Shipping & Airways Information
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Shipping
Aust. - West Irian
Karlander New Guinea Line with Slembe operates cargo service every nine weeks from Sydney to Jayapura.
Details: Karlander (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301).
Silk & Boyd Ltd operates charter service between Australia and West Irian with Manutea.
Details: Silk & Boyd Ltd, Rarotonga, Ets Donald, Papeete.
SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI/TAHITI - UK Chandris Lines, with Australis, Britanis and Ellinis, maintains a twice-monthly passenger service from Sydney via NZ, Suva (Australis), via NZ, Tahiti (Britanis and Ellinis). Patris operates a regular service, Singapore-Australia- Singapore combined with "Ship-Jet” service to London, Athens, Amsterdam and Brussels via Singapore.
Details from Chandris Lines, 135 King Street, Sydney (28-2451).
Sitmar Line, with two liners, the Fairstar and the Fairsky, operates a passenger service from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane to South hampton, UK, via NZ, Papeete, Panama and Lisbon and alternatively via South Africa.
Details from Sitmar Line (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 22-30 Bridge Street, Sydney (27-4521).
SYDNEY - LORD HOWE IS. - NORFOLK IS. - NEW CALEDONIA - NEW HEBRIDES Karlander operates 19-day service from Sydney to Lord Howe, Norfolk, New Caledonia and New Hebrides. Passenger accommodation available.
Details from Karlander (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19- 31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301).
Chargeurs Caledoniens operates two-weekly cargo service Sydney-Noumea.
Details: Hetherington Kingsbury Pty. Ltd., 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671).
Sydney ■ Geic - Honolulu
Columbus Lines operates a three weekly cargo sailing from West Coast, US to Austra lasia, returning via Tarawa, GEIC and Honolulu to Nth. America.
Details from Columbus Overseas Services Pty Ltd., 333 George Street, Sydney (29-2101).
SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI - HAWAII -
Canada - Us
P and 0 liners call regularly at Auckland, Suva and Honolulu on eastbound and westbound vovages between Sydney and the US; occasional calls at Pago Pago, Tonga, Papeete, Yokohama, Vila, Hong Kong, Honiara.
Details from P & 0 Australia Ltd., 55 Hunter Street, Sydney (2-0317).
SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI - TONGA - VILA -
Noumea - Samoas - Tahiti
Shaw Savill's Ocean Monarch and Northern Star cruise in the Pacific sailing from Aus tralia and New Zealand calling at Suva, Lautoka, Tonga, Vila, Noumea, Pago Pago, Tahiti, Apia, Vavau.
Details: Shaw Savill Line, 8a Castlereagn St., Sydney (28-1481).
Australia - New Caledonia -
New Hebrides
Sofrana-Unilines operates Sydney-Noumea fortnightly, Sydney-Brisbane-Noumea every 21 days, Melbourne-Sydney-Noumea-Vila-Santo every 28 days.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2031).
Polynesia maintains three-weekly passenger sailings—Sydney, Noumea, Vila and Santo.
Service temporarily suspended because of union black ban.
Details from France Australia, 261 George Street, Sydney (241-2872/6)
Australia - Fiji - Tahiti -
Mexico - Us - Nz
Karlander (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. operates three weekly cargo services from Melbourne and Svd ney for Suva, Lautoka, Tahiti, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Manzanillo and Auckland with side port door ships. Good Mariner, Good Navigator, Slevik.
Details from Karlander (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19- 31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301); F. H. Stephens Pty. Ltd., 554 Flinders Street, Melbourne (62-3333); Burns Philp (SS) Co. Ltd., Suva and Lautoka.
Australia ■ New Caledonia - Fiji
Sofrana-Unilines started a new service from end of July, Brisbane-Sydney-Noumea-Suva every 28 days.
Australia - New Caledonia -
Fiji - Tahiti
South Pacific United Lines with Lama (ex Lara Viking) have discontinued this service pending the removal of the unions' boycott.
Details from France-Australia Holdings, 261 George Street, Sydney (241-2872/6).
Australia ■ South Pacific And
Coral Sea Services
Nauru Pacific Line operates cargo/passenger service to Fiji and South Pacific ports.
Details from Nauru Pacific Line, 227 Collins Street, Melbourne (654-4977); Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
Australia - Png - Bsip
Conpac Pacific Express (Burns Philp and AWP Line) operates three-weekly passenger cargo service from Sydney and Brisbane to Lae with Nimos, and from Melbourne and Sydney to Port Moresby and Lae with Tenos.
Details from Burns Philp and Lo. Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney (2-0547).
New Guinea Australia Line's vessel Coral Chief operates every 15 days from Sydney to Brisbane and Port Moresby. Island Chief operates every 20/22 days from Sydney and Brisbane, to Lae and Rabaul, calling Kavieng alt. voyages; Papuan Chief operates every 21 days from Sydney and Brisbane to Honiara, Kieta and Gizo; New Guinea Chief operates every 21 days from Sydney and Brisbane to Rabaul, Madang and Samarai. All are cargo services.
