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Open-hatcher arriving Tilbury in 1977 with packaged timber from West Coast US/Canada, on charter to Weyerhaeuser Corp
29,711 grt; 44,895 dwt; 1,800 TEU container capacity
Operated by Leif Höegh & Co A/S, Oslo, Norway
Built 1977 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Nagasaki, Japan. Yard no. 1787
Main engine: seven-cylinder, two-stroke Mitsubishi-Sulzer 7RND76M of 16,800 bhp at 120 rpm. Speed: 15 knots
1983-WESTWOOD MERCHANT; 1990-STAR MERCHANT; 1993-HOEGH MERCHANT; 2004-SAGA MERCHANT; 2009-MERCHANT
2012-to breakers at Jiangyin, China
Former name(s):
- Saga Merchant (Until 2009 May)
- Hoegh Merchant (Until 2004 Nov)
- Star Merchant (Until 1993 May)
- Westwood Merchant (Until 1990 Jan)
- Hoegh Merchant (Until 1983)
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