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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1978Vol. 49, No. 6

Shipping

pp. 97-101 · Read in the full issue

Services

Sydney - Pacific Is -

Orient

Chandris Lines cruising in the 3 acific and the Orient with SS Ellinis.

Details from Chandris Lines, 135 <ing St., Sydney (232-2455).

Sydney - Lord Howe Is -

Norfolk Is

Compagnie des Chargeurs operates four-weekly :argo service Sydney - Lord Howe sland and Norfolk Island.

Details Hetherington Kingsbury >ty Ltd, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney 27-1671).

SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI - HAWAII -

Canada - Us

P & O liners call at Auckland, >uva, Honolulu and Vancouver on lastbound and westbound voy iges between Sydney and the JS.

Details from P & O Booking Centre, World Travel Head uarters Pty Ltd, 33 Bligh Street,

iydney (231-6655).

AUSTRALIA - NZ - FIJI - TONGA

N. Hebrides - Noumea - Png

Solomons-Samoas

Sitmar Cruises operates a year- Dund cruise programme to in lude most of the above ountries.

Details from Sitmar Cruises, 47 lizabeth Street, Sydney 232-7511).

Royal Viking Line, with first-class ruise ships Royal Viking Star,

loyal Viking Sky and Royal Viking

ea, cruises the Pacific from Syd ey and Cairns calling at a variety f Pacific and Asian ports.

Details from Wilh, Wilhelmsen gency Pty Ltd, 13-15 Bridge

treet, Sydney (2-0517).

P & O liners call at Apia, uckland, Bay of Islands, Honiara, autoka, Noumea, Nuku’alofa, ago Pago, Papeete, Port loresby, Santo, Savusavu, Suva, avau and Vila on cruises from ustralia.

Details from P & O Booking entre World Travel Headquarters ty Ltd, 33 Bligh Street, Sydney >3l-6655).

Australia - Fiji - Samoas -

Tonga - Norfolk Island

Pacific Navigation of Tonga op

rates a five-weekly refrigerated

sneral cargo/container service om Sydney and Brisbane, to uva, Lautoka, Apia, Pago Pago, uku’alofa and Norfolk Island.

Details from Beaufort Shipping gency Co, 2 Castlereagh Street,

/dney (221-2388).

Australia-New Caledonia

(And/Or) New Hebrides

Daiwa Line operates a container

service from Sydney to New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.

Details: Union Bulkships Pty Ltd, 333-339 George Street, Sydney (2-0238).

Somacal operates a monthly service from Sydney to Noumea.

Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301).

Sofrana-Unilines ships serve Noumea every three weeks from the main ports along the east Aus tralian coast.

Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 37 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2031), Trans-Austral Shipping Pty Ltd, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne (67-9162), ACTA Pty Ltd, Bris bane (221-3116), Elders-ANL Pty Ltd, Port Adelaide (47-5688), ANL, Newcastle (049-24364), Clements & Marshall, Burnie, Tas mania (31-1833).

Compagnie des Chargeurs Caledonians operates a three weekly containerised cargo ser vice from Sydney to Noumea.

Details Hetherington Kingsbury Pty Ltd, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671).

Compagnie Generale Maritime operates a monthly service from Sydney to Noumea, Port Vila and Santo, using Ro-Ro vessels.

Details Compagnie Generale Maritime Head Office 4-6 Bligh Street, Sydney (221 -2522), Freight Dept, 261 George Street, Sydney (241 -2872).

Australia - Fiji

Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd oper ates monthly cargo services from Sydney to Suva and Lautoka.

Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301), Dalgety Shipping, 461 Bourke Street. Melbourne (60-0731), Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva and Lautoka.

Sofrana-Unilines (Fiji Express Line) operates to Suva and Lau toka every three weeks from the main ports on the east coast of Australia and monthly to Lautoka from Melbourne and Sydney.

Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 37 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2031), Trans-Austral Shipping Pty Ltd, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne (67-9162), ACTA Pty Ltd. Bris bane (221-3116), Elder-ANL Pty Ltd, Port Adelaide (47-5688), ANL, Newcastle (049-24364), Clements & Marshall, Burnie, Tas mania (31-1833).

Compagnie Generale Maritime operates a monthly service from Sydney to Suva, using Ro-Ro vessels.

Details Compagnie Generale Maritime Head Office 4-6 Bligh Street. Sydney (221-2522) Freight Dept 261 George Street, Sydney (241-2872).

Australia - Saipan -

Micronesia

Nauru Pacific Line operates a regular container service from Melbourne to Saipan, Truk, Ponape and Kosrai.

Details Nauru Pacific Line, Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne (653-5709), Nedlloyd Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522).

Australia - Tonga -

Samoas - Tahiti

Karlander operates a monthly :argo service from Melbourne and Sydney to Nukualofa, Apia, Pago ’ago, Papeete, US west coast.

Details: Karlander (Aust) Pty .td, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney 27-6301).

Australia - Tahiti

Daiwa Line offers a six-weekly service from Australia to Papeete.

Details: Union Bulkships Pty Ltd, J 33-339 George Street, Sydney 2-0238).

Compagnie Generale Maritime >perates a monthly service from Sydney to Papeete using Ro-Ro 'esse Is.

Details Compagnie Generale Maritime Head Office 4-6 Bligh Street, Sydney (221 -2522) Freight )ept 261 George Street, Sydney 241-2872).

Australia - Png

Containers Pacific Express Burns Philp and AWP Line) and JGAL/PNGL Operate chief Con ainer Service from Australia to 'NG-Solomon Islands ports on lint slot sharing basis. Three con liner vessels operate on 28-day jrn-around from Melbourne, Syd ey and Brisbane to Port Moresby, ae, Rabaul, Kavieng, Wewak, ladang, Kieta and Honiara.

Details from Burns Philp & Co td, 51 Pitt Street, Sydney 20-547) and Interocean Swire, 8 pring Street, Sydney (2-0522).

Farrell Lines operates a service very month from Tasmania, Mel ourne, Sydney and Brisbane to ae and Rabaul.

Details from Wilh Wilhelmsen gency Pty Ltd, 13 Bridge Street, ydney (2-0517), 60 Market Street lelbourne (61-3031), J. C. Waller Rabaul) Pty Ltd, Rabaul, Robert aurie-Carpenter (NG) Pty Ltd, ae.

New Guinea Express Lines op rates three-weekly conventional nd container services Melbourne, ydney, Brisbane, Port Moresby, ae, Rabaul.

Details from New Guinea Ex ress Lines, PO Box R 73, Royal xchange PO, Sydney (241 -3991) lac Arthur Shipping Agency Co, 2-92 Eagle Street, Brisbane 129-3777), New Guinea Express nes, 327 Collins Street, Mel aurne (61 -3053), Niugini Express nes in Port Moresby (214436), ae (42-1536), Rabtrad Niugini ty Ltd, Rabaul (92-2911).

Karlander New Guinea Line’s argo vessels call at Melbourne, /dney, Port Moresby, Lae, adang, Wewak, Manus, Kimbe, abaul.

Details from Karlander (Aust) ty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney 17-6301), Dalgety Shipping, 461 ourke Street Melbourne 10-0731).

Australia - Solomons -

Gilbert Is - Micronesia

Daiwa Line operates a container jrvice every 30 days from Sydney i Noumea, Honiara, Tarawa and uam. Gizo cargoes transhipped Honiara, Saipan, Majuro, Truk, anape, Koror. Yap cargoes

transhipped at Guam.

Details from Union-Bulkships Pty Ltd, 333-339 George Street, Sydney (2-0238, telex AA20397).

Australia - Nauru -

Majuro

Nauru Pacific Line operates reg ular cargo/passenger service from Melbourne to Nauru and Majuro.

Details Nauru Pacific Line, Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne (653-5709), Nedlloyd Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522)

Us-Png

Farrell Lines operates regular services from all US west coast ports to Lae and Rabaul.

