Model of HAKOZAKI MARU
Datec 1969
Object number00054871
NameModel
MediumWood, plastic, metal, paint
DimensionsOverall: 560 × 250 × 2100 mm
ClassificationsModels
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from NYK Line
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DescriptionThis model depicts HAKOZAKI MARU (1969-1982), the first full container ship on the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Japan-Australia line in 1969. The ship could carry 1,178 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) containers, including 150 TEU refrigerated containers for perishable cargo such as Australian beef and cowhide.HistoryNYK Line is an international shipping company based in Japan and has had a long history in Australia stretching back to 1896.
The era of container shipping began in 1968 and the first vessel to arrive on the Japan-Australia trade route was the HAKOZAKI MARU in 1969. To commemorate the event, two models of this first full container vessel to call Australia was made; one currently sits in the NYK Maritime Museum in Yokohama, Japan, and the other is in the NYK Sydney office in Bond Street.
SignificanceThe model opens up a fascinating story of how the arrival of the first containerised vessels in Australia in 1969 created the opportunity to export vacuum-packed beef to Japan. Today Japan remains one of Australia's largest beef export markets, and this relationship is set to continue into the future with the signing of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement in 2015.
