Chill winds of maritime change

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33254, 18 June 1973, Page 10

Chill winds of maritime change

SHIPPING NEWS

The present shipping revolution is as marked as the change from sail to s * ear PThis not only embraces harsh, modern naial architecture rapid transport, larger and fewer carriers, the use of containers, and streamlining, but assails human values. New maritime terms, such as take-overs, amalgamation, retrenchment, modernisation, and ; restructuring often hint at redundancy for qualified men who have served great shipping lines i faithfully from boyhood. The handsome. 24-year-old twin • screw motor vessel. Hinakura, 'which was built on tire Clyde, i left Lyttelton last week with milk j powder for Callao, and for Hull,: Hamburg. Rotterdam, and Sheer-1 j ness. The departure of this deep laden, refrigerated, 11,272 ton (cargo liner crammed with New {Zealand produce, recalled earlier: ! departures bv the vessel and her' ' sisters. Thev had yellow funnels, and flew the famous house flag of the former, century-old New| Zealand Shinping Company, Ltd. < (The same flag, with its aceomI panying red. white, and blue: ; pennant, flew until recent times, in Hereford Street But the death 1 of a once great shipping line is; now accepted with a shrug. The: Hinakura and her kind now have a P and O house Hag and the unfamiliar new design of the P land 0 funnel. : Shipmasters, senior officers, (and senior employees ashore. I miss the close “family" atmosi : nhere of their former New Zea(land Shinning Company. Other British and foreign companies are! ( experiencing the same thing. ( ; Shipmasters who commanded I great liners, and senior officers ■who served in them, turn un at Lyttelton in cargo ships, bulk carriers, and sometimes tankers. Others have been forced to retire early or have been transferred to trades served by subsidiaries British, German, Dutch, and i other shipmasters calling at Lyttelton stress that redundancy is present and real. Engineers are I usually in demand in industry. I but a shipmaster has little choice j when he leaves the sea, unless | he does it early. ARRIVALS Saturday Ecuadorian Reefer (5.40 a m. I, '4981. Auckland (U.S.S.). Rangatira (6.38 a.m.), 9387. Capt. R. E Pugh-Williams. Wellington (U.S.S.). Sunday Rangatira (7.32 a.m.), 9387. Capt. R. E. Pugh-Williams, Wellington (U.S.S.). Itohamu Maru No. 1 (8.45 a.m.), 2592, Auckland (Guthrey). Holmlea (9.10 a.m.). 1053, Capt. G. L. Porter. Wellington (U.S.S.). DEPARTURES Saturday Rangatira (9.4 a.m.), 9387, Capt. R. E. Pugh-Williams, Wellington (U.S.S.), (Daylight.) James Cook (1.12 p.m.), 553, Capt. J. Leacman, Wellington (Marine Department). (Fisheries Research Vessel.) Ecuadorian Reefer (5.37 p.m.), 4981, Timaru (U.S.S.). Sunday Rangatira (8.33 p.m), 9387, Capt. R. E. Pugh-Williams. Wellington (U.S.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Wanaka, Auckland, today. Cymene, Geelong, today {Sharpites, Christmas Island, June! 19.

Huntingdon, Wellington, June 19. Rangatira. Wellington. June IS. Canopic. Napier. June 19 Hobart Star. Wellington June Rinsei Maru, New Plymouth. June 20. Woolgar, Nauru. June 20 Mahogany, Nauru. June .0 Union New Zealand. Adelaide, June 20 ' Karetu, Dunedin. June 21. ; Kaituna. Wellington, June 2. 1 Erne Marsden Point. June 2.1. ’ Shansi, Nelson, June J. > Mexico Maru. Wellington, June ’ Tarawera. Auckland. June .4 24 1 Japan Rimu. Wellington. June 24 • Kashima Maru, Nauru. June .4 : Athelviscount, Marsden Point, June 24. ’I Ata, Nukualofa. June 25. ’ Marabank. Wellington June 26. Hawea. Sydney. June 2b 1 Vishva Chetna. Wellington, Jure 1 i 27 Teesta. Wellington, June 23. ' Shinsho, Auckland. June 30. I Kweilin Wellington. June 30. • Abel Tasman, Dunedin, July 1. i Leuve Llovd. Tauranga, July 2. i Mataura, Wellington, July 4. J Oceanic, Wellington, July 4. •' Atrevida. New Plymouth, July ' Timaru Star. Wellington, July 5. ■ Howa Maru. Wellington. July 6 1 Loppersun. Wellington, July 6. ’I Larisa Reisner, Napier, July 7. Straat Cumberland. Auckland, July 8. ' Wenchow. Wellington. July 9. ■Jelunga. Bluff. July 9. Cumberland. Wellington. July 14 PROJECTED DEPARTURES Holmdale Chathams, today Awanui. Tauranga. today. •Wanaka, Dunedin, today Holmlea, Wellington, today. Dawn Grandeur. Brisbane, June 19. Itohamu Maru No. 1, Bluff, June 19. Rangatira, Wellington, June 19 (daylight). iClvmene, Auckland, June 19 iSharpnes. Tauranga. June 20. Hobart Star, Dunedin. June 21 Rinsei Maru, Bluff, June 21. Canopic. West Indies, June 21. Huntingdon. Dunedin, June 21. i Woolgar, New Plymouth, June 22 I Mahogany. —, June 22 I Karetu, Westport, June 22. I Erne, Timaru, June 24. Athelviscount, Timaru June 25. [Ata, Australia, June 25. Kaituna. Dunedin, June 25. Tarawera. Melbourne, June 26. Hawea. Dunedin. June 26. Japan Rimu. Napier, June 26. Kashima Maru, Dunedin. June 26. Shansi, Auckland. June 26. Union New Zealand, Port Chalmers. June 26 (survey). Marabank, Dunedin, June 27 Mexico Maru, Dunedin, June 27 Vishva Chetna, Timaru. June 30. Kweilin, . July 2 Shinsho, , July 3. Abel Tasman, Wellington, July 3 Teesta, Napier, July 4. Leuve Lloyd, Bluff, July 4. Timaru Star, Bluff, July 7. Mataura. Dunedin, July 9. Atrevida. Timaru. July 9. Howa Maru. Dunedin, July 9. Loppersun, Bluff. July 10. Larisa Reisner. Osaka. July 10. Straat Cumberland, Napier, July 11. Oceanic, Dunedin. July 12. Jelunga. Auckland. July 12. Wenchow, Napier, July 13 VESSELS IN PORT Awanui. No. 1 B.W. Dawn Grandeur. No. 2 East. Holmlea, No. 2 West. Holmdale. No. 3 East. Itohamu Maru, No. 7 East.