Good trade prospects
The first round trip of the Tasman container ship Canterbury Express looks set to be a big success. The chairman of Tasman Express Line, Mr Graham Malaghan, told a luncheon audience this week that shippers were already looking for space on the vessel and her sister ship, the Auckland Express. “The Canterbury Express will cross the Tasman with our ST cargo load ever,” he Mr Malaghan was speaking at a function after the ship’s naming ceremony on Thursday. He said that although the Tasman shipping trade was highly competitive at present, his firm had believed there were opportunities under C.E.R. for another regular service. The Auckland Express began its Tasman run in September. The ships, between them, will call at three New Zealand and two Australian ports every nine days. Small-boat forecast Today’s inshore marine weather forecast from Lyttelton Harbour to the Waimakariri rivermouth, as received from the Weather Office last evening: Northerly winds, 15 knots. Slight seas with a onemetre north-easterly swell. Good visibility. ARRIVALS Union Sydney (7 a.m.), 9330, Dunedin (U.M.S.). DEPARTURES Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, today (7 a.m.). Suoh, Nap, today (5.30 p.m.). Reefer Tiger, Nap, tomorrow. Taiko, Auck, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Auck, December 23.
New Zealand Mariner, Wgtn, December 24. Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, December 24. Aotea, Wgtn, December 24. Coastal Trader, Dndn, December 25. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Union Sydney, Wgtn, today (2 p.m.). Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, tomorrow. Taiko, Tim, December 23. Reefer Tiger, Valparaiso, December 23. Coastal Trader, Dndn, December 23. Tasman Venture, Dndn, December 24. VESSELS IN PORT Pirit, No. 1 Breastwork. Tasman Venture, No. 2 East. Holmdale, No. 7 West.
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