SHIPPING NEWS

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33654, 2 October 1974, Page 7

SHIPPING NEWS

Indian shipping line growing fast

The growth of the Shipping < Corporation of India, one of the 1 world’s largest shipping lines to- I day, is so rapid that men cannot be trained quickly enough 1 to man the fleet. This information came from Captain Diptlman 1 Roy Choudhury. master of the ' company’s 6209-ton, Indian-built. 13-year-old, motor vessel State of 1 Uttar Pradesh at Lyttelton yesterday. In less than two years, 1 the Shipping Corporation of India ’ has established a strong two-way trade link between India, I Malaysia, and New Zealand. According to the local agents. 1 another of the company's vessels, the Vlshva Nidhi. which is 1 also known at Lyttelton, has just anchored in the stream at Auckland. I * * * It The Arabian Gulf port of Aba-1] dan has been suggested to the I 1 Iranian authorities as a storage; and procession point for New ' Zealand's exported meat, after , the new trade agreement be-/ tween New Zealand and Iran.., Former Merchant Service Off!-! eers and seamen in Lyttelton and,. Christchurch recall Abadan with no delight. Abadan is one of the hottest places in the world. The Persian Gulf, tactfully , railed the Arabian Gulf today by seagoing staff for fear of caus- ( ing political offence, is the spirit- , ual home of the oil tanker, 1 “Tanker Alley” is a well beaten gulf track, from the- Arabian Sea to Abadan. Before radar and air-condition-ing, heat haze married visibility tn the Gulf and made navigation arduous. But on the last passage to Abadan, the heat was like a furnace. Europeans could not get angry—it was too exhausting. In Abadan, there were clubs, and hundreds of men with little female companionship. There were splendid swimming pools, outdoor cinemas for seafarers, and chilled beer was almost a: way of life. Salt tablets were taken regularly. The mention of Abadan in the new trade agreement brought memories to older seamen at Lyttelton yesterday. Nobody wants to go back unless they have to, even though conditions! aboard ship are much better today. sfc * ♦ ARRIVALS Erne (6.18 a.m.l, 13,728, Caph R Warriner, Marsden Point (L'.S.S.) (tanker). Rangatira (6.40 a.m.), 9387, Capt. J. D. Cleaver, Wellington (U.S.S.). DEPARTURES Norfolk Marti <11.19 a.m., 9173, Capt. K. Watanabe, Japan (Seatrans). Erne (4.15 p.m.l, 13,728. Capt. R. Warriner. Wellington IU.S.S.) danker). Bayernstein < ), 7485, ; Capt, B. Meentzen, Dunedin' (Guthrey). Montreal Maru ( ), 12,623, Cant. Masami Hara, Dun-1 edin (Br. Phosphate Cmmrs) I (bulk). Rangatira ( ), 9387,; Capt. J. D. Cleaver. Wellington (U.S.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Esquelino, Wellington, today. Xgahere. Wellington, today. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, today. Athelviscount Marsden Point, I October 3 (tanker). ' Apollonian Grace, Auckland, October 3. Mombasa Maru, Wellington, Oct. , 3 (bulk). Rangatira. Wellington, Oct. 3. 1 Itoham Maru No. 3, Tauranga.l October 3.

C. Joyce. Wellington. Oct. 3. Frysna, Tonga, October 4. I Elmbank, Mexican Gulf. October 4. Union Sydney, Wellington, Oct. I Ngahere, Wellington, October 4.1 Texaco Scandinavia. Auckland.; October 5 (tanker). President Quezon. Wellington,! October 5. Kyotai Maru, Auckland. Oct. 5. Woollahra, Wellington, October i 5 (semi-container). Rangatira. Wellington. October Ecuadorian Reefer, Auckland,, October 5. Holmdale, Apia, October 8. projected departures Dido, Newcastle, today. Coastal Trader. Auckland, today. Moanui, Dunedin, October 3. Hawaii Maru, Noumea, October 3. Athelviscount. Dunedin, October 3 (tanker). Rangatira, Wellington, October 3. Union Sydney, Sydney. October; Union New Zealand. Timaru, October 4. Apollonian Grace, Timaru, October 4. Texaco Scandinavia, October 4 (tanker). C. Joyce, Auckland. October 5. Songkhla, Ho Do, October 5. NZ Timaru, October Esquilino, Bluff. October 5. Itoham Maru No. 3, Japan, Oct. Rangatira. Wellington, October 5 (daylight). State of Uttar Pradesh, Singapore, October 7. Ecuadorian Reefer, Adelaide, October 7. Ngakuta, Tauranga. October 7. VESSELS IN PORT Hawaii Maru, No. 2 Cashin Quay. Dido, G.P.C. ' Moanui, No. 3 East. NZ Waitangi, No. 3 West. Ngakuta, No. 6, West (survey). State of Uttar Pradesh, No. 7 East. Songkhla, No. 7 West. Ngamotu, Graving Dock.