Tao Lin

At 9,705 gross tons, Tao Lin is the 36,413th 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 1.6 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 20,711th by tonnage — larger than 58% 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.

People's Republic of China is the country of registry for 3,427 vessels in this directory, of which Tao Lin is the 1,781st largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (1,851 ships), and the median vessel measures 10,532 GT. Browse every ship flagged People's Republic of China.

Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 1,851 vessels this registry holds no type classification for flying the People's Republic of China flag, of which 769 are larger by tonnage.

Tao Lin was built in 1974, making it 52 years old. It is one of 2,111 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 1,681 GT; within it this ship is the 518th largest. Across the whole of the 1970s the registry holds 17,331 vessels, median 2,774 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.

At 160.0 m overall, Tao Lin is 45.0 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 7367574 this registry holds 52 other vessels, whose median build year is 1974 and which range from 1973 to 1976. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 1974.