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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.


Ship technical details (PDF)