Services
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Shipping
Should any shipping company wish to have its services cargo and passenger included in these list ings they should contact PIM.
Australia - Fiji
Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd operates monthly cargo services from Sydney to Suva and Lautoka.
Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (232-1011).
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 Lautoka 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. 19 Pitt Street, Sydney, (27-2031), Carpenters Shipping, 100 Thomson St, Suva Fiji (312 244), Tlx 2199 FJ.
Australia - New Caledonia -
Fiji - Samoas - Tonga
Pacific Forum Line operates a fully
containerised service (Gen/Reefer)
from Sydney to Noumea, Lautoka.
Suva, Nukualofa, Apia and Pago 3 ago.
Funafuti cargo transhipped at Apia.
Details from Pacific Forum Line, Syd ney: Union Bulkships, Sydney and Mel
bourne; SATO, Noumea; Australian National Line, Brisbane; Burns Philp (SS) Co, Lautoka, Suva and Apia; Union Co, Nukualofa; Polynesia Shipping Services, Pago Pago or Pacific Forum Line Head Office, Apia.
Australia - 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).
Australia - Kiribati
Karlander operates a 5/6 weekly ser vice from Melbourne and Sydney to Kiribati (Tarawa).
Details. Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (232-1011).
Australia - Nauru -
Kiribati
Nauru Pacific Line operates regular cargo/passenger service from Mel bourne to Nauru and Tarawa.
Details: Nauru Pacific Line, Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne (653-5709), Nedlloyd Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522).
Australia - New Caledonia
(And/Or) Vanuatu
Sofrana-Unilines ships serve Noumea every three weeks from the main ports along the east Australian coast.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2031), Trans- Austral Shipping Pty Ltd, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne (67-9162). ACTA Pty Ltd, Brisbane (221-3116), Elders-ANL Pty Ltd, Port Adelaide (47-5688), ANL, Newcastle (049-24364), Clements & Marshall, Burnie, Tasmania (31-1833).
Compagnie des Chargeurs Cale doniens operates a three-weekly con tainerised cargo service from Sydney to Noumea.
Details Hetherington Kingsbury Pty Ltd, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671). 1 X Compagnie Generate Maritime oper ates a monthly service from Sydney to Noumea, Port Vila and Santo, for con tainerised and break bulk cargo.
Details Compagnie Generate Mari time, 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (231-3700). X Daiwa Line operates a con tainer/breakbulk service every 30 days to Vila and Santo and every 60 days to Noumea.
Details Meridian Shipping & Trans port Agencies Pty Ltd, Box 3410 GPO Sydney 2001 (290-1633). Tlx; AA25970.
Australia - Nz - Fiji -
Hawaii - Us
P & O liners call at Auckland, Suva, Pago Pago and Honolulu and Van couver on eastbound and westbound voyages between Sydney and the US.
Details from P & O Booking Centre, World Travel Headquarters Pty Ltd 33 Bligh Street, Sydney (231-6655).
AUSTRALIA - NZ - FIJI - TONGA -
Vanuatu - Noumea - Solomons -
Samoas - Tahiti
Sitmar Cruises operates a year-round cruise programme to include most of the above countries.
Details from Sitmar Cruises, 47 Elizabeth Street, Sydney (232-7511).
AUSTRALIA - NZ - FIJI - TONGA
Vanuatu - Noumea - Solomons -
Samoas - Tahiti
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 Aus tralia.
Details from P & O Booking Centre, World Travel Headquarters Pty Ltd, 33 Bligh Street, Sydney (231-6655).
Pacific Forum Line operates con
tainerized and general cargo service from Australia and NZ to Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago, Tonga and other South Pacific ports.
Details from Polynesia Shipping Ser vices Inc, PO Box 1478, Pago Pago 96799.
Australia - New Zealand -
Pacific Islands - South East
Asia-China
Minghua Cruises operates regular cruise services from Sydney to most Pacific ports, with several cruises to South East Asia, including Japan and Hong Kong.
Details Minghua Cruises, 7 Bridge Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 and all Burns Philp Travel offices in Australia.
