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P&O NEDLLOYD TEXAS (1972)
Service dates: 1983-2000
Official number: 357798
Shipping lines: OVERSEAS CONTAINERS LTD.; P&O CONTAINERS; P&O NEDLLOYD LTD.
Ship type:
Container Ship.
Career
- 20.02.1972
- Launched.
- 26.07.1972
- Delivered as Kowloon Bay for Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (Container Fleets Ltd, managers). She was originally fitted with four steam turbines manufactured by STAL-LAVAL, Turbin A/B, Finspang, Sweden, double-reduction geared to twin screws, 81,132 shp.
- 15.01.1973
- Owners restyled Ocean Transport and Trading Ltd.
- 10.1981
- Fitted with Sulzer diesel engines by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Kobe.
- 04.1983
- Management transferred to Overseas Containers Ltd.
- 30.11.1984
- Sold to Chase Manhattan Ltd and leased to Overseas Containers Ltd.
- 09.1985
- Re-measured. Now 56,822 gt.
- 28.05.1986
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired full control of Overseas Containers Ltd.
- 28.11.1986
- Purchased by Overseas Containers Ltd.
- 01.01.1987
- Owners restyled P&O Containers Ltd.
- 18.03.1991
- Sold by P&O Containers Ltd to Natwest Specialist Finance Ltd and leased back.
- 06.05.1992
- Made the first direct call by P&O Containers at the Chinese port of Shekou.
- End 1994
- Capacity amended to 3,057 teu (95 refrigerated).
- 02.1995
- Refrigerated container capacity now 125 teu.
- 18.06.1995
- Transferred to East Coast USA/Mediterranean/Gulf/Bombay ('MEGA') service.
- 30.04.1996
- Registry transferred to Hamilton, Bermuda. Call sign ZCBF6/Selcall 61181.
- 14.05.1996
- Chartered to Neptune Orient Line for East Coast USA/Sri Lanka/ Malaysia/Singapore service and renamed N O L Delphi.
- 31.12.1996
- P&O Containers Ltd renamed P&O Nedlloyd Ltd (P&O interest 50%).
- 04.07.1997
- Neptune Orient Line charter ended. Returned to her owners and renamed P&O Nedlloyd Texas.
- 25.08.1998
- Ownership transferred from Natwest Specialist Finance to Natwest Leasing (GB) Ltd.
- 10.02.2000
- Renamed Texas.
- 22.09.2000
- Sold by Natwest Leasing (GB) Ltd to be broken up at Jiangyin, China.