other West African fleets in the 1960s
Palm Line | |
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The company was formed by the United Africa Company in 1949. The Palm Line name and shipping conference rights were transferred to the Ocean Fleets group in 1985, and the last of the ships sold in 1986. |
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![]() Palm Line The Coming of Age 1949-1970 Roger Kohn Palm Line, 1970
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Black Star Line | |
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The company was formed at Ghana Independence in 1957. Black Star Line experienced many difficulties in the 1970s and 1980s, and in 1998 the last ships were sold. |
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![]() Ships in Focus - Record 38 (November 2007) includes an illustrated short history and fleet list of Black Star Line Ships in Focus |
Nigerian National Shipping Line | |
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Nigerian National Line was established in 1959 with the assistance of Elder Dempster Lines and Palm Line. It became wholly Nigeria owned in 1961, subsequently becoming the Nigerian National Shipping Line. NNSL experienced difficulties from the 1970s and went into liquidation in 1995. |
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![]() ![]() Ships in Focus - Record 41 (November 2008) and Record 42 (March 2009) include an illustrated short history and fleet list of Nigerian National Shipping Line Ships in Focus |
West African Lines Conference | |
The fleets above formed part of the West African Lines Conference (WALCON). In 1964 the Conference comprised -
Elder Dempster Lines, Palm Line, and Nigerian National Shipping Line in 1965 formed the African Containers Express company. In 1968 the West African Lines Conference was reorganized, and replaced by the United Kingdom West Africa Lines Joint Service (UKWAL) and the Continent West Africa Conference (COWAC). |
Holland West Africa Line | |
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The company was originally formed in the 1920s. |
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Woermann Line | |
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The company was originally formed in 1837. |
Scandinavian West Africa Line | |
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The company was formed after the second world war. |
fleet lists by kind permission and © Ian Allan Publishing
and taken from Ocean Ships B Moody, 1964
photograph of Ikeja Palm © Paul Hughes
all other photographs © Mike Ingham
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covers of Record © and courtesy Ships in Focus
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