Shipping News First Jebsen carrier loading wool

Press, 2 October 1979, Page 13

Shipping News First Jebsen carrier loading wool

The first of the Jebsen Line in the new New Zealand* jgpan -South Korea trade berthed at Lyttelton yesterday to load Canterbury expoit cargo of wool, particle board, and oUier products. The 12,982-ton Spraynes 'pronounced Spray-ness) inaugurated lye legular 26-day service but ruey not be seen here again because Jebsen plans to put two new vessels on the run, the Attis and one yet to be named. The Altis is expected to make her first call at Lyttelton on October 28. The new service marks a departure from the Japan-Korea conference for the export of wpol and has the approval of the Wool Board. The service has been welcomed by me Lyttelton Harbour Board and the director of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association iMr I. D. Howell), who it would be strongly supported by Canterbury manufacThe Spraynes arrived from her first New Zealand port of call, Auckland, and is expected to sail tomorrow for Wellington and Tauranga before heading for Korea, Tokyo and Kobe. The Spraynes was built in Japan in 1972. She is 155 m long. 23m wide, and has a maximum draught of 13.7 m. He r port of registry is Londor. the headquarters of Jebsen (L\K.». Ltd. The local agent for the Spraynes is George H. Scales. Ltd, Jebsen's services nationally are directed by Mr Frank Ross. ; t .e Auckland-based manager of j the line's New Zealand suosidi The start of the new sendee . and Jebsen s entry into the New Zealand wool-shipping trade co- 1 decides with the fiftieth anniver- , sarv of the founding of the com- 1 JMny. Tiie Jeb«en group is now an international concern with headouarters in Bergen and subfed aries in Britain. Germany, • tWnada. Australia. New Zealand, and Singapore. S nee 1962 Jebsen has been enraged in carrying ilmenite and : r i sands Western 1 Australia to Europe, returning ;

• with cargoes of phosphate rockj ■ from West Africa in three bulk; i carriers of 15,000 tons capacity.j A further six \essels were i added to that trade during the I 19605. The group now runs 66; bulk carriers with a combined! cargo-carrying capacity of morej than 1 million tons. The company and its partners also have interests in two semi-j submersible oil-drilling vessels and a computer-controlled drill-j ing ship built early this year and regarded as possibly the| most sophisticated drilling vessel afloat. ARRIVALS Spraynes '9.14 a.m.), 12,982. Auckland (Scales). Holmdale (8.33 a.m.>, 911, Chat ham Islands (U.S.S.). Coastal Trader (11.43 a.mt. 250 U, Auckland (S.C.N.Z.). DEPARTURES Coastal Trader (6 p.m.), 2500. Dunedin <S C.N.Z.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Union Lyttelton, Wellington, to- 1 day. Ei vina. Singapore, today. Sydney Express, Wellington, today. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, Octo-' ber 3. Freezer Ace. N’apier. October 3. Forum Niu Gini. Honiara, October 4. Nedlloyd Cumberland, Dunedin, October 4. Australian Endeavuor, Wellington, October 5. Nedlloyd Frazer, Wellington. October 6. . Maresol. Auckland. October 6, Flinders Ba\. Wellington, October 14. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Union Lyttelton, Dunedin, today. Coastal Trader, Auckland, October 3. Spraynes. Wellington. October 3. s. dney Express, Dunedin, October 4 Forum Niu Gini, Auckland, October 5. Australian Endeavour, Piraeus. October 6. Nedlloyd Frazer, October 8. VESSELS IN PORT Spraynes, Cashin Quay No. 2. i HoJmdnle, No. 7 Fast. Ngamotu, dry duck. j