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TAIKO

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 13:34

About

Completed 1984 as "TAIKO" for Silver Fern Shipping. 1984 in time-charter for Shell New Zealand. 1999 sold Italy and renamed Atlantia. 2000 sold Ultramar. 2012 scrapped Alang.

Also known as	Atlantia
IMO number	8221703
Call sign	ZMIO
Construction number	1920
Tonnage	33.374 ton
Beam	28m
Length overall	175m
Year of construction	1984
Year of renaming/broken up	2012
Service for Shell	1984 to 1999
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	Chemical / Oil Product Tanker
Flag state	New Zealand
Home port	Wellington
Manager	Shell Co. of New Zealand
Shipyard	Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. Nagasaki Japan
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Shell New Zealand

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
Derrick Benfell	unknown	1994 to 1997	Port Agent Lyttelton
John Ross 2	2nd mate	1997 to 1999
Neil Arnold	unknown	2003 to 2005

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