Barber Texas/ Texas
1984 RORO vessel
Buildingyard: Hyundai HI Ltd., Ulsan
Built year: 1984
Yard no: 249
Tonnage 1984-2003: GRT: 28287/ NET: 16244/ TDW: 44081
Tonnage 2003-onwards: GRT: 66532/ NET: 26072/ TDW: 39900
Dims: LOA: 262,01/ BR: 32,26/ DR: 11,729mtr
Machinery : 8-cyl B&W by the shipbuilders
BHP/ IHP: 36600
Speed: 21,00 knots
Container cap: 2461 TEU/ Carcap after conv: 4397 all hold/ 1413 cardeck only
Photo: Unknown
04.11.1983: Launched
14.03.1984: Completed as BARBER TEXAS for Wilh.Wilhelmsen Enterprises Ltd.A/S (WW). Price paid: NOK 511.800.000
10.02.1989: Renamed TEXAS
00.00.1997: Sold to Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning AS
02.12.2002: Arrived at China Ocean Shipping Co's Nantong Shipyard for conversion into a RORO/ Carcarrier
03.12.2002: Conversion completed.
00.05.2004: Transferred to Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning A/S. (Barber Ship Management A/S),Tønsberg
00.05.2008: Transferred to Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning A/S. (Wilhelmsen Ship Managem.A/S), Tønsberg
00.05.2014: Broken up at Dalian SB Industry, China
Photo: R.J. Smith
Photo show the vessel as TEXAS after conversion