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In service: 1981 - 1997
Owner: A/S D/S Svendborg (A.P. Møller) & D/S af 1912 A/S (A.P. Møller) - Lundborg
Built: Keel laid 22-09-1980; launched 12-01-1981; baptized 3/10/1981; delivered 20-03-1981
Shipyard: Odense Staalskibsværft A/S - Lindø
Construction number: 85
Dimensions: 212.48 x 202.01 x 32.26 x 19.82 x 13.02m; after 1984, 269.81 x 259.32 x 32.26 x 19.82 x 13.02 m
Tonnage: 30,694 GRT; 31,600 dwt; after 1984, 43,233 GRT; 53,615 dwt; after 1994, 43,325 GRT; 53,540 dwt
Call signal: O.X.F.B./ O.X.F.B.2.
Lloyds/IMO: 7825411
Machines: Two-stroke 12 cylinder Burmeister & Wain type 12L.90GB, 900x2180; 1 generator 1,640 kW/440 V/60 Hz; 2 generators 1,344 kW/440 V/60 Hz; 1 generator 1,176 kW/440 V/60 Hz; 1 generator 950 kW/450 V/60 Hz; bow thruster with adjustable propeller and transverse propeller aft
Power: 47,000 MOT; 34,571 kW
Speed: 24 knots
Holds: 11 holds; 2052 TEU; 4 tanks; after 1984, 15 holds; 3876 TEU
Purchased: New construction
Sold: In June 1997 MAERSK TOKYO to Fomalhaut Navigation Corp. SA (Unique Shipping [Hong Kong] Ltd.) - Panama and re-chartered
Details: In September 1984 rebuilt and equipped with a new cargo section at Hitachi Zosen Innoshima Works - Innoshima.
On 04-02-1999 fire after an explosion in nrs 2 & 3 bunker tanks; extinguished on 10-02-1999; 4 dead and 3 missing; back in service on 18-05-1999. In 2003 as MAERSK TOKYO to Marvista Maritime Inc. (Costamare Shipping Co. SA) - Piraeus and chartered.
In October 2007 as MSC KYOTO.
Arrived at Bansal International Ltd on 14-07-2014. - Alang and 16-07-2014 put on the beach for demolition.
Former name(s):
- Maersk Tokyo (Until 2007 Oct)
- Lexa Maersk (Until 1997 Jun)
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