ISLANDS TRADE
I'NIOX COMPANY TO BSTLD NEW VE-'SKL iPBBSS ASSOCIATION TEI.F.fJBAM.) WELLINGTON, March H. The Union Steam Ship Company or New Zealand, Ltd., is calling tenders in Britain immediately fur the construction of an up-to-date vessel for the New Zealand-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa trade. The vessel is specially designed for the carriage of Island fruit, including provision for seme 30,000 cubic feet of insulated space and modern accommodation for 40 passengers. The dimensions of the vessel will be approximately 340 ft overall. 40ft beam, 27ft depth, and upper deck. Her ftross tonnage will he 3500. Propulsion will, be by twin screws, with Diesel engines, and the maximum speed will be nearly 17 knots. The vessel should be completed early in 1936.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19350309.2.102
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21418, 9 March 1935, Page 14
Word count
Tapeke kupu
118ISLANDS TRADE Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21418, 9 March 1935, Page 14
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in