Oriental Bluebird
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name: | Hiyo Maru |
| Owner: | Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd[1] |
| Operator: | Institute of Cetacean Research[1] |
| Port of registry: | Japan[1] |
| Launched: | 1979[1] |
| Renamed: | "Hiyo Maru" after dispute with Panamanian Gov't. |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap in 2010 [2][3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Products tanker (single hulled)[1] |
| Tonnage: | 8,725 GT[1] |
| Length: | 143.29 m (470 ft 1 in) o/a[1] |
| Beam: | 20.41 m (67 ft 0 in) (moulded)[1] |
| Draft: | 8.42 m (27 ft 7 in)[1] |
The 8,725 ton Hiyo Maru (飛鷹丸) was the largest member of the Japanese whaling fleet; providing fuel, resources, and stock storage space for that fleet and its crew. In 1992, it was renamed and re-flagged to Panama as the Oriental Bluebird. According to Greenpeace, after a dispute with the Panamanian Government in 2008, it was de-flagged and re-registered to Japan.[4] The Hiyo Maru served as the fuel tanker for Japan's whaling fleet,[5] and was alleged by Greenpeace to also transport whale meat.[6] In August 2010, the ship was sold to China to be scrapped.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lloyd's Register - Fairplay, access date 20 February 2007
- ↑ http://merseyshipping.blogspot.com/2010/10/scrappings-from-22nd-october-to-26th.html
- ↑ http://www.robindesbois.org/english/shipbreaking21.pdf
- ↑ http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/season-may-be-ended-for-damage
- ↑ "Battleships in the whaling war". The New Zealand Herald. 25 December 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ↑ Greenpeace weblog, eyewitness account, published 9 January 2006
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