Details from Wilh, Wilhelmsen Agency Pty Ltd, 13 Bridge Street, Sydney (2-0517), Farrell Lines, 1 Market Plaza, San Francisco. L.A. (9-4105). J. C. Waller (Rabaul) Pty Ltd, Rabaul, Burns Philp (NG) Ltd, Kieta, Robert Laurie-Carpenter (PNG) Pty Ltd, Lae.

Png - Us - Canada

Farrell Lines operates regular services from Lae and Rabaul to US west coast ports and Van couver.

Details from J. G. Waller (Rabaul) Pty Ltd, Rabaul, Robert Laurie-Carpenter (PNG) Pty Ltd, Lae, Farrell Lines, 1 Market Plaza, San Francisco, L.A. (9-4105), Wilh, Wilhelmsen Agency Pty Ltd, 13 Bridge Street, Sydney (2-0517).

Png - Uk/Continent

Bank Line operates regular cargo service from Kieta, Rabaul, Kimbe, Madang and Lae to Liver pool, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Ant werp and London.

Details from Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041), Burns Philp (PNG) Ltd, PNG ports.

Png - Us

Bank Line operates regular cargo service from Kieta, Rabaul, Kimbe, Madang and Lae direct to San Francisco; calls at US Gulf and East Coast ports on inducement.

Details from Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041); Burns Philp (PNG) Ltd, PNG ports.

Solomons - Fiji - Tonga -

W. Samoa - Uk/Continent

Bank Line operates regular cargo service from Honiara, Suva, Nukualofa and Apia to Liverpool, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Ant werp.

Details from Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041); Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva.

Far East - Fiji - New

Zealand

New Zealand Unit Express (CNC, MNOL, RIL) operates a three-weekly cargo service from Hong Kong to Lautoka, Suva, NZ ports, Manila, Kaoshiung, Keelung, Hong Kong.

Details from Nedlloyd, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522).

Nedlloyd operates monthly cargo service with three ships from

Surabaya, Jakarta, Bangkok, Port Kelang and Singapore to Suva and NZ ports.

Details from Nedlloyd (Aust) Pty Ltd, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (27-3801); Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva and Lautoka.

Japan - Nz - Png

China Navigation Co, with three ships operates a monthly cargo service from Japan to New Zealand calling at Lae on return journey.

Details Nedlloyd, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522).

Far East - Mid-S. Pacific

China Navigation Co’s vessels operate a regular cargo service from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Sin gapore to Rabaul, Wewak, Madang, Lae, Port Moresby, Honiara, New Hebrides, Noumea, Papeete and Samoa.

Details from Nedlloyd, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522).

Kyowa Shipping Co. Ltd, oper ates monthly services from Hong Kong, Taiwan, S. Korea and Japan, to Guam, Siapan, Solomons, New Caledonia, Fiji, Western and American Samoa, Tahiti, Cook Is., Tonga and New Hebrides and 45-day con tainer/break bulk cargo service from Kobe, Nagoya and Yokohama to Guam, Suva, Lau toka and Noumea. retails; Hetherington Kingsbury Pty Ltd, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671).

NYK Line, in conjunction with Daiwa Line, with container ships operates 30-day service from Moji, Kobe, Nagoya and Yokohama to Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva, Lautoka, Sydney, Noumea, Honiara, Tarawa, Guam and Taiwan.

Details: Union Bulkships Pty Ltd, 333-339 George Street, Sydney (2-0238).

North Europe - Tahiti -

New Caledonia

Hamburg-Sued operates monthly cargo services from Ham burg, Dunkirk and Le Havre to Papeete, Noumea, via Panama.

Details from Columbus Over seas Services Pty Ltd, 333 George Street. Sydney (290-2966), Columbus Maritime Services, 17 Albert Street, Auckland (75-509).

Europe - Pacific Islands

Compagnie Generale Maritime operates services from Europe and Mediterranean ports to Papeete and Noumea using three Ro-Ro and three multi-purpose vessels thus ensuring a bi-monthly sailing to and from.

