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| Title: | Manxline
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| Author: | Stan Basnett |
| ISBN: | 1871947855 : 9781871947854 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 215x280mm |
| Pages: | 72 |
| Weight: | .334 Kg. |
| Published: | Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) - February 2007 |
| List Price: | 15 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Ships & shipping: general interest |
This is the story of Manx Line, a private shipping company which started the first roIl-on/roll-off service between the Isle of Man and the UK. It was spawned from a conventional containerised cargo service which had started in the wake of industrial action by the National Union of Seamen. The new company with its single ship took on the long-established Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, the principal carrier of cargo to the Island, and won. Its success inevitably led to a merger of the two companies. Manx Line was to have a major and lasting impact on the Island infrastructure and economy.
