Towards the end of the 1970s containerisation had virtually wiped out break bulk cargo ship trading between Europe and North America. Captain A. W. Kinghorn recalls a pair of purpose-built Blue Star container ships which enabled an old sea dog to learn a few new tricks. Soon after arriving in Liverpool with the conventional cargo liner Gladstone Star (SM, July 2000), I was appointed to take command of New Zealand Star (III), Blue Star Line's latest container ship under construction at the Tees Side yard at Haverton Hill. The new vessel would not be ready until December 1978 but by the time my leave ended it was still early April.
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机译：到1970年代末期，集装箱运输几乎消灭了欧洲和北美之间的散装散货船贸易。金·霍恩船长（A. W. Kinghorn）回忆起一对专门建造的蓝星集装箱船，它使一只老海狗能够学习一些新的技巧。带着常规货轮Gladstone Star（SM，2000年7月）到达利物浦后不久，我受命接任Blue Star Line在哈弗顿山（Haverton Hill）蒂斯西德（Tees Side）货场建造的最新的集装箱船新西兰之星（III）的指挥。新船要等到1978年12月才能准备就绪，但是到我的假期结束时，它仍然是4月初。
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