Busy schedule of wool ships

Press, 2 August 1977, Page 25

Busy schedule of wool ships

Shipping News

The Lyttelton Harbour Board < Is not getting overly excited fust ' yet alM»ut the line-up of container ships scheduled for Lyttei-! ton by the Wool Marketing Coipu rati on next season The corpora t-on’s shipping schedule, announced last Friday, lias 73 container-ship calls organised for Lyttelton for the United Kingdom. Northern European and Mediteiranean ports — two more than Port Chalmer>. On the United Kingdom schedule there will be 27 calls' at Lxttelon and 30 at Port Chalmers. On the northern Europe service there will be 27 calls to Lyttelton and 39 to Port Chalmers, and to the Med.terranean 19 calls to Lyttelton and two to Port Chaimers. Lyttelton's 73 calls represent a ship every fixe days, but the Lyttelton Harbour Board trade promotions manager (Mr N. D. Cullen* said he expected that many of the container ships calling would be loading for both United Kingdom ana European portri This would mean that the number of ships calling would bei somewhat fewer than the calls r sc'neduled. He said that there was no indication of the relative tonnages to be loaded at L'ttelton and Port (’balmers — the all-important, factor in terms of financial re-1 turn from container ships. Mr Cullen said the schedule "as related to just one commodity. and not all imports and' exports through the two container terminals. ‘•UnFI we get the whole picture. things will remain out of focus.” he said. ARRIVALS <’OMtai Trader <6.56 a m.-. 2500.

(Japt J. Sutherland, Auckland j (S.C.N.Zj. Star Castor <7.22 a.m.-, 14,667,1 IB.P.C/I DEPARTURES Coastal Trader <2.11 p.m.), 12.5UU. Capt. J. Sutherland, Dun-1 <edin (S.C.N.Z.). Coastal Ranger <6.16 p.m.), 2926, Capt. D. Watt, Wellington < S.C.N.Z.I. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Marama, Dunedin, today . Mishret, Wellington, today. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, August 3 Coastal Hanger, Wellington. August 3. Straat Fremantle. Singapore, August 4. Flinders Bay, U.K., August 5. Manama, Wellington, August 4. Coastal Ranger, Wellington, August 5. Coastal Ranger. Wellington. August 7. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Marama, Wellington, today. Fremantle Star, Napier, todaystar Castor, Timaru, today, i Coastal Trader. Auckland. Aug. i 3. Coastal Ranger. Wellington. August 3. Marama, Tauranga. August 4. Coastal Ranger. Wellington, August 5. Mishref. for sea. August 6. VESSELS IN PORT Star Castor. No. 2 East. 'Holmdale. No, 3 East I Fremantle Star. No. 3 West. Te Arolia. No. 6 West. CONTAINERS C argo trom the following containers is available at Lyttelton: SSLU 762462. SSLU 7621815. . SSLU 7622302.