Australia - Micronesia
Nauru Pacific Line operates a regular container service from Melbourne to Majuro, Kosrae, Ponape, Truk, Guam and Saipan, Details Nauru Pacific Line, Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne, (653-5709), Nedlloyd Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522).
Australia - Png
New Guinea Express Lines operates a fortnightly container service from Mel bourne, Sydney, Brisbane to Port Moresby, Lae, Alotau, Rabaul.
Details from New Guinea Express Lines, PO Box R 73, Royal Exchange PC, Sydney (241-3991) MacArthur Shipping Agency Co, 82-92 Eagle Street, Brisbane (229-3 V 77). New Guinea Express Lines, 327 Collins Street, Melbourne (61-3053), Niugini Express Lines in Port Moresby (21-4572), Lae (42-1536), Rabtrad Niugini Pty Ltd. Rabaul (92-2911), Alotau Stevedoring & T’sport (61-1318).
Karlander New Guinea Line's cargo vessels call at Melbourne, Sydney, Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Wewak, Manus, Kimbe, Rabaul, Popondetta.
Details from Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd.
19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (232-1011), DALGETY Shipping, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne (60-0731).
Australia - Png - Solomons
A consortium of Conpac, NGAL/PNGL have three container vessels operating on a 28 day turn around from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavieng, Wewak, Madang, Kieta and Honiara.
Details from Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd. 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (2-0547) and Interocean Swire, 8 Spring Street, Syd ney. (2-0522).
Australia - Solomons -
Kiribati - Micronesia
Daiwa Line operates a container ser vice every 30 days from Sydney to Honiara, Kieta, Tarawa and Guam. Gizo cargoes transhipped at Honiara, Sai pan, cargoes transhipped at Guam.
Details Meridian Shipping & Trans port Agencies Pty Ltd, Box 3410 GPO Sydney 2001 (290-1633), Tlx. \A25970
Australia - Solomons -
Northern Marianas-Taiwan -
Japan
Daiwa Line offers a four-weekly ser ice Sydney-Honiara-Guam-Taiwan apan with transhipment at Guam for aipan.
Details Meridian Shipping & Trans ort Agencies Pty Ltd, Box 3410 GPO, ydney 2001 (290-1633). Tlx.
A 25970.
Australia - Tahiti
Compagnie Generate Maritime oper les a monthly service from Sydney to apeete for containerised and break ulk cargo.
Details Compagnie Generate Mari ne, 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney >3l-3700).
Australia - Tahiti - Us
Karlander operates a monthly cargo J rvice from Melbourne and Sydney to apeete, US west coast.
Details: Karlander (Aust) Pty Ltd, 3-31 Pitt Street. Sydney (232-1011).
Australia - W. Samoa
Compagnie Generate Maritime oper es a monthly service from Sydney to pia.
Details Compagnie Generate Mari ne. 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney 31-3700).
Far East - Fiji - New
Zealand
New Zealand Unit Express (NZUE) )erates a fortnightly palletised cargo (rvice from Manila, Keelung, aoshiung and Hong Kong to Lautoka, jva and thence to NZ.
Details from Carpenters Shipping, jva (312-244), Burns Philp, Suva 11-777), P & O S.N. Co, Wellington 36-477) or Nedlloyd Swire Pty Ltd, 'dney (20-522).
Nedlloyd operates bi-weekly cargo rvice with four ships from Sourabaya, ikarta, Bangkok, Port Kelang and igapore to Suva and NZ ports.
Details from Nedlloyd (Aust) Pty Ltd, Spring St, Sydney (27 3801), Burns lilp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva and Lautoka.
Far East - Mid-S. Pacific
China Navigation’s New Guinea Pa le Line operates a regular container rvice from Hong Kong, Taiwan, anila, Port Kelang and Singapore to >rt Moresby, Lae, Rabaul and Honiara anthly and to Wewak, Madang and Bta every three months. The South icific Islands of Noumea. Santo, Vila, ipeete, Pago Pago, Apia, Tarawa and turu will be served by conventional rvice operating on a 60 day turn xmd.
Details from Steamships Trading Co., irt Moresby (21-2000).
