Built as a container vessel under yard No 1053 by Miho Zosensho at Shimizu, Japan for the China Navigation Co at Hongkong.
31 March 1977 launched under the name PAPUAN CHIEF.
Tonnage 6.373 gross, 3.134 net, 7.053 dwt., dim. 118.1 x 20.1 x 10.5m.
Powered by one 7-cyl. B&W diesel, 6.150 bhp., speed 15 knots.
Container capacity 320 TEU’s.
June 1977 delivered.
After completing chartered by the New Guinea Australia Line (NGAL) for the service between Australia and Papua New Guinea..
13 March 1981 arrived at Yokohama for lengthening by Miho, tonnage 7.354 gross, 4.098 net, 8.710 dwt, length 132.1m., between pp. 122.0m. Containers 392 TEU’s.
18 April sailed from Yokohama and in May 1981 resumed service for NGAL.
1990 Sold to Pacific Bridge Shipping Ltd., Singapore, managed by Ocean Bridge Shipping Pte., Ltd., renamed VIGOUR SINGAPORE.
1991 Renamed by owners in VIGOUR SINGAPORE.
1991 Sold to Alleyn Shipping Ltd., Singapore, not renamed.
1995 Renamed by owners in XOUR SINGAPORE and transferred to Liberian flag.
1997 Renamed by owners in X-PRESS SINGAPORE.
July 2000 sold to P.T. Jayakusuma Perdana Lines, Jakarta, Indonesia, and renamed PERMAI 3.
http://www.equasis.org Gives for 2009, owned and managed by same owner IMO No 7622118. Call sign YGPC.
Solomon Islands 1988 35c sg 626.
Source: Navicula no 177 page 4122. Watercraft Philately vol 36 page 12. Marine News 1998/431.
Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1977. In Coral Seas the History of the New Guinea Australia Line by Martin Speyer.