Hits Town
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A New Ship Hits Town
THE M/V Urte is arrived at Honolulu on November 1, 1987 to commence a liner container service exclusively linking Ha waii with American and Western Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands. Hawaii-Pa cific Lines Ltd, with Honolulu manage ment, will operate the inter-island service providing island merchants regularly scheduled access to new markets and products. Service frequency will be monthly between Honolulu and, in rota tion, the ports of: Pago Pago, American Samoa, Apia, Western Samoa, Nukualofa, Tonga and Avatiu Harbor, Rarotonga, the Cook Islands.
The line will offer the Cook Islands the first direct link with the US (ie Hawaii) and also be the first ever container service to the Cook Islands. It will also be the only scheduled service between a US port and Tonga. Transit times between Honolulu and the four ports will vary from nine to 15 days.
The Urte is 1985-built self-sustaining 100 metre German container vessel with a capacity of 170 20ft containers. In ad dition to offering full container service in 20ft dry vans, HPL will offer refrigerated containers and accept Less Than Con tainer Load (“LCL”) cargoes at Pier I, Honolulu, where Honolulu cargo opera tion will be conducted.
McCabe, Hamilton & Renny Co., Ltd has been appointed stevedore for loading and discharging at Honolulu. □