Colony of North Borneo annual report.

  • British North Borneo
Date:
[1962]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Colony of North Borneo annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kinabatangan Shipping Co., Ltd. — China Merchants — ) Steam Navigation Company — j Shell Tankers Company of Singa¬ pore Limited — Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.— Ellerman and Bucknall S.S. Co., Ltd. South East Asia Sea Express Line North Borneo, Hong Kong and Japan. Irregular service from Sandakan to Taiwan. Bulk petroleum to Sandakan and Labuan from Indonesia. Bulk petroleum to Jesselton. Monthly service — U.K. North Borneo and Sarawak ports. Singapore, Hong Kong and Austra¬ lian ports. Merchant Shipping by National Flags entering North Borneo ports during the year in order of tonnage compared with 1961 was as follows: Nationality Number of Vessels Total Gross Tonnage 1961 1962 1961 1962 British 2,250 2,314 4,937,909 5,419,366 Japanese 762 988 2,864,761 3,104,398 Norwegian 268 317 733,940 859,021 Dutch 130 122 707,899 674,473 Panamanian « • > 85 183 175,713 406,542 Swedish 20 24 86,294 117,992 Chinese 27 32 41,762 96,857 Liberian 6 12 13,383 83,347 Italian 14 8 101,409 56,310 Danish 1 11 4,309 55,726 Philippine 1 6 230 41,174 French 2 2 5,756 23,611 Yugoslav 6 2 30,393 17,072 American —- 9 — 9,427 Greek 2 1 14,308 7,244 Cambodian 2 —- 2,349 — Local registered Vessels and small P.I. Craft etc. 12,064 9,102 346,078 241,824 Total 15,640 13,126 10,066,493 11,214,384 Naval Vessels Visits by Commonwealth and other men-of-war to North Borneo ports during the year were as follows: PORT H . M. SHIPS HMAS HMMS PI TOTAL Naval RFS RASC Labuan 15 -—- 21 4 40 Jesselton ... 8 1 3 4 16 Kudat 9 1 — 4 14 Sandakan ... 42 11 —■ 1 4 58 Lahad Datu 4 — —■ — —. 4 Tawau 17 1 — 4 3 25 Semporna 1 — — —- — 1
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