by magoonigal » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:04 pm
CHINKOA.
In B.I. Fleet from 1967-1972.
7,102 Gross. 9,670 Dwt.
6 Cly Doxford Diesel giving a trials speed of 16.33 Knots by her Builders, Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd. Glasgow.
Scrapped in Spain 1972.
OIL.
Oil is the Port's principal inward commodity. There are four main storage and distribution depots which are regularly supplied by sea. These were owned at the time (1967) and operated by Gulf Oil Limited, Mobil Oil Company Limited, Pertrofina Limited and the Regent Oil Company Limited. Supplies were brought to the installations mainly from coastal and near Continental refineries and discharged by direct pipe line connections at the quays into storage tanks for subsequent delivery by road and rail to industrial, commercial and domestic users in North East England. The level of petroleum imports in 1966 was about 300,000 tons a year.
(Port Handbook.)
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.