THE TYSER LEGACY
 | THE TYSER LEGACY - A history of PORT LINE and its associated companies Author : Ian Farquhar Price : £30.00 The definitive history of Port Line, one of the four main liner companies in the New Zealand and Australian trades with the UK and the East Coast of North America. With much detail of the politics surrounding the trade, it tells the story of the early efforts of Tyser and Company to break the monopoly of the conference lines, the founding of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line in 1914 (Port Line from 1936), and the disposal of the company to P&O Containers in 1991. Associated companies fully covered include Montreal, Australia and New Zealand (MANZ) Line, Crusader Shipping, Compass Line, Atlas Line, Associated Container Transportation (Australia) Ltd., and the Pacific Australia Direct Line. Detailed fleet lists include much on incidents affecting the ships. Of 243 illustrations in colour and black and white, 220 have not been published before, They include ships of Tyser, Corry, Royden and Milburn, and all those owned or chartered by Port Line. |
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