Bulk Petrol Delivery Changes

The Shell Oil Company's bulk petrol delivery system underwent a change this month when supply was altered from sea to rail. A short railway siding was constructed across the Esplanade adjacent to the harbour basin to facilitate unloading from the tankers into a pipeline running up to the company's bulk store in Crawford Road.

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The shipping tanker Tanea, whicn was a regular visitor to Port Gisborne, making its last trip up the harbour channel.

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Two six-hundred-gallon rail tankers unloading at the new railway siding. To supply Gisborne's needs at least one of these tankers is required per day.