Kokopo Harbour V. Lae
p. 36 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent
Rabaul, Oct. 24.
IT has been pointed out by Kokopo residents that the statement in the article, “Transfer From Rabaul to Lae”, on page 64 of September “PIM” wherein it refers to the Lae and Kokopo harbours is not quite correct. It said: “. . . but it (Lae) has no harbour. Kokopo has exactly the same disability. Ships can anchor, in safety, off Kokopo, far out. They can anchor off Lae, close in.”
Experienced seafaring men express the opinion that the description should be reversed, for Kokopo is safe close in, and Lae further out. An examination of an up-to-date chart has borne this out, inasmuch as any ship anchored from Ralum to Tibur, in the Kokopo area, is well sheltered from both the NW and SE.