Reference number
  • CSL
Date
  • 1944-1973
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Minutes of directors' meetings and annual general meetings; registers of seals, transfers and members, etc.
Extent
  • 1 box (4 items)
Admin history
  • This company was formed as Continental Seaways Limited in 1944, the principal shareholders being the Tyne-Tees Shipping Company Limited of Newcastle upon Tyne. Its name was changed to Link Line (Continental) Limited in July 1962. It was acquired by Coast Lines Limited in 1962 and by P and O in 1971. In 1973 it was sold to the national road haulage and warehousing company, the Transport Development Group.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • Other records of companies acquired by the Transport Development Group are also held at the Centre as part of the same deposit. The Centre also holds records relating to the Transport Development Group itself acquired from various sources.