Blue Star Line
The Blue Star Line ( BSL ) was a British shipping company headquartered in London , which operated a very successful liner service to South America . The shipping services were expanded over time to Australia , North America and East Asia . The company was one of the pioneers in the business of shipping frozen products with reefer ships and reefer containers.
history
Sir Derek Vestey, later Baron, opened one of the first shops for frozen products, primarily meat and vegetables, in London in 1895 . In this area of the food industry, the Vesteys are among the pioneers and the company traded as Vestey Bros. & Co. Ltd. In Argentina , Brazil and Venezuela , cattle farms were built in quick succession, and later sugar plantations etc. Ä. added. The meat was processed into finished products on the spot. In 1897 the first cold stores were built in Buenos Aires , these business activities were combined in the United Cold Storage Company . The meat produced in South America was then shipped to Europe . From then on it was not far to the idea of doing it with our own ships.
Foundation of Blue Star Line (1909)
In 1909 Vestey bought its first own cargo ship with extensive cooling facilities and in 1911 the Blue Star Line was founded. The task of the newly founded Blue Star Line was initially to ship frozen meat from South America to Europe. The parent company of BSL was the United Cold Storage Company and its parent holding was the Vestey Group Plc . The sign of the shipping company was a blue star on a white background and the chimneys were red with a central white circle with a blue star in the middle, the cap was black with a narrow white band in the lower part. The ship names all started with B (e.g. Brodstone), in 1920 this was changed: The ships were all named after countries or cities and at the end there was always Star (e.g. Australia Star or Tacoma Star ).
The route ran from London - Southampton - Lisbon - ( Tenerife / Las Palmas ) - Rio de Janeiro - Santos - Montevideo and Buenos Aires . In 1911 the service to East Asia was opened via the Suez Canal . In 1920 the transpacific service to the US pacific ports ( Los Angeles , San Francisco to Vancouver ) was opened over the Panama Canal . From 1933 Australia and New Zealand and from 1935 South Africa were added to the route network. The ships of the shipping company were mostly freighters with large freezer facilities, which also applied to the passenger ships built later. Later on, pure cargo ships also joined the fleet. All freighters (including the container ships) had one thing in common: They were also well equipped for the transport of passengers .
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The company did great and was successful in business from the start. The first passenger ships entered the fleet from the mid-1920s. The A-class ships built between 1926/27 - Almeda Star (I), Andalucia Star (I), Arandora Star , Avila Star (I), and Avelona Star (I) - with 14,000 GRT were medium-sized ships for South America. Service. There was a lot of traffic on this route, shipping companies from all over the world had specialized in this service; so the Royal Mail Line , Lamport & Holt , Booth Line , Hamburg-Süd , Chargeurs Reunis , Cie. de Nav. Sudatlantique and much more. The Blue Star Line was able to hold its own very well and took one of the top places. Freight shipping was the main pillar of the shipping company. In 1935, the Blue Star Line took over the bankrupt Leyland Line and expanded the company into a subsidiary, for which some Blue Star ships were also registered. In the 1930s there was strong expansion, but the Second World War , which soon broke out, meant terrible ship losses for the BSL. In 1944 and 1946 respectively, the shipping companies Lamport & Holt and Booth Line , which were successful but got into economic difficulties due to the war, were bought. At the end of the war, they resolutely started to rebuild the fleet and were soon back in their old positions.
In 1952 the Blue Star Line opened a service from Australia to East Asia ( Singapore , Indonesia , Malaysia ) under the name Austasia Line . In 1957, the BSL, together with the New Zealand Shipping Co. and Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, founded a joint venture called the Crusader Shipping Company . In the mid- 1960s , major changes began to take place in shipping, especially the container . The Blue Star Line correctly recognized the trend and commissioned the first container ships as early as 1965 , which began service in 1967 as the New Zealand Star and Southland Star . The shipping company remained loyal to the original business and put special refrigerated ships into service. In 1972 all liner services were discontinued and the Blue Star Line had become a container shipping company. In 1975 the name of the shipping company changed to Blue Star Ship Management Ltd.
Blue Star Ship Management Ltd. (1972)
In 1971, BSL founded the shipping company Associated Container Transportation ( ACT ) in collaboration with P&O and other partners . ACT was operated until 1991 and then dissolved, the two partners took over the ships they brought in and in the same year the two subsidiaries Lamport & Holt and Booth Line were discontinued.
