Bulk carrier “Atlantic Star” in the Malacca Strait, September 1971
Owner: Star Shipping Co. (Livanos Group)
Port of registry: Chios, Greece
Builder: Brodogradiliste “Uljanik”, Pula, Yugoslavia (Hull 239)
Gross tons: 15,921
Deadweight: 26,095
Length overall: 191.47 m
Max. draft: 10.83 m
Engine: 8-cylinder diesel, 11,200 b.h.p., by A.A. Fiat S.G.M., Turin
Speed: 16 knots
Completed 1963.
Above details from Lloyd's Register book c.1970. Builder's reference list gives original owner as West Atlantic Shipping Ltd., flag Liberia & deadwight as 23,925
1979: Sold to China Shipping Group, Shanghai, renamed “Hua Hong” (P.R. China flag)