SHIPPING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20067, 13 October 1939, Page 5

SHIPPING

PORT OF GISBORNE YESTERDAY’S DEPARTURES Aljair, aux. iSjcow, 4,25 p.m., 67 tens, F. Roft', for Auckland. ; Margaret W„ m.v., 8.35 p.m., 394 tons, J. R. Owen, for Auckland. VESSELS DUE AT GISBORNE Pakura, Lyttelton and Wellington, to-night. Kopara, Auckland, to-morrow morning. Wainui, southern ports, to-morrow night. Margaret W., Auckland, October 19. COASTAL TRADE The Kopara has been delayed at northern ports and is , expected to reach Gisborne to-morrow morning from Portland, Auckland and Coast bays. After working Napier, on Monday she returns to. Auckland. The Pakura, from Lyttelton, Wellington and Napier, works Waikokopu to-day and arrives at Gisborne to-night. The vessel discharges here to-morrow and sails the same day for Portland and Auckland. The Margaret W., which left Gisborne at 8.35 p.m. .yesterday for Auckland, is due at the northern poi t tomorrow morning and on Monday anu Tuesday will load there for Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay and Gisborne. The Margaret W. arrives back at Gisborne next Thursday. The Altair loaded empty drums at Gisborne veslerday afternoon and departed at 4.25 p.m. for Auckland. The Wainui is expected to leave Wellington this evening for Gisborne, where she is due to-morrow evening. On completion of discharge and loading here on Monday the vessel is to proceed to Napier. The Pukeko has. been delayed in her overhaul at Wellington tout is expected to complete next Tuesday. The ship loads at Wellington on Tuesday and then proceeds to Lyttelton to finish loading for Napier, Waikokopu, Gisborne and the Coast, ELLAS’ TRIP NORTH The 44ft. motor launch Ellas, one |of the largest trawlers in the Gisborne fishing fleet, left the harbour at 6.34 p.m. yesterday on a 300-mile cruise to Auckland. The owner, Mr. Frank Kerr, was in charge of the boat and he is making. the trip in order to install a new Diesel engine in the launch. The new unit will be a three-cylinder Kelvin Diesel eni gine of 66 horse-power.

BELGIAN SHIPOWNERS' COMPLAINT.

A complaint that Belgian shipping j policy is lacking in continuity, with ! serious consequences ior the nation’s well-being, was made by M. Paul Ramiot, president of the Ligue Maritime Beige at the recent annual meeting of . that body. M. Ramiot began by quoting figures showing that since 1914 the Belgian merchant fleet ; had expanded toy only 32,500 .tons; ; while the number of vessels had | actually declined by 28. In 1938. he ! went on, 11,762 ships of 24,145,000 tons tons nett entered Antwerp, of which I only 553 ships and 1,155,000 tons i were Belgian, or 4.7 per cent. Inward j cargo amounted to 11,873,000 tons, j and outward shipments were 111,706,000 tons; the share of Belgium was 11.5 per cent, and 8.3 per cent, respectively,or an average of 9.9 per : cent. In competing for cargo moving | to and from Antwerp, said M, Ramiot, the task of Belgian shipowners was most arduous. While foreign ships arrived to complete their cargo, the Belgians had to get the whole of their cargo in home ports. The system of shipping conferences rendered some assistance to Belgian shipowners, but that did not apply to all traffic. M. Ramiot said it would appear that Belgian shipowners did not receive alj possible aid from the brokers.