Pallet Cargo Ship Due
(N.Z. Press Association)
WELLINGTON, Mar. 11. The first ship to run to New Zealand with a pallet cargo, the Shansi, will berth in Wellington tomorrow. The Shansi is the latest addition to the fleet of the Brit-ish-owned China Navigation Company.
The ship, the first of its kind ever to call at a New Zealand port, has side-ports through which forklift trucks move cargo.
This method Is estimated to be about twice as fast as conventional derrick loading.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31936, 13 March 1969, Page 10
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81Pallet Cargo Ship Due Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31936, 13 March 1969, Page 10
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