Bulkships was an Australian

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company.

History

Bulkships was founded in 1958 by the

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, Howard Smith and McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co as a

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operator.McIlwraith McEacharn Limited

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By 1968, Adelaide Steamship Company and McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co each owned 50%. In August 1970,

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purchased a one-third shareholding. By 1972, it owned a 25% shareholding in

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. In February 1977, TNT bought out Adelaide Steamship Company taking its shareholding to 63% with McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co owning 37% with the business rebranded TNT Bulkships.Financial ''

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'' March 1977 page 160

References

{{Reflist Defunct shipping companies of Australia Transport companies established in 1958 1958 establishments in Australia