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3rd May 2025, 07:01 AM
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Re: Shipping Federation
In 1971 just about to leave school I saw an advert for British Shipping Federation at Liverpool. Thinking it was a Shipping company I arranged an appointment to find otherwise. I was given various brochures and chose Trident Tankers. The rest as they say is history
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3rd May 2025, 03:06 PM
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Re: Shipping Federation
Hi Ian. I found an advert in a local newspaper for Trident Tankers. I was interviewed by a company superintendent at Dundee in 1966 and was excepted as a junior engineer.
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4th May 2025, 07:43 PM
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Re: Shipping Federation
Originally Posted by
Mike Hall
In days gone by we used to go to the Shipping Federation for our jobs on the ships.
How do seamen get their jobs now.?
it was called colloquili as the pool i was at birminhams one, ship fed from 70.s to late 90.s, you can contact the marine union, nautilus, best days of my life,John
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