Barley to be loaded

Press, 18 May 1984, Page 8

Barley to be loaded

The first export shipment of barley through the Port of Lyttelton in more than a year will be loaded aboard the Pilos this week-end.

The Pilos, due in port this afternoon, will load about 3000 tonnes of North Canterbury barley bound for Singapore. The Lyttelton Harbour Board had hoped that its new grain silo complex at Te Awaparahi Bay would be completed for the shipment, but it will not be commissioned until next week. The board’s marketing manager, Mr Peter Morgan, said the barley would by-pass the new loading facility and would be fed to the ship by hopper. About 1000 tonnes of barley a day was expected to be loaded by this method, although the rate would be determined by the number of waggons working on the wharf, he said. The next barley shipment was tentatively scheduled for next month. Mr Morgan said the board expected about three shipments during the season, which finishes about September. “A shipment of about 5000 tonnes, using the new silos, would be ideal,” he said. “The port has never been a major barley export centre but the board has aspirations that it will become one.” The relocation of the silos from the No. 1 breastwork was the first step towards that goal, Mr Morgan said. “Subject to inducement, we can extend the silos to hold up to 10,000 tonnes of barley.” The two silos presently hold 2150 tonnes. ARRIVALS Spirit of Free Enterprise (8 a.m.), 1204, Wellington (Pacifica).

Dolomit (9 a.m.), 2100, sea (Scales). Grafit (10 a.m.), 2100, sea (Scales). Union Nelson (10.30 a.m.), 4950. Nelson (U.M.S.). DEPARTURES Spirit of Free Enterprise (4.45 p.m.), 1204, Wellington (Pacifica). Mys Taymyr (12.15 p.m.), 2327, sea (Scales). lyun Koran (4 p.m.), 2327, sea (Scales). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Sandra Wesch, Taur, today (6.30 a.m.). Pilos, Bluff, today (4 p.m.). Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, tomorrow. Nippon Reefer, Auck, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Auck, May 21. Botany Troubadour, sea, May 21. New Zealand Star, N. Plym, May 21. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, May 22. Unity Reefer, Tim, May 23. Union Nelson, Nelson, May 24. Amazon, Wgtn, May 24. A.C.T. 4, Wgtn, May 24. Southland Star, Auck, May 25. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Dolomit, sea, today (8 a.m.). Svet Laya, sea, today (3 p.m.). Sandra Wesch, Bluff, today (noon). Australian Venture, Wgtn, today (evening). Union Nelson, Onehunga, today. Holmdale, Chathams, to-

morrow. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, May 20. Grafit, Nahodka, May 21. Coastal Trader, Dndn, May 21. Grafit, sea, May 21. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, May 22. Pilos, Singapore, May 22. New Zealand Star, Dndn, May 22. Darwin Trader, Dndn, May 24. Amazon, N. Plym, May 25. VESSELS IN PORT Sandra Wesch, Cashin Quay No. 1. Australian Venture, Cashin Quay No. 3. Union Nelson, Z berth. Svet Laya, No. 2 East. Grafit, No. 3 West. Holmdale, No. 7 East. v Otago Galliard, dry dock.'p.