Model of HAKOZAKI MARU
Datec 1969
Object number00054871
NameModel
MediumWood, plastic, metal, paint
DimensionsOverall: 560 x 250 x 2,100 mm, 72,000 g
ClassificationsModels
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from NYK Line
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.
