PONL Heritage - Celebrating the past, staying in touch in the future...
PONL Heritage exists to preserve the history of P&O Nedlloyd and helps former employees around the world to stay in touch.
Latest:
Colin Saint (16 Dec)
Mick Helsby (22 Nov)
Birmingham Reunion report (22 Nov)
Catherine Alpin (18 Nov)
PONL Heritage
More sad news, this time about the passing of Colin Saint PON, who sailed with OCL, P&O Containers and P&O Nedlloyd from 1971 to 1999.
We have learned the sad news of the recent passing of Catherine Alpin (née Devlin) who worked for the company in Southampton and then Hainault
Lots of familiar faces at the Birmingham 2024 reunion, some attending for the first time.
167 friends and former colleagues gather in Hamburg for the PONL Germany 2024 reunion.
Former 'P&ONllers' meet up in San Donato for their PONL Italy April 2024 Reunion.
Captain Ken #39 - Piracy on the High Seas - Recollections of piracy incidents in the Far East
Captain Ken #38 - Meetings with a Prince - Captain Ken Owen recalls some occasions when he met HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh
Captain Ken #37 - Doctor on Board - Ken Owen recalls some of the medical cases that he was involved with during his time at sea.
A Life in Shipping: Part 1 - Christian Kuepers account of his time with Hapag-Lloyd, his involvement with the early days for the Trio and then AECS, and his return to freight forwarding before joining the Cobra Tonnage Centre.
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SCARA
The sad news continues with the passing of Mick Helsby who had various roles with the company at the Barking ICD.
Report and photographs for the 2024 SCARA Annual Reunion Lunch held on 12 November in London now available
Another sad loss... Captain Ken Owen, the author of the 'Captain Ken' articles, passed away on 31 October
Sad news about the passing of Bernie Heard, our former colleague from the Hainault Sales team and a founder member of SCARA
We are very sorry to have to announce that Anton Ratnayake, formerly P&O Nedlloyd's CIO, has passed away (the details for the memorial service are now included in this announcement)
Dave Warner from the Southampton office has sadly passed away. Another colleague who will be much missed
SCARA is an association for former staff members of P&O Nedlloyd and its predecessor companies. For information on how to join, please go to SCARA Membership.
We need YOUR content contributions!
Is there an event taking place that you think your former colleagues might want to attend? Is there a story linked to PONL that you would like to share? If there is anything that you think would be of interest if published here then please drop us a line using ponlheritage@gmail.com - Many thanks!
SHOP!
Click on the link below to see the vidoes and other items that are currently available.
Where are they now?
Latest: Colin de Souza, Bill McLaughlin, Liz Farnell, Carsten Vollmer, René Jacobs & Martin Lloyd
It would be great to get an update from as many former colleagues around the world as we can. Please visit the Where are they now? area of the site and consider sending in your own entry - Thank you!
Reunions
Have you recently held a reunion? If so then we would really like to be able to share that news in the Reunions section of this website. To see the reports filed in the past please go to the Reunion Reports page. You can then send in your own report to ponlheritage@gmail.com.
PONLHeritage Flickr group
250+ P&O Nedlloyd-related photographs on PONLHeritage's own Flickr group... Browse the collection and share your own images of reunions, ships, containers, offices, ports, etc.
The PONL Fleet
Immediately before the A.P. Moller-Maersk takeover the P&O Nedlloyd fleet consisted of more than 170 vessels.
Useful links
Links to various websites for information about our heritage, PONL-related social media, pension funds, retail, etc.