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Free Trade Wharf Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Free Trade Wharf
  • Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd
  • Tees Union Shipping Co Ltd
  • Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Stepney, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

Sectors:

  • Transport services Port & harbour services

Notes:

Traced origins to 1884 when Free Trade Wharf was acquired by directors of Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd and Tees Union Shipping Co Ltd for use in connection with the coastal services of these companies. Companies amalgamated in 1900 to form Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd when Free Trade Wharf reorganised as Free Trade Wharf Co Ltd. 1921-32 greatly extended and rebuilt

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