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TAE DONG GANG

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:48 pm
by aukepalmhof
Built in 1976 at the Chogjin Yard at Huichon for the Korea Tonghae Shipping at Pyongyang, North Korea.
Launched under the name TAE DONG GANG. (IMO No.7738656)
Tonnage 9.076 gross, 5.610 net, 14.000 dwt. Dim. ?

According to Navicula on a voyage from North Korea to Intschhon loaded with cement in the Yellow Sea in a position 38 06N 124 40E she grounded on 29 April 1984.
Most probably she was refloated.
Sept 1989 She was underway from Lianyungang to Nampo.
2009 In service http://www.equasis.org , still mentioned her as owned by Sohae Sonbak at Pyongyang.

North Korea 1978 50ch sgN1722, scott?

Sources: Register of Merchant Ships Completed in (year of built) Navicula. Historical Sketches of Watercraft on Stamps. Log Book. Merchant Ships 1958.

Re: TAE DONG GANG

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:46 pm
by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
Gt:9076, Nt:5633, Dw:13.550, Loa:155,50m. B:20,50m. draught:9,20m.
callsign HMBY, october 2013 still in service.
LR97/98 + many websites

Re: TAE DONG GANG

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:04 pm
by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
North Korea 2001, 70 ch. StG.?

Re: TAE DONG GANG

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:51 am
by aukepalmhof
2013 Detained in Lianyungang, China at that time owned by Tae Dong Gang Sonbak Co. Ltd, North Korea. Sold for demolition in China.
16 May 2014 arrived Zhangjiagang and scrapped by Zhangjiagang Wuyou Ship Breaking & Re-Cycling Co.

She was built by Nampo Ship-Yard at Nampo, North Korea and not as given above.

Source: Robin des Bois Ship-Breaking #37. Http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz