HOLCIM (NEW ZEALAND) LTD.

Mitchell also shows N572 for Westport, probably an initial New Zealand livery before M287. Its lettering is unclear; the principal word may be “GUARDIAN”, suggesting an uncertain Guardian Cement connection.

The Milburn flag is blue with a white ring enclosing a white centre, interrupted by a blue horizontal panel edged black and bearing yellow “MILBURN”. The ring carries blue “PORTLAND” above and “CEMENT” below. The funnel emblem has the white ring edged blue. M287 was recorded on Milburn Carrier at Lyttelton on 24 October 1988 and confirmed on Westport in 1997; Mitchell records its use under the earlier New Zealand Cement Holdings name.

M288 was recorded on Westport during docking in January 2002, ahead of the anticipated renaming and addition of the new logo. Whether Milburn Carrier II also briefly used this funnel is unknown.

H509 is based on Milburn Carrier II at Wellington on 17 October 2002. Rosanoski’s later comment reports no flag seen flown by the ships since the Holcim renaming.

The New Zealand business traces its origins to Milburn Lime & Cement, registered in Otago in 1888. It merged in 1963 with New Zealand Cement, which had begun at Westport in 1958, to form New Zealand Cement Holdings. Shipping began in 1967. The company became Milburn New Zealand on 1 June 1988 and Holcim (New Zealand) on 23 September 2002.

New Zealand, Dunedin; later Christchurch and Westport.