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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 94, Issue 1, 15 January 1957, Page 96

\ /I \ A L \/f X Jr I \ /f b \ ~/|| r W b\ / t i Jn n Xr Up J A J /X /fl / h , fefHE*XnWi» Y ill/ 0 ’< 1 Bi Omjf; Ari if Ji Jhli - fl> xUXBI --—-. *Rla Mlwf - ggWm» - ■ - HH|B - : - .•• •■X 4* < -JOT A-. I > MM It’s not as easy as it looks ‘ The things you sell arrive safely across 1 2,000 When inward cargoes are scarce, ships arrive half empty, but they z NTxgp®O > miles of ocean. The things you buy reach do arrive to lift New Zealand’s primary products which must be you when you want them. Year in, year out, our ships are pro- shipped to waiting markets. viding this service. When homeward cargoes peak—as dairy produce, meat and fruit Put like that, it sounds easy; maybe, as you watch the ships in all do —-New Zealand needs, temporarily at least, more ships than action, it looks easy. But some things are not as easy as they look. those arriving with imports. Extra refrigerated vessels must be Only careful planning and close co-ordination could give New ' provided and this is normally done by bringing them out to New Zealand a shipping service as distinct from a miscellany of ships. Zealand in ballast. This, in turn, generally means withdrawing That is why you have this conference of Overseas Shipping Lines; these refrigerated vessels from scheduled sailings from the United New Zealand’s requirements could not be met by unregulated Kingdom, and recourse has then to be made to chartering general competition.. . ' • cargo vessels to take their place. Yours is neither an easy nor a balanced trade to serve; no trade Voyages in ballast .. . one way loadings .. . charterings .. . which is so greatly concerned with primary products ever could today these are very expensive operations. be. Seasons are bad and seasons are good and, cargoes vary . But the goods must be delivered .. . and the costs must be met ... with the seasons. At times they fall away; at others they increase the cost of keeping faith with the customer ... without warning. What happens then ? • ; Who is, of course, you. Issued in the interests of mutual understanding by NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS SHIPPING LINES SHAW SAVILL & ALBION CO. LTD • THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. LTD •. PORT LINE LIMITED • BLUE STAR LINE LIMITED