Shipping news Port expects busy week

Press, 28 March 1981, Page 18

Shipping news

Port expects busy week

After what has been a relatively qtiiet period at the Port of Lyttelton, shipping activity is expected to pick up considerably in the coming week, producing “a very heavy demand for all facilities.” according to the traffic manager of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (Mr D. A. Jones). Four container ships arc expected during the week: the ACT 7 in the cellular container exchange service to and from Europe, the Forum New Zealand in the Pacific Forum Line's service to the Pacific islands; the Encounter Bay’, also in the European service; and the Wellington Star which serves the route between New Zealand and the west coast of North America. The Juyo Maru will be loading meat for Red Sea ports and the Nedlloyd Fremantle will load and discharge for the South African service. Also scheduled to arrive in port is the Bengal Career to load 35,000 tonnes of coal for Japan, the Yugoslavian Heroj Kosta Stamenovic which will take on 12,000 bales of wool, the Jebsen Line's Altis loading and discharging in the Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong trade, and the Nedlloyd Al-

ban.v in the South East. Asian service. The Union Lyttelton, in the trans-Tasman roll-on service, is expected to make two calls during the week and there will be the usual two visits by the Coastal Trader in her Auckland-Lyttelton-Dunedin run. ARRIVALS Nil. DEPARTURES Banshu Maru (11.43 a.m.), 2811, sea (Guthrey). Bum Ah (4.25 p.m.), 3763, Bluff (Scales). Elsfleth (5.30 p.m.), 4555, Bluff (Scales). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Anco Templar. Tees, 6 a.m. today (Oil Wharf). Juvo Maru, sea, 11 a.m. today (No. ‘ 3 West). Erne, Marsden Point, 10.30 a.m. tomorrow (Oil Wharf). ACT 7, Wellington, 7.30 a.m. tomorrow (Cashin Quay No. 3). Coastal Trader, Auckland, March 30. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, March ,30.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES ,< Ngahere, Dunedin, today, Strathmuir, Sydney, today. Anco Templar, Tauranga, 2 p.m. today. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, March 30. Erne. Bluff, March 30. Mys Silina, sea, March .30. Union Lvttelton, Wellington, March 31. ' ACT 7, Tilbury, March .31. Coastal Trader. Auckland. April 1. Holmdale, Chathams, April 1. Armenia, sea, April 1. ,<■' VESSELS IN PORT Holmdale, No. 7 East. Ngahere, No. 2 East. Strathmuir, Cashin Quay No. 2.