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MUNDOGAS RIO (1967)

Service dates: 1970-1984

Shipping lines: MUNDO GAS

Ship type:


Liquified Petroleum Gas Carrier.


Career

02.06.1967
Launched.
14.10.1967
Delivered as Mundogas Rio for Øyvind Lorentzen & Co Ltd.
28.10.1970
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired an interest in Mundogas Rio Ltd.
05.1979
Transferred to Mundogas Rio Ltd (Øyvind Lorentzen A/S, managers) Monrovia.
09.09.1983
Sold to Eaglestar Shipping Corporation and renamed Gas Brasilia.
31.05.1984
P&O interest in Mundogas sold to Thyssen Bornemisza NV (the other shareholders) and management ceased.
1989
Sold and renamed Hudson River.
1995
Sold to Sea Trans Shipping & Trading SA, Panama (Naftomar Shipping & Trading Co Ltd, Greece, managers) and renamed Gaz Hudson.
04.2002
Sold to Indian shipbreakers for $153 per ldt and subsequently broken up.


Ship technical details (PDF)