SHIPS’ CARGOES
NEW METHODS OF LOADING. AUSTRALIA LAGGING BEHIND. (Doited Pres a Association.) (By Electric Telegraph —Copyright.) MELBOLUINE, January 4, Captain Van der Laaii, master of the Holland-Australia steamer Aldeharau, which arrived from Rotterdam, discussed the very modern methods in operation at Rotterdam for the loading and unloading of ships. He said that for moving coal they had huge iron, grips, electrically driven, capable of lifting 15 tons at each grip. Eleven thousand tons of coal wore discharged from his ship in 24 hours.. On another occasion 11,000 tons of bulk ! wheat were discharged in 20 hours. The grain was discharged by floating elevators which sucked it out of the holds into i lighters. His ship this trip brought 4300 itons of British coal to Adelaide, There jthe unloading process provided a sharp ! contrast to that in use in the continental port, the work occupying six days in Australia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20917, 6 January 1930, Page 7
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149SHIPS’ CARGOES Otago Daily Times, Issue 20917, 6 January 1930, Page 7
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