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Photo: Hong Kong Maritime Museum .Photo: Hong Kong Maritime Museum

The anchor from the world’s largest ship - shipped by Norway to Hong Kong

Last updated: 21/05/2010 // The 35 ton anchor has been purchased by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum and will be placed in front of the Museum’s new building at Central. The Norwegian Government will finance the transport of the anchor to Hong Kong, as a token of the longstanding maritime ties between Hong Kong and Norway. The world’s largest ship, ex Seawise Giant and Jahre Viking, was owned by Hong Kong and subsequently Norwegian owners.

The donation will be marked at a ceremony at Hong Kong Maritime Museum in Stanley at 1030 Monday 24 May, attended by Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Trond Giske, Mr. C C Tung, President of the Orient Overseas Container Line and Anthony Hardy, Chairman of the Board of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum.  

 

The ex Seawise Giant / Jahre Viking was built in 1979 in Japan and sold to C. Y. Tung, the founder of the Orient Overseas Container Line, who enlarged the ship and named it Seawise Giant. From 1991 to 2001 it was owned by Norwegian shipowner Jørgen Jahre. The vessel had an overall length of 458 meters and is considered the largest manmade moving object ever made.

 

     

Photo: Wallem Ship Management.Photo: Wallem Ship Management
    During its Norwegian ownership, the ex Jahre Viking was operated out of Hong Kong by the Wallem Group founded in China by a Norwegian entrepreneur about 110 years ago. I find it very appropriate, therefore, that Hong Kong become its anchor’s last port of call. I hope the anchor will serve as a symbol of Hong Kong’s significance as a port and shipping centre, and of the ties between Hong Kong and Norway in the maritime industry, says Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Giske.

 

Venue: Hong Kong Maritime Museum, g/f Murray House, Stanley Plaza,

Stanley,Hong Kong

 

Time: Monday 24 May, 1030 a.m.

 

Press contact:  Miss Nowell Li Tel: 2813 2322  Email: nowellli@hkmaritimemuseum.org

 

For more information about the event and Norwegian- HK maritime relations, please contact Mary Li of the Norwegian Consulate General in Guangzhou, +86 13924194337


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