Columbus New Zealand
1990
(Bille Bi-61)
- Type: Container ship
- Displacement: 21,278 tons
- Dimensions: 636 x 96 ft.
- Machinery: = knots
- Containers: 1,337 TEU
- Crew:
- Builder: Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel, Germany, 1971
- Service: Chartered to Hamburg-Sud. First all-container ship to visit New Zealand, 19 Jun 1971. Initially she had her own mobile gantry crane for cargo discharge, later removed after port container terminal facilities were built. Suffered a major fire off the Galapagos Islands 20 Dec 1974; towed to Hamburg for repairs. Converted from steam turbines to diesel in 1986. Sisterships Columbus Australia and Columbus America.
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