m.s. Sor Holt to Inaugurate "A" Service to Orient The new Norwegian motorship Sor Holt is due to arrive in Shanghai tomorrow having departed from New York.on April 8 on her maiden voyage. The voyage of the m.s. Sor Holt inaugurates the "A" service of the De La Rama Phillipine Line from New York to the Orient, via Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The m.s. Sor Holt, recently completed at Malmoe, is an open shelter deck type motorship and has the following main dimensions: Length 305 feet, breadth 55 feet and depth 37 feet 9 inches. The deadweight capacity is 9,250 tons and the cubic capacity 542,300 eu. ft. for grain or 498,300 eu. ft. for bales, in addition to a tank for 1,000 tons of oil. There is also comfortable accommodation for 12 passengers. Propelling machinery consists of a G-cylinder two-stroke double acting Kockum-M. A. N. engine, capable of developing 5,500 i.h.p. and giving a service speed of 14% knots, The Everett Steamship Corporation have beer appointed as Agents for the De La Rama Steamship Lines in the port of Shanghai.
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