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PROVIDENCE BAY (1983)
Service dates: 1983-1993
Official number: 703241
Shipping lines: OVERSEAS CONTAINERS LTD.; P&O CONTAINERS
Ship type:
Container Ship.
Career
- 10.12.1980
- Ordered.
- 24.08.1982
- Launched.
- 07.02.1983
- Delivered as Providence Bay for Camperdown Shipping Ltd (Overseas Containers Ltd, managers).
- 28.05.1986
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired full control of Overseas Containers Ltd.
- 31.12.1986
- Camperdown Shipping Ltd sold to BAII Leasing Ltd. Providence Bay leased back to Overseas Containers Ltd.
- 01.01.1987
- Operators renamed P&O Containers Ltd.
- 01.12.1991
- Capacity increased from 1,940 teu to 2,159 teu (still 121 refrigerated).
- 08.11.1993
- Sold by BAII Leasing to China Ocean Shipping Company in a joint deal also including Tor Bay which raised $50 million. Renamed Crystal River.
- 2002
- Renamed Xin She Kou.
- 2007
- Still reported in service.