An item reported that the Dutch tugs Willem Barendsz and Vlaanderen towing the Sabang dry dock arrived safely on the 28th at Suez, Egypt. The newspaper
Algemeen Handelsblad dated 17 October reported the safe arival a day earlier at Sabang, Dutch East Indies. The dry dock was to be operated by the N.V. Zeehaven en Kolen Station “Sabang”.