First wheat shipment

Press, 12 February 1986, Page 27

First wheat shipment

The first shipment of wheat this year from the Port of Lyttelton is expected to be loaded during the next two to three days. The 4548-ton Ngapara will take on 5000 tonnes of wheat at Cashin Quay beginning this morning. She will become the first vessel to use the port’s new silo system. The system was originally based on the breakwater, but its location was shifted to connect with the bulk-loading facility. The move was part of an improvement project that has seen the silo capacity increase from 2000 to 13,000 tonnes. Two new silos are under construction. One is expected to be finished at the end of the week while the other should be finished by the end of March or early April. The Ngapara is expected to depart for Auckland later this week. ARRIVALS Spirit of Competition (7 a.m.) 1600, Wellington (Pacifica). Plata (9.30 a.m.) 9162, Auckland (Dalgety). Ngapara (6.30 p.m.), 4548, Dunedin (U.M.S.). DEPARTURES Plata (3 p.m.), 9162, Melbourne (Dalgety). I ver Swan (8 a.m.), 14386, Wellington (U.M.S.). Nedlloyd Bangkok (3 p.m.), 13176, Bluff (Seabridge). Spirit of Competition (4.45 p.m.), 1600, Wellington (Pacifica). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Act 8, Wgtn, today (6 a.m.). Coastal Trader, Dndn, today (7 a.m.). Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, tomorrow. Godwit, Dndn, tomorrow. Anatoly Vasiliev, Nap, February 14. Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, February 15. Full Moon, Wgtn, February 16. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Ngapara, Auck, today. Coastal Trader, Auck, today (2 p.m.). Auckland Express, Wgtn, February 13. Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, February 13.

Act 8, Britain, February 14. Tendai Maru, Dndn, February 14. Holmdale, Chathams, February 15. Spirit of Competition, Wgtn, February 16. VESSELS IN PORT Ngapara, Cashin Quay No. 1. Act 8, Cashin Quay No. 3. Coastal Trader, Z berth. Holmdale, No. 7 west. Rapaki, dry dock. Peraki, dry dock.