Taiko in the Port of Auckland, New Zealand |
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Career | |
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Name: | MV Taiko Barber Hector-88 |
Owner: | Wilhelmsen Lines |
Operator: | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics |
Port of registry: | Norway |
Builder: | Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan, South Korea |
Yard number: | 250, |
Completed: | 1984 |
Identification: | IMO number: 8204975 |
Notes: | [1][2] |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 39,900 DWT 66,532 GRT |
Length: | 262.3 m (861 ft) |
Beam: | 32.26 m (105.8 ft) |
Draught: | 9.78 m (32.1 ft) |
Decks: | 2 hoistable decks, further RoRo vehicle decks |
Speed: | 21 kt |
Crew: | 25 |
Notes: | [3] |
MV Taiko is a roll-on/roll-off (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, 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]