Kyowa Shipping Ltd. operates )nthly services from Hong Kong, iwan, S. Korea and Japan, to Guam, ipan, Solomons, New Caledonia, Fiji, astern and American Samoa, Tahiti,
Cook Is., Tonga and Vanuatu.
Details: Hetherington Kingsbury Pty Ltd, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671); Carpenters Shipping, Suva (312-244).
Daiwa Line operates 30-day service from Moji, Kobe, Nagoya and Yokohama to Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva, Lautoka, Noumea, Vila, Santo, Honiara, Kieta, Tarawa and Guam.
Details; Meridian Shipping & Trans port Agencies Pty Ltd, Box 3410 GPO Sydney 2001 (290-1633) Tlx: AA25970.
Japan - Fiji - New Zealand
China Navigation, operates a monthly service from main ports Japan to Suva and Lautoka and thence Noumea and NZ.
Details from Carpenters Shipping, Suva (312-244).
Japan - Png
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines operates a monthly service from main ports Japan and Port Moresby, Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kieta and Kimbe.
Details from Robert-Laurie (PNG) Pty Ltd, Port Moresby (21-2466/ 21-1898).
JAPAN - GUAM - FIJI - TAHITI -
Samoa - N. Caledonia -
Solomons - Kiribati
Daiwa Lines runs a monthly cargo service from Japan via Guam to Lau toka, Suva, Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia, Sydney, Noumea, Honiara, Tarawa, Guam.
Details from Burns Philp (SS) Co Ltd, Suva.
New Caledonia - Fiji - West
Coast North America
PAD Line operates an approx. 3weekly ro-ro service from Noumea and Suva to Honolulu and West Coast USA and Canadian ports.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines SA, BP 1602, Noumea (27-51-91), Tlx NMO4B; W. R. Carpenter, 100 Thomson St., Suva (31-11-22), Tlx FJ2199.
Png - Inter - Mainport
Papua New Guinea Mainport Liner Services offer scheduled 10/20-day coastal liner services linking all PNG mainports with containerisation, reefer, heavy lift and transhipment facilities.
Details from PNG Mainport Liner Ser vices, Box 1448, Lae, PNG (42-3537).
Tlx PNG 42465.
Png - North Australia
Papua New Guinea Line offers a 60-day service from Port Moresby, Lae and Vanimo to Darwin with through bills of lading from West Coast North American ports. Inducement calls at Weipa and Gove.
Details from PNG Shipping Corpor ation, Box 543, Port Moresby, PNG (21-1174), Tlx PNG 22269.
Png - Kiribati - Solomons -
West Coast Usa
Papua New Guinea Line offers a 60-day service from Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul and Kieta to San Francisco and Los Angeles with inducement at Van couver and stop-off calls at Tarawa and Honiara. Through bills from all PNG mainports and mini-bridge services to other US and Canadian destinations.
Details from PNG Shipping Corpor ation. Box 543, Port Moresby. PNG (21 -1174), Tlx PNG 22269; or from TFC Shipping, 100 California St, San Fran cisco, CA, USA (415 398-1604), Tlx
340958 Gts Ur Sfo.
Png - Uk/Continent
Bank Line operates regular cargo service from Port Moresby, Oro Bay, Kieta, Rabaul, Kimbe, Madang and Lae to Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam. Antwerp and Le Havre.
Details from Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street. Sydney (27-2041)- Burns Philp (PNG) Ltd. PNG ports.
Solomons - Uk/Continent
Bank Line operates regular cargo service from Honiara to Hull, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp and Le Havre.
Details from Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041); Trading Co, Honiara (389).
NZ - COOK IS - NIUE -
Tahiti
Shipping Corporation of NZ Ltd oper ates cargo services based on pallets and similar units from Auckland to Niue, Cook Islands and Tahiti.
Details from the Shipping Corp of NZ Ltd, PO Box 3420, Auckland (797-210), Waterfront Commission, PO Box 61, Rarotonga; Cook Islands; Niue Govt Offices. Niue Island Compagnie Maritime Polynesienne, B'P’ 368, Papeete, Tahiti.
Nz - Fiji
Reef operates a regular 18-day ser vice from Auckland to Suva and Lau toka.
