Taiko 1983/1988

 

Buildingyard: Hyundai HI Ltd., Ulsan                                        Built year: 1983                   Yard no: 250

​Tonnage 1988-2002: GRT: 27902/NET: 16243 /TDW: 43986    Tonnage 2002-2014: GRT: 66532/NET: 26072 /TDW: 43986    Dims: LOA: 262,08/ BR: 32,31/ DR: 11,729

Machinery: 8-cyl B&W by the Shipbuilder                                    BHP: 36600         Speed: 21,00knots

TEU's: 2451                                                                                Carcap after 2002: 4397 (or 1413 on deck only) 

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16.11.1983: Launched as BARBER HECTOR for Ocean Transport & Trading Plc. (Ocean Fleets Ltd - later Ocean Marine Ltd.), Liverpool    07.04.1984: Completed                                                                                                                                                                                00.00.1987: Transferred to Douglas, Isle of Man                                                                                                                                    20.12.1988: Purchased by Swedish Lines KG., Gothenburg. Charter to Rederi AB Transatlantic with  charter to Wilhelmsen                                          Lines A/S. Manager: Transatlantic Ship Management AB., Gothenburg. Renamed TAIKO                                                        21.12.1988: On charter to Wilhelmsen Lines Services A/S with further charter to Wilhelmsen Lines A/S (same manager)                      24.02.1993: Purchased by Wilhelmsen Lines A/S. Price paid: USD 37.000.000. Registreted in Tönsberg/ NIS                                  00.12.1997: Transferred to Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning AS., Lysaker                                                                                                02.09.2002: Arrived at China Ocean Shipping Co Ltd., Nantong shipyard for conversion into a RORO/ Carcarrier                        28.10.2002: Convertion completed.                                                                                                                                                          00.12.2013: TAIKO was hired by the Norwegian Government to transport Syrian chemical weapons abroad for destruction, involving                      also the Danish cargo ship ARK FUTURA, under protection of the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS                                HELGE INGSTAD and the Danish Absalon-class support ship HDMS ESBERN SNARE as well as Chinese, Russian and                              British warships. Specialist military personnel were also placed on board.TAIKO loaded chemicals at the Syrian port of                          Latakia, for transport toFinland and the USA for destruction                                                                                                          21.08.2014: Demolition began at Changjiang Ship Breaking, China

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              Photo: Mike Rhodes - www.shipspotting.com