Big tanker to call

Press, 29 June 1985, Page 15

Big tanker to call

With an over-all length of 212 metres, the Danish tanker Jakob Maersk will take up most of Lyttelton’s oil wharf when she berths today or tomorrow. The Jakob Maersk made Wellington her first New Zealand port of call yesterday. With a capacity of 59,650 tonnes of fuel, she will be the biggest tanker to visit Lyttelton. She will spend about 12 hours at the oil wharf, discharging 4.5 million litres of jet fuel and 7.1 million litres of gas oil, a fuel similar to diesel. The Jakob Maersk has been chartered by the Shell company to bring fuel from overseas during the six-month shutdown of the Marsden Point refinery from later this month. Built in 1976 for the A. P. Moller Company, of Denmark, she has cruising speed 17knots. Small-boat forecast The inshore marine forecast from Lyttelton Harbour to the Waimakariri rivermouth, as received from the Weather Office last evening: North-east winds, 10 knots, slight seas, with a one metre north-east swell; fair, with a few fine patches; southerly change, 15 knots, late this afternoon.

ARRIVALS Spirit of Free Enterprise (7 a.m.), 1204, Wellington (Pacifica). Forum Samoa (7.30 a.m.), 3838, Sydney (S.C.N.Z.). Union Nelson (4 p.m.), 4950, Nelson (U.M.S.). DEPARTURES Spirit of Free Enterprise (4.45 p.m.), 1204, Wellington (Pacifica). Union Sydney (3. 30 p.m.), 9330, Dunedin (U.M.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, tomorrow. Forum New Zealand, Brisbane, tomorrow. Jakob Maersk, Wgtn, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Auck, July 1. Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, July 1. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, July 2. Tarahiko, N. Plym, July 2. Australian Exporter, Rotterdam, July 4. New Zealand Trader, Wgtn, July 4. Kielgracht, Wgtn, July 4. Reefer Penguin, sea, July 5.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES Union Nelson, Onehunga, today. Forum Samoa, Sydney, tomorrow. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, tomorrow. Jakob Maersk, Wgtn, July 1. Coastal Trader, Dndn, July 1. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, July 2. Tarahiko, Dndn, July 3. VESSELS IN PORT Forum Samoa, CQ3. Union Nelson, Z Berth. Reefer Beaver, No. 3 West. Pirit, dry dock.

Port of Timaru

ARRIVALS Jebsen Southland (9 a.m.), Tauranga (Scales). DEPARTURES Jebsen Southland (6 p.m.), Bluff (Scales). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Akebono Mani No. 73, sea, July 1. Yanis Lentesmanis, Soviet Union, July 3. La Diosa, Brisbane, July 4. Jebsen Napier, Nap, July 9.

Monique L.D., Auck, July 27. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Star Junri, Bluff, July 2. Akebono Maru No. 3, sea, July 3. La Diosa, Taur, July 5. Yanis Lentesmanis, Lytt, July 5. Akebono Maru No. 73, sea, July 5. Monique L.D., Bluff, July 27. VESSELS IN PORT Akebono Maru No. 3.

Overseas flights

Scheduled international aircraft movements through Christchurch Airport this week-end include: ARRIVALS Today Qantas QF39I (Boeing 727), 3.25 p.m., Hobart. Qantas QF4S (Boeing 747), 3.50 p.m., Sydney. Air New Zealand TE74 (Boeing 737), 5.40 p.m., Hobart. Air New Zealand TE42 (Boeing 747), 6.5 p.m., Sydney. Tomorrow Qantas QF4S (Boeing 747), 6.5 p.m., Sydney.

DEPARTURES Today Qantas QFS6 (Boeing 747), 9.15 a.m., Brisbane. Air New Zealand TE73 (Boeing 737), 10 a.m., Hobart. Air New Zealand TE43 (Boeing 747), 12.5 p.m., Sydney. Qantas QF392 (Boeing 727), 4.35 p.m., Hobart. Qantas QF46 (Boeing 747), 5.30 p.m., Sydney. Tomorrow Qantas QF46 (Boeing 747), 7.45 p.m., Sydney.

Passenger trains

Scheduled passenger train movements through Christchurch Railway Station today include: ARRIVALS Today Greymouth train, 1.26 p.m. Picton train, 8.5 p.m. Southerner, 6.35 p.m. Tomorrow Greymouth train, 11.32 p.m. Picton train, 8.5 p.m. DEPARTURES Today Greymouth train, 9.15 a.m. Pieton train, 7.30 a.m. Southerner, 8.40 a.m. Tomorrow Greymouth train, 6.5 p.m. Picton train, 7.30 a.m.