Penalties speed up cargo clearance

Press, 12 November 1977, Page 19

Penalties speed up cargo clearance

[ Container cargoes at Lyt- [ telton have been given" a [hurry-along by the Lyttelton I Harbour Board — penalties .were imposed several weeks i ago on cargo not uplifted [within three days. I The penalties had proved very effective, because they hit people in their pockets, the container terminal manager (Mr P. G. Morgan) said yesterday, and there had been a steady speed-up in clearing imported goods from the terminal. I The main problems were ’ with L.C.L. cargoes — and : cargoes broken out of containers at the wharf before i being sent to their respective consignees. These cargoes had tended [to pile up at the transit [sheds, sheds which were designed simply as transit areas, not as storage areas, [ said Mr Morgan. The Harbour Board is now ; considering tightening up on F.C.L.s (full container loads) [to encourage their rapid ■clearance from the terminal area. ARRIVALS Coastal Ranger (6.54 a.m.),

2926, Capt. R. McMillan, Welling- ’ ton (S.C.N.Z.). Tekoa (8.53 a.m.), 8226, Well-! ington (Scales). DEPARTURES Coastal Ranger (6 p.m.), Capt. I McMillan, Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Sunbow, Auckland, today. ’ Holm dale, Chatham. Islands, today. Luka Botic, Auckland, today. Coastal Ranger, Wellington. November 13. Novo|)o.iotsk, Napier, November Coastal Trader, Auckland, November 14. Union Lyttelton, Dunedin, November 15. Australian Endeavour, Svdney, ! November 15. i Coastal Trader. Dunedin, November J 6. i Coastal Ranger, Wellington, No-- [ vember 1.6. [Mayfield, Wellington, November 16. PROJECTED DEPARTURES , Hobart Star, Napier, NovemberCoastal Trader, Dunedin, No-; vember 14. Coastal Ranger, Wellington, November 14. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, November 15. Coastal 'Prader, Auckland, No-' vember 16. Coastal Ranger, Wellington, No- ■ vember 16. VESSELS IN PORT Hobart Star, eashin Quay No. 1 I Tekoa, Cashin Quay No. 2. | James Cook, No. 1 Breastwork. Auckland Star, No. 3 West.