Details from Reef Shipping Agencies, PO Box 3382, Auckland, NZ (77-1221-3).
Pacific Line with one ship operates fortnightly ro-ro cargo service New Zealand, Lautoka, Suva.
Details; Sofrana Unilines, 18 Cus toms Street, Auckland (773-279) PO Box 3614, Telex: NZ2313; Carpenters Shipping, Private Mail Bag, Suva (312244), Tlx. 2199 FJ.
NZ - FIJI - NORTH AMERICA (WC) Blue Star Line Ltd Pacific Coast con tainer services. 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 - SAMOAS - TONGA Pacific Forum Line operates a fully containerised three-weekly service (Gen/Reefer) from Auckland to Lau toka, Suva, Apia, Pago Pago and Nuku'alofa.
Details from Pacific Forum Line, Auckland; Union Co, Auckland, Lau toka, Suva, Apia and Nuku'alofa; Polynesia Shipping Services, Pago Pago or Pacific Forum Line Head Office, Apia.
Nz - Tonga - Samoa
Warner Pacific Line operates a reg ular cargo service from Timaru, Onehunga and Westport to Nukualofa, Vavau and Apia with regular calls to Haapai and Pago Pago.
Details from McKay Shipping Ltd, PO Box 1372, Auckland, NZ; Warner Paci fic Line, Box 93, Nukualofa, Tonga and Neiafu, Vavau, Tonga; Polynesian Ship ping Services, Box 1478, Pago Pago; and Molua Folau Shipping Co, Box 4171, Apia, W. Samoa.
NZ - N. CALEDONIA - FIJI -
Solomons - Png
Pacific Forum Line operates a fully containerised service (Gen/Reefer) from Lyttelton, Napier, Auckland to Suva, Lautoka, Honiara, Kieta, Lae and Port Moresby.
Details from Pacific Forum Line, Auckland: Shipping Corporation of NZ, Lyttelton. Napier; Union Co. Auckland, Suva, Lautoka; Steamships Trading Co, Kieta, Lae, Port Moresby; Sullivans (SI) Ltd, Honiara or Pacific Forum Line Head Office, Apia.
NZ - N. CALEDONIA - VANUATU -
Png - Solomons
Sofrana Unilines with three ships op erates to Vila and Santo, to Honiara and Papua New Guinea and to Norfolk Island and Noumea.
Details from Sofrana Unilines, 18 Customs Street, Auckland (773-279), PO Box 3614, Telex NZ2313.
Nz - Tahiti
Compagnie Tahitienne Maritime SA with one ship operates monthly service New Zealand - Papeete.
Details from Sofrana Unilines. PO Box 3614, 18 Customs St, Auckland (773-279), Tlx NZ2313.
Nz - Tonga - Samoas
Warner Pacific Line services Auckland - Nuku’alofa/Vavau/ Apia/Pago Pago fortnightly carrying general and freezer cargoes. Also Timaru - Nuku’alofa/Vavau/Apia every 21 days carrying freezer cargo.
Details from McKay Shipping Ltd, Downtown House, 21 Queen St, Auckland, PO Box 1372 (30-299), Cables MACSHIP, Telex NZ2554.
Europe - Tahiti -
New Caledonia
Compagnie Generate Maritime oper ates services from Europe and Mediter ranean ports to Papeete and Noumea using three ro-ro and multi-purpose vessels thus ensuring a bi-monthly sail ing to and from.
Details Compagnie Generate Mari time, 12 Castlereagh Street. Sydney (231-3700).
EUROPE - TAHITI - W. SAMOA -
Fiji - N. Caledonia
Nedlloyd offers regular cargo ser vices from Northern Europe and UK to Papeete, Apia, Fiji and New Caledonia.
Details Nedlloyd (Aust) Pty Ltd, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (27-3801); Car penters Shipping, 100 Thomson St, Suva (312 244), Tlx 2199 FJ.
EUROPE - TAHITI - W. SAMOA - TONGA - FIJI - SOLOMONS - PNG -
Vanuatu
Columbus Line Reederei GMBH op erates 2-monthly service from Ham burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Dunkirk and Le Havre to Papeete, Apia. Nukualofa, Suva, Port Vila, Santo, Noumea, Honiara. Port Moresby, Kieta, Rabaul, Lae, and return to Europe.
