Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Saturday, November 19, 1966 @ 0230
AMERICAN IMPORTER ( 1945 - 1969 C"-type cargo / 12 passengers ship 459 feet long of United States Line) Own Page

AMERICAN IMPORTER leaves Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with general cargo for New York

Arrived fromNew York via Liverpool and DublinPort of RegistryNew York
Arrived in berthMerklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head east 1 1/2 blinds from east end)Gross Tonnage8,228
Sailing forNew York (USA)
Sailed from berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 1 blind east of berth 1 / 2 wall)
Draught forward on arrival12' 00"
Draught aft on arrival21' 02"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo inwards 1,002 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 13th November
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. (Spencer)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1500 on 15th November
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 15th November
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 2,226 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoClyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2. (Spencer)
Completed loading outward cargo1645 on 18th November
Draught forward on sailing15' 00"
Draught aft on sailing22' 10"
Ships agentW B Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone 041 248 2929 Telex 77219