Details from Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
New Guinea Express Lines with two ships operates three-weekly (Moresby Express), Mel bourne, Sydney, Port Moresby, Lae; (Lae Ex press), Sydney, Brisbane, Lae, Rabaul.
Details from New Guinea Express Lines, 37 Pitt St. ( Sydney (241-1396) and 72 Eagle St., Brisbane (21-9333), Westralian Farmers Trans port Pty. Ltd., 459 Collins St., Melbourne (35-4366), Breckwoldt's Shipping Agencies in Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul.
Karlander New Guinea Line's two cargo vessels call at Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Lae, Madang, Wewak, Manus, Kimbe.
Details from Karlander (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19- 31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301).
Australia - Guam Via New Guinea
Ports
Nauru Pacific Line operates regular six weekly cargo services from Tasmania, Mel bourne, Sydney and Brisbane to Guam via New Guinea ports and returning via inducement ports. Rapid delivery to San Francisco via Guam trans-shipment is available.
Details from Nauru Pacific Line, 227 Collin* Street, Melbourne (654-4977); Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522); Carpenter Shipping Agencies, New Guinea ports.
Australia - Nauru - Marshall
Islands - Geic
Nauru Pacific Line operates regular monthly cargo/passenger liner service from Melbourne and Sydney to Nauru, Majuro and Tarawa.
Details from Nauru Pacific Line, 227 Collins Street, Melbourne (654-4977); Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
Australia ■ Png - Far East
E. and A. Line passenger ships, Cathay and Chitral, make monthly round voyages from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane calling at Port Moresby, Manila, Hong Konq, Keelung, Kobe, Yokohama (Tokyo), and Rabaul.
Details from P & 0 Australia Ltd., 55 Hunter Street, Sydney (2-0317).
FAR EAST - FIJI - NEW ZEALAND New Zealand Unit Express (CNC, MOL, RIL) operates a three-weekly cargo service from Hong Kong to Lautoka, Suva, NZ ports, Manila, Kaoshiung, Keelung, Hong Kong.
Details from Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
Royal Interocean lines operates monthly pass enger/cargo service with three ships from NZ to Bangkok, Pt Kelang, Singapore, Djakarta to Fiji (alt. months) and NZ.
Details from Interocean Australia Services, 261 George Street, Sydney (2-0573); Burns Philp f SS) Co. Ltd., Suva and Lautoka.
FAR EAST - PNG - BSI - NEW HEBRIDES •
Noumea - Tahiti - Samoa
China Navigation Co's vessels Chengtu and Kwantung operate a regular cargo service from Hong Kong to Rabaul, Wewak, Madang, Lae, Port Moresby, Honiara, New Hebrides, Noumea, Papeete and Samoa.
Details from Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
EUROPE - TAHITI - W. SAMOA - FIJI - N. CALEDONIA - BSIP - PNG - NZ Nedlloyd Lines offers regular sailings by fast, modern cargo vessels from Europe via Panama to Papeete, Apia, Suva, Lautoka, Noumea, Honiara, Port Moresby, Rabaul, Lae, Madang and New Zealand.
Regular sailings by carcarrier from Europe to Papeete, Noumea and Australia.
Details from Interocean Australia Services, 261 George Street, Sydney (2-0573).
North Europe • New Caledonia
Hamburg/Sued operates monthly cargo ser vices from Dunkirk and Le Havre to Noumea, via Panama.
Details from Columbus Overseas Services Pty. Ltd., 333 George Street, Sydney (29-2101).
Europe - Tahiti - New Caledonia
Messageries Maritimes operates five cargo services a month from north and Mediterranean European ports to Papeete and Noumea, one returning direct from Papeete, two returning direct from Noumea, one returning via Japan (after Noumea) and one returning via NZ (after Noumea).
Details from Messageries Maritimes, 332 Pitt Street, Sydney (61-6664).
JAPAN ■ GUAM - FIJI - SAMOA -
N. Caledonia - N. Hebrides
Daiwa Line runs a monthly cargo service from Japan via Guam to Suva, Lautoka, Pago Pago, Apia, Vila, Santo and Noumea.
Details from Burns Philp (SS) Co. Ltd., Suva.
New Zealand - Cook Is.
Lorena, owned by Cook Islands Shipping Co.
Ltd., operates three-weekly freight service be tween Auckland and Rarotonga with occasional calls at Aitutaki and Lyttleton.
Details: Silk and Boyd, Box 131, Rarotonga, or CIS Co., Box 448, Auckland.
NZ - FIJI - TONGA - SAMOAS -
Niue Is. - Tahiti
Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand operates Union South Pacific, a fully con tainerised service (20 ft ISOs) departing from Auckland at 14 day intervals for Suva, Pago Pago, Apia and Nukualofa.
