Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0600
OWERRI (1955-1972 General cargo ship 450 feet long of Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool : 1983 scrapped at Karachi, Pakistan) Own Page

Elder Dempster's OWERRI arrives at Shieldhall, Glasgow with cargo from Freetown and West Africa

Arrived fromFreetown (Sierra Leone, West Africa) via BelfastPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berth2 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east)Gross Tonnage5,798
Sailing forGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth1 Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival18' 03"
Draught aft on arrival23' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLogs and General Cargo and 557 tons of Oil
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0830 on 10th Jan. Comm discharge Oil 1100 on 9th Jan by G Watson and A Main, Comp. disch 0100 10th.
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company
Completed discharge of inward cargo1930 on 19th January
Outward cargoPart same cargo
Draught forward on sailing13' 06"
Draught aft on sailing17' 00"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.