Bank Line ships 1953 to 1968, Apprentice to Master
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"Tynebank" (Time Chartered 1979 - 1980)
One of a series of vessels brought in under time charter to develop the Bank Line's venture in a container service from the Continent/UK to and from Nassau and the U.S. Gulf. The service was fortnightly with the additional participation of the positioning voyages of "Copra Boats" returning to the U.S. Gulf to load outwards for Australasia.
Copra Boats returning to the Continent/UK from the Pacific Islands would occasionally call at San Francisco and Houston and/or New Orleans homeward bound and provide additional sailings back to Europe along with the time chartered ships but slotting in of sailings over such a long outer loop (Europe-Gulf-NZ-Australia-Pacific Islands-San Francisco-Gulf Europe) with the smaller inner loop (Europe-Nassau-Gulf-Europe) proved difficult.
One of a series of vessels brought in under time charter to develop the Bank Line's venture in a container service from the Continent/UK to and from Nassau and the U.S. Gulf. The service was fortnightly with the additional participation of the positioning voyages of "Copra Boats" returning to the U.S. Gulf to load outwards for Australasia.
Copra Boats returning to the Continent/UK from the Pacific Islands would occasionally call at San Francisco and Houston and/or New Orleans homeward bound and provide additional sailings back to Europe along with the time chartered ships but slotting in of sailings over such a long outer loop (Europe-Gulf-NZ-Australia-Pacific Islands-San Francisco-Gulf Europe) with the smaller inner loop (Europe-Nassau-Gulf-Europe) proved difficult.
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