Sale at P&O (1998)
In 1998 the Vestey family sold the Blue Star Line container service to P&O . The reefer ships continued to operate under the Albion Reefers label until 2001 and then sold. The Vestey Group Plc today is still operating successfully in their original business, but since 2001 no shipping activities consist more. The Blue Star Line continued to exist under P&O direction, but as a shipping company without its own ships.
New establishment in Hamburg and merger with Maersk (2002)
In 2002 the shipping company Blue Star GmbH was re-established in Hamburg. In 2005, P & O Nedlloyd was merged with the AP Moeller Maersk Group, resulting in the Blue Star GmbH shipping company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Maersk Group. Due to the focus on the core business carried out in 2008, Maersk decided to sell Blue Star.
Takeover by Komrowski Befrachtungskontor (2009)
In 2009 Komrowski Befrachtungskontor KG took over the 34 container ships of the Blue Star fleet. This increases the Komrowski fleet to a total of 52 ships, mainly container ships , with a total capacity of around 190,000 TEU slots.
On December 14, 2011, ER Schiffahrt announced that it wanted to merge with its competitor Komrowski to form a new shipping company called Blue Star Holding . This would create the largest German shipping group with more than 160 ships. The majority of the capital in this new shipping company would be held by ER Capital, the holding company of the ER Schiffahrt Group.
Other shipping companies with these names
In 2004 Blue Star Line A / S was founded in Faaborg .
In 2012, Clive Palmer announced the founding of Blue Star Line Pty Ltd , which was to create a replica of the RMS Titanic .
Ships (selection)
Passenger ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
| 1924 ( 1916 ) | Trojan Star (I) | 9257 GRT | k. A. | 1917: ex La Perouse , CGT / 1924 to BSL / 1955 out of service |
| 1926 | Almeda Star (I) | 12848 GRT | Cammell Laird , Birkenhead | Torpedoed and sunk near Scotland in 1941 (360 dead) |
| 1926 | Andalucia Star (I) | 12,846 GRT | John Brown & Co. , Clydebank | 1935: 14943 BRT / 1942 torpedoed near Freetown and (4 dead) |
| 1927 | Arandora Star | 12,847 GRT | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1940 torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic (805 dead) |
| 1927 | Avila Star (I) | 12,872 GRT | John Brown & Co., Clydebank | 1929: 14,443 BRT / 1942 torpedoed and sunk near the Azores (84 dead) |
| 1927 | Avelona Star (I) | 12858 GRT | John Brown & Co., Clydebank | 1931: 13376 BRT / 1940 SW off Land's End, Cornwall, UK, torpedoed and sunk (1 dead) |
| 1947 | Argentina Star (I) | 11610 GRT | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1972 out of service |
| 1947 | Brazil star | 11610 GRT | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1972 out of service |
| 1948 | Uruguay Star | 11610 GRT | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1971 out of service |
| 1948 | Paraguay Star | 11610 GRT | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1969 out of service |
| 1963 ( 1950 ) | Iberia Star | 10 854 GRT | John Cockerill SA, Hoboken (Antwerp) |
1950: ex Thysville , CMB / 1963 sold to BSL / 1972 |
Cargo ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
| 1910 ( 1896 ) | Brodstone | 4927 GRT | k. A. | 1896: ex Indraghiri , Indra Line / 1910 at BSL / 1917 near Ireland torpedoed and sunk |
| 1911 | Broderick | 4,331 GRT | k. A. | Torpedoed and sunk near Hastings in 1918 |
| 1912 ( 1899 ) | Brodvale | 5987 GRT | k. A. | 1899: ex Tomoana , Tyser Line / 1912 to BSL / 1920: Tudor Star (I) / 1934 out of service |
| 1912 ( 1891 ) | Brodland | 2989 GRT | k. A. | 1891: ex Highland Mary , Nelson Line / 1912 at BSL / 1913 sunk near Wales |
| 1914 | Brodhurst | 3,071 GRT | k. A. | 1920: Milton Star / sold in 1927 |
| 1915 ( 1899 ) | Brodholme | 5673 GRT | Clydebank Eng. & SB Co. Ltd., Clydebank | 1899: ex Nairnshire , SSL / 1915 to BSL / 1920: Gothic Star (I) / 1938 out of service |
| 1915 ( 1895 ) | Brodmore | 5628 GRT | k. A. | 1895: ex Rakaia , NZSCo / 1915 to BSL / 1920: Roman Star (I) / 1934 out of service |
