Shipping industry mourns OTAL marketing legend Paul Page
Former OT Africa Line marketing manager Paul Page has died. He passed away on Monday after ...
By Mike Wackett
Container shipping pioneer, and a dear friend and colleague, Hans Jungbluth (pictured above), passed away following a fall on 29 March at his Hamburg home.
Born in 1932, Hans paved the way for today’s feeder shipping sector after he recognised, in the 1970s and 1980s, that deepsea container shipping lines required liner and ad hoc relay services to strengthen their networks.
Notwithstanding the regular links between the Hamburg-Le Havre range offered by Bugsier Line, for which Hans worked for more than 40 ...
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Martyn Benson
April 07, 2021 at 12:21 pmThat is very sad news indeed. I had many dealings with Hans in the 1980’s at Bugsier – not in major lines but at Lykes Lines, Westwood and ACL. Always a professional and a gentleman in the days when shipping and containerisation was done in style and with a personal touch.
It’s such a pity that those days are disappearing fast.