Ships delayed by shortage of labour

Press, 26 February 1980, Page 13

Ships delayed by shortage of labour

y Only moderate demand is exipected for Port of Lyttelton yiplant this week, but the de>iinand for labour is expected to She heavy. ; ; ; ji Ships which arrived late last .(week have .already had to wait ?,for gangs to become available — "(gangs assigned to vessels on a basis. p One ship so affected was the Star, topping off her ijcargo of lamb for Iran. 5 It Is the traditional "feast or Zfamine” situation which has at the port for some fttime. When only one or two Sships are in port there is usually 3a surplus of labour, but when 7?the total of conventional and vessels reaches four or Ignore there is .often a shortage asof labour. (* Yesterday, for example, exdeluding the Forum Samoa at container terminal and the (".Coastal Trader at the Gladstone roll-on wharf, there were •Sfive conventional vessels tn import. . « Today should see the arrival "?.of Jebsen’s Athlon, loading for jy-Japan and Korea, and the Union wiU be in and out of kthe roll-on terminal. :y However, the America Star is Ystill in port, as are the Khalij JStar (scheduled to sail today for Japan, , and china), the LiSaleve, discharging car knock--downs and steel from Ja P?P’ >"the Novolvovsk, loading /bales of wool for the Soviet /Union, and the Wild Gannet '•loading meat for Red Sea ports. •; In addition, at the bulk wharf ?at Xo. 2 East, there are eight Charges of soda- ash off t“®i "(Austral Lightning which sailed Ton Saturday. Crown Crystal Jwould dearly love to get this inas soon as possible, but Lwith the labour shortage, it ap-jj-pears they will have to wait. t ARRIVALS . Saleve (3.5 a.m.‘, 10,131, Nou*.fflea IP and Oi. *.- Coastal Trader i 9.18 a.m.l, >,2500, Auckland (S.C.N.Z.). v- Forum Samoa (12.1 pun.), 3/00, i.S.C.N.Z.). 4» DEPARTURES * Coastal ’Trader (6 pjn, apFprox.), 2500, Dunedin (S.CJV.Z.). ■~K Porum Samoa (7 p.m. approx.), 5»700, Napier (S.C.N.Z.). - ' $ EXPECTED ARRIVALS /Union Lyttelton, Wellington,-;to- ■/. day ’(Gladstone Pier). .TA ; Ji'Athlon, Auckland, today (Cashin "i Quay No. 2). SiCoastal Trader, Dunedin, tomorS* row. Wellington, tomorrow. N,Union Lyttelton, Wellington, i?. February 23. A'Marama, Dunedin. February "jUolmdale, Chatham Islands, ’? Jlarch 1. * Emanuel, Eluff, March 1. si-tne, Gisborne. March L

Australian Exporter, Brisbane, March 1 Strathmay, Auckland, March 3. Major Sucharsky, Wellington, March 3. Coastal Trader, .Auckland, March 3. Southland Star, Los Angeles, Slarch 4. ’ Union Hobart, Dunedin, March 6. Nedlloyd Frazer, Auckland, March 6. ' ) Spirit Of Adventure, Napier, March 7. Union Hobart, Wellington, March 8.Ngahere. Tauranga, March 8. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Union Lyttelotn, Wellington, today Khalij Star, Napier, today-. Coastal Trader, Auckland, tomorrow. Union Lvttelton. Dunedin, Hobart, Melbourne. February 28. Wild Gannet, Timaru, February 28. •■ ’• v > Maraiiia, Wellington, February 29. Novolvovsk. Bluff, February 29. America Star, Iran, March 1. Saleve, Auckland, March 1. Erne, Marsden Point, March 2. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, March VESSELS IN PORT America Star, Cashin Quay No. Khalij Star, Cashin Quay No. 2. Barges (8 ex Austral Lightning), No. 2 East. Saleve. No. 3 East. .. Wild Gannet. No. 3 West. Novolvovsk, No. 7 West. Godley (tug), Dry Dock.