She was identified by the company after a phone call made by Dan Rodlie.
Built under yard no 892 as a ro-ro container vessel by J.J.Sietas K.G. Schiffswerft G.m.b.H. & Co., Hamburg for the North King Shipping Co. Ltd. ( Antaris Shipping Co. Ltd. London).
15 November 1987 keel laid down.
15 December 1987 launched under the name NORTH KING.
Tonnage 1.905 gross, 1.116 net, 3.056 dwt., dim. 84 x 15.65 x 5.34m.
Powered by one Wärtsilä diesel type 6r32d, 3.048 bhp (2.250 kW). Lips variable pitch propeller, speed 13.5 knots. 3 auxiliary diesels. Bunker capacity 282m³.
One bow thruster, manufactured by Jastram 300 kW
Container capacity 221 TEU’s or 104 FEU’s, stern ramp, 13 ton axle load.
Two slewing cranes on port side, capacity 30 tons at 24 meter.
26 Sept.1989 Sailed from Miami for Georgetown (Cayman Islands.)
28 Oct. 2000 Sold to Dutch Runner Shipping Ltd., St John’s-Antigua & Barbuda, renamed in DUTCH RUNNER, and managed by Rederij Wessels B.V. Rotterdam.
17 Oct. 2001 renamed P&O NEDLLOYD DOUALA and chartered by P&O Nedlloyd.
22 June 2002 renamed again in DUTCH RUNNER.
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2006, same name and flag, IMO No. 8712075. Owned by Pregel Schffahrts GMBH Co. Kg, Haren/Ems, Germany and managed by Wessels Reederei GMBH, Haren/Ems.
April 2008 Sold to Great Lakes Feeder Line, Burlington Canada, under Canadian flag, not renamed.
The leaflet from the Cayman Islands Post gives for this $4 stamp:
Freighter: Stacked like a pack of cards the containers on the freighter bring motor vehicles, food supplies and other commodities to our shores. Over the past twenty-five years cargo shipping, particularly with the opening of the new port, has evolved from the most basic to its present state of sophistication. This vessel one in a series used by Thompson Shipping, allowed containerized cargo including heavy equipment, to be handled by the ship and offloaded by the port’s huge crane that towers over our blue Caribbean sea, as well the ability to roll on and off cargo.
Cayman Islands $2 2001 sg?, scott?
Source: Watercraft Philately. Marine News.