WHALE OIL IN TANKERS
P.A. AUCKLAND, June 7. Carrying 12,000 tons of fuel oil for New Zealand from Singapore, the Shell Company (anker Nacella arrived at Auckland this morning from Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf. With her tanks specially scoured to rfeceive the unusual cargo, the Nacella early last year carried the first shipment of whale o'l to Holland from the Antarctic since the end of the war. Tankers fuelling whaling vessels in the Antarctic frequently returned with cargoes of whale oil. said the master to-day. This practice allowed the factory ship to remain on the grounds longer if the fishing was good. On her way to New Zealand the Nacella had a minor defect in her engines, and put into Sydney for overhaul.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26792, 8 June 1948, Page 9
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