Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Saturday, February 10, 1962 @ 1500
PORT HALIFAX (1937-1962 General cargo ship 457 feet long of Port Line, London) Own Page

PORT HALIFAX arrives at Plantation Quay, Glasgow to load 1,000 tons of general cargo for Auckland

Arrived fromElderslie Drydock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and stern 3 blinds into berth 65)Gross Tonnage5,820
Sailing forAuckland (New Zealand) via Liverpool
Sailed from berth73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and stern 3 blinds into berth 65)
Draught forward on arrival8' 07"
Draught aft on arrival15' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 12th February
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,000 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo2200 on 15th February
Draught forward on sailing11' 06"
Draught aft on sailing15' 05"
Ships agentPatrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467