MS ABACO STAR (????, LR/IMO 7024512) Valmistunut/Completed 1970.11, Sverige, Nacka, Finnboda Varv.
5100 dwt, 4413 kW, 112.71 m x 16.11 m x 6.82 m. Shipyard no. 389.
1970.11: MIGNON, Partrederi Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg, Stockholm. 1972.summer: Charterer Viking Line trading Naantali - Kapellskär 1974.8: NOPAL SHORE, Nils H.Sand, Oslo 1977.10: SAND SHORE, K/S A/S Vapore & Co, Oslo. Charterer British Navy, Falkland service. Laid up eight months before sold to Finland.
1986: ABACO STAR, homeport Nassau. Kotka Merchant, Kotka. Zamora Ltd, Nassau (Solo Shipping (Paavo Haveri) 26%, Avoin Yhtiö Abaco 74% (Finnish crew of the ship)). Price USD 375 000. Later Oy Abaco Shipping Ltd. Repaired at Grimstad, AS Nymon. 1987.11: MARACAY, (Kotka Merchant, Kotka). 1988.summer: sailors sold their Zamora shares to Dan Ship Lines (Dan Eriksson, Åland). 1988: KIRK STAR, Sarasin Maritime Ltd (Paavo Akseli Johannes Haveri, Biscayne Boulevard 100, Miami, Florida) Nassau. Trading Florida - Chile. 1991.9.13: detained in Houston by US Customs because of smuggling. 1992.4: WEI RIVER, Salty Dog Ltd, Nassau. Purchased at an auction in Houston. 1992.6: LUCKY RUNNER, Puerto Cortes, Honduras flag. Island Marine Inc. Houston. 1995: Valona Shipping Ltd, Valletta. 1996: VICTORY I, Victory Nav Ltd, Valletta. Delivery at Tuzla. 1996.4.30: arrested at Tuzla 2003: deleted from register.
"Matka Hamburg, Göteborg, Kingston, Mobile, Houston, Arica, Cocimbo, Talcahuano, Durban Mogadishu. Lastina oli Euroopasta Sea autoja Kingstoniin, dumppereita Mobileen, vanhoja kuorma-autoja Chilen kautta Boliviaan. Houstonista lastattiin kaikenlaisia kulkuneuvoja öljynetsintähommiin Somaliaan. Chilestä lastatiin kalasäilykkeitä, papuja säkeissä ja sellua Durbaniin. Somaliasta laiva meni Persianlahdelle feederi liikenteeseen, Omanin ja Kuwaitcityn välille pariksi kuukaudeksi. Sen jälkeen Jeddasta jenkkien kalustoa, Barcelonan kautta Philadelphiaan."
