SHIPPING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20071, 18 October 1939, Page 3

SHIPPING

PORT OF GISBORNE VESSELS DUE AT GISROHNE Pakura, Auckland, Friday. Margaret W., Auckland, Friday. Pukeko, Lyttelton and Wellington,! October 24. Kopara, Auckland, October 2(1. Wainui, southern ports, October 30. j COASTAL TRADE The Wainui is expected to be dis- j patched from Napier to-day for Wellington,'thence Bluff. The steamer | is to load at Bluff on Tuesday, at j Dunedin on Wednesday, at Oarnaru | and Timaru on Thursday, and at j Lyttelton, on Friday, thence Welling- ! ton, to complete for Gisborne and | Napier. The ship i s due at this port j on October 30. The Kiwitea is to load coal at : Westport on Friday, completing at ; Greymouth for Napier and Gisborne.: The vessel is duo here towards the [ end of the month. The Margaret W. was delayed by j wot weather in Auckland. Tiie ship is expected to clear that port this | evening for Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay and Gisborne, arriving hero on j Friday. The Pukeko finishes her Welling- j ton. loading to-day and proceeds to ' Lyttelton in order to load there to- j morrow for Napier, Wnikokopu. Gisborne and the Coast. The ship is to discharge at Gisborne on October 24. The Kopara loads at Portland tomorrow and at Auckland on Tuesday for Coast bays. Gisborne and Napier. The vessel is due here on October 2G. The Pakura's loading at Auckland yesterday was interrupted by rain and the ship is to sail this evening for Coast bays, Gisborne and Napier, working here on Friday. GREYMOUTH HARBOUR LIGHT Mariners are notified by the Marine Department that the occulaling white harbour light at the entrance to the Greymouth harbour has been re-estab-lished. The light is exhibited from a flagstaff about half a cable from the outer end of the southern breakwater. FIRST MONTH’S WAR CASUALTIES The following is a summary of the war casualties reported from September 3 to October 2. showing their nationality, number of vessels and tonnage: Belgian, i. 59G5: British. 34, 154,070; Danish, 1. 1150; Dutch. 1. 1514; Finnish, 4, G8(19; German, 4. 21,030: Greek, 2. 7294; Norwegian, 3. 7841; Russian, 1, 908; Swedish. 4, 7925; total vessels lost, 55. NEW DUTCH TUG. Tiie seagoing motor tug Hudson, built by the N.V.Machinefabreik and Scheepswerf van P. Smit Jr., Rotterdam, for L. Smit and Company’s Internationale Sleepdienst, Rotterdam, has run trials in the North Sea, attaining a speed of 11 knots. The vessel, which is 35 metres in length b.p., 7.4 m. in breadth and 4.15 m. in depth, is designed for long-distance towage, her radius of action being about 22.000 miles so that she can go practically round the world without having to ropier ish her bunkers. Her propelling machinery consists of a five-cylinder two-cycle Smit-B. and W. engine ol 750 h.p. and the auxiliary machinery includes a 90 h.p. B and W. diesci engine driving a (15-kw. dynamo and a 20 h.p. E. and W. engine driving a 10-kw. dynamo. The vessel is equipped with wireless telegraphy and Ic-lophuny. Her iiist commission will be to tow a sandsucker from Algiers to South Aiiica. SWEDISH TONNAGE. Sweden's foreign shipping during the past two quarters has shown an expansion, which, lor the time ol last year, is considerable, though the increase in imports and exports has l ot proceeded apace The supply of cargoes has fallen from the high January figure of 73.1 commodity tons per 100 register tons net to 51.4 in April, this latter figure being not inconsiderably lower than the April figure in 1938. The volume of tonnage laid up reached a maximum in February at 21(5.000 tons d.w., but has since fallen month bv month, being only 23,535 tons d.w. for 11 vessels on June 1. The corresponding figure lor last year was 121,900 tons. The freight level declined from 11 < in January to 111 in March, but has since shown a fairly substantial rise, specially from April (114) to to May (121).