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Inside a display case is a large model of a modern cargo ship.

Woodchip Carrier Oji Universe

Model

This is a model of a new carrier chartered by Japanese company Oji Paper Company.

The ship carries plantation-grown woodchips from the Great Southern to Japan.

This model commemorates the first shipment of plantation grown woodchips produced by the Albany Plantation Export Company (APEC) to Japan in March 2002.

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Inside a display case is a large model of a modern cargo ship.

The woodchip carrier Oji Universe. The six hatches on the top are where bulk goods like woodchips are loaded.
Credit: WA Museum

The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.