Shipping News
Deep draught aids port popularity
The number of vessels arriving; directly from overseas ports or 1 ..sailing directly to them from Lyttelton increased dramatically ( last year and continues to show i improvement—a factor con- ] tributed to by the port’s deep draught berthage. 1 The harbourmaster (Captain J. A. Barbour), said vessels were I increasingly making their first New Zealand visit to Lyttelton J :so as to discharge sufficient cargo to enable them to berth at other t ports which were shallower. 1 Likewise. Lyttelton was often the last port of call for departing 1 overseas vessels wishing to “top off” their cargoes. With the exception of Marsden Point. Lyttelton has the deepest 1 draught of any New Zealand port. In the year to September 30, the port piloted 169 vessels ar- ’ riving from or departing to overseas norts. Countries of origin : and destination included Australia <64). Pacific Islands «3t), : North America (14). Singapore and the Persian Gulf <l2 each), ; .Janan <lOl. Antarctica <lb. Soviet i I nion • >), China <3». United Kingdom. European Continent, and ' ■‘rea *2 each', and South Africa (1). included were 35 tankers. 26 dry-bulk vessels, and 36 container vessels. The total was 169. as comparedwith 106 the previous vear. In the period from October 1 ■ to November 26. seven vessels arrived in port direct from over-; seas. Three were from Australia,' two from Singapore, and one’ each from Christmas Island and Nauru. Three vessels sailed directly I for overseas ports from Lyttel-| ton during the same period: the Botanv Ba' for Jeddah, the Mayfield for the West ’ndies, and, the Sea Tide for China. ARRIVALS Coastal Trader (7.2 a,m.), 2500,: Dunedin I DEPARTURES Coastal Tr?det- <2.34 p.m.l, 2500, A»»* , kl’nd 'S.C.NJZ.). Undfield 'I SO pin.). 8219. New Plymouth »S.C.X.Z.«. Evergreen (4.24 p.mj, 10,818.; 'Tauranga (P and O). 1
EXPECTED ARRIVALS Union Hobart, Wellington, today i ’Gladstone Pier). Coastal Trader, Auckland, De-; cember 10. Rio Amazonas, Auckland, December 10. Holmdale. Chatham Islands, December 10. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, December It. Coastal Trader. Dunedin, December 12. Athlon. Auckland. December 12. Wladyslaw Broniewski, Wellington, December 12. Union Lyttelton, Dunedin, De cember 13. Anco Challenger, Hull, December ■ 14. ; Forum Samoa. Auckland. Decern-: ber 14. Xovocrudok, Napier, Deeember i 15. Forum Niugini, Honiara, Decern- ; ber 16. Strathmere, Auckland, December 17. Nedlloyd Waalekerk, Asia, De- ( cember 17. Eburna. Bukom. December 19. Cape Rodney, Christmas Island, 1 December 22. Vishva Kalyan, Dunedin. December 22. State of Madhya Pradesh, Tl-: maru, December 22. Holmdale, Chatham Islands. December 23. ’Australian Endeavour, Welling- • ton. December 23. Nedllovd Amsterdam. Asia, De-1 cember 24. Padre Nivldad. Christmas Island, December 25. Sunrise Glorv, Long Beach, December 26. Altis, Auckland. December 27. ! Nedlloyd Freetown, Auckland, December 31. PROJECTED DEPARTURES I (Union Hobart, Wellington, today.’ Wild Flamingo, Tauranga, De-1 cember 7. | Coastal T-ader, Dunedin, December 10. I (Union Lvttelton, Dunedin, December 11. Union t.ytteKon, Wellington, December 13. Holmdale. Chatham islands, December 14. vessels in port 1 Wild Flamingo, No. 3 West. *
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