The Archive · 1930

JAPANESE VESSEL'S FAST TRIP

According to information received by the local offices. of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha from its head office in Osaka, the company's motor vessel Kinai Maru, which left Taku Bar for New York on July 9 on her maiden trip, arrived safely in New York harbour at 5.30 a.m. on August 11, which was two days earlier than had been expected.

With a view to meeting the ever increasing demand for an ideal service of vessels having a quick speed and newly equipped for the conven lence of transporting various classes of cargo on the China—New York service, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha are to place another five up-to-date motor vessels, each 10,000 tons deadweight, witha speed of 18% knots, on the run ili rapid succession before the end of December. These will be the, Tokai "Maru, Kwanto

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