Cunard cargo liner ALSATIA left Saint John (N.B.) 15 March for London

J & C Harrison's new ship HARMATTAN undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

HARMATTAN was at Elderslie for drydocking by the builders Lithgows of Port Glasgow prior to being handed over to her owners.

In 1971 she was at anchor off Karachi (Pakistan) when she was struck by a missile fired from an Indian plane (India and Pakistan were at war at the time). She was badly damaged, and was scrapped in Pakistan shortly afterwards in 1972.

Cunard Line's ALAUNIA opens for cargo at Glasgow on 16 March 1961 for U.S.A.

ANCHOR   LINE

PORT  SAID,   ADEN,   KARACHI,   BOMBAY

                              Closing for cargo     Glasgow       Birkenhead

(1)  CALEDONIA  …………………………….................    March 30

(2)  (3)  (4)  EGIDIA  ………………........  April 6  …..  April 14 

(1)  Karachi cargo by special arrangement only.

(2)  Port Said cargo not accepted at Glasgow

(3)  Not loading for Karachi

(4)  Takes cargo for Kandia (if inducement)

ANCHOR – CUNARD  JOINT  SERVICE

to

NEW  YORK,   BALTIMORE,   HAMPTON  ROADS

(r)   ALAUNIA ….  Receiving Glasgow March 16 / March 22

(r)   ANDANIA …  Receiving Glasgow March 30 / April 5

(r)  Refrigerated space available

AS  LOADING  BROKERS  FOR  CUNARD  LINE

GLASGOW

to

HOUSTON,   GALVESTON,   NEW  ORLEANS,

MOBILE   and   TAMPA

 IRISH MAPLE …..  Receiving Glasgow March 22 / April 4

AS  LOADING  BROKERS  FOR  HEAD & LORD  LINE

FOR  DETROIT  and  CHICAGO

 FAIR HEAD  ……..  Receiving Glasgow March 27 / March 31

Loading Berths —  Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow

East Float, East Quay, Birkenhead

ANCHOR  LINE

14 ST. VINCENT PLACE,  GLASGOW  C 1

ARGENTINA STAR at Tenerife 16 March for Buenos Aires

CITY OF BRISBANE at Aden 16 March for Hull

CITY OF POONA passed Gibraltar 16 March on passage Glasgow for Far East

COPTIC at Gisborne 16 March for U.K.

CORFU at Penang 16 March for London

HIMALAYA at Sydney 16 March from London

ORCADES at Adelaide 16 March for Sydney

PENDENNIS CASTLE at Cape Town 16 March for Durban

STRATHEDEN at Marseilles 16 March for London

Conducting their business in Great Waters in middle of March 1961

ALSATIA left Saint John (N.B.) 15 March for London

ARCADIA at Port Said 17 March for Sydney

ATHENIC left Auckland 17 March for London

BENALBANACH at London 17 March for Grangemouth

BENCLEUCH at Iloilo 16 March for Rejang

BENCRUACHAN left Port Sudan 17 March for Suez Canal

BENLOMOND left Aden 17 March for Singapore

BENLOYAL at Bangkok 16 March for Hong Kong

BENMACDHUI at Hamburg 17 March for Immingham

BENVRACKIE at Hong Kong 17 March for Port Swettenham

BRASIL STAR at Montevideo 16 March for Buenos Aires

CITY OF BRISTOL left Calcutta 16 March for London

CITY OF EXETER at Durban 16 March for London

CITY OF RIPON left Port Said 16 March for London

CORFU left Penang 17 March for London

DORSET at Port Said 15 March for Adelaide

EDINBURGH CASTLE left Southampton 16 March for Durban

HERDSMAN at Beira Roads 15 March from London

IVERNIA left New York 16 March for London

KUMBA at Lagos 16 March on passage from Glasgow to Abonema

LOCH GARTH at San Francisco 16 March for London

NEVASA at Southampton 16 March from Singapore

ORCADES at Melbourne 17 March for Sydney

ORIANA at Suez 17 March for Southampton

ORION at Colombo 17 March for Sydney

ORONTES at Melbourne 17 March for London

PENDENNIS CASTLE left Cape Town 17 March for Durban

ROCKHAMPTON STAR left Adelaide 16 March for Brisbane

ROWALLAN CASTLE at Cape Town 17 March for Southampton

SCHOLAR left Barbados 16 March for London

SOUTH AFRICA STAR left Lourenco Marques 17 March for Beira

STATESMAN at St Lucia 16 March for Grenada

STRATHNAVER at Bombay 16 March for London

SUEVIC on passage Glasgow for Sydney, at Hobart March 17

WARWICKSHIRE at Rangoon 17 March from London

WAYFARER left New Orleans 16 March for Liverpool

WINDSOR CASTLE at Southampton 17 March from Durban

WORCESTERSHIRE at Port Said 16 March for Rangoon

Ben Line's BENCLEUCH at Iloilo 16 March for Rejang

Ben Line's BENLOYAL at Bangkok 16 March for Hong Kong