Sails on Maiden Voyage to New York The N.K. new fast freighter inv. Nagara Mara arrived in port early last Wednesday morning and berthed at Wayside Wharf. She is commanded by Captain S. Kasami and comes to Shanghai from lo, Manila, and Hongkong. Next day she sailed Jat daylight on her maiden voyas Jacross the Pacific to New York, via Japanese ports and American ports.
Steel hatch covers are fitted to_all Jcargo hatches on weather decks. This is a great improvement on the old hatch boards and tarpaulins, and will greatly facilitate the loading and un-Toading of cargo.
Special deep tanks for carrying oil bulk, silk rooms, insulated chambers for refrigerated cargo are further improvements. The vessel is constructed to be rat-proof through-four, and that all parts of the vessel fare free of rat harbour age.
"The inv. Nagara Maru, the gross tonnage of which is 7,300 tons, is the frst of the six new fast' motor freighters, which will operate between the Orient and New York. The inv. Nagara Maru has a cruising speed of 15% knots, and her ports of jeall are Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Shimidzu, ~Yokksichi, Los Angeles, Panama, and New York.
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