Details Compagnie Generale Maritime, 4-6 Bligh Street, Sydney (221-2522).

Europe - Pacific Is

Australia

Compagnie Generale Maritime maintains regular services from North Europe and Mediterranean ports to Sydney via Papeete, Santo, Vila and Noumea, and via those ports on return, using Ro-Ro and multi-purpose ships.

Details from Compagnie Generale Maritime, 261 George Street, Sydney (241-2872).

Europe-Tahiti-W. Samoa

Fiji-N. Caledonia

Nedlloyd offers regular cargo services from Northern Europe and UK to Papeete, Apia, Fiji and New Caledonia.

Details Nedlloyd (Aust) Pty Ltd, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (27-3801).

Japan-Guam-Fiji-Samoa-

N. Caledonia-N. Hebrides

Daiwa Lines runs a monthly cargo service from Japan via Guam to Suva, Lautoka, Pago Pago, Apia, Vila, Santo, Honiara, Noumea, Tahiti, Nauru and Cook Is.

Details from Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva.

NZ - FIJI - TONGA - SAMOAS Union Steam Ship Co of NZ op erates a roll-on, roll-off, unitised service from Auckland to Lautoka- Suva-Pago Pago-Apia-Nuku’alofa on al4 day frequency.

Details from Union Steam Ship Co of NZ Ltd, PC Box 12, Auckland or from Branch offices/agents in Fiji, Tonga and the Samoas.

Nz - N. Caledonia -

N. Hebrides - Png -

Solomons

Sofrana-Unilines with three ships operates to Vila and Santo, to Honiara and Papua New Guinea and to Noumea.

Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 18 Customs Street, Auckland (773-279), PC Box 3614, Telex NZ2313.

Nz - New Hebrides/

Solomons

Warner Pacific Line services Auckland, Honiara, Santo, Vila monthly general and freezer cargoes.

Details from Air Marine Services (NZ) Ltd, PO Box 2505, Auckland, NZ (363-731).

Nz - Australia -

New Caledonia -

Solomons - Gilberts -

Micronesia

Union Co/Daiwa Line operate a container service from New Zealand through Sydney to Noumea, Honiara, Tarawa and Guam, Transhipment to Saipan, Majuro and Gizo.

Details: Union Steam Ship Co of NZ Ltd, PO Box 12, Auckland, or Union Bulkships Pty Ltd, 333-339 George Street, Sydney, (2-0238).

Nz - Png

Farrell Lines operates regular service every 30 days from Auckland to Lae and Rabaul.

Details from Dalgety NZ Ltd, 41-45 Albert Street, Auckland (7-1859) J. C. Waller (Rabaul) Pty Ltd, Rabaul, Robert Laurie- Carpenter (PNG) Ptv Ltd, Lae.

Nz - Fiji - North America

(WC) Crusader cargo ships call at Suva, Levuka and Honolulu on NZ-US west coast trips and at Suva and/or Lautoka on US-NZ return trips.

Details from Blueport ACT (NZ) Ltd, PO Box 192, Wellington (739-029), Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva.

Nz - Fiji

Reef operates a regular 18-day iervice from Auckland to Suva and .autoka.

Details from Reef Shipping Agencies Ltd, PO Box 3382, Auckland, NZ (7-1221-3).

Pacific Line with one ship oper ites monthly cargo service New Zealand, Lautoka, Suva.

Details; Sofrana-Unilines, 18 Customs Street, Auckland 773-279) PO Box 3614, Telex: JZ2313.

Nz - Samoa - Tonga

Pacific Navigation of Tonga op rates a four-weekly cargo ser ice, Auckland - Nukualofa - Pago 'ago - Apia - Nukualofa - Auckland.

Details from McKay Shipping td, Downtown House, Queen treet, Auckland (33-656).

Warner Pacific Line services inehunga - Nukualofa - Vavau irtnightly, and Timaru - Nukualofa Vavau monthly and Onehunga pia and Pago Pago every 21 days arrying general and freezer car oes and Timaru - Apia every 21 ays carrying freezer cargo.

