Shipping news

Press, 31 October 1981, Page 18

Shipping news

New beacons . for port

Lyttelton harbour will soon be equipped with two of the most modern navigation beacons available. They will be placed at Governors Bay and on Ripapa Island to mark the channel and to function as port approach beacons.

The powerful projector lanterns, developed by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, project the image of a glass slide in focus on to the bridge of an approaching vessel in three narrow beams so sharply defined that the separate colours of the lanterns can be seen .by moving sideways as little as 1 metre even though the beacon may be several kilometres away. . The Governors Bay light will have three sections, red, white, and green, which will oscillate to sweep across the channel. The Ripapa Island beacon will be stationary and will guide ships along the dredged channel to the port entrance. The beacons will work in daylight as well as darkness, in all weather conditions,, and can be adjusted in intensity from the signal tower. While no definite installation dates have been set, a Harbour Board spokesman said both beacons would be in use before the end of this year.

ARRIVALS Nil.' DEPARTURES

Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Anco Entente, Wgtn, 6 a.m.. today (Oil Wharf). Union Lyttelton, Wgtn, 8.30 a.m., today (Gladstone Pier). Willowbank, Auck., 5.30 a.m., today (Cashin Quay No. 3). Botany Bay, Wgtn, 11.30 a.m., today (Cashin Quay No. 3). • Waitaki, Wgtn, 6.30 a.m., tomorrow (No. 7 East). Coastal Trader, Auck., Nov. 2. Union Lyttelton, Dndn. Nov. 3. Austral Envoy, Melbourne, Nov. 3. Coastal Trader, Dndn, Nov. 4. Union Hobart, Wgtn, Nov. 4. Trust, Wgtn. Nov. 4. Nadezhda Krupskaya. Napier, Nov. 5. Strathmuir, Auck., Nov. 5. H.M.N.2.5. Taranaki, Sea. Nov. 5. Nedlloyd Amsterdam, Suva, Nov. • 5. Amokura, Marsden Point, Nov. 6. Union Hobart, Wgtn, Nov. 7. Southland Star, Los Angeles, Nov. 7. Union Hobart, Wgtn, Nov. 7. Forum New Zealand, Auck., Nov. 7. Altis, Napier, Auck., Nov. 7. Coastal Trader, Auck., Nov. 9. • Union Hobart, Dndn, Nov. 1. Coastal Trader, Dndn, Nov. 11. ■ Marama, Dndn, Nov. 13. Nedlloyd Fremantle, Dndn, Nov. ■ 14. Kweichow, Auck., Nov. 15. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Anco Entente, Tauranga, 2.30 p.m. today. Willowbank. Port of Spain, 11 a.m . today. Athenian Reefer, Timaru, 3 p.m., today. United Pioneer. Wgtn, 5 p.m.. today. Union Lyttelton, Dndn, 2 p.m., tomorrow. Botany Bay, Sydney, Nov. 2. Coastal Trader, Dndn, Nov. 2.

Waitaki, Sydney, Nov. 2. Union Lyttelton; Wgtn, Nov. 3. Austral Envoy, Wgtn, Nov. 3. Coastal Trader, Auck., Nov. 4. Union Hobart, Wgtn, Nov. 5. Trust, Sea, Nov. 5.

Nadezhda Krupskaya, Bluff, Nov. 5. Holmdale, Chathams, Nov. 6. Nedlloyd Amsterdam, Wgth,

Nov. 6. . Southland Star, Wgtn., Nov. 7. Union Hobart, Dndn, Nov. 7.

Amokura, Wgtn, Nov. 7.

Strajhmuir, Sydney, Nov. 7. Forum New Zealand, Napier,

Nov. 7. Coastal Trader, Dndn, Nov. 9. Altis, Tauranga, Nov. 9.

Union Hobart, Auck., Nov. 1. Coastal Trader, Auck., Nov. 11 Marama, Auck., Nov. 13. Coastal Trader, Dndn, Nov. 16.

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.