| 1915 ( 1894 ) | Brodness | 5537 GRT | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Newcastle | 1894: ex Banffshire , SSL / 1915 at BSL / 1917 at Anzio torpedoed and sunk |
| 1915 ( 1898 ) | Brodliffe | 5464 GRT | k. A. | 1898: ex Morayshire , SSL / 1915 to BSL / 1920: Tuscan Star (I) / 1929 sold |
| 1915 ( 1899 ) | Brodlae | 5455 GRT | k. A. | 1899: ex Kent , FSNCo / 1915 to BSL / 1920: Saxon Star (I) / 1934 out of service |
| 1915 ( 1899 ) | Brodfield | 5455 GRT | k. A. | 1899: ex Surrey , FSNCo / 1915 to BSL / 1916 sunk near Scilly Island |
| 1915 ( 1890 ) | Brodmount | 4045 GRT | k. A. | 1890: ex Rangatira , NZSCo / 1915 to BSL / 1920: Stuart Star (I) / 1923 ges. |
| 1917 | Ionic Star (I) | 5602 GRT | Russell & Co. Ltd. , Port Glasgow | Sunk on the River Mersey in 1939 |
| 1917 | Gaelic Star (I) | 5602 GRT | Russell & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow | Sold in 1949 |
| 1918 | Celtic Star (I) | 5602 GRT | Dunlap, Bremner & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow | Torpedoed and sunk in 1943 |
| 1919 | Empire Star (I) | 7920 GRT | Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow | 1935: Tudor Star (II) / 1950 out of service |
| 1919 | Royal Star (I) | 7920 GRT | Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast | Sunk in Algiers after an air raid in 1944 |
| 1919 | Albion Star (I) | 7920 GRT | Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast | 1948 out of service |
| 1919 | Norman Star | 6996 GRT | Dunlap, Bremner & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow | 1950 out of service |
| 1919 ( 1919 ) | Magic Star | 5537 GRT | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Newcastle | 1919: ex Buteshire , SSL / 1919 to BSL / 1930 out of service |
| 1921 | Doric Star | 10,441 GRT | Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow | 1939 South Atlantic dt by that. Armored ship Admiral Graf Spee hijacked |
| 1926 | Rodney Star | 11,884 GRT | Palmers SB & Iron Co. Ltd., Yarrow | Torpedoed and sunk near Freetown in 1941 |
| 1926 | Stuart Star | 11,884 GRT | Palmers SB & Iron Co. Ltd., Yarrow | Sunk near East London in 1937 |
| 1926 | Afric Star (I) | 11,884 GRT | Palmers SB & Iron Co. Ltd., Yarrow | 1941 captured and sunk in the Atlantic by German auxiliary cruiser HSK Kormoran |
| 1927 | Napier Star (I) | 10,116 GRT | Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow | 1940 torpedoed and sunk near Iceland |
| 1929 ( 1919 ) | Fresno Star (I) | 7948 GRT | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. , Glasgow | 1919: ex Woodara , British-India / 1929 to BSL / 1947 out of service |
| 1929 ( 1919 ) | Tacoma Star (I) | 7948 GRT | Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast | 1919: ex Wangaretta , British-India / 1929 at BSL / 1942 torpedoed and sunk |
| 1929 | Viking Star | 6445 GRT | Napier & Miller Ltd., Glasgow | Torpedoed and sunk near Freetown in 1942 |
| 1929 ( 1914 ) | Oregon Star (I) | 5714 GRT | k. A. | 1914: ex Port Albany , Port Line / 1929 to BSL / 1934 out of service |
| 1930 | Sultan Star | 12,306 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | Torpedoed and sunk at Land's End in 1940 |
| 1930 | Tuscan Star (II) | 11449 GRT | k. A. | Torpedoed and sunk near Freetown in 1942 |
| 1935 | Imperial Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Torpedoed and sunk near Tunis in 1941 |
| 1935 | Empire Star (II) | 13212 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Torpedoed and sunk near the Azores in 1942 |
| 1935 | Australia Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1964 out of service |
| 1935 | New Zealand Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1967 out of service |
| 1936 | Sydney Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1967 out of service |
| 1936 | Melbourne Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | Torpedoed and sunk near Bermuda in 1943 |
| 1936 | Brisbane Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | 1963 out of service |
| 1939 | Wellington Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1940 torpedoed and sunk near Cape Finsterre |
