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Hunte
taken by Capt. J.W. Mellinges, www.shipspotting.com
Built
1980
LR No.
7928665
Gross
499
Net
372
Dimensions
71.40m x 12.83m
Registered
Oldenburg
First Arrival
22 January 1992
Last Sailing
12 March 1992
Names
Frey
Hunte
Hunter
Nasip
He Li 1 Hao
Years
1979-90
1990-2003
2003-07
2007-19
2019-

Built in Hamburg, she is powered by one 600hp Deutz diesel, producing a service speed of 11 knots.

Ice strengthened, she can carry 124 TEU, and has a crew of eight.

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"Hunte" was the first ship of South Pacific Shipping, and provided a trans-tasman service linking Onehunga, New Plymouth, Nelson and the northern New South Wales port of Yamba, through which Brisbane was served.

The service proved short-lived, however, with the preparations at Yamba's wharf well behind schedule. After just four calls at Onehunga, "Hunte" was withdrawn from the service, instead commencing an Auckland - Sydney operation, and, later, a Tauranga - Auckland - Brisbane run.


South Pacific Shipping went into liquidation in February 1998, since when "Hunte" has changed hands on a couple of occasions, and remains in operation today in the Mediterranean.

She was stranded following a storm at De Koog on the Dutch island of Texel in January 2001, and was refloated by tugs some three weeks later.
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