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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.