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Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ARAKAKA (1946-1963 General cargo ship of Booker Line, Liverpool : Scrapped 1972) Own Page

Booker Line's ARAKAKA opens at Liverpool for receiving cargo for Demerara
Ship's locationN.W. Harrington Dock, LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailing forDemerara (Guyana)Gross Tonnage2,814
Ships agentBOOKER LINE LTD., Martins Bank Building,  Water Street,  Liverpool 2

 

BOOKER   LINE

 

LIVERPOOL – DEMERARA direct

 

ARAKAKA  ….  Receiving Mar 18 / Apr 8

N. W. Harrington Dock

 

For Freight, Passage, etc. apply to

London Agents : BOOKERS SHIPPING & TRADING CO. LTD.,

10/12 Little Trinity Lane, E.C.4.

or Owners

BOOKER LINE LTD.,

Martins Bank Building,  Water Street,  Liverpool 2

 

From WIKIPEDIA  

Demerara (Dutch: Demerary) is a historical region in the Guianas on the north coast of South America which is now part of the country of Guyana. It was a Dutch colony until 1815 and a county of British Guiana from 1838 to 1966. It was located about the lower courses of the Demerara River, and its main town was Georgetown.

The name "Demerara" comes from a variant of the Arawak word "Immenary" or "Dumaruni" which means "river of the letter wood". Demerara sugar is so named because originally it came from sugar cane fields in the colony of Demerara.