Multi-purpose container ship “Chekiang” (Hull-1356) nearing completion at Miho Zosensho's yard in Shimizu, Japan, on 12th September 1990
Owner: China Navigation Co., Hong Kong
Flag: Hong Kong
Gross tons: 7,914
Deadweight: 10,556
Length overall: 129.75 m
Container capacity: 725 t.e.u.
Engine: 7-cylinder B&W diesel, 8,120 b.h.p., by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Tamano
Speed: 16 knots
Completed October 1990, the third CNCO ship to bear the name.
1991: chartered to AP Moller, initially renamed "Maersk Tango", later renamed "Maersk Asia Decimo”
1994 January: reverted to “Chekiang” on completion of charter.
1996 July: chartered to (?), renamed "Kokopo Chief 1”
1998 January: renamed "Aotearoa Chief" by CNCO.
2005: lengthened at original builder's yard: new gross tonnage 10,837, length overall 158.06 m, capacity 981 t.e.u.
2008 July: renamed "Pacific Horizon" by CNCO.
2010 April: renamed "Island Chief" by CNCO
(At some point ownership was transferred to China Navigation Co Pte Ltd., Singapore)
2008: sold for scrapping in India.
This ship should not be confused with CNCO's 1991-built fourth “Chekiang” (IMO 9003835), which bore the name from 1999 to 2005


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