A FAST PASSAGE

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 151, 23 March 1938, Page 10

A FAST PASSAGE

From Wellington To London PORT JACKSON’S GOOD RUN A remarkably fast passage from Wellington to London was completed ou Sunday afternoon by the Port Line’s motor-ship Port Jackson, when she docked in the Thames on the 29th day after leaving New-Zealand. Fully-laden with a large and miscellaneous cargo which included! chilled and frozen meat, butter and cheese, apples and pears, wool and other produce, the Port Jackson left Wellington at 7 o’clock, on Saturday morning, February 19.. Travelling at something less than full power, the Port Jackson made a very fast run of 6500 miles across the Pacific to the Panama Canal, which she cleared on the morning of Monday, March 7, only sixteen days out from Wellington. The ship thus averaged over 400 miles a day for that section of her homeward passage, at a speed! of more than 16 knots. From Colon to London the Port Jackson completed her run in thirteen days, making a- total of 29 days for the passage of 11,500 miles from Wellington. This is the fastest homeward passage ever made by a ship of the Port Line.

A radio message received by the Port Line from the motor-ship Port Wyndham, indicates that that ship also is making fast time on her homeward passage. The ship left Wellington on March 1 for London, via Cape Horn, and was scheduled 1 to arrive at her destination on April 1. According to the radio message, the Port Wyndham had averaged 17.2 knots since leaving Wellington.