Taiko (ship)

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The Taiko in the Port of Auckland, New Zealand
Career
Name: Taiko
Owner: Wilhelmsen Lines
Operator: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
Port of Registry: Flag of Norway Norway[1]
Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries
Yard number: 250, Ulsan, South Korea
Completed: 1984
Notes: IMO# 8204975[2]
General characteristics
Type: RoRo ship
Tonnage: 66,365 GRT
Decks: 2 hoistable decks,[1] further RoRo vehicle decks
Speed: 21-knot (39 km/h/24 mph)

The Taiko is a RoRo freighter managed by the Norwegian/Swedish Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics shipping line. Built in South Korea, the ship was converted from a pure freight carrier to a car carrier at some point in its career,[citation needed] and was once called Barber Hector-88[2] In addition to its car decks, loaded and unloaded through a ramp with 400 tonnes carrying capacity (via a 6.4 m high and 12.5 m wide hatch), it has two hoistable decks.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Fleet List (from the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics website. Accessed 2008-03-11.)
  2. ^ a b Taiko (from the 'shippingdatabase.com' website. Accessed 2008-03-11.)