SECOND TUG WANTED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 5

SECOND TUG WANTED

AUCKLAND HARBOR BOARD £40,000 LOAN PROPOSED (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Statutory authority is to be sought by the Auckland Harbor Board for the borrowing of £40,000 for the purchase of a new tug. The decision was reached when the report of a special committee set up to consider the provision of a second tug for the port of Auckland ""was adopted by the board. The new boat is to be twin screw, its length not greater than 125 ft., and it will be equipped with engines of 1500 horse-power. Tenders will be called in Great Britain.

The setting up of a special committee by the board to inquire fully into the provision of another tug was the immediate result of the delay in berthing the Strathaird on November 23. The opinion was freely expressed that at least two. tugs were necessary to assist in the berthing of large vessels. It was stated thaji. four tugs were customarily used ip Sydney for handling vessels of the Strathaird’s size. * The estimated cost of a new tug of the (dimensions and horse-power reJ hired was about £30,000 in Great tritain. To this had to be added £7500 for exchange and £2500 for the cosh of bringing the vossel to Auckland, making a total of £40,000.