The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1978Vol. 49, No. 11

Services

pp. 74-78 · Read in the full issue

Shipping

Sydney - Lord Howe Is -

Norfolk Is

Compagnie des Chargeurs

Caledoniens operates four-weekly cargo service Sydney - Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

Details Hetherington Kingsbury

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

SYDNEY - NZ - FIJI - HAWAII -

Canada - Us

P & O liners call at Auckland, Suva, Honolulu and Vancouver on eastbound and westbound voy ages between Sydney and the US.

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

Sydney (231-6655).

AUSTRALIA - NZ - FIJI - TONGA

N. Hebrides - Noumea - Png

Solomons-Samoas

Royal Viking Line, with first-class cruise ships Royal Viking Star, Royal Viking Sky and Royal Viking Sea, cruises the Pacific from Syd

ney and Cairns calling at a variety of Pacific and Asian ports.

Details from With, Wilhelmsen Agency Pty Ltd, 13-15 Bridge Street, Sydney (2-0517).

P & O liners call at Auckland, Bay of Islands, Honiara, Lautoka!

Noumea, Nukualofa, Pago Pago’

Papeete, Port Moresby, Santo!

Savusavu, Suva, Vavau and Vila on cruises from Australia.

Details from P & O Booking Centre World Travel Headquarters Pty Ltd, 33 Bligh Street, Sydney (231-6655).

Australia - Fiji - Samoas -

New Hebrides - Tonga -

Norfolk Island

Pacific Navigation of Tonga op erates a five-weekly refrigerated general cargo/container service from Sydney and Brisbane, to Vila, Santo, Suva, Lautoka, Apia, Pago Pago, Nukualofa and Norfolk Island.

Details from Beaufort Shipping Agency Co, 2 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (221-2388).

Australia-New Caledonia

(And/Or) New Hebrides

Daiwa Line operates a container service from Sydney to the New Hebrides.

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

Karlander 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)1 Clements & Marshall, Burnie, Tas mania (31-1833).

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

Details Compagnie Generate Maritime, 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (231-3700).

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)1 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).

Australia - W Samoa

Compagnie Generate Maritime operates a monthly service from Sydney to Apia, using Ro-Ro vessels.

Details Compagnie Generate Maritime, 12 Castlereagh Street Sydney (231-3700).

Australia - Fiji -

Samoas - Tonga

Pacific Forum Line operates a container, unitised/palletised and reefer cargo service from Mel bourne and Sydney to Lautoka, Suva, Funafuti, Pago Pago, Apia and Nukualofa. Other ports are in cluded on inducement.

Details from ANL Melbourne and Brisbane, Union Bulkships, Sydney, Hobart, Port Adelaide and Fremantle, Burns Philp (SS) Company Ltd, GPO Box 355, Suva, Fiji (311-777); Polynesia Shipping Services, Pago Pago; Union Steam Ship Co of NZ Ltd, Nukualofa: PWD, Funafuti; or Pa cific Forum Line, PC Box 655, Apia, W Samoa.

Ustralia - Northern

Marianas - Micronesia

Nauru Pacific Line operates a jgular container service from lelbourne to Saipan, Truk, onape and Kosrai.

Details Nauru Pacific Line, auru House, 80 Collins Street, lelbourne (653-5709), Nedlloyd wire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney >-0522).

Australia - Tonga -

Samoas - Tahiti

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

Details: Karlander (Aust) Pty td 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney >7-6301).

Australia - Tahiti

Daiwa Line offers a four-weekly arvice from Australia to apeete.

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

Compagnie Generale Maritime perates a monthly service from ydney to Papeete using Ro-Ro assels.

Details Compagnie Generale laritime, 12 Castlereagh Street, ydney (231-3700).

Australia - Png

Containers Pacific Express 3urns Philp and AWP Line) and IGAL/PNGL Operate chief Con liner Service from Australia to NG-Solomon Islands ports on

joint slot sharing basis. Three con tainer vessels operate on 28-day turn-around from Melbourne, Syd ney and Brisbane to Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavieng, Wewak, Madang, Kieta and Honiara.

