R I L Post - Varen Is Fijner

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2.
3.
1. Tjitarum tied up at Shimanzi.
2. E.A. Storage Company's new
tanks.
3. The ship discharged the palm
oil to the Company's booster
pump.
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TJI TARUM
MAKES
HISTORY
History was made at Mombasa
last December when Tjitarum
discharged the first shipment of
palmoil imported in bulk into East
Africa. This was the unofficial inauguration
of the East African
Storage Company's new tanks at
Shimanzi (see also page 55) .
Tjimanuk and Tjibantjet have since
followed with further shipments.
Before Tjitarum's arrival, palmoil
and tallow were imported in
drums. Both these commodities
have a viscosity prohibiting bulk
handling unless they are maintained
at a temperature between
122 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit
during shipment, discharge, storage
ashore and rail delivery to
destination.
The break-through into bulk handling
at Mombasa has been made
possible by the E.A. Storage Company's
new bulk storage faci lities
adjoining their bulk molasses storage
tanks. The Company was a
pioneer in the bulk export from
East Africa of this commodity.
The new installation has steam
heating arrangements and a pipeline
with an intake at the Shimanzi
Oil Terminal in Kilindini Harbour.
By cooperation with t he East
African Railways Corporation,
heated tank bogies are being provided
for rail delivery up-country.
Tjitarum's own pumps discharged
the oil from the heated tanks to
the E.A. Storage Company's
booster pump for delivery to the
new installation on the cliff top
behind the port area.
Straat Le Maire used the same
facilities in January to make the
first delivery of bulk t allow from
Australia.