THE CITY OF SHANGHAI

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 260, 30 July 1937, Page 14

THE CITY OF SHANGHAI

Due at Auckland To-morrow The Federal Company hag received a radio message from the A. and A. chartered steamer City of Shanghai, which has been delayed on her passage from New York by a mishap to her propeller-shaft, stating that she expects to arrive at Auckland at noon to-morrow, four days earlier than was anticipated. The ship, which is being escorted by the City of Glasgow, has cargo from New York, and is now due at Wellington on Augiist 6. CANADIAN CHALLENGER SAILS. ’ Having completed her loading the M.-A.-N.Z. Line steamer Canadian Challenger left Auckland yesterday morning for New York, Boston, and Montreal. NIAGARA AT VANCOUVER. The C.-A. liner Niagara, from Sydney and Auckland, is due at Vancouver this morning. She will leave there again on August 4 for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland and Sydney, and is due at Auckland on August 23. RANGITATA DISCHARGING. The Rangitata, New Zealand Shipping Company, will sail from Wellington on Monday for Auckland, to continue discharging there on Wednesday. TURAKINA COMPLETING. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Turakina will be delayed at Auckland and will now sail on Monday for London, via Cape Horn. TAMAROA AT SOUTHAMPTON. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s Tamaroa, which left Wellington on June 21 for Southampton and London, via the Panama Canal and Kingston, reached Southampton on July 28. THE PICTON SERVICE. On Friday, August 13, the Tamahine will leave WeUington at 2 p.m. Instead of 2.45 p.m., and will leave Picton again at 11 p.m the same day. The arrangement has been made for the convenience of prospective visitors to Wellington, wishing to attend the Springbok Rugby Test match. There will be no sailing from Picton on Saturday, August 14, when the Tamahine will withdraw for annual survey and overhaul, being replaced by the Arahura, until Friday, September 10. NEW LAMPORT AND HOLT LINERS The Lamport and Holt Line, Limited, have decided to give the name Delane—that of one of thp most famous editors of the “Times”—to one of the three motorliners now building for them at the Belfast yard of Harland and Wolff, Limited. NEW N.Y.K. SERVICE. The inauguration of a new monthly round-the-world cargo service with 194knot vessels' was announced at Tokio at the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. by Mr. N. Ohtani. chairman of the company. The service will operate from Japan, via the Panama Canal, to Northern European ports, and back to Japan, via the Sues Canal, the first sailing being that of the Akagi Maru from Yokohama in July. Mr. Ohtani also announced the construction of a number of h'gh-speed cargo steamers, Including 11 70t)0-t;on 19-knot ships and four 4000-ton 17-knot ships. The company, he added, were, in addition, negotiating for the construction of three 16.500-ton 21-knot passenger liners for the European run, two 11,700-ton 20-knot vessels for the Australian service, and two 10,600-ton 20-knot vessels for the Seattle line. The company’s profit for the half-year ended March 31 was 7.165.000 yen, of which .400.000 yen has been allotted to the legal reserve, 5.000.000 yen to the special reserve, and 1.927.000 yen to the payment of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. The president said the profits had increased considerably, assisted by the partial boom in international trade, but it was doubtful if this would‘last a long time. SUEZ CANAL RECORD. During the first three months of the year the tonnage of vessels passing through the Suez Canal amounted to 9.056,000 net, the highest quarterly figure ever recorded, the former record being 8.867.000 tons in the last quarter of 1935. Compared with the already high figure reached in the first three months of 1936, last quarter’s total showed an increase of 555.000 tons, or 6.5 per cent. There was a gain in the tonnage passing through in both directions, but it was most apparent in the homewardbound traffic, which was higher by 8.6 per cent. Traffic in the two directions was as follows: North to south, 4.506,000 tons, compared with 4,311,000 tons; south to north. 4.550,000 tons, compared with 4.190,000 tons. Commercial vessels passing through in a laden condition showed an increase of 1,570 000 tons, mainly owing to the increase ot 1,026,000 tons In the tonnage of vessels other than those carrying mails. The rise in the tonnage of mail vessels is attributable to the development of services under the Italian flag mainly between Italy and Ethiopia. SWEDISH SHIPPING. New record shipping figures between Swedish and foreign ports during the past year are reported by the Swedish Board of Trade (Konimerskollegium). The total in and out-going tonnage amounted to 43.5 million net tons against 39.5 million tons for the preceding year, and 36. S million tons for 1934, i.e., an increase of 10.2 per eent. during 1936, compared with 7.3 per cent, for 1935. The increase is caused by the rise in Sweden’s foreign trade, which, from 1935 to 1936, rose in quantity by 14.6 million tons. The share of Swedish tonnage in the foreign shipping was 43.7 per cent. The leading Swedish ports of Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmo during 1936. all show increases of traffic, Gothenburg by 7-15,000 tons to 9.48 millions tons, Stockholm by 532,000 tons to 6.57 million tons, and Malmo bj- 173,000 tons to 7.04 million tons.