DALIAN TIGER SHIPPING LTD.

Eastern Star belonged to Eastern Shipping (HK) Co. Ltd., a one-ship minor operating company in Hong Kong. The funnel colour may be a reddish air/sea rescue shade; Rosanoski compares it with the later D510 illustration.

Hope Star belonged to Hope Star Shipping (HK) Co. Ltd. The funnel base appears dark grey but could be black.

This funnel follows Oriental River of Oriental River Shipping S.A., photographed on 19 September 2008.

Silver River of Silver River Marine S.A., photographed on 31 December 2009, has a black funnel top and a narrower top to the T than D424. Rosanoski considers the lettering difference probably insignificant: apart from the black top, this was the only pair of vessels he found with essentially the same funnel.

The funnel follows Ocean Star of Tiger Marine Ltd., photographed on 22 June 2010.

Eastern Star, photographed from the port side at Lyttleton on 21 October 2011, shows a different funnel from D422. The red still appears to be an air/sea rescue shade, similar to the lifeboat, suggesting that D422 should also have a similar shade.