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

Farrell Lines operates a service every month from Tasmania, Mel bourne, Sydney and Brisbane to Lae and Rabaul.

Details from Wilh Wilhelmsen Agency Pty Ltd, 13 Bridge Street, Sydney (2-0517), 60 Market Street Melbourne (61-3031), J. C. Waller (Rabaul) Pty Ltd, Rabaul, Robert Laurie-Carpenter (NG) Pty Ltd, Lae.

New Guinea Express Lines op erates three-weekly conventional and container services Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Alotau.

Details from New Guinea Ex press Lines, PC Box R 73, Royal Exchange PC, Sydney (241 -3991) MacArthur Shipping Agency Co, 82-92 Eagle Street, Brisbane (229-3777), New Guinea Express Lines, 327 Collins Street, Mel bourne (61 -3053), Niugini Express Lines in Port Moresby (214436), Lae (42-1536), Rabtrad Niugini Pty Ltd, Rabaul (92-2911).

Karlander New Guinea Line’s cargo vessels call at Melbourne, Sydney, Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Wewak, Manus, Kimbe, Rabaul.

Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-6301), Dalgety Shipping, 461 Bourke Street Melbourne (60-0731).

Australia - Solomons -

Gilbert Is - Micronesia

Daiwa Line operates a container service every 30 days from Sydney to Honiara, Kieta, Tarawa and Guam. Gizo cargoes transhipped at Honiara, Saipan, Majuro, car goes 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 K Uk/Co.Ntinent

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) ty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney 17-2041); Burns Philp (SS) Co ;d, Fiji, Tonga, W Samoa: Trading o Honiara.

Far East - Fiji - New

Zealand

New Zealand Unit Express )NC, MNOL, Nedlloyd) operates three-weekly cargo service from ong Kong to Lautoka, Suva, NZ orts, Manila, Kaoshiung. eelung, Hong Kong.

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

Nedlloyd operates monthly argo service with three ships from urabaya, Jakarta, Bangkok, Port elang and Singapore to Suva and Z ports.

Details from Nedlloyd (Aust) Pty td, 8 Spring Street, Sydney >7-3801); Burns Philp (SS) Co td, Suva and Lautoka.

Japan - Nz - Png

China Navigation Co, with three hips operates a monthly cargo ervice from Japan to New ealand calling at Lae on return >urney.

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

Far East - Mid-S. Pacific

China Navigation Co’s vessels perate a regular cargo service om Hong Kong, Taiwan and Sin apore to Rabaul, Wewak, ladang, Lae, Port Moresby, loniara, New Hebrides, Noumea, 'apeete and Samoa.

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

Kyowa Shipping Co. Ltd, oper tes monthly services from Hong tong, Taiwan, S. Korea and lapan, to Guam, Siapan, >olomons, New Caledonia, Fiji, Vestern and American Samoa, ahiti, Cook Is., Tonga and New lebrides and 45-day con ainer/break bulk cargo service rom Kobe, Nagoya and tokohama to Guam, Suva, Lau oka and Noumea.

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

NYK Line, in conjunction with Daiwa Line, with container ships jperates 30-day service from Moji, <obe, Nagoya and Yokohama to 3 apeete, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva, _autoka, Noumea, Sydney, Honiara, Kieta, Tarawa, Guam and Faiwan. . Details; Union Bulkships Pty Ltd, 333-339 George Street, Sydney '2-0238).

North Europe - Tahiti -

New Caledonia

Hamburg-Sued operates nonthly cargo services from Ham )urg, Dunkirk and Le Havre to 3 apeete, Noumea, via Panama.

Details from Columbus Over seas Services Pty Ltd, 333 George Street, Sydney (290-2966), Oolumbus Maritime Services, 17 Mbert Street, Auckland 77-3460).

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, 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (231 -3700).

