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CHOYANG SYDNEY (1981)

Service dates: 1998-2006

Shipping lines: P&O NEDLLOYD LTD.

Ship type:


Container Ship.


Career

30.09.1980
Launched.
05.1981
Completed as Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
1992
Renamed Gebe Oldendorff.
1993
Renamed Neptune Lazuli.
1994
Renamed Singapore Express.
1996
Renamed Choyang Sydney for Blue Star Line Ltd.
01.04.1998
P&O Nedlloyd takeover of Blue Star Line Ltd container business agreed.
31.10.1998
Renamed Maersk Hakata.
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 902890, call sign MZNM7.
06.03.2000
Management transferred to P&O Nedlloyd.
11.04.2000
Renamed P&O Nedlloyd Khaleej.
03.06.2000
Renamed P&O Nedlloyd Malacca.
10.12.2002
Renamed P&O Nedlloyd Nina.
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.
20.04.2006
Sold for breaking up at Jiangyin, China.


Ship technical details (PDF)