Containership “Oriental Importer” at Keelung, 14th September 1975
Owner: Partenreederei "Main Express"
Manager: Korrespondent-Reeder Christian F. Ahrenkiel, Hamburg
Flag: West Germany
Port of registry: Hamburg
Builder: Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg (Yard no. 880)
Gross tons: 14,125
Deadweight: 11,206
Length overall: 170.8 m
Max. draft: 7.85 m
Engine: 9-cylinder diesel, 15,750 b.h.p., by Masch. Augsburg-Nürnberg, Augsburg
Service speed: 19 knots
Comtainer capacity: 736
Completed 1972 as “Main Express”; chartered to Orient Overseas Container Line (C.Y. Tung Group, Hong Kong) as “Oriental Importer” until 1976.
For a comprehensive subsequent history, see DDGHANSA's photo https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2974269.
However:
The year for name change to YONG AN ZHOU (2004) may be incorrect as the photo at https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2414886 of her with this name was taken in November 2003; and
The last line (“BU 2005 in People's Republic of China”) may also be incorrect; there are several reports that in this year she had a further name change, to JIN MAO FU, and photo https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/661276, showing her with this name, was taken in June 2008.