New ships for East Asia run

Press, 1 December 1978, Page 14

New ships for East Asia run

The final sailing of the Hupeh from Lyttelton this week precedes the appearance next month of two larger K-class ships by the New Zealand Unit Express Service, for the Lyttelton end of the East Asia run. , The Hupeh and the Poyang will be replaced by the Kwangsi and the Kwiechow to provide extra capacity on the Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Philippines run. , Both replacement vessels will handle unitised and break-hulk cargoes, containers. refrigerated products, bulk oils, and heavy lifts 'with their own cranes and derricks. I The Kwangsi was formerly the Perseus, and the kwiechow wasi named -Phemius. both Blue Funnel ‘Line ships, Their new names are a link.witft the Kwangsi and the Kwiechow of the 19605, when the service first started. The executive operations manager of New Zealand Unit Express (Mr I. D. Goddard) has said that both ships are ideally suited to the New Zealand-East Asia trade.

ARRIVALS > Flinders Bay (6 a.m.), 26,756, . i Wellington, Capt. K. Howard (P and O). ) Union Lyttelton <7 a.m.,i, 4500 Wellington, Capt. C. J. Murphy ihU.S.S.j. . Fort Sainte Marie (8.20 a.m.), I 8554, Auckland (Scales). Holmdale 112.30 p.m.), 911, Cha- ■ tham Islands, Capt. E. R. Warner ! ; (U.S.S.). > Bergnes <2 p.m.), 20,473, Napier, I Capt. O. M. Skomsnoey (Scales). DEPARTURES Fort Sainte Marie (7 p.m.), 8554, i Tauranga (Scales). Union Lyttelton (8 p.m.i, 4500, sea, Capt. C. J. Murphy (U.S.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Meadowbank, Auckland, today. HMNZS Rotoiti, fisheries patrol, today. I Mario Yemelos, Napier. December 2. Lake Eyre. Auckland, December , 3 1 Coastal Trader, Auckland, Dec-’ ember 4 PROJECTED DEPARTURES Meadow bank, Sydney, today. Toa Moana, Auckland, today. . Flinders Bay Sydney, December' H.M.N.Z.S. Rotoiti, fisheries) patrol, December 3. Coastal Trader, Dunedin. Decem-I I’ ber 3. VESSELS IN PORT Flinders Bay, Cashin Quay No.) 3. ) Coastal Ranger, No. 2 West. l! Bergnes. No. 2 East. ’Holmdale, No. 7 East.