PACIFIC SHIPPING
USE OF DUTCH VESSELS REPLACING BRITISH TONNAGE (Rec. 0.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 13. The Herald-Tribune says that three immobilised Dutch freighters, namely, the Columbia, the, Norden, and the Olympia, are about to be assigned to the American pioneer line and operated from Canadian Atlantic ports to Australia and New Zealand to replace British Pacific tonnage, which will be transferred to the Atlantic, with an additional three coming later. It is also understood that two United Fruit Company vessels will be used to carry cheese from New Zealand to New York, whence !t will be transhipped to Britain.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24633, 14 June 1941, Page 9
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100PACIFIC SHIPPING Otago Daily Times, Issue 24633, 14 June 1941, Page 9
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