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Originally Posted by JustWin
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A Blue Star vessel on the Compass Line run from Australia to Japan .Set up in 67.There were to be 3 Blue Star vessels 2 Port Line and 1 Ellerman. The Ellerman vessel was to be the City of Brisbane. I was cadet in her at the time. We were told In Sydney that Vestey was happy to spend 5 years and loose a lot of money to get a bit of the action on the Box trade from Aussie to Japan. He reckoned he was chasing the wool/ meat that used to go to the States but was going to Japan. We never got on the run. It folded in 5 months. Vestey got what he wanted and we never got to Japan !!
Alan
Thinking about it it was Atlas Line to Japan and Compass Line to South Africa. Still Vestey