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Old 28th July 2019, 14:57
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FJ, I would add to that the last ships, the M´s and RoRo's. The latter especially, the mix of cargos, much of it enclosed inside the vessel, was also leaps and bounds over the old "state of the art" (Dolius, Menestheus etc A6 vessels) which had come into service less than twenty years before. Two months around the world and nearly two loading on the US coast, mainly Gulf of Mexico and Eastern seaboard.


On the RoRo's, standard cargoes were yachts and powerboats from Taiwan to LA, construction equipment and huge tyres, USA to Middle East, containers everywhere. We also took a helicopter from HK to LA. It landed alongside, had the rotors folded and I towed it onboard with the Jeep that we carried. In LA, I towed it off, the rotor blades unfolded and it took off! We could take virtually anything that could be carried by trucks to anywhere.


In my mind, they were the most flexible and possibly profitable vessels ever operated by BF. Then came 86 and, !POOF!, all gone, no more.
Rgds.
Dave
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