Palm Line vessels in mid-March 1957

AFRICA PALM arrived Takoradi 15 March from Sapele

ASHANTI PALM arrived Douala 13 March for Liverpool

ASHANTI PALM sailed from Douala 14 March for Accra

ASHANTI PALM arrived Accra 17 March

BAMENDA PALM arrived Freetown 15 March from Port Harcourt

BENIN PALM arrived Freetown 15 March from Warri

BENIN PALM sailed from Freetown 15 March for Hamburg

DAHOMEY PALM sailed from Sapele 16 March for London and Tyne

GAMBIA PALM sailed from Lagos 16 March for Douala

LAGOS PALM arrived Liverpool 16 March from west coast Africa

MATADI PALM arrived Abonnema 16 March from London

MATADI PALM sailed from Abonnema 16 March

NIGER PALM sailed Takoradi 14 March for Lagos

NIGER PALM arrived Lagos 16 March from Takoradi and London

OGUTA PALM arrived Accra 15 March from London

OPOBO PALM sailed from Liverpool 16 March for west coast Africa

SAPELE PALM arrived Freetown 15 March from Antwerp

SAPELE PALM sailed from Freetown 15 March for Sapele

TAKORADI PALM sailed from Las Palmas 14 March

Palm Line's ASHANTI PALM arrived at Douala 13 March for Liverpool

Palm Line's ASHANTI PALM sailed from Douala 14 March for Accra

Somewhere west of Bermuda : ..... New York in mid-March 1957

Somewhere West of Bermuda ..... New York

Arrived at New York 14 March 1957

CHEMICAL TRANSPORTER

Arrived at New York 15 March 1957

AMOCO TEXAS

CONCORDIA STAR from Istanbul

MOHAMED ALI EL KEBIR from Beirut

RIO ATUEL from Philadelphia

HOEGH CLIFF from Boston

GULFSERVICE from Port Arthur

GERD MAERSK from Curacao

NEW YORK CITY from Avonmouth

CIUDAD DE MARACAIBO from Philadelphia

AMERICAN HARVESTER from Hampton Roads

OGNA COUNTY from Antwerp

BRIGHAM VICTORY from New Orleans

ATHELSTANE from Antilla

HELLENIC GLORY from Bombay

KINDERDYK from Bremen

MORMACTEAL from Hampton Roads

BELLA DAN from Talcahuano

TYRIA from Glasgow

AMERICAN TRAVELER from Hamburg

EXTON from Hampton Roads

CHERRY VALLEY

DUCHESS from Punta Cardon

ARLINGTON

M.L.GOSNEY from Houston

RINCON HILLS

AFRICAN PILGRIM from Lobito

MISSION SAN JOSE

GULFPEAK from Port Arthur

WINTER HILL from Philadelphia

T. S. PETERSEN from Tenerife

AMERICAN REPORTER from Le Havre

EXBROOK from Philadelphia

OCEAN EAGLE

MATAURA from Baltimore

Arrived at New York 16 March 1957

AVRANCHES from Le Havre

TINI

GULFHAVEN from Freeport

GENERAL H. W. BUTNER

RIO AGUAPEY from Baltimore

BULKCRUDE

MAASDAM from Havana

BEAUREGARD from Antwerp

SGT. MORRIS  E. CRAIN

ECLIPSE

SCHIEDYK from Hampton Roads

SIDERIS from Antwerp

ROBERT  E. HOPKINS

Sailed from New York 14 March 1957

CHEMICAL TRANSPORTER for Lake Charles 

Sailed from New York 15 March 1957

HARRY LUCKENBACH for Boston

NORSE MOUNTAIN for Curacao

AFRICAN PLANET for Charleston

EXOCHORDA for Baltimore

UNITED STATES for Bremerhaven

INDEPENDENCE for Naples

SANTA ROSA for Cartagena (Colombia)

