CONGESTION AT WHARVES
Importers Blamed
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 9. “Innumerable instances of ships being unable to work to full capacity because importers are using wharf premises as warehouses is a contributing factor in the creation of the present congestion on the waterfront,” said the assistant general manager of the Wellington Harbour Board (Mr R. R. Reeves) today. He said a Japanese cargo vessel, the Kowa Maru, with 700 tons of cargo to discharge, was only able to work with two gangs because a sixth of the floor space was taken up with an 18ft pile of galvanised wire and iron discharged from the Koranui more than two weeks ago. Another example of laxity in lifting cargo came from the Railways Department which had let 600 tons of railway lines sit in the open space between two stores for more than a month, he said.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610510.2.140
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume C, Issue 29509, 10 May 1961, Page 16
Word count
Tapeke kupu
146CONGESTION AT WHARVES Press, Volume C, Issue 29509, 10 May 1961, Page 16
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