13,832 grt; 11,954 dwt; 297 passengers. Operator: Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping Co, Shanghai, China. Built 1958 by Dok- en Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord NV, Schiedam, Netherlands. Yard no 760. Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x seven-cylinder, two-stroke Wilton-Fijenoord-MAN K7Z 70/120 of 15,400 bhp (total). Speed: 18.5 knots.
Built for VNSM - Vereenigde Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij NV (United Netherlands Steamship Co Ltd), Den Haag, as RANDFONTEIN. 1970-to Koninklijke Nedlloyd NV, Rotterdam (name unchanged). 1971-to KJPCL – Koninklijke Java-China Paketvaart Lijnen BV, Amsterdam, AS NIEUW HOLLAND. 1974- to Yick Fung Shipping & Enterprises Co, Hong Kong (a company controlled by the PRC government). 1975-to China Ocean Shipping Co, Shanghai as YU HUA (Chinese flag). 1981-HUA XING.
1983-to Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping Co, Shanghai (as photo). 1996- HERBERT (St Vincent + Grenadines flag) for voyage to breakers at Alang, India.