FERTILISER IMPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 938, 3 April 1930, Page 12

FERTILISER IMPORTS

SIX VESSELS IN PORT RECORD FOR NEW ZEALAND | Six large overseas vessels were in j port this morning with cargoes of ferj tilisers. They are the steamers Sinnington Court, Ruapehu and Kia Ora, and the motor-snips Westmoor, | Weirbank and Roseric. It is probably the first time in the | history of New Zealand that so many j "vessels with such a large quantity of j fertilisers have been in one port at i the same time. Tho total amount of fertiliser brought by those vessels is 40,000 tons. J he three steamers and the Westmoor na\e basic slag and ground phosphates loaded at Antwerp; the Roseric tho wi- s u ? u Island phosphates and phates rbank Makatea Island phosnJ be v Sinninston Cour t and Westmoor ’“' a been m port since March 23, and hero 6 “S unloaded their cargoes T - 3 ‘- oseric Las been discharging since March 28. and was to I aau at V 3O pm. today for Wanganui : to ?°mPh-ta unloading. The Ruapehu ! Srr ,y, ea 0,1 Monday and leaves for | A tomorrow to complete dis- | charge. The Weirbank, which arii\ ed yesterday, was to take the berth at Kings sYharf vacated bv the Rosei ric ;- ;ind completes discharge at I vt. ! telton. The Kia Ora arrived this | ™ r o mn ? and unloads most of her cargo ! hei e, ar. Prince’s Wharf, and the reI mamder at New Plymouth.