And non-Nauru is moving in
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Nauru Pacific Line is about to move into Micronesia from the US west coast with the chartered ship, Elizabeth Bornhofen, which will operate from San Francisco and Honolulu to Majuro and Ponape. A second ship, recently chartered, the weser Dispatcher, will operate from the east coast of Australia to New Guinea, Guam and Ponape.
These two services will fill in most ?aps left by the withdrawal of the Franspac franchise in Micronesia. , Nauru Pacific Line now operates ive ships. It owns five—the Eiga
moiya, Enna G, Rosie D, Collie D and Cenpac Rounder. The other three are all chartered—the two mentioned above and the Elydra.
The Elizabeth Bornhofen, 6,330 tons, is owned by Robert Bornhofen, Ruderci, Hamburg, West Germany.
She carries containers and general cargo. The bale capacity is 439,000 tons. 'Hie Weser Dispatcher, 3,204 tons, is on charter from Weser Schiffahrts-Agentur GmbH and Co, Rundsburg, Western Germany. She has a bale capacity of 224,000 cubic feet. She also carries containers.