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WESTERN VENTURER (1985)

Service dates: 1989

Official number: 000435

Shipping lines: WESTERN TUG & BARGE COMPANY PTY. LTD.; P&O MARITIME SERVICES PTY LTD.

Ship type:


Environmental Research Vessel.


Career

1985
Completed as United Venturer.
13.10.1989
Acquired by Western Tug & Barge Co Ltd (P&O interest 50%) and renamed Western Venturer.
01.06.1998
Western Tug & Barge Co Ltd now wholly owned by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.


Ship technical details (PDF)