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N O L STENO (1972)

Service dates: 1982-1998

Official number: 357713

Shipping lines: OVERSEAS CONTAINERS LTD.; P&O CONTAINERS; P&O NEDLLOYD LTD.

Ship type:


Container Ship.


Career

20.09.1971
Launched.
24.03.1972
Completed as Tokyo Bay for Ocean Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool (Ocean Fleets Ltd, managers).
15.01.1973
Owners renamed Ocean Transport & Trading Ltd.
05.1981
Re-engined with diesel engines by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Kobe.
11.1982
Management and operations transferred to Overseas Containers Ltd.
30.11.1984
Sold to Chase Manhattan Ltd and leased to Overseas Containers Ltd.
09.1985
Re-measured, now 56,882 gt.
28.05.1986
Acquired by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
28.11.1986
Purchased by Overseas Containers Ltd.
01.01.1987
Owners restyled P&O Containers Ltd.
18.03.1991
Sold to Howill Shipping Ltd and then hire-purchased back.
12.1991
Capacity altered to 3,057 teu (95 refrigerated).
02.1995
Refrigerated container capacity altered to 125 teu.
18.12.1995
Acquired by P&O Containers Ltd.
18.04.1996
Registry transferred to Hamilton, Bermuda. Call sign ZCBF4/Selcall 61106.
24.07.1996
Chartered to Neptune Orient Line and renamed N O L Steno.
31.12.1996
Renamed P&O Nedlloyd Tokyo after return from charter.
22.08.1998
Sold for breaking up in Hong Kong, renamed Jay Matadi.
09.10.1998
Broken up at Alang, India.


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