Built as a refrigerated container vessel under yard no ? by Bremer Vulkan AG Bremen – Vegesack, Germany for the New Zealand Line.
23 May 1978 launched under the name NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC.
Tonnage 43.704 gross, 21.228 net, 38.642 dwt. Dim. 248.60 x 32.31 x 12.03m.
Powered by two Bremer Vulkan MAN oil 2SA each 8 cyl. total output 39.191 Kw., 53.280 hp., speed 23 knots. One bow thruster
Container capacity 1822 TEU’s.
Crew 42. Call sign ZMNZ
Building cost $ 40.000.000
Built for the container service between New Zealand/Australia to Europe.
1981 Sold to the Bank of New Zealand to finance fleet expansion.
1988 Sold to Fuday Ltd., Hong Kong and renamed TUI. (named after a New Zealand native bird.)
The same year already to Assoc. Container Trans. (Australia) Ltd., New Zealand, renamed NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC.
18 July 1991 Associated Container Transportation (Australia) Ltd. was purchased by the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Comp. (P&O) and management of the NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC was also taken over by the P&O. Later P&O Nedlloyd.
2002 Sold to shipbreakers in China, sailed Hong Kong 04 November 2002 and she arrived Jiangyin, China 11 Nov. 2002.
New Zealand 1980 50c sg 1224 and 1982 30c sg 1259.
On the 50 c she is the ship in the foreground of the stamp.
Marine News 1989/ 412,611. 1991/533. New Zealand Ships Illustrated 1988-89 by Iain G.B. Lovie.