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To: TobagoJack who wrote (93279)8/9/2012 6:23:48 PM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 217769
 
We'll see ;)

Meanwhile, these guys had a nice run...

World’s Oldest Shipping Company Closes in Industry Slide

bloomberg.com

Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd., started in 1730, has been placed into liquidation, according to a statement from accounting firm Tait Walker. The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England- based shipper, which employed nine people, sold off its final vessel in July, according to the statement.

The Baltic Dry Index, a gauge of rates to transport dry- bulk commodities including grains and coal by sea, is down 55 percent this year and on course for a fourth annual slide in five years, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The current slump is “one of the worst experienced for many years,” the shipping company said in the statement.