Shipping news Keel laid for new tug

Press, 22 April 1986, Page 17

Shipping news Keel laid for new tug

A Shinto priest officiated at a ceremony in Nagasaki, Japan, when the keel was laid for the Lyttelton Harbour Board’s new tug recently. The ceremony was attended by the board’s senior assistant engineer, Mr N. R. McLennan, who told the board that the ceremony was conducted on a specially prepared and erected dais above the slipway where the tug’s forward ballast tank had been constructed. Mr McLennan’s role was that of watching the welding of the ship’s number, 1007, on the top of the ballast tank. He also laid a green-leafed wreath on a shrine, the action being repeated by the president of the Nagasaki Shipyard Company and other leading officials. Mr McLennan was in Nagasaki for discussions with shipbuilding officials on the construction of the new vessel. ARRIVALS Coastal Trader (7 a.m.), 6736, Auckland (N.Z.S.A.). Australia Maru (6.30 p.m.), 24,049, Wellington (Seatrams). Botany Tradition (10.30 p.m.), 3781, Napier (Scales). DEPARTURES Auckland Express (3 p.m.), 3850, Wellington (Scales). Coastal Trader (4.30 p.m.),

6736, Dunedin (N.Z.S.A.). Kuaka (8 p.m.), 16,221, Nelson (U.M.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Union Dunedin (6.30 a.m.), Dndn, today. Spirit of Competition (7 a.m), Wgtn, today. Mys Kronotsky (4 p.m.), sea, today. Coastal Trader, Dndn, tomorrow. Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, April 24. Canterbury Express, sea, April 26. Fua Kavenga, sea, April 27. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Spirit of Competition (4.45 p.m.), Wgtn, today. New Zealand Pacific (6 p.m.), Dndn, today. Australia Maru, Dndn, tomorrow. Coastal Trader, Auck, tomorrow. Union Dunedin, Dndn, April 24. Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, April 24. Kavray, sea, April 24. Aoyagi Maru, sea, April 24. VESSELS IN PORT H.M.N.Z.S. Kiwi, dry dock. Arzamous, Gladstone Pier. Aoyagi Maru, Breastwork. Botany Tradition, No. 2 east. Milburn Carrier, No. 2 west. Reefer Dolphin, No. 3 west. Holmdale, No 7 west. Australia Maru, Cashin Quay No. 3.

Port of Timaru

ARRIVALS Elbe (9 a.m.), Tauranga. Akibono Maru No. 3, (6 a.m.), sea. Katah (9 a.m.), Tobata. DEPARTURES Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Shin Sakura, Hong Kong, April 24. Sun Maiko, Auck, April 29. Katah, Dndn, May 4. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Elbe, Bluff, tomorrow. Katah, Dndn, April 26. Sun Maiko, Tiwai Pt, April 29. Shin Sakura, Aqaba, April 30. Katah, Tokyo, May 5. VESSELS IN PORT Noor. Elbe. Akibono Maru No. 3. Katah.

Overseas flights

Scheduled international passenger movements through Christchurch Airport today includeL APPTVAT S Qantas QFSS (Boeing 767) 2.10 p.m., Brisbane. Air New Zealand TE4B (Boeing 747), 7.40 p.m., Sydney. Air New Zealand Tes4 (Boeing 767), 8.15 p.m., Melbourne.

DEPARTURES Air New Zealand TES3 (Boeing 767), 11.15 a.m., Melbourne. Air New Zealand TE49 (Boeing 747), 12.10 p.m., Sydney. Air New Zealand TES4 (Boeing 767), 8.15 p.m., Melbourne.

Passenger trains

Scheduled passenger train movements through Christchurch Railway Station today include: ARRIVALS Greymouth train, 1.26 p.m. Picton train, 8.05 p.m. Southerner, 6.35 p.m. DEPARTURES Greymouth train, 9.15 a.m. Picton train, 7.30 a.m. Southerner, 8.40 a.m.