Built as a container carrier under yard No 1055 by Miho Zosensho K.K., Shimizu, for the China Navigation Co. Ltd., Hongkong.
Launched under the name NIMOS.
Tonnage 6.373 gross, 3.134 net, 7.079 dwt., dim. 118.1 x 20.1 x 10.5m., length bpp. 118m., draught 7.0m.
Powered by one 7-cyl. B&W diesel 6.150 bhp., speed 15 knots.
Could carry 320 TEU’s.
August 1877 completed.
She was built for a long charter for the Conpac Line (Hillerstoms).
October 1979 transferred to Brodick & Co. Ltd. (CNCo managers), Bermuda, and registered at Hong Kong, not renamed.
1982 In the middle of that year lengthened by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Tonnage 7.353 gross, 4.007 net, 8.706 dwt., dim. Length overall 132.1m, bpp. 122.0m.
Thereafter she could carry 392 TEU’s.
1987 Transferred to Storrington Ltd., Hong Kong, not renamed.
November 1990 she made the last voyage for the Chief Container Service (CCS).
December 1990 sold to Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd., Singapore and renamed KOTA PAHLAWAN.
Feb. 1992 sold to Pacific Seatrans Lines (PIL managers), Thailand and renamed SRI SAMUT.
January 2001 managed by Eastern Maritime (Thailand) Ltd..
October 2001 sold to P.T. Tanto Intim Line, Jakarta, Indonesia, renamed TANTO SAHABAT.
2009 as given by http://www.equasis.org gives, owned and managed by same owner at Surabaya, Indonesia. IMO No. 7640005.
Solomon Islands 1988 60c sg 627.
Source: Navicula. In Coral Seas, The History of the New Guinea Australia Line by Martin Speyer