Sea Communications—2
Port to Port
Sir RICHARD HOLT
Tonight, in the second talk in this series, Sir Richard Holt , of the famous shipping line that bears his name, is to discuss the two principal types of port : those with enclosed docks, and those with open wharves or piers. He will explain how certain facilities must be given for loading and unloading and so forth in order that regular services can be run to time. And there is no end to the essentials a large port must have : rainproof sheds alongside the ship, cranes, cold storage rooms, tanks into which mineral oils can be pumped from the vessel, engineering shops, departments to supply rope, crockery, fresh water, fuel.
He will discuss the technique of stowing and the system of pilotage. In short, he will tell listeners some of the numberless things that are done to make shipping safe and to study the interests of those who entrust their cargo to the shipowners for passage and delivery to other lands.