| 1939 | Auckland Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1940 torpedoed and sunk near Ireland |
| 1939 | Adelaide Star (I) | 13212 GRT | Burmeister & Wain A / S, Copenhagen | 1940 torpedoed and sunk |
| 1936 | Dunedin Star (I) | 11168 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | Stranded on the S / W African coast in 1942 |
| 1938 | California Star (I) | 8293 GRT | Burmeister & Wain A / S, Copenhagen | Torpedoed and sunk near the Azores in 1943 |
| 1938 | Canadian Star (I) | 8293 GRT | Burmeister & Wain A / S, Copenhagen | Torpedoed and sunk near Newfoundland in 1943 |
| 1939 | Columbia Star (I) | 8293 GRT | Burmeister & Wain A / S, Copenhagen | 1950: transferred to Lamport & Holt , Dryden |
| 1939 | Pacific Star | 7951 GRT | k. A. | Torpedoed and sunk off the Canary Islands in 1943 |
| 1942 | Scottish Star (I) | 7224 GRT | k. A. | Torpedoed and sunk near Trinidad in 1942 |
| 1946 | Empire Star (II) | 13,181 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1971 out of service |
| 1946 | Imperial Star (II) | 13,181 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1971 out of service |
| 1946 | Melbourne Star (II) | 13,181 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1971 out of service |
| 1946 ( 1942 ) | Royal Star (II) | 9205 GRT | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd., Greenock | 1942: sold to MOWT / 1946 to BSL / 1962: Caledonia Star (II) / 1971 |
| 1946 ( 1945 ) | Tuscan Star (II) | 8577 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1945: / 1946 to BSL / 1948: Timaru Star / 1958: California Star (II) / 1968 out of service |
| 1946 | Celtic Star (II) | 7356 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1947 , Murillo (I) |
| 1946 | Ionic Star (II) | 7356 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1947: Napier Star (II) / sunk in Uruguay in 1966 |
| 1946 | Gothic Star (II) | 7356 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1947: Nelson Star (I) / 1958: Patagonia Star (II) / sold in 1961 |
| 1946 | Saxon Star (II) | 7356 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Sold in 1961 |
| 1947 | Pacific Star (II) | 7283 GRT | k. A. | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1952 , Lalande |
| 1947 | Oregon Star (II) | 7283 GRT | k. A. | Transferred to Lamport & Holt , Laplace in 1952 |
| 1948 | South Africa Star | 8642 GRT | Gulf Shipping Corporation, Mobile | 1967 out of service |
| 1948 | Rhodesia Star | 8642 GRT | Gulf Shipping Corporation, Mobile | Sold in 1967 |
| 1949 | Tacoma Star (II) | 7201 GRT | k. A. | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1957 , Murillo (II) |
| 1950 | English Star (I) | 10174 GRT | Fairfield SB & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow | 1971 out of service |
| 1950 | Scottish Star (II) | 10174 GRT | Fairfield SB & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow | blocked in the Suez Canal from 1967 (see yellow fleet ), decommissioned in 1970 |
| 1950 | Adelaide Star (II) | 12924 GRT | John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank | 1971 out of service |
| 1950 | Tasmania Star | 12924 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | 1971 out of service |
| 1952 | Wellington Star (II) | 12924 GRT | John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank | 1971 out of service |
| 1952 | Auckland Star (II) | 12924 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | 1971 out of service |
| 1950 | Dunedin Star (II) | 7322 GRT | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Glasgow | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1968 , Roland |
| 1951 ( 1944 ) | Fresno Star (II) | 7053 GRT | Short Bros. & Co. Ltd., Sunderland | 1944: ex Vasconia , Cunard Line / 1951 to BSL / 1957 to Lamport & Holt , Millais |
| 1952 ( 1946 ) | Fremantle Star (I) | 9883 GRT | Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow | 1946: ex Dryden , L&H / 1952 BSL / 1958: Catalina Star / 1966 to L&H, Devis |
| 1952 ( 1947 ) | Oregon Star (III) | 7018 GRT | k. A. | 1947: ex Millais , L&H / 1952 sold to BSL / 1954 |
| 1953 | Malay Star | 4472 GRT | W. Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Sunderland | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1967 , Renoir |