Waikare leaves Auckland, Tauranga at ap proximately four weekly intervals for Lautoka, Suva, Apia, Nukualofa, Auckland. Luhesand servicing Papeete, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Nukualofa, Auckland at 26 day intervals.
A weekly service is operated by the Company from Onehunga to Suva and Lautoka by Holmburn and Parera supplemented by Holmdale and Pukeko as required.
Details from any office of the Union Steam Ship Co., Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Auckland.
Nauru Pacific Line starts a monthly service mid-June from Auckland to Lautoka and Suva, Western Samoa and Tonga.
Details from Nauru Pacific Line, 227 Collins St, Melbourne (654-4977); Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (20-522).
NZ - NORFOLK - N. CALEDONIA - AUST.
USS Co's vessels Parera and Holmdale oper ate 26-day cargo service Onehunga, Suva, Norfolk Is., Bundaberg, Onehunga.
Details from Union Ship Co. of NZ Ltd., PO Box 12, Auckland.
NZ - N. CALEDONIA - N. HEBRIDES - FIJI - WALLIS IS. - NG - BSIP Sofrana Unilines with four ships operates monthly service to Vila and Santo; five weekly to Honiara and New Guinea; every 10 days to Noumea.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 42 Customs Street, Auckland (73-279), P.O. Box 3614.
Nz - Fiji ■ Us
Crusader cargo ships call at Levuka and Honolulu on NZ-US west coast trips.
Details from Blue Star Port Lines (Manaae ment) Ltd., P.O. Box 192, Wellington (7-0179).
Nz - Fiji
Jean Philippe operates a regular 18 day service from Auckland to Suva and Lautoka.
Details from Reef Shipping Agencies Ltd., P.O. Box 13-315, Onehunga, NZ. (Phone 663- 918, 663-928).
Nz - Tahiti
USS Co. operates a 26-day service from Auckland to Papeete.
Details from Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ Ltd., PO Box 12, Auckland.
TONGA - SAMOA - FIJI - AUSTRALIA Pacific Navigation Company Ltd. operates monthly cargo service between Nukualofa, Apia, Pago Pago, Suva and Lautoka with Tauloto 11, to Sydney.
Details from Burns Philp and Co. Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney (2-0547).
UK - PANAMA - SAMOA - FIJI The Fiji Direct Service, cargo only, is main tained by Conference vessels, sailing at regu lar monthly intervals out of London, via Panama, for Apia, Suva and Lautoka.
Details from Burns Philp (SS) Co. Ltd., Suva.
UK - PNG - BSIP ■ GEIC - N. HEBRIDES -
N. Caledonia
Bank Line operates a monthly direct cargo service from Europe, via the Panama Canal to Papeete, Noumea, Pt, Moresby, Samarai, Lae, Madang, Wewak, Kavieng, Rabaul and Honiara, occasionally extending to Tarawa, Vila, Santo, Kieta, Jayapura and Yandina.
Details from Bank Line (A'asia) Pty. Ltd., 269 George St., Svdney (27-2041).
Us/Japan - Micronesia
Transpacific Lines Inc., with several inter island cargo ships, and in connection with Pacific Far East Line, Inc., operates regular cargo services from the US West Coast/ Honolulu/Japan and major ports and major Far Eastern ports and Guam to all major Micronesian ports, including Saipan, Yap, Koror, Ponape, Truk, Kusaie, Ebeye and Majuro.
Details from Transpacific Lines, Inc., PO Box 468, Saipan, Mariana Islands. 96950.
Us - Hawaii/Samoa - Australia
Pacific Far East Line operates monthly ser vice from Pacific coast ports with the Samoa Bear, Korea Bear, and America Bear to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Burnie, Auckland, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and Pacific northwest ports. All carry passengers.
Details from PFEL, 50 Young Street, Sydney (27-4272).
Us ■ Fiji/Tahiti - Australia
Bank Line Ltd. operates regular cargo ser vices from US Gulf ports to Australia and NZ.
Calls at Suva, Lautoka and Papeete on demand.
Details from Bank Line (A/asia) Pty. Ltd., 269 George Street, Sydney (27-204).
Pacific Far East Line cruise ships, Mariposa and Monterey operate regularly from San Fran cisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Moorea, Papeete, Rarotonga, Auckland, Sydney, and return via Suva, Niuafoou, Pago Pago and Honolulu to San Francisco.
Details from PFEL, 50 Young Street, Sydney (27-4272).
Usa - Tahiti - Samoa
Pacific Islands Transport's Thorsisle operates a monthly cargo service from North American west coast ports to Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia.
Details from Trans-Austral Shipping Pty.
Ltd., 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2441).
Cook Is. - Tahiti
Silk and Boyd Ltd. operates service from Rarotonga to Tahiti with Manuvai for general cargo and passengers.
Details: Silk and Boyd, Rarotonga, Ets Donald, Papeete.