Changes In NG Shipping Service
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THE China Navigation Co. Ltd. will make drastic changes into Australia-New Guinea shipping ser ViC |heTerGce e will be abandoned for ihe time being; no Sydney agents told PflWm April Kavieng V b“d not been profitab^be-
Ca l ?e and New" Guinea—particularly
STce the priori* system was abandoned. Lack ot re
turn cargoes to Australia and lack of improvement in wharfage facilities had also contributed to the unprofi tability of the service.
On the other hand, Port Moresby was in need of a fortnightly service, so schedules had been adjusted to permit this.
The spokesman said the Anking and Anshun would call at Madang and Lae in August and September, and the company was “examining ways of covering those two ports from October onwards.”
“At present,” he added, “it doesnt look as if we can take in Kavieng.