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20th May 2013, 10:00 PM
#1
What and how did blue funell fold up
why did a large company like blue flue and others fold up what was there demise?jp
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20th May 2013, 10:04 PM
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Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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20th May 2013, 10:53 PM
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21st May 2013, 04:22 AM
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Ran out of blue paint. John Sabourn
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21st May 2013, 05:46 AM
#5
Most likely they went the way of so many others. They failed to keep up with the cahnges taking place and the advent of other countries such as China who now have one of the largest fleets.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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21st May 2013, 10:01 AM
#6
the entire British merchant navy folded up, Motor Cycle Companies died,many Car Companies, Ship Building, it all went.

Tony Wilding
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21st May 2013, 10:14 AM
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looking down the dock road in liverpool 50/60s every dock full now nothing its just one giant scrap yard what a shame?jp
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21st May 2013, 10:54 AM
#8
In The 60s apart from British Industry being closed down and shipped out to the Third world the Government also helped to set up shipping Companies overseas, such as Nigerian National Line , this had a massive impact on the trade to West Africa, operated by EDs and Blue Flue,
on the world scene in those days as we were shrinking these Third world companies were opening up world wide and our shipping companies shrank. also they shrank a lot more due to containerisation.
So our Seafaring jobs were sold off.
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21st May 2013, 02:12 PM
#9
Here's a coincidence. In 1972, I bought my first house, built by Salvesen's, 5 years after I sailed with them on the Salvada. Quite a change from their whaling days. Even the colours on the billboards advertising the homes was identical to their funnel colours. I guess that they just went where the profits were.
Duke Drennan R809731
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21st May 2013, 05:44 PM
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i know in the 60s liverpool dockers would not handle containers may be that was just one thing that brought the port down we missed the boat sort of thing?jp
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