Shipping news

Press, 22 October 1984, Page 10

Shipping news

Work on the $1.4 million upgrading of the Cashin Quay No. 2 berth was started earlier this month. The berth’s timber structure is being replaced with a concrete support to enable it to handle heavy-duty cargo loads such as those handled at the adjacent container terminal berth. Modem cargo and handling equipment demands a heavy duty berth to cope with axle loads of between 25 and 30 tons which the No. 2 berth’s present timber construction is unable to carry. The loading compares with about a 5-ton axle limit restriction on the country’s main reading network. Cashin Quay No. 3 is the port’s only heavy duty berth and the Lyttelton Harbour Board said it was necessary to provide another berth which was able to provide facilities for lift-on, lift-off trades which could be serviced by heavy fork-lift plant. The berth’s deck and decking beams are being stripped and will be replaced with 650 pre-cast concrete units. More than 1000 cubic metres of concrete will then be poured to form the wharfs working surface. A three-metre section of the outer berth, which is not required to handle the heavier loads, will be left in place. Work will be staged to allow the berth to be kept in service during the 15-month construction period. The Harbour Board’s chief engineer, Mr John Bushell, said the berth was originally

constructed in timber because it was a standard building material of the day and accommodated the movement of Cashin Quay during its period of consolidation after reclamation. ARRIVALS Saturday Union Nelson (7 a.m.), 4950, Nelson (U.M.S.). Spirit of Free Enterprise (9 a.m.), 1204, Wellington (Pacifica). Sunday Neptune lolite (9 a.m.), 8879, Timaru (S.C.N.Z.). DEPARTURES Saturday Union Nelson (10 p.m.), 4950, Onehunga (U.M.S.). Sunday . . Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Coastal Trader, Auck, today (noon). Express, sea, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Dndn, October 24. Cape Arnhem, Christmas Island, October 24. Australian Endeavour, Wgtn, October 24. Union Dunedin, Wgtn, October 24. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, October 25. Amaryllis, Tim, October 26. Union Nelson, Nelson, October 26. Tasman Enterprise, Taur, October 26. Sydney Express, Sydney, October 26. Union Dunedin, Dndn, October 27. Greenlight, Wgtn, October 27. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Coastal Trader, Dndn, today (5

p.m.). H.M.N.Z.S. Rotoiti, sea, tomorrow. i .Oyang 77, sea, tomorrow. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Auck, October 24. Australian Endeavour, Dndn, October 24. Neptune lolite, sea, October 24. Cape Arnhem, Bluff, October 25. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, October 25. Union Dunedin, Dndn, October 25. Union Nelson, Onehunga, October 26. Greenlight, Auck, October 27. Holmdale, Chathams, October 27. Amaryllis, sea, October 29. VESSELS IN PORT Neptune lolite, No. 2 East. Oyang 77, No. 4 East. Holmdale, No. 7 West. Tug Lyttelton, dry dock. Ngamotu, dry dock.

Lista, Auck, October, 30. Tomoe No. Lytt, October 30. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Taisei Maru, sea, tomorrow. Star Capella, N. Plym, October 24. Capitaine Tasman, Auck, October 24. Lista, Bluff, October 30. Tomoe No. 8, Nap, October 30. VESSELS IN PORT Thea-S, North Mole.. Star Capella, No. 3 wharf.