Shipping News

Press, 9 April 1979, Page 29

Shipping News

Port courts trade

lime to time with serious inconvenience, he said. “Speeds have been reduced to conserve fuel and the optimum economic speed for our North America-New Zealand service at present is 23 knots. “We can go lower, say IS knots, and conserve a great, deal more fuel, but you have to balance this with much slower transit times which would result.’’ he said. While lie was impressed with New Zealand’s facilities and potential to handle containerised cargoes, Mr Wallgren said he was concerned about the three or more weeks taken at Auckland to deliver LCL (less than container load) consignments from the port depot to consignees after the vessel was unloaded. “That’s longer than it takes our ships to get the containers here from North America and it seems to be defeating the purpose of container transport — fast efficient door-to-door service.” Mr Wallgren said LCL containers in the United States were handled on an average of three days. ARRIVALS Saturday H.M.A.S. Jervis Bay, from sea (8.51 a.m.). Sunday Olympic Dream (11.45 a.m.), 18,304. tanker, Geelong (Dalgety).

The Lyttelton Harbour Board’s overseas promotion group left yesterday for Japan. United States and Europe in a bid for more shipping through the port. The board’s chairman (Mr J. E. Mannering). general manager (Mr J. A. McPhail! and container terminal manager (Mr P. G. Morgan) will visit Japan, and Mr McPhail and Mr Morgan will go on to the United States and Europe. They are expected to concentrate on the new type of shipping envisaged for the future which appears to be predominantly roll-on. This move was indicated during the week by the New’ Yorkbased head of the Alanttrafik Express Service (Mr Rolf Wallgren) on a visit to New' Zealand. Mr Wallgren, with his company's New Zealand agents, East Asiatic Company, Ltd, said there would be a continuing move towards roll-on shipping described as “ships of the future.” “However,” said Mr Wallgren, “the change would be slow because of the huge investments in container vessels and shore facilities.” How shipping was going to cope with rising costs in the future was one area of concern discussed by Mr Wallgren. Without alternative energy resources shipping was already facing bunkering problems from

DEPARTURES Saturday Star Madonna (12.17 p.m.), 14.050, Gladstone, Capt. Feng KuoFu (Guthreys). Messiniaki Idea <12.17 p.m.), .17,718, tanker, Auckland. Capt. A. Palladas (U.S.S.). Sunday Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Khudozhnik Deyneka, from sea, 9 a.m., today. Coastal Trader. Auckland, 7 a.m. today. Sinaia, from sea, April 10. Union Hobart, Wellington, April 10. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, April 11. Holmdale, Chatham Islands, April 11. Hankasawicka, Wellington, April 11. Union Hobart, Dunedin, April 12. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Coastal Trader, Dunedin, today. Olympic Dream ; Auckland, today . Union Hobart. Dunedin, April 10. H.M.A.S. Jervis Bay, for sea, April 10. Coastal Trader, Auckland, April 11. Union Hobart, Wellington, April 12. VESSELS IN PORT H.M.A.S. Jervis Bay, No. 4 West.