captain J. Dit-Leschery is in command.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19680706.2.137
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31724, 6 July 1968, Page 14
Word Count
125Ship On First Visit To Port Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31724, 6 July 1968, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.