ESSO GETTYSBURG for Guanta

OCEAN JENNY for Maracaibo

GENERAL W.C. LANGFITT for Bremerhaven

STEEL ADMIRAL for Belawan

ALABAMA for Philadelphia

CALI for Buenaventura

MAROSA for Havana

IRISH PINE for Baltimore

SIBONEY for Havana

COPAN for Quepos

LIBREVILLE for Izmir

ESPARTA for Cristobal

NORTH DAKOTA for Port Arthur

SUCRE for Puerto Cabello

GROOTE BEER for Rotterdam

JOHN CHESTER KENDALL for Casablanca

CATHERINE SARTORI for Puerto Cortez

HAVFALK for Hamburg

QUEEN OF BERMUDA for Bermuda

OCEAN MONARCH for Kingston (Jamaica)

TYDOL FLYING A for Delaware City

LEXINGTON for Hampton Roads

MEDIA for Liverpool

CRISTOBAL for Cristobal

HORDA for Rouen (France)

BRAHEHOLM for Hampton Roads

AUDREY for Providence

DIAZ DE SOLIS for Alicante (Spain)

TITUS for Charleston

ANDRIA for London

SANTA SOFIA for Cumana (Venezuela)

MISSION SAN JOSE

WINTER HILL for Lake Charles

BOW SANTOS for Philadelphia

MATHEOS for Tokyo 

Sailed from New York 16 March 1957

LOIDE-CUBA for Baltimore

TRANSMARS for Puerto La Cruz

SANTA MARIA for San Antonio

HESS DIESEL for Boston

ESSO ROCHESTER for Aruba

NORLANTIC for Puerto Ordaz

RHADAMES for Puerto Plata

GYPSUM EMPRESS for Hantsport

STATENDAM for Saint Lucia (Lesser Antilles in eastern Caribbean Sea)

AMPHITRITE for Las Piedras (Puerto Rico)

SANTA TERESA for Barranquilla

SAN JOSE for Armuelles (Panama)

SEIKAI MARU for Kure

MEXICO MARU for Kure

CHEMICAL TRANSPORTER arrives in New York

Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) on 14,15 and 16 March 1957

 14 March 1957

CLARECASTLE arrived at Ayr from Belfast

BALLYHENRY arrived at Ayr from Glasgow

BALLYDONNELL left Ayr for Larne

CLARECASTLE left Ayr for Belfast

BALLYGARVEY left Ayr for Belfast

YEWMOUNT left Ayr for Belfast

15 March 1957

BALLYGALLY arrived at Ayr from Londonderry

BALLYMENA arrived at Ayr from Belfast

YEWMOUNT arrived at Ayr from Belfast

BALLYGARVEY arrived at Ayr from Belfast

BALLYHENRY left Ayr for Belfast

BALLYGALLY left Ayr for Magheramorne

BALLYMENA left Ayr for Ballylumford

16 March 1957

BALLYDONNELL arrived at Ayr from Larne

KERRYMORE arrived at Ayr from Londonderry

CLARECASTLE arrived at Ayr from Belfast

BALLYHENRY arrived at Ayr from Glasgow

Destroyer H.M.A.S. QUICKMATCH tasked to assist JAVANESE PRINCE drifting in South China Sea

   The Prince Line of London’s cargo ship JAVANESE PRINCE arrived at Singapore Roads on March 16 after drifting for some days in the South China Sea with an engine breakdown.

   Royal Australian Navy’s H.M.A.S. QUICKMATCH, a Q-class Destroyer, was tasked to go to JAVANESE PRINCE and give any necessary assistance but was recalled before arrival when the cargo ship signalled that engineers had repaired the engines.

Palm Line's NIGER PALM sailed from Takoradi on 14th March for Lagos

Palm Line's TAKORADI PALM sailed from Las Palmas 14 March

CHEMICAL TRANSPORTER for Lake Charles sailed from New York

CLARECASTLE left Ayr for Belfast

BALLYDONNELL left Ayr for Larne

BALLYGARVEY left Ayr for Belfast