Larger ship, bigger target

Press, 4 December 1979, Page 13

Larger ship, bigger target

Shipping News

Throughout the world merch-l •nt fleets are getting smaller in terms of numbers of vessels; ana gross tonnages, as the mod* ern trend is toward bigger container ships and supertankers--' and in some quarters there i«j concern over defence in the event of war. a . 1 The trend can be seen in almost any port, including Lyttei-i ton. where the number of ships i using the harbour has declined over the past year or so while total net register tonnages have increased. The chairman of the Overseas I Container consortium «Sir Ron-; •Id Swayne) noted recently that his company had replaced 12U conventional cargo liners with 18 big container ships over the past five \ears. “This means 1»: missiles instead of 120 torpedoes are needed to dispose of them, he said. Britain’s merchant fleet in the past three years alone has shrunk by more than a quarter from 50 million to C 8 million tons ano there is everv indication that this trend will continue. The British fleet, which led the world until 1966. has dropped to fourth place behind Liberia. Japan, and Greece. arrivals Wild Flamingo .5.49 a m.), 5014, Bluff (Scales). . Kuaka (7 p.m. approx.) 16,221, Marsden Point (U.S.S.). Coastal Trader ‘2.9 p.m.), 2000, Auckland ‘S.C-N.Zj. DEPARTURES Coastal Trader ,6 ?_ •porox.i 2500. Dunedin (S.C.N.Z.L, Bedouin Birknes <4.30 pjn.), 20.168, Timaru (British Phosphate Commission i. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Union Hobart. Wellington, today ■Gladstone Pier). Llndfield, Sydney, today (Cashin Quav No. 3). Coastal Trader. Dunedin, December 5 Union Hobart. Wellington. December 6- . _ Holmdale. Chatham Islands, DeWlad*sa» r Bronlewskl, Wellington, December 9. Coastal Trader. Auckland, December 10. J _ Rio Amazonas, Auckland, December 10. ... _ _ Union Lyttelton. Wellington. December 11. . Athlon, Auckland. December 12.

Union Lyttelton. Dunedin, December 13. State of Madhy a Pradesh, Timaru, December 13. Forum Samoa, Auckland, December 13. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, December 15. Forum Niugini, Honiara, December 16. Strathmore. Auckland, December 17. Nedlloyd Waalekerk, Asia, December 17. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, December 18. Novogrudok, Napier, December 18. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, December 20. Cape Rodney, Christmas Island, December 22. Vishva Kalvan, Dunedin, Decern-1 ber 22. Australian Endeavour, Helling-, ton, December 23. Sunrise Glory, Long Beach, December 23. I Nedllovd Amsterdam, Asia. December 24. | Zanta Klaaz. Arctic, December; I 25. I Altis. Auckland. December 27. I Nedlloyd Freetown, Auckland,] December 31. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Union Hobart, Wellington, today.! Kuaka. Bluff, today. Lindfield, New Plymouth, today.! Ngapara. Dunedin, today. Strathmay, Muscat, today. Coastal Trader. Auckland, De-; cember 5. ■Union Hobart, Wellngton, Decern-; ber 6. „ u I Evergreen, Tauranga, December ; 6. ! Wild Flamingo. Tauranga, December 8. Coastal Trader. Dunedin, Decern-' ber 10. Hclmdale. Chatham Islands, December 11. 1 Union Lyttelton, Dunedin, December 11. ■ Union Lyttelton, Wellington, December 13. ’ Union Lyttelton, Wellington, December 15. ’ Union Lyttelton, Wellington, December 18. ■ Union Lyttelton, Dunedin, December 21. VESSELS IN PORT - Strathmay, Cashin Quay No. 1. Ngapara. No. 4 West. - Evergreen. Cashin Quay No. 2. Kuaka. Oil Wharf. ~ Wild Flamingo, No. 3 West.