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Whangarei firm gets Navy contract
A $lO million contract has been won by Whangarei Engineering and Construction, Ltd, tor the building of four training craft for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s volunteer reserve. Each of the four vessels will be 26.8 m long with steel hulls and aluminium superstructures. They will be similar to two inshore survey craft and a diving tender which the same firm built earlier for the Navy. Work on the drawings for the vessels and the ordering of materials had already begun, according to a company spokesman.
Steel plate for the hulls is expected to be delivered early next year, when construction will begin. ARRIVALS
Ngakuta (7.45 p.m. approx.) 4576, Tauranga (U.M.S.). DEPARTURES
Amokura (6.22 a.m.) 19,867, Timaru (U.M.S.). W. H. Orbell (6.33 a.m.) 1240, Timaru (T.H.8.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS
Union Hobart, Wgtn. 7 a.m. today (Gladstone Pier). Nedlloyd Frazer. Sydney, 7.30 a.m. tomorrow (Cashin Quay
No. 2 to No. 2 East). Strathmeigle, Singapore. 5 p.m. tomorrow (Cashin Quay No. 1). Coastal Trader, Auck. Dec 21. Onehunga, Tim. Dec 21. Australian Venture, Wgtn. Dec 21. Austral Entente, Melbourne, Dec 21. Nedllovd Amsterdam. Asia. Dec 22. Waitaki. Wgtn, Dec 22. Union Hobart, Dndn. Dec 22. Coastal Trader, Dndn. Dec 23. Holmdale, Chathams. Dec 23. Sunda Career. Japan. Dec 23. Dolomit. sea. Dec 24.
Zantaa Klauzs, Anchorage, Dec 24. Southland Star. Wgtn, Dec 25. New Zealand Star, N Plym, Dec 25. PROJECT DEPARTURES Union Hobart. Dndn, tomorrow.
Coastal Trader, Dndn, Dec 21. Union Hobart, Wgtn, Dec 22. Nedlloyd Frazer, Auck. Dec 22. Strathmeigle, Auck, Dec 22. Austral Entente, Wgtn. Dec 22. Coastal Trader, Auck, Dec 23. Ngakuta, Dndn, Dec 23. Waitaki, Melbourne, Dec 23. Nedlloyd Amsterdam, Wgtn. Dec 23. Australian Venture. Tilbury, Dec 23. Dolomit, sea, Dec 24. Coastal Trader, Auck. Dec 27. VESSELS IN PORT Ngakuta, No. 3 East. Zain Al-Qaws, No. 3 West.
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