New Cement Ship
A small steamer built during the war period, it is learned, will shortly be commissioned temporarily to freight cement from Portland to Napier. The vessel is at present undergoing survey at Auckland, and it is understood that she will be put into commission early in the year. She will be under the control of the shipping controller, who has power to divert the vessel at any time to whatever purpose is deemed necessary. No official statement has been made in connection with this move to ensure more plentiful supplies of cement to the building trade in the East Coast area, but it was confirmed in shipping circles at Napier that the vessel is to be run by an Auckland agency on the Government’s behalf preparatory to sale to an intending purchaser. The vessel will ply from Portland to Auckland and from Portland to Gisborne and Napier. Her capacity is believed to be between 230 and 300 tons.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19480210.2.43
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 20, 10 February 1948, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
160New Cement Ship Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 20, 10 February 1948, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in