Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Wednesday, June 10, 1964 @ 2000 		MACHAON (1959-1975 cargo liner 495 feet long with Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line - Ocean Steamship Company, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's cargo liner MACHAON leaves Glasgow for Singapore and Bangkok via Birkenhead
Arrived fromKobe and Penang via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (head South)Gross Tonnage8,529
Sailing forSingapore and Bangkok via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (head South)
Draught forward on arrival14' 11"
Draught aft on arrival19' 08"
Cargo carried on arrival992 tons of general cargo
Commenced discharge of inward cargo3rd June at 1300
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedore Company
Completed discharge of inward cargo8th June at 1000
Commened loading outward cargo8th June at 0800
Outward cargo854 tons of general cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores Company
Completed loading outward cargo10th June at 1530
Draught forward on sailing14' 00"
Draught aft on sailing21' 00"
Ships agentAlfred Holt

   Alfred Holt’s 495-feet long Blue Funnel Line cargo liner MACHAON arrived at berth 1 King George V Dock, Glasgow at 1045 on 2nd June 1964.

   She had come from Kobe (Japan) and Penang (Malaysia) via Liverpool, her draught forward of 14’ 11” and aft 19’ 08” and was carrying an inward-bound cargo of 992 tons of general cargo to discharge in Glasgow.

    Renfrew Stevedore Company boarded the ship at 1300 on 3rd June and commenced to unload the cargo, and discharge was completed at 1000 on 8th June.

    At 0700 on 8th June MACHAON shifted ahead along the Dock from berth 1 to berth 3.

    The Renfrew Stevedore Company commenced loading an outward-bound 854 tons of general cargo at 0800 on 8th June and completed loading at 1530 on 10th June.

    MACHAON left King George V Dock at 2000 on 10th June for Singapore and Bangkok via Birkenhead, her draught forward 14’ 00” and aft 21’ 00”