Shipping News

Press, 19 April 1980, Page 24

Shipping News

Port expects yet another busy week

The port of Lyttelton will , again be under pressure next week .to provide plant and labour sufficient to meet the I .needs of a variety of \esse,s : loading and discharging a dil] verse selection of cargoes. I The labour shortages encoun-j . tered during this last week can I be expected to continue, as more ! jthan a dozen ships are expected; 'to call at the port. - Among the expected ships in I port are the Nedlloyd Waalekerk, j discharging and loading for the| I South-East Asian service, the ; j Holmdaie, which will hope to j 'make a quick turnround between voyages to the Chatham Islands.! the Kenkon Maru, which will I bring steel and car knockdowns ; ■ from Japan, and the Warrior,; which will load 5000 tonnes of 1 barlev for the Soviet Union — : the first such shipment from; Lyttelton in almost two years. . I The Strathmuir will load and discharge for Middle. East ports, J land the Bowoon No. 3 is ex-., Ipected to discharge 1100 tonnes ■ I of bulk molasses. I' I The Union Hobart, in the , Itrans-Tasman roil-on service to, | Sydney, and the Marama, tn the|.

1 roll-on service to Melbourne. : are expected, and the coastal I roll-on vessel Coastal Trader : will make two calls. The Freezer ; Queen is expected later in the • week to discharge 30,000 cartons ;of bananas and .then load meat .; for Japan. T Three cellular container ves-; ! I seis are scheduled to call: the;' .Southland Star, serving the west coast of North America; the new ; Fua Kavenga, on her maiden 1 voyage as the Tongan representative in the Pacific Forum Line I fleet; and the ACT 2, in the European trade. ] ARRIVALS 1 Nil. I DEPARTURES I Aleksander Zawadski (5.30 p.m. approx.), 6555, Peru (Kinsev). . Kwangs! (9 p.m. approx.), 9369, i Napier (P and O). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Kenkon Maru, Yokohama, today (No. 2 East). Strathmuir, Auckland, tomorrow. - Holmdale. Chatham Islands, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Auckland, April I 21. . „ I Marama, Wellington. April 22. Union Hobart, Dunedin, April 22. Bowoon 3, Tauranga, April 22. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, April 23. Warrior, Timaru, April 23. Southland Star, U.S.A., April 23. Freezer Queen, Auckland, April 24. Eagle Arrow, Long Beach, April 24. Fua Kavenga, sea, April 25. ACT 2, Auckland. April 26. Botany Bay, Wellington, April 26. Marion- Buzcek, Wellington, April 26. Kolle D., Nauru, April 29. Union Lyttelton, Dunedin, May 1. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Ngapara, Bluff, today. Union Hobart, Wellington, today. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, April 21. Hidlefjord, Timaru, April 21. Union Hobart. Wellington. Nelson.'Sydney. April 22. Nedlloyd Waalekerk, Wellington, April 22. Coastal Trader, Auckland, April 23. Kenkon Maru, Nelson, April 23. Holmdale, Chatham Islands, April 23. . Bowoon 3. Wellington, April 23. Fua Kavenga, Napier, April 20. Marama, Wellington, April 26. Botany Bay, Jeddah. April 27. VESSELS IN PORT Nedlloyd Waalekerk, Cashin Quay No. 1. Wanderer, Cashin Quay No. 3. Hidlefjord. No. 3 West. Pacific Fruit, No. 7 East. Ngapara, No. 7 West. Union Hobart, Gladstone Pier.