TEAMPING THE OCEAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19328, 15 May 1926, Page 12

TEAMPING THE OCEAN.

SHIP'S VARIED VOYAGE. CALLS AT MANY PORTS. FIFTEEN MONTHS AT SEA. TOTAL OF 58,830 MILES.LOGGED. 1 lie voyage ci (he Glasgow steamer Mansion, which arrived at Auckland yesterday, must bo something' of a record ill the way ol variety. Since leaving Europe 15 mcnths ago the ship has voyaged rouirJ the world, and has called at 39 ports and travelled 58,350 miles. She spent 270 days at sea and the rest of the. time in port. The Mariston left Antwerp on February 7. 1925, and proceeded in ballast, to Cardiff, where she loaded coal for the British Navv. The coal was discharged into a naval store at Wei-Mai -Wei, Northern China, and the vessel then went to Dairen, Korea, and bunkered. She next called at Hong Kong and loaded general cargo for Uoilo, Philippine Islands. After discharge the ship loaded <IBOO tons of sugar at Uoilo and went to Singapore, loading a rubber and general cargo, and then on to Penang, where she completed loading. Afterwards she bunkered at Colombo and travelled through the Sue/. Canal to Port Said, where more bunker was taken in. When passing through the Red Sea the Mariston called at Algiers and bunkered for the third time before continuing her voyage to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, at w'hich ports the cargo was discharged. At Baltimore a full cargo of coal was loaded for discharge at Savona, Italy. From Savona. the Mariston went to Bougie, Algeria, loading ore, and she called at Oran, another Algerian port, for bunkers. The ore cargo was unloaded at Norfolk, Virginia, and the Mariston bunkered at Newport News. In ballast she then sailed for Sabine, Texas, and loaded a full cargo of sulphur for Australia. She discharged at Newcastle, Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide and Port Pirie. After completion of discharge at Port Pirie a quantity of wheat was, loaded and the ship filled ".tp at Adelaide. Before leaving Australia bunkers were replenished at Newcastle, and the steamer sailed for Shanghai, where the wheat was discharged. From Shanghai she went to Karatsu, Japan, and bunkered before going to. Nauru Island, where the present cargo was loaded.

In spite of the number of ports entered, and the distance covered, the voyage was uneventful and general fair weather prevailed.