Dutch Lines To Carry Wool In Unit Packs

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31837, 15 November 1968, Page 8

Dutch Lines To Carry Wool In Unit Packs

(From Our Own Reporter) TIMARU, Nov. 14. The Dutch shipping lines would put all wool in unit packs this year, said the managing-director of H. J. R. Somerville and Sons, Ltd (Mr H. J. R. Somerville), in Timaru this week. Other revolutionary methods of loading into Nedlloyd Lines vessels at New Zealand ports would include pallet packing of frozen sundries. Grass seed and peas would be strapped with plastic into normal-size pallets in the stores, loaded by fork-lifts on to the lorries, and loaded on the ship still in pallet form.

Mr Somerville said the new Nedlloyd vessels were carrying 1500 pallets out and bringing their own steel wires for lifting units of six double dumps of wool which weigh two tons each. The ships, Lcuve Lloyd, Loire Lloyd, and Main Lloyd i (Royal Rotterdam Lloyd),

iand Neder Linge and Neder |Lek (Nederland Line), for which Somerville and Sons, Ltd, are port agents, are constantly on the Europe-New Zealand and New ZealandEurope services, each vessel making four round trips a year.

“Each ship has two forklifts,” said Mr Somerville. Mr Somerville said the Main Lloyd, which would arrive at Auckland on November 20, had a quantity of international-size (2Mt by Bft by Bft) general cargo containers on board, one of which would be discharged there and railed to Timaru. On December 4, the Main Lloyd will discharge cargo at the Port of Timaru, and then load for north European ports. “Grass seed and peas will be palletised, and the vessel | may also load frozen sundries lon pallets,” said Mr Somerville.