Shipping news New engines for dredge

Press, 30 October 1981, Page 9

Shipping news New engines for dredge

The Timaru Harbour Board dredge W. H. Orbell. which arrived at Lyttelton on October 19, is in having both her engines completely replaced. She is being equipped with two new Japanese-made Yanmar diesel engines to replace her 19-year-old National gas and oil engines, with the work being done by the Lyttelton marine engineering firm of Sinclair Melbourne and Company, Ltd.

The cost of re-engining the dredge has been estimated at F 450.000.

She will also have her generators and propulsion gear overhauled and will undergo her annual survey in the Lyttelton dry dock. The new. engines will increase her horsepower by about 80 h.p.. said an engineering spokesman. The W. H. Orbell is expected to go into dock next Tuesday and remain there until November 16. She is expected to be ready to return to Timaru before Christmas.

The 80m long. 1513-ton dredge was converted in 1976 from bucket to suction operation. Built in 1962. she spends between onehalf and two-thirds of her working time at Timaru. the remainder of the time working at other harbours. For example, she expects to be amploved on a major deepening of the’Port of Nelson next year in anticipation of that port’s increased handling of export timber products. ARRIVALS United Pioneer (6.5 am.). 11. 159, Mizushima (Seatrans). DEPARTURES Union Lyttelton (7 p.m.). 4376. Dunedin (U.M.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Union Lyttelton, Wellington, tomorrow.

Anco Entente, Wellington, tomorrow. Botany Bay, Wellington, tomorrow. Waitaki. Wellington. November 1. Willowbank. Auckland. November 1. Coastal Trader. Auckland. November 2. Union Lyttelton. Dunedin, November 3. Trust. Wellington, November 3. Austral Envoy, Melbourne, November 3. Nedlloyd Amsterdam, Suva, November 4. Union Hobart. Wellington, November 4. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, November 4. Nadezhda Krupskaya, Napier, November 5. Southland Star, Los Angeles, November 5. Strathmuir, Auckland, November 5. Diana Skou. Auckland. November 6. Amokura. Marsden Point, November 6. Union Hobart, Wellington. November 7. Altis. Napier. November 7. Silver Fern, Napier, November 7. Coastal Trader, Auckland, November 9. Forum New Zealand, Auckland. November 9. Union Hobart, Dunedin, November 10. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Anco Entente. Tauranga, tomorrow.. Athenian Reefer, Timaru, tomorrow. Union Lyttelton. Dunedin. November 1. Coastal Trader. Dunedin. November 2. Botanv Bay. Sydney, November 2." United Pioneer, Wellington. November 2. Waitaki. Sydney, November 2.

Willowbank, Port of Spain, November 2. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, November 3. Coastal Trader, Auckland. November 4. Union Hobart. v Wellington. November .5. Trust, sea. November 5. Southland Star. Wellington, November 5. Nadezhda Krupskaya. Bluff, November 6. Holmdale, Chathams, November 6. Nedlloyd Amsterdam. Wellington. November 6. Union Hobart, Dunedin, November 7. Amokura. Wellington. November 7. Strathmuir. Sydney, November 7. Coastal Trader, Dunedin. November 9. Forum New Zealand, Napier, November 9. Altis, Tauranga. November 9. Union Hobart, Wellington, November 10. VESSELS IN PORT United Pioneer, Cashin Quay No. 2. Holmdale. No, 2 East. Athenian Reefer. No. 3 West. W. H. Orbell, No. 7 East. Northern Tide, Dry Dock.