SHIPPING NEWS

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33515, 22 April 1974, Page 14

SHIPPING NEWS

SEAFARERS OF FINLAND

Although th* hendiome merchant »«ieh of Scandinavia ara regular cellen. it would bo difficult to recall when a Finnieh vettel last called at Lyttelton. The New Zealand Stuppin? Corporation s Coastal Trader was; tormerlv Silvia tram Finland, and the Rosal liking Line luxun threesome Norwegian! were built in Finland, but that i« anear as can be git at present Finland is hardly Scandinavia, but it is very clo»e.

Tomorrow the Finland Steam ship < ompanv. Ltd. will celebrate it- ninety-firM birthdav The merrtumt vowels of Fin land trade throughout the world, btit little Im this area. Immarr; late, efficient passenger vesseh, under the Finnish flag, notabh those of the Finland Steamship; Lompanv, Ltd. pb. the Baltic \ member of the Lvtteltor Harbour Board’s pilotage staff who »,as cloaeh associated with Finland and the Baltic, speak* hiztdy of them, as seafarers. He said that Finland lost 54 per cent of its pre-war merchan’ tonnage a* reparation to the. Sosift Union which demanded pa>rnent in the form of heaw machinery, cargo vessels, icebreakers. tugs, railwav equip ment. and so on. The enterprising Finns, to meet these war reparations, created a great shipbuilding industry which not unb. paid off Russia., but created fur Finlaud a modern, expanding merchant fleet Foreigners go increasingly to Finland for new tonnage. Finland, with a population ot 4 million, handled 58 per cent of its outward trade, and 52 p»*r cent of its inward trade in its own ships in the In tact. 9* per rent of the nation's commerce H seaborne. Finnish maritime unions show marked responsibility tv the nation s shipping, even at board let el. But apart from industrial harmonx In a way Xew Zea landers could not envisage. Fin- 1 land also ha* to remain in btiM-i ness bv providing ice-breaking services during the northern winter months ARRIVALS Saturday Ranganra *6 38 a m.*. 9-537. (. apt R E. Puxh-Wdliamy. Wellington ♦ I’ S.S.». Hobart Star '6 53 a.m.\ 8393. U ellington iBl ueport ». Sunday Hangatira *6.48 a m.>, 9387. Capt, R. E Pugh-Wflliams. Wellington »L.S.s». Hoinlea *7.2 a m >. 1053. Capt D Mac Kay. Wellington 'L’-S S I Wocaun 8.15 am . 5393. Capt A L. Carter. Wellington <P and O tNX>. Ltd*. DEPARTURES Saturday 4 Atrevtda *5.42 a.m.», 8950. Capt T» Mullcmp. Dunkirk Kiiuev* Rangatira 9 7 am.'. 9387. Capt R E. Fugh William*. Wellington iI.S.S . Daylight.) Inion Wellington <137 pm >. 2637. Capt. A. Pah!-SuJikosky Melbourne »V S.S.». < aptain John L *5.36 p.m.>. 13 >3B. Capt Chronis N Polichrorakis Bluff *Br Phosphate < mmrs> Bulk Matfield (6.3 pm . 6108. Capt T. Barton. Bluff <S S. and A.» Sundav Ranatir* •» p.m'. 9387 Capt R E. Pugh-Williams. Weihngton tV SS ». EXPECTED ARRIVALS Coastal Trader. Auckland. today • arko Polo. Auckland, todav Erne, Marsden Point, todav > Tanker>. Hertford. Dunedin. April 22 Hangatira. Wellington. April Z 3 snabonee. Wellington. April J »Tankeri. Cantaloupe. Felixstowe, April 23 *Vehicle* « Vishva Sandesh. Dunedin April 23. Ha«ea. Wellington. April 24. Ymmw Mani. Wellington Apnl 24. Marko Marulic. Dunedin. April 24. Winaka. Auckland. April 27. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Coastal Trader. Dunedin, todat 'Tanker.) Holmtea. Wellington, today.. „ Kanz’tira. Wellington, April 23 Daylight.;

Line. Wellington. April 23 ■Tanker.) B.irou Renfrew. April 23. (Bulk.; ( antaloupe. . April 24. Shabonee. Melbourne. April 24. (Tanker.) Holmdale. —. April 24. Ilawea, Wellington, April 24. Hobart Star. Bluff April 24. Woosung. Napier April 26. Hertford. Hull. April 26. Wanaka. Melbourne. April 27 j VESSELS IN PORT Hobart Star. No. 1 Cashin Quay.

Wousung. No. 2 Cashin Quay. Baron Renfrew. G.P.E. Holmlea. No. 2 West Frysna. No. 6 West .survey >. Hoimdale, No. 7 East,

Sir Keith Holyoake. who was 70 in February, made the announcement at the annual meeting of the National PartyElectorate Commitee in Pahiatua on Saturday.

“I’ve said I will offer myself. Anyone can do that,” he said last night.