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AUSTRALIA STAR (1981)
Service dates: 1998-2005
Shipping lines: BLUE STAR SHIP MANAGEMENT; P&O NEDLLOYD LTD.; BLUE STAR LINE
Ship type:
Container Ship.
Career
- 10.04.1981
- Launched.
- 30.07.1981
- Completed as Kazimierz Pulaski.
- 1992
- Renamed Hinrich Oldendorff.
- 1993
- Renamed Pyrmont Bridge.
- 1996
- Renamed Australia Star for Blue Star Line Ltd.
- 01.04.1998
- P&O Nedlloyd takeover of Blue Star Line Ltd container business agreed.
- 01.07.1999
- Renamed P&O Nedlloyd Taranaki.
- 29.05.1999
- Renamed Asia Star.
- 13.11.1999
- Renamed P&O Nedlloyd Piraeus.
- 22.02.2000
- Ownership transferred to P&O Nedlloyd Ltd. Registry transferred to London, UK. Official number 902731, call sign MZEN7.
- 06.03.2000
- Management transferred to P&O Nedlloyd.
- 2004
- Ship transferred to Royal P&O Nedlloyd (P&O interest 25%).
- 06.2005
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation company sold their 25% interest to A P Moller Maersk and therefore the vessel was no longer in Group service.
- 24.02.2006
- Sold for breaking up at Jiangyin, China.