Details from Air Marine Services MZ) Ltd, PO Box 2505, Auckland 362-731).

NZ - COOK IS - NIUE -

Tahiti

Shipping Corporation of NZ Ltd aerates cargo services based on illets and similar units from uckland to Niue, Cook Islands id Tahiti.

Details from the Shipping Corp NZ Ltd, PO Box 3420, Auckland 79-430): Waterfront Com ission, PO Box 61, Rarotonga, ghterage and Stevedoring Co, tutaki, Niue Govt Offices, Niue

land Compagnie Maritime

Dlynesienne, B’P’ 368, apeete.

Uk - Panama - Samoa -

Fiji

The Fiji Direct Service, cargo ily, is maintained by Conference >ssels, sailing at regular monthly tervals out of Avonmouth, via anama, for Apia, Suva and Lau ka.

Details from Burns Philp (SS) Co d, Suva.

Ik/N. Continent - Tahiti -

. Caledonia - N. Hebrides

Bank Line operates regular argo service from Hull, Hamburg, r emen, Antwerp and Rotterdam Papeete, Noumea and Vila.

Details from Bank Line (A’asia) ty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney 17-2041); Ets AMAV, Papeete; s Ballande, Noumea, Burns Philp JH) Ltd, Vila.

Uk/N. Continent - Png -

Solomons

Bank Line operates regular irgo service from Hull, Hamburg, remen, Antwerp and Rotterdam • Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, imbe, Rabaul, Kieta and Honiara id on inducement to Yandina, arawa and Nauru.

Details from Bank Line (A’asia) ty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney 17-2041); Burns Philp (PNG) Ltd, NG ports.

San Francisco -

Honolulu - Micronesia

Nauru Pacific Line operates reg ular conventional/container ser vice from San Francisco and Honolulu to Majuro, Nauru, Ponape, Truk and Saipan.

Details from Nauru Pacific Line, Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne (653-5709); North American Maritime Agencies, 100 California Street, San Francisco, California 9411 (981-0343).

US - FIJI - TAHITI - NZ -

Australia

Bank and Savill Line Ltd, oper ates regular cargo services from US Gulf ports to Australia and NZ.

Calls at Suva, Lautoka and Papeete on demand.

Details from Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041) or Howard Smith Indus tries Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-5611).

US - A. SAMOA - NZ -

Aust

Farrell Lines LASH ships operate regularly from US to Australia, via Pago Pago and Auckland and Canada.

Details from With, Wilhelmsen Agency Pty Ltd, 13 Bridge St., Syd ney (2-0517); 60 Market Street, Melbourne (61-0301); Farrell Lines, 1 Market Plaza, San Fran cisco, L.A. (415-777-3300); Dal gety NZ Ltd, Auckland (7-1859); Kneubuhl Maritime Services, Pago Pago (633-5121).

Us - Tahiti - Samoa

Pacific Islands Transport oper ates a five/six weekly cargo ser vice from North America west coast ports to Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia.

Details from Trans-Austral Ship ping Pty Ltd, 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2441).

Polynesia Line operates con tainer and general cargo service from US west coast ports to Papeete and Pago Pago.

Details from Polynesia Shipping Services Inc,. PC Box 1478, Pago Pago (9-6799).

Fiji - Tahiti

Compagnie Generate Maritime operates a monthly service from Suva to Papeete using Ro-Ro vessels.

Details Compagnie Generate Maritime, 4-6 Bligh Street, Sydney (221-2522); Williams & Gosling, PC Box 79, Suva (31-2633). • Fiji is discussing air trans port agreements with a number of countries, which could help Air Pacific to extend its ser vices, the Secretary for Trans port, Mr Bob Dods, told a recent meeting of the Fiji Hotel Association. The tourist indus try could suffer if international airlines continue to bypass Fiji on the way to Australia and the US. Fiji had air transport agreements with Chile, India, Singapore, New Zealand, Tonga, Canada and the UK.