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MELBOURNE STAR (1971)
Service dates: 1998-2003
Shipping lines: BLUE STAR SHIP MANAGEMENT; P&O NEDLLOYD LTD.; BLUE STAR LINE
Ship type:
Container Ship.
Career
- 11.05.1971
- Launched.
- 09.1971
- Completed as A C T 4.
- 1992
- Renamed Melbourne Star for Blue Star Line Ltd.
- 01.04.1998
- P&O Nedlloyd's takeover of Blue Star Line Ltd container business agreed.
- 18.05.1999
- Ownership transferred to P&O Nedlloyd Ltd.
- 06.03.2000
- Management transferred to P&O Nedlloyd.
- 12.02.2003
- Sold for scrapping to Jiangyin Shipbreaking Co, Jiangyin, China.