| 1954 | Geelong Star | 8641 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1958 , Defoe |
| 1954 | Seattle Star | 8641 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1961 out of service |
| 1954 | Portland Star | 8641 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1958 , Delius |
| 1954 | Washington Star | 8641 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1957 , Devis |
| 1954 | Oakland Star | 8641 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | Transferred to Lamport & Holt in 1956 , Debrett |
| 1954 ( 1943 ) | Oregon Star (IV) | 7040 GRT | k. A. | 1943: ex Gracia , Donaldson Line / 1954 sold to BSL / 1955 |
| 1956 | Canberra Star | 8398 GRT | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1973: Buenos Aires Star (II) / 1979 sold |
| 1956 | Hobart Star | 8398 GRT | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1972: Buenos Aires Star (I) / 1973: Hobart Star / 1979 sold |
| 1956 | Newcastle Star | 8398 GRT | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1973: Montevideo Star / 1979 sold |
| 1957 | Townsville Star | 10,725 GRT | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1980 out of service |
| 1957 | Gladstone Star | 10,725 GRT | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | Sold in 1982 |
| 1957 | Canadian Star (II) | 6291 GRT | Caledon SB & Eng. Co. Ltd., Dundee | Transferred to Lamport & Holt , Raeburn, in 1972 |
| 1957 | Queensland Star (I) | 10,657 GRT | Fairfield SB & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow | 1972: Brasilia Star / 1979 out of service |
| 1958 | Rockhampton Star | 10,657 GRT | Fairfield SB & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow | Sold in 1981 |
| 1958 ( 1952 ) | Colorado Star | 8292 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1952: ex Raeburn , L&H / 1958 sold to BSL / 1972 |
| 1959 | Ulster Star | 10,413 GRT | Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast | 1971 out of service |
| 1960 | Fremantle Star (II) | 8403 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | Sold in 1979 |
| 1960 | Canterbury Star | 8403 GRT | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | 1980 out of service |
| 1965 | Australia Star (II) | 10916 GRT | Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Sunderland | Sold in 1972 |
| 1967 | Timaru Star (II) | 8366 GRT | k. A. | Sold in 1984 |
Container ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | Container | shipyard | Status / fate |
| 1967 | New Zealand Star (II) | 11,393 GRT | 450 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1979: Wellington Star (III) / 1993 out of service |
| 1967 | Southland Star | 11,393 GRT | 450 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | Sold in 1982 |
| 1971 | California Star (III) | 19095 GRT | 820 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1987: Fremantle Star (III) / 1998 to P&O |
| 1971 | Columbia Star (II) | 19095 GRT | 820 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1989: New Zealand Star (IV) / 1998 to P&O |
| 1978 | Australia Star (III) | 17 082 GRT | 1230 TEU | Smith Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough | 1998 to P&O |
| 1978 | New Zealand Star (III) | 17 082 GRT | 1230 TEU | Smith Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough | 1991: Argentina Star (II), BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1983 ( 1976 ) | Saxon Star (III) | 11800 GRT | 640 TEU | Kherson Works, Kherson | 1976: Santa Rita , Hamburg-Süd / 1983 sold to BSL / 1986 |
| 1988 ( 1980 ) | California Star (IV) | 18,236 GRT | 768 TEU | Smith Dock Co. Ltd., Sunderland | 1980: Willowbank , Bank Line / 1988 sold to BSL / 1996 |
| 1989 ( 1979 ) | Columbia Star (III) | 19636 GRT | 1120 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1979: / 1989 to BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1989 ( 1979 ) | Napier Star (III) | 12214 GRT | 544 TEU | Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd., Sunderland | 1979: Ruddbank , Bank Line / 1989 sold to BSL / 1991 |
