Story: Shipping

The Oosterdam at Port Chalmers

The Oosterdam at Port Chalmers

The 82,305-ton Oosterdam towers over Port Chalmers in 2013. This Holland America Line ship could carry more than 1,800 passengers and 800 crew and her day in port kept the shuttles, tour buses and the Taieri Gorge train busy. In 2015, Port Chalmers was gearing up to handle 167,000-ton, 5,000-passenger vessels.

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Otago Daily Times
Reference: 24 January 2014, p. 18
Photograph by Gerard O'Brien

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Gavin McLean, 'Shipping - Recent developments, 1980s onwards', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/46702/the-oosterdam-at-port-chalmers (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Gavin McLean, published 12 Jun 2006, updated 1 Jan 2016