Shipping News Dramatic slump in road tuñel traffic

Press, 30 August 1977, Page 27

Shipping News Dramatic slump in road tuñel traffic

Tunnel traffic took one o£ its! biggest slumps during July, ac-| cording to the general manager j 1 of the Christchurch-Lyttelton i Road Tunnel Authority (Mr L. E. Oliver). Nine thousand nine hundred! fewer vehicles passed through the toll plaza than in July, 1976, he said — a drop of 6.5 per cent, ' compared with a 5.8 per cent increase in July, 1976 over the ■ month the year before. “It was the largest drop in cattraffic in one month for years.” said Mr Oliver. He could not pin down the exact cause of the decline, although the loss of the Rangatira would; be a contributory factor. The traffic drop meant that' tunnel revenue decreased $2574. or 883 per day — 6.7 per cent! down on tlie previous July. : However July's nose-dive had; been arrested somewhat in Aug-! ust, said the authority's chairman (Mr V. G. Spiller). With three days still to go. ear| traffic was down 5.2 per cent, butl commercial traffic had shot upl 14.6 per cent. Total tunnel throughput was] down 2.3 per cent. The commercial traffic was helped by bulk cartages from' Lyttelton, including 8000 tonnes of sulphur and 10,500 tonnes of| phosphate.

ARRIVALS Coastal Trader (7 a.m.l, 2926.: Capt. .1, Sutherland. Auckland: (S.C.N.Z.I. Coastal Ranger <7.23 a m.). 2926' Wellington (S.C.N.Z.i. DEPARTURES Coastal Trader (2.7 p.m.), Capt.i Sutherland. Dunedin. Coastal Ranger (7.15 p.m.), Capt.i D. Watt. Welllngton.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS | Union Hobart, Dunedin, today. (Union Auckland, Cape Thevenard, i today. iNgamotu, Timaru. today. (iron Arnhem, Wellington, August 31. Coastal Trader. Dunedin, August 31. Coastal Ranger, Wellington, August 31. Evergreen, Wellington. September 1. Vishva Bindu, Napier, September 2. Coastal Ranger. Wellington, September 2. Kuaka, Marsden Point, September 2. I Ficus, from sea. September 3. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Hupeh, Tauranga, today. (Union Hobart. Wellington, today. Hobart Star. Napier, today. Coastal Trader, Auckland, Aug I ust 31. Coastal Ranger, Wellington, August 31. (Union Auckland, Auckland. Sept--1 ember 1. iNgapara. Dunedin. September 1. (Coastal Ranger, Wellington, September 2. VESSELS IN PORT ■ Hupeh. Cashin Quay No. 1. Unity Reefer, Cashin Quay No. 2 | Holmdale, No. 3 East. J Hobart Star, No. 3 West. (Ngapara, No. 4 West.

CONTAINERS i The following container cargo |is available at Lyttelton: i Encounter Bay. voyage 7128.— ; CTIU 2703131, KNLU 2707138, GCTU 2680682, OCLU 2614378, 12625114. . | Godwit, voyage 13085.— MOH 5014415. SSIU 2530111. . I Mayfield, voyage 6.— SSLU 17622489.