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 - TAHITI -

Samoa - N. Caledonia -

Solomons - Gilberts

Daiwa Lines runs a monthly cargo service from Japan via Guam to Lautoka, Suva, Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia, Sydney, Noumea, Honiara, Tarawa, Guam.

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 a 14 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 - 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, PC 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 (NG) Pty Ltd, Lae.

Nz - Fiji - North America

(WC) Blue Star Line Crusader service to West Coast North America. Only direct service to and from New Zealand. Blue Star vessels call at Suva and Honolulu on NZ-US- West Coast voyages.

Details from Blueport ACT (NZ) Ltd, PO Box 192, Wellington (739-029), Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, GPO Box 355, Suva, Fiji (311-777).

Nz - Fiji

Pacific Line with one ship oper ates fortnightly roro cargo service New Zealand, Lautoka, Suva.

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

Nz - Fiji - Gilberts -

Solomons - Png

Pacific Forum Line operates a container, unitised/palletised and reefer cargo service from Lyttelton and Auckland to Suva, Tarawa, Honiara, Madang, Lae and Moresby. Other ports are included on inducement.

Details from Shipping Corpor ation of NZ Ltd, Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.

Burns Philp (SS) Company Ltd, GPO Box 355, Suva, Fiji (311 -777) Sullivans, Honiara; Gilbert Islands Shipping Corporation, Tarawa: Steamships Trading in Port Moresby, Lae and Madang or Pa cific Forum Line, PO Box 655, Apia, W. Samoa

Nz - Fiji - Samoas -

Tonga

Pacific Forum Line operates a unitised/pallatised and reefer cargo service from Lyttelton and Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Pago Pago, Apia and Nukualofa. Other ports are included on inducement.

Details from Shipping Corpor ation of NZ Ltd, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Burns Philp (SS) Company Ltd. GPO Box

355, Suva, Fiji (311-777); Polynesia Shipping Services, Pago Pago: Union Steam Ship Co of NZ Ltd, Nukualofa or Pacific Forum Line, PC Box 655, Apia, W.

Samoa.

Nz- Samoa - Tonga

Pacific Navigation of Tonga op erates a four-weekly cargo ser vice, Auckland - Nukualofa - Pago Pago - Apia - Auckland.

Details from McKay Shipping

Ltd, Downtown House, Queen Street, Auckland (33-65)6).

Warner Pacific Line services Onehunga - Nukualofa - Vavau fortnightly, and Timaru - Nukualofa - Vavau monthly and Onehunga - Apia and Pago Pago every 21 days carrying general and freezer car goes and Timaru - Apia every 21 days carrying freezer cargo.

Details from Air Marine Services (NZ) Ltd, PC Box 2505, Auckland (796-841).

NZ - COOK IS - NIUE -

Tahiti

Shipping Corporation of NZ Ltd operates cargo services based on pallets and similar units from Auckland to Niue, Cook Islands and Tahiti.

Details from the Shipping Corp of NZ Ltd, PC Box 3420, Auckland (797-210); Waterfront Com mission, PC Box 61, Rarotonga, Lighterage and Stevedoring Go, Aitutaki, Niue Govt Offices, Niue Island Compagnie Maritime Polynesienne, B’P’ 368, Papeete.

Uk/N. Continent - Tahiti -

N. Caledonia - N. Hebrides

Bank Line operates regular cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp and Rotterdam to Papeete, Noumea and Vila.

Details from Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041); Ets A M Fare UTE, Papeete; Ets Ballande, Noumea, Burns Philp (NH) Ltd, Vila.

Uk/N. Continent - Png -

Solomons

Bank Line operates regular cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp and Rotterdam to Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Kimbe, Rabaul, Kieta and Honiara and on inducement to Yandina, Tarawa and Nauru.

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

San Francisco - Honolulu -

Nauru- 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. 1 Calls at Suva, Lautoka and] Papeete on demand.

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

US - A. SAMOA - NZ -

Aust

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

Details from Wilh, Wilhelmsen] Agency Pty Ltd, 13 Bridge St., Syd-1 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-j 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-1 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).