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Services
Following a story in December “PIM” about the new Bank Line shipping service, UK/Con tinental ports to P-NG and BSIP ports fwhich we inferred was the first direct service) Royal Interocean Lines respect fully remind us that a Nedlloyd Joint Service has been operat ing between these same ports nnce mid-1960.
It seems that we have all been it cross-purposes here.
As we understand it, the Vedlloyd Service is via Panama md now makes calls at Papeete md Noumea as well as Honiara, yrt Moresby, etc. Although the irst vessel in this new service lid make Honiara first port of all.
The Bank Line vessels sail ia Suez, and Torres Strait, and xcept for bunkering, make Port loresby their first port of call.
Other than that, all we can ay is that we hope that both hipping lines continue to lourish, unaffected by the urrent economic complaints of credit squeeze” or “recession”.
In contrast to those lean post >ar years, the SW Pacific is ow well served by these ship ing lines and it will be a pity anything happens to spoil it.