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ROYAL PRINCE / CITY OF OPORTO / THAI JADE / OOCL AMBITION / HOST AMBITION
BUILT IN 1979. IN 1984 SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'CITY OF OPORTO' AND WAS ON CHARTER TO ELLERMAN'S ELLERMAN'S-PRINCE LINE SERVICE. IN 1985 HER ELLERMAN CHARTER CAME TO AN END AND SHE WAS SOLD TO GAINSET SHIPPING OF LIBERIA AND WAS RE-NAMED 'THAI JADE'. IN 1989 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LTD AND WAS RE-NAMED 'OOCL AMBITION'. IN 1993 SHE WAS SOLD TO HOST SHIPPING OF PANAMA AND RE-NAMED 'HOST AMBITION', SHE WAS BEING MANAGED BY WAH TUNG SHIPPING OF HONG KONG. ( HOST SHIPPING WAS PART OF WAH TUNG SHIPPING )