I believe the two photos are when the PRC was the "Zhongnongxin" and not ""Run Tong 6" since the flag is Chinese not Panamanian. Photos taken 2004 in Shanghai.
See Chinese translation below, I do like the last sentence !
Panamanian 26,000 tons bulk carrier "RUN TONG 6"
Vessel "RUN TONG 6",
Type of ship: Handysize bulk carrier tonnage smaller, shallower draft, Panamax.
Callsign 3ECA3, MMSI: 371273000, IMO:. 7014309 1970 completed in July in the UK UPPER CLYDE SHIPBUILDERS LTD, GOVAN. Ship building number 841, launching date: March 24, 1970.
After the completion of the original ship named "PRINCE RUPERT CITY". 1982 changed its name to "YAQUI".
1988 changed its name to "SINGA SKY", serving the SINGA SKY SHIPPING CORP, PANAMA; during 1993 to serve CHINA COMMUNICATION IMPORT & EXPORT CORP, hanging Chinese flag.
May 1, 2004 renamed "Zhongnongxin" number, port of registry: Zhoushan, Zhoushan Chang Marine to serve.
June 1, 2005 changed its name to "HERUN" (and run), serving GLOBAL INT INVEST, Panamanian flag.
June 1, 2007 changed its name to "HE YUAN", Owner: FUZHOU LANRONG SHIPPING CO LTD.
1 January 2009 changed its name to "HUA KAI", walking routes in Southeast Asia, serving HuaKai shipping.
July 1, 2009 final renamed "RUN TONG 6".
5 cargo, packing volume of 31,723 cubic meters, the bulk volume of 38,361 cubic meters, 5 15 t cranes. Early Tonnage: Early draft plan worthy of shallow, high freeboard, deadweight 25,874 tons, gross tonnage 15,956 tons - 16,639 tons. Late: deadweight 26,289 tons, 15,650 tons gross tonnage, net tonnage 8027. Captain 173.59 m, 163.38 m length between perpendiculars, breadth 25.51 m, depth 14.03 m, fully loaded draft of 9.75 m ~ 9.964 m. Host: One B & W KINCAID 6K74EF diesel engine, main engine power 8532 kilowatts, about 11,272 ~ 11,608 horsepower horsepower, Bore / Stroke: 740/1600 (mm), speed: 124 r / min, speed: 15.3.
Operator: LANRONG SHIPPING FUZHOU;
Owner: HK HUAKAI SEA TRANSPORTATION HONGKONG, CHINA.
2005/6/1 change the Panamanian flag.
Bulbous bow, tail models, ocean unrestricted area.
Can not be regarded as a great ship.
Here is the collated history of the PRC, I have not put in the Owners but it seems that the Chinese are mentioned in 1993 and she is under Chinese ownership thereafter, probably changing the name as per charter:-
Date - - Name - Flag
1970-03 Prince Rupert City - UK
1982-00 Yaqui - Panama
1988-00 Singa Sky - Panama
2004-05 Zhong Nong Xin - China
2005-06 Herun - Panama
2007-06 He Yuan - Panama
2009-01 Hua Ka - Panama
2009-07 RUN TONG 6 - Panama
None of the AIS tracking websites have any positional data, so she may have been scrapped in the last few months. Dave Thomson. Posted on forum 8 & 10 May 2014. |
