[BITList] Denholm Ship Management, Glasgow

[John Davison]

NOTED FROM WHAT  I TOLD BY SOME EX JARDINES SUPERS , DENHOLMS LOST OUT AS 
THEY WERE NOT COMPETITIVE ENOUGH  !!!!

WALLEMS AND OTHERS OPERATED AT LOWER COSTS .

JOHN
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From: "M.j. Feltham" <ismay at mjfeltham.plus.com>
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Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:26 PM
Subject: [BITList] Denholm Ship Management, Glasgow


>I served with Denholms for over twenty years after leaving BI in 1961, 
>joining Denholms in 62.  Like John Davison says they were v. big at one 
>time with managed ships.  Denholms had about 4 ships of their own, all 
>names ended with PARK, the rest were managed.  I spent a lot of time on the 
>NAESS ships, Tankers and Bulk Carriers.  They were good in some respects, 
>they started a non contributory Pension scheme, Masters and Chiefs on 
>Tankers were on 4 On / 4 Off.   The training programme was good, you had to 
>forgo 5 days leave a year for training.  I did two spells in the Glasgow 
>Royal Hospital Casualty Dept of 5 days each time.  I was taught to stitch 
>and allowed to stitch patients there.  It stood me in good stead as you had 
>already practised it.
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> I was promoted to Master at 37 years.  Denholms were like all companies, 
> good in parts.  I must admit that after joining Denholms I thought that 
> the grass was greener on the other side as I reverted back to Second Mate 
> on joining them.
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> I was on the second list of redundancies in 1982 and got the usual 
> redundancy payments along with three months dismissal pay.  There wasn't 
> the camaraderie in Denholms as in the BI.  You can't have everything !
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> Mike
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