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KONUI (1949)

Service dates: 1949-1969

Official number: 172887

Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

25.05.1948
Launched by Mary Wootton, Miss New Zealand of 1948.
02.1948
Completed as Konui for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
06.1960
Broke a loading record in Greymouth when 2,926 tons of coal was poured into her holds in seven and a half hours.
1969
Sold to Express Navigation (Pte) Ltd, Singapore (Unique Shipping & Trading Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, managers) and renamed Bonatrade.
1974
Transferred to Southern Glow Shipping (Pte) Ltd, Singapore.
1974
Sold to Tung Wo Shipping Co SA, Panama, and renamed Tung Lee.
1977
Sold to Syarikat Perkapalan Bersinar Sendirian Berhad, Kuala Lumpur (Kie Hock Shipping (1971) Pte Ltd, Singapore, managers) and renamed Berjaya.
1981
Management transferred to Kie Gwan Shipping (M) Sdn Bhd, Port Kelang.
1983
Management transferred to Uni-Ocean Lines Ptd Ltd, Singapore.
1983
Sold to P T Perusahaan Pelayaran Nusantara Nagah Berlian, Indonesia, without a change of name.
27.07.1983
Sold to Golden Sea International Co Ltd, Bangkok and broken up.


Ship technical details (PDF)