| 1991 ( 1971 ) | America Star (II) | 24,900 GRT | 1334 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1971: ex ACT 3/1991 to BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1991 ( 1972 ) | Queensland Star (II) | 24,900 GRT | 1334 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1972: ex ACT 4/1991 to BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1991 ( 1972 ) | Melbourne Star (III) | 24,900 GRT | 1334 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1972: ex ACT 6/1991 to BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1991 ( 1972 ) | Sydney Star (II) | 24,900 GRT | 1334 TEU | Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack | 1972: ex ACT 7/1991 to BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1996 ( 1981 ) | Australia Star (IV) | 30080 GRT | 1417 TEU | Chantiers de l'Atlantique SA, St. Nazaire | 1981: / 1996 to BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1998 ( 1977 ) | Brisbane Star (II) | 27,305 GRT | 1180 TEU | Stocznia Gdanska SA, Gdynia | 1977: ex Lafayette , CGM / 1998 to BSL / 1998 to P&O |
| 1998 | Adelaide Star (III) | 11733 GRT | 1044 TEU | Shikoku Dockyard Ltd., Takamatsu | 1998 to P&O |
| 1999 | Southampton Star | 11733 GRT | 1044 TEU | Shikoku Dockyard Ltd., Takamatsu | Completed in 1999 for P&O |
Reefer ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
| 1960 | Mendoza Star | 3666 GRT | A. Steven & Sons, Glasgow | Sold in 1967 |
| 1963 | America Star (I) | 7899 GRT | Bartram & Sons , Sunderland | Sold in 1982 |
| 1963 | Montreal Star | 7899 GRT | Bartram & Sons, Sunderland | 1980 out of service |
| 1964 | Halifax Star | 7899 GRT | Bartram & Sons, Sunderland | 1972: 9220 BRT / 1983 out of service |
| 1964 | New York Star | 7899 GRT | Bartram & Sons, Sunderland | 1972: 9220 BRT / 1980 sold |
| 1964 ( 1956 ) | Genova Star | 5137 GRT | Eriksberg Mek. Verk. , Gothenburg | 1956: ex Norefjell / 1964 sold to BSL / 1966 |
| 1965 ( 1954 ) | Padova Star | 2658 GRT | German shipyard , Hamburg | 1954: ex Padova , F. Laeisz / 1965 sold to BSL / 1965 |
| 1965 ( 1954 ) | Barcelona star | 2658 GRT | German shipyard, Hamburg | 1954: ex Piraeus , F. Laeisz / 1965 sold to BSL / 1965 |
| 1974 | Afric Star (II) | 9784 GRT | Smith Dock Co. , Sunderland | 2001 out of service |
| 1974 | Andalucia Star (II) | 9784 GRT | Smith Dock Co., Sunderland | Sold in 1984 |
| 1974 | Avelona Star (II) | 9784 GRT | Smith Dock Co., Sunderland | Sold in 1984 |
| 1974 | Avila Star (II) | 9784 GRT | Smith Dock Co., Sunderland | Sold in 1979 |
| 1976 | Almeda Star (II) | 9784 GRT | Smith Dock, Sunderland | 2001 out of service |
| 1976 | Almeria Star | 9784 GRT | Smith Dock Co., Sunderland | 1990: Avila Star (III) / sold in 1996 |
| 1976 | Trojan Star (II) | 6671 GRT | Drammen Slip & Verk., Drammen | Sold in 1981 |
| 1976 | Tuscan Star (III) | 6671 GRT | Drammen Slip & Verk., Drammen | Sold in 1980 |
| 1983 | Atlantic Star | 10 355 GRT | Sasebo Heavy Industries, Sasebo | Sold in 1988 |
| 1983 | Baltic Star | 10 355 GRT | Sasebo Heavy Industries, Sasebo | Sold in 1988 |
| 1983 | Pacific Star (IV) | 10 355 GRT | Sasebo Heavy Industries, Sasebo | Sold in 1988 |
| 1983 | Tasman Star | 10 355 GRT | Sasebo Heavy Industries, Sasebo | Sold in 1988 |
| 1985 | English Star (II) | 10 291 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 1997 sold |
| 1985 | Scottish Star (III) | 10 291 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 1997 sold |
| 1985 | Auckland Star (III) | 10 291 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 1998 sold |
| 1985 | Canterbury Star (II) | 10 291 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 1998 sold |
Tanker
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
| 1954 | Pacific Star (III) | 11218 GRT | W. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow | Sold in 1964 |
literature
- Atkinson, Tony; O'Donoghue, Kevin: Blue Star . World Ship Society, Kendal 1985, ISBN 0-905617-37-1 .
Web links
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the Blue Star Line in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamburg gets a new shipping company: Blue Star Holding Hamburger Abendblatt dated December 14, 2011
- ↑ Blue Star Line A / S
- ↑ Clive Palmer plans to build Titanic II