Details from Columbus Overseas Services Pty Ltd, 333 George Street, Sydney (290-2966), Columbus Mari time Services, 17 Albert Street, Auckland (77-3460); Carpenters Ship ping, 100 Thomson St, Suva (312 244), Tlx 2199 FJ.
Uk - N. Continent - Fiji
The Bank Line operates a regular 28 day cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre to Suva and Lautoka.
Details from The Bank Line (A'asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York St. Sydney (27-2041); Burns Philp (South Sea) Co Ltd, Suva and Lautoka.
Uk/N. Continent - Png -
Solomons
The Bank Line operates a regular 28 day cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre to Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Kimbe, Rabaul, Kieta and Honiara and on inducement to Yandina.
Details from The Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041); Burns Philp (PNG) Ltd, PNG ports; Trading Co Honiara.
Uk/N. Continent - Tahiti -
N. Caledonia - N. Hebrides
The Bank Line operates a regular 28 day cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre to Papeete and Noumea.
Details from The Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041); Ets A M Fare UTE, Papeete; Ets Ballande, Noumea.
US - FIJI - TAHITI - NZ -
Australia
The 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 de mand.
Details from The Bank Line (A’asia) Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-2041) or Howard Smith Industries Pty Ltd, 1 York Street, Sydney (27-5611).
Us - Hawaii - Micronesia
Philippines, Micronesia & Orient Navigation Co (PM&O Lines) operates regular container service on self sustained ship with ro-ro capabilities from Oakland, Portland and Honolulu to
Majuro, Kosrae, Ponape. Truk, Saipan, Yap and Koror.
Details for Micronesia can be obtained from Larry Guerrero, PM&O Owners Rep, PO Box 803, Saipan, Ml
96950, Cable Commontime; Pm&O
Lines, 181 Fremont St, San Francisco, California 94105, Cable PMONAV.
Us - Hawaii - Nauru -
Micronesia
Nauru Pacific Line operates regular conventional/container and passenger service from San Francisco and Honolulu to Majuro, Ponape, Truk and Saipan. Cargo is accepted for Nauru and Kosrai with transhipment at Majuro and Ponape.
Details from Nauru Pacific Line, Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Mel bourne (653-5709); North American Maritime Agencies, 100 California St..
San Francisco, California 9411.
Us - Noumea - Fiji
PAD Line operates an approx 3-weekly roro service from West Coast LISA and Canada to Noumea and Suva.
Details from Sofrana-Unilines SA, BP 1602, Noumea (27-51 -91), Tlx NMO4B; N. R. Carpenter, 100 Thomson St, Suva ;31-11-22), Tlx FJ2199; Trans-Austral Shipping. Box R 232 PO, Royal Exchange, NSW (27-2441). Tlx \A21204.
Us - Tahiti - Samoa
Pacific Islands Transport operates a ive weekly cargo service from North America west coast ports to Papeete, ’ago Pago. Apia.
Details from Polynesia Shipping Ser ices Inc, PO Box 1478 Pago Pago >6799.
Polynesia Line operates container nd general cargo service from US west oast ports to Papeete and Pago ’ago.
Details from Polynesia Shipping Ser
vices Inc., PO Box 1478, Paqo Paqo 96799.
US - TAHITI - SAMOA - NZ - AUST Farrell Lines Inc, operate a fast reg ular lash/container cargo service from west coast ports Canada/USA to Papeete and Pago Pago thence to NZ and Australia.
Details Wilh Wilhelmson Agency, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Tlx AA20136, Cable FARSHIPS Sydney; Dalgety (NZ) Ltd, Auckland and Wellington, Tlx NZ2445, Cable DALSHIP Auckland; Compagnie Mari time Polynesienne, Immeuble Franco Oceanienne, PO Box 368, Papeete, Tahiti, Tel 26393, Tlx 258. FP ANSB Taporo, Cable OCEAN Papeete; Kneubuhl Maritime Service, PO Box 39, Pago Pago, Telephone 633-5121; Tlx 782505.