Trade increase with Japan
Trade with Japan represented the biggest increase in cargo moved through the Port of Lyttelton for the eight months ended May 31. Exports to and imports from Japan were up by 112,000 tonnes on the previous year. Much 'of the increase was in bulk West Coast coking coal for the Japanese steel-making industry. The Arabian trade increased, by almost 100,000 tonnes, the Australian trade by 29,000 tonnes, and the American trade by 15,000 tonnes. By commodity, the biggest increase in trade through Lyttelton was in grain (130,000 tonnes), followed by coal (86,000 tonnes), other goods (77,000 tonnes), food products (22,500 tonnes), and fertiliser (22,000 tonnes). The biggest decrease was in motor-vehicles imports, which fell by 80,000 tonnes compared with the previous year. Small-boat forecast Today’s inshore marine forecast from Lyttelton Harbour to the Waimakariri rivermouth, as received from the Weather Office last evening: winds variable, about 10 knots; seas slight, with no significant swell; good visibility. ARRIVALS Union Nelson (10 a.m.), 4950, Nelson (U.M.S.). DEPARTURES New Zealand Trader (2 Reefer Beaver, Sea, today.
Union Dunedin, Dndn, today. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Dndn, July 8. Reefer Penguin, Mount Maunganui, July 8. Pirit, sea, July 9. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, July 9. p.m.), 8500, Dunedin (S.C.N.Z.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, today (7 a.m.). Union Dunedin, Wgtn, today (10 a.m.). Yanis Lentismanis, Tim, tomorrow. Sanwa Fontaine, Japan, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Auck, July 8. Reefer Penguin, sea, July 8. Australian Exporter, Rotterdam, July 8. Swiftnes, Wgtn, July 8. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, July 9. Verdant, Wgtn, July 9. Southland Star, July 9. Tarihiko, N. Plym, July 10. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, July 11. Tasman Venture, Taur, July 12. Toyo Fuji No. 8, Wgtn, July 12. Mobil Marketer, July 13. Kiwi Ace, Wgtn, July 13. Nedlloyd Bahrein, Bluff; July 13. Pyotr Masherov, Nap, July 15. Kielgracht, Wgtn, July 18. Nippon Reefer, July 19. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Union Nelson, Onehunga, today.
Sanwa Fontaine, Japan, July 9. Tarihiko, Dndn, July 10. Yanis Lentismanis, Soviet . Union, July 10. Coastal Trader, Auck, July 10. Spirit of Free Enterprise, Wgtn, July 11. Australian Exporter, July 11. VESSELS IN PORT Daishin Maru No. 17, No. 3 East. Reefer Beaver, No. 3 West. Pirit, No. 4 East. Spirit of Competition, No. 4 West.
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