Oil Depot For Papeete
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From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Dec. 1.
SHIP-OWNERS and yachtsmen will be interested to learn that the Com pagnie Francais© des Phosphates de I’Oceanie is to install a fuel oil depot in Papeete. When erected on the company’s premises in close proximity to the wharf, the plant will consist of four rustless steel tanks with a total capacity of 3,300 cubic metres, and will be equipped with special tubes for supplying oil direct to ships.
Construction work will commence at an early date, and when completed, oil will be available for passing vessels at a much cheaper rate than hitherto. The plans for a larger oil depot contemplated by the French naval authorities, of which a good deal was heard last year, appear to be in abeyance for the time being.