Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image

j —r " -'" ~'~~~~ *^*~*-s^yy?^~ftSi"‘ " * * '™*^^ M * ||||^~si)PWTKSrT^"i *A in fii ■ ■ ‘’ ; 'T rfT**/W’ ” . -aj.' j l .-*! ; " " ” ffjEySdMp Imk ~-- HK£**U “S * «.... ■H<^ffljbl^H^L - P f 'WEJ*'? "V,: . waHaKWa* t ' a ir^n- - W^^MrM*iMIM»MMMLJai^T^I^ i kSa» a - ■. -,.;■' .JjtS SS? _.,<! iA H JKlr.’iEit'<-^^" ,^ \. B ■ A | ‘ "' **■■—SSSS5 3R !• ■ > * \ Yj ql -B*R ,CTWWp| MMWBWWWBMjBiSI - :“ ' :: ' s: ■7 ■ *.<; :T. , ■ ■■ The three Scandin- and Australian operations. operating under the name of RO/RO vessels plus conven- RO/RO vessels will call at any sha P® form which avian shipping companies, This tntegration took Scandinavian Australia and tional tonnage. Auckland, Napier and cannot be loaded into a the East Asiatic Company of place on the st danuar Y' New Zealand Carriers Ltd, From April this year New Timaru. container. Virtually they can Copenhagen the Trans- 1978, but until now the with the trade name Scan- Zealand will benefit from a Cargo to and from Well- ca " at any port Wlth atlantic Steamship Company New Zealand and Australia Carriers.’ full Scan Carriers RO/RO ington will be decentralised/ m.tThX of Gothenburg and Wilh. services have been operated service. The M/S Tombarra centralised via Napier and Wilhelmsen of Oslo, which under the trade names of Scan Carriers, which is a will load in Scandinavia and cargo to and from Christ- stern an 9 led rsmp ashora - have been serving New ScaNZeal and S.canAustral so-called joint operating on the Continent of Europe church or other centres of' The ships are independent Zealand under the trade respectively. company, at present oper- in April and will discharge the South Island will be of shor ® facilities such as name of ScaNZeal, have in- As frorn Ist March the ates a fleet of five modern and load in New Zealand in decentralised/centralised via container cranes, because tegrated their New Zealand new integrated service is and highly sophisticated June. • The Scan Carriers Timaru. By tentatively having equipment for the handling Vi chosen to operate through of the cargo. 1 Napier and Timaru, the non- Scan Carriers is thus not container ports should now i ust another container MMnMMMom- jj h ave a reasona |j| e serv j ce j n operator. However, the the New Zealand trade, as it Scan Carriers vessels are also I is furthermore understood ideal for tb ® carnage of that other members of the containers. Conference will have a With the introduction of Ist March we moved Europe.. the main ports during the M/S Tombarra loading in peak of the export season. Europe in April, the New —iihi.i.m i ——i.. i After the delivery of two Zealand/Europe trade will new vessels during the have one of the most J|X second half of 1978, Scan- sophisticated services Carriers will, with its fleet of possible, for the versatile seven efficient RO/RO RO/RO vessels, offer a operation makes them a XSDk re s uiar ' fiex,bie and versatiie very attrBctiv# / V between Europe and the pure / X New Zealand and vice versa. /' \ importers 13 — 14 sailings two new RO/RO ! K V. vessels / f 1 Through f 1 two new RO/RO ships, the service I Br 1 Scandinavian Lines have second half 1978, will ■ JBUB I again confirmed their hav ® « DW T cepaaty of I I the RO/RO 22,500 tonnes at a draught 1 I The an I f sained these underdeck capacity \ and 60,750 CBM. The container % the trade % V Qver ttle last years will "TE'- 1 s - \\wBBB The reefer capacity will New Zealand b ® 2 > 200 CBM X two reefer k ' ! ' Tha main feature of the will be power vessels is their versatility, i.e. their of 250 reefer containers. ability to accept almost any kind of cargo — in the Tbe ships will also have pack, shape or form required two bulk liquid tanks each of by the trade. The RO/RO 350 CBM, with a heating vessels can carry cargo in capacity to maintain a A Og containers, in units, on temperature of 60 degrees on bolsters or loose. For New Zealand’s mam hav ® tour tanks with a total — m ■ export products, the RO/RO capacity of 1,271 CBM. ■ Mfe ■' concept offers the trade. These tanks are specifically closer to ngw te * w *” pono ‘ cargo in units or containers; Hoistable and fixed car J for reefer cargo, in reefer decks will be installed in the JTB/ bM chambers or refrigerated new vessels, giving a car integral containers; for capacity of 600 mediumsheepskins, containers or sized cars. — . trie same for mosl other cargo . the two new vessels of From the Ist March. 1978 Scan Austral (Scandi- Scan Carriers will mean that already from April th re9ard J° typica ' vian Australia Carriers Ltd.) and ScanNZeal will this year. New Zealand will also benefit from a * e m2. b.X"Xes join forces under the name Scandinavian Austra- full service by Ro/Ro vessels. machines thc J sels are long and under special lia and New Zealand Carriers Ltd., with the trade With its fleet of 7 efficient and fast Ro/Ro vessels, optimally designed for conations «t w,n be feasible I name Scan Carriers. The shipping companies be- Scan Carriers is offering a regular, flexible and carrying the Wlde vanety of to handle lifts in the vicinity hind Scan Carriers are: The East Asiatic Compa- versatile service between Europe/Australia, and such products imported mto ° f soo-eoo tonnes over ny, Copenhagen, Transatlantic Steamship Com- Europe/New Zealand and vice versa. New Zealand, and seif- this ramp. pany, Gothenburg and Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Oslo. ScaNZeal and Scan Austral had already in the movable cargo such as cars, within the ships, internal Scan Carriers operate at present a fleet of 5 past common agents in most ports and inland tractors, harvesters, mobile ram ps permit the transport modern and efficient Ro/Ro vessels plus conven- centres. Scan Carriers will continue the service cranes, trucks or buses of the goods between the tional vessels. During third quarter, 1978, 2 through this agency net. present no problem to these three decks and the bigger Ro/Ro newbuildings will be introduced ships. The fact that such weatherdeck. in ScanCarriers’ liner service. This will mean —■ ■_ self-movable cargo is driven Good cargo protection is that all conventional ships will be phased out. nirll onboard and ashore a specific feature of these Australia has already enjoyed a full Ro/Ro laHraMM ■ Mfcl bm minimises the risk of ships, and similar to the five service by Scan Austral, but the new service of - Your line of Choice! I damage, and reduces ro/ro ships already in packing costs. The ships are operation. All holds are I able to carry cargo of almost lechamcally ventilated

Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19780306.2.118.1

Bibliographic details

Press, 6 March 1978, Page 19

Word Count
1,077

Page 19 Advertisements Column 1 Press, 6 March 1978, Page 19

Page 19 Advertisements Column 1 Press, 6 March 1978, Page 19

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert