Ming Zhou 77

At 8,282 gross tons, Ming Zhou 77 is the 38,420th largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 1.4 times the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.

Among the 58,086 vessels this registry holds no type classification for held here, it ranks 21,983rd by tonnage — larger than 56% of that group. Their median tonnage is 5,358 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 54,309 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Panama (5,698 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is HD Hyundai Mipo, with 615 hulls on record.

South Korea is the country of registry for 1,392 vessels in this directory, of which Ming Zhou 77 is the 343rd largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (722 ships), and the median vessel measures 2,716 GT. Browse every ship flagged South Korea.

Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 722 vessels this registry holds no type classification for flying the South Korea flag, of which 135 are larger by tonnage.

Ming Zhou 77 was built in 1985, making it 41 years old. It is one of 1,312 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 4,782 GT; within it this ship is the 523rd largest. Across the whole of the 1980s the registry holds 13,213 vessels, median 3,004 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.

At 126.0 m overall, Ming Zhou 77 is 11.0 m longer than the 115.0 m median for vessels this registry holds no type classification for on record.

IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 8321852 this registry holds 47 other vessels, whose median build year is 1984 and which range from 1983 to 1986. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 1985.