Shipping News
Import drop hits Lyttelton tonnage
Drops in imports continue to cause declining cargo tonnages at Lyttelton. This trend is revealed in a detailed analysis of cargo volumes for the Lyttelton Harbour Board’s financial year ending September 30, 1978. Imports for the period totalled 1,265,488 tonnes and exports, 495,550 tonnes with the total of 1,761,038 tonnes down on the previous year. The 362,456 tonnes is contributed to by 302,000 tonnes of imports while the decline in exports accounted for only 60,000 tonnes in the 495,550 tonnes total. : Primary produce from the Canterbury offset even ; greater cargo drops with 1 beans and peas up 5772 tonnes, dairy products up . 5361 tonnes, meat 14,848 i tonnes, tallow 2133, wool , 5416, and manure products 20,314 tonnes. Coastal services dropped by 213,839 tonnes (about 25 1 per cent) on the previous ' year’s operations but some s overseas services showed increases. Increasing tonnages were ; recorded during the year on the West Coast of North 1 America run as did shipping ( to and from the West Indies! ports, Pacific Islands and ! Antarctic. • I, Tonnage to and from the! United Kingdom remained ath about the same level as last! 1 year. Continued advocacy of the “user pavs” principle makes! ] it difficult for South Islandmanufacturers to be competitive in North Island markets, according to an Im-porters-Exporters publica- ] tion. Internal freight rates reflect the high cost structure; of services in New Zealand,!: t' . publication says. “Freight rates for export h
trade are mainly negotiated by the large exporting organisations, such as the nnmary-produce- boards. “They have sufficient muscle to look after their own interests but we wonder who will look after smaller exporters. “We know of no New Zealand importers’ organisation which negotiates rates for incoming cargo.” A single Shippers’ Council in Hong Kong was able to negotiate rates on behalf ofj 43 of the colony’s exporters, the publication says. “This seems to make sense, as such a body would match in some measure the strength of the shipping! lines.” ARRIVALS Meadowbank (6.30 a.m.) "869, | Auckland, Capt. D. Martin (S.C.N.Z.). H.M.N.Z.S. Rotoiti (8 a.m.), Fisheries patrol. DEPARTURES Toa Moana (5 p.m.) 1191, Auckland, Capt. J. S’tanaway (S.C.N.Z.). Meadowbank (6 p.m.), 7869, Sydney (S.C.N.Z.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Aniokura, Marsden Point, today. Wellington Star, Auckland, December 3. Lake Eyre, Auckland, December 3. Coastal Trader, Auckland, December 4. Kenan Mam, Auckland, December 4. Union Hobart, Wellington, December 5. Union Hobart, Dunedin, December 7. Pacific Reefer, Bluff, December: i 7. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Flinders Bay, today. Amokura, Timaru, December 3. Wellington Star, Wellington, December 3. Coastal Trader, Dunedin. December 4. Lake Eyre, Auckland. December 4. Bergnes, Sydney, December 4VESSELS IN PORT Flinders Bay, Cashin Quay No. 3 Coastal Ranger, No. 2 West. Bergnes, No. 2 East. Holmdale, No. 7 East. I
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Press, 2 December 1978, Page 22
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