Sailings and Services

Malcolm Falkus
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Malcolm Falkus: University of New England

Chapter 3 in The Blue Funnel Legend, 1990, pp 26-53 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract At the very core of a shipping line’s business stand the routes and ports served. Such services do much to shape the character of the enterprise, for they determine the cargoes to be carried, the types of ships required, the conditions under which ships served and were manned, and the agency business needed. A feature of Blue Funnel operations has always been the enduring and relatively concentrated character of its services. Virtually without exception the Company confined itself to operating regular liners; only rarely were Blue Funnel ships chartered to other lines or were alien vessels chartered by Blue Funnel. These liners carried cargo, with only a limited involvement in passenger traffic, and they traded primarily between the United Kingdom and the Far East via the Suez Canal. Endeavours in other directions, such as the Australian and American trades and the various local and feeder trades in which Ocean became involved never played more than supporting roles to the leading Far Eastern business.

Keywords: Suez Canal; Freight Rate; Panama Canal; Passenger Traffic